Sunday Tea – Violet Cupcakes
One way of spending Sunday morning, other than in bed, is to infuse your kitchen with a new color. Today that color is violet! For their 90th anniversary show Gucci presented a F2011RTW collection with a color palette like no other: teal, purple, violet, amethyst, lavander, and plum, along with scarlet, amber, and lime. Givenchy adds violet shades for Fall through prints and embroideries. And Missoni and Pucci aren’t far behind either, and use violet shades to accent their color palettes. So what are we to do but blueberry cupcakes with blueberry frosting and candied violet pansies!
Let’s start with the candied violet pansies . . .
Candied flowers require:
1 Egg White
Pansies, or the edible flowers of your choice
a bit of Fine Sugar
Beat the egg white manually with a fork to a light foam.
Use a clean kitchen brush to apply this to your flowers.
Sprinkle flowers with sugar.
Let them dry on wax paper until, preferably, the next day.
Now that these are done, let us move on to some wonderful fresh blueberries . . .
I found a great recipe for blueberry muffins that I changed just a bit.
For 1 dozen muffins you will need:
115 grams unsalted Butter, at room temperature
260 grams All-purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Soda
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Salt
130 grams Sugar3 Eggs
125 ml Milk
2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
200 grams Fresh Blueberries (more or less depending on taste)
Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
In a bowl sift and mix all dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt).
Set aside.
In another bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar together
at medium spead until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one by one, then the vanilla and milk.
Gradually add you dry ingredients too.
Gently fold in the blueberries.
Fill your tin and place in the over for about 25min.
Or until golden brown and delicious!
As for the blueberry frosting all you need is:
115 grams unsalted Butter, at room temperature
300 – 350 grams Powdered Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
100grams Blueberries
Simmer blueberries on stove for about 3-5 min.
Mash gently with a wooden spatula, then chill in the refrigerator for about 30min.
Cream butter and powdered sugar together until smooth.
Add vanilla extract, then the chilled blueberry puree.
If piping consistency is not yet obtained just add more powdered sugar.
Now decorate as desired!
Enjoy!
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oooo these look yummy! I think the pretty colour just makes them more appertising xxx
they look delicious:x
I am soooooooo saving this post! x
Oh my, I WANT these cupcakes!!!
Too pretty to eat.Delicious to look at my dear Ioana.
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yummy
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they look so yummy and beautiful!! i love the violet color!
thank u for sharing the recipe!!
It looks so nice!I love them!
Hihi, thank you for sharing!
Needless to say it looks pretty and I’m sure it tastes delicious.
oh God! I guess these would be worth being fat for
) they look delicious!!!
Bellissimi!!!
wow
OMG you are MAGIC!! =)
They look amazing! And I didn’t even know that you could eat pansies
) That makes them even better!
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these look so yummy and so pretty! What a lovely little cupcake!
are pansies seriously edible? wow
they look good, too!
what tea would you recommend with it?
now I just want some violet muffins
These muffins look way too delicious…and perfect! Love
hmmm maybe some Violet Tea ? :p
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Y-U-M-M-Y!!! *-*
These look amazing!! Thanks for the recipe! I always have bad luck when it comes to cupcakes, but this doesn’t seem that hard for me! Wish me luck!
xx
Beautiful cupcakes!!!
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Oh my, I must try making these !
adorable! i wish i had one right now!
doamne cum arata,o sa incerc sa fac si eu,dar varianta ligt:),sper sa imi iasa,ce pofta mi-ai facut.
they look so good i would feel guilty eating them…
:X Not only do they look delicious, they look adorable too. I’d probably spray paint one and try to keep it as decor (and fail miserable)
Good job with these. I can’t bake for crap!
Yasmeen
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Ok, these are definitely going on my ‘to bake’ list. They look divine! x
mmm i wanna eat these they look amazing!
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they look absolutely delicious. i love that you chose to decorate them with a violet frosting.
basically this post makes me want to put my cooking skills to the test, so wish me luck!
costin m.
eeek soooo cute!!!
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yummmmm
Yummy and so beautiful!
Well done Ioana!
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xoxo Ra
These are absolutely gorgeous! Just looking at them made my day!
Purple also happens to be my favorite color and the candied pansies? I’m officially obsessed (and cannot believe that you made them yourself!).
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thank you for the nice comment=))
I have only one word to describe them : yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy yummy !
Gosh, you’re trying to kill me with so much awesome, I knew it! It’s like your leaving in a fairytale, the cupcakes look amazing, they are so beautiful you’re afraid to eat that much lovely. In addition – the amount of work and detail you put in cooking them – you should be a fashion baker in your spare time. And the photos are….love.:)
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I love these cupcakes. They look delicious! I wish I was better in the kitchen so that I could try the recipe.
This is how a real cupcake looks like. Miiiiiaaaaaam!
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Oh, yummy…absolutely beautiful!
With these sweet pictures you just touched the (most) sensitive point of my soul…
so cute! x hivenn
mmm arata foarte bine
YUMMYYYY!!!!
kisses
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This is too yummy to be true! It looks absolutely delicious, I really have to try it!
Thank you for sharing 
gosh what a craving for cupcakes, but my new appartment has now oven so it’s been ages since ive been able to bake me some of these sweet treats…! these ones look amazing by the way, perfect for summer.
OMG! Its so beautfil! *o*
And YUMI! ahahahah
Im following u dear! :*
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These are STUNNING! I hope to give them a try sometime.
And i would just like to say how much i love the layout of your blog, i love the vintagey style and will definitely be visiting again
I’m allergic to fruit but the frosting on these just looks SOOOOO good.
awesome
Uuuuhh, these look scrumptious! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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cannot wait to try this out
they look amazing!! x
These look so yummy! I am craving cupcakes now : )
They look sooo good, i gotta try this!
They look deliciousss
Yum! Those look beautiful! I love the candied flowers. I’ve never done that before but I really want to try
These look delicious! I made cupcakes last weekend, so yummy!
I am now following you
Laura
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Oh my they are truly too cute to eat. Love the colours.
Have a great week,
San
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omg!!! amazing!!!
Yammy! Definitely going to try these!
XoXo
Plami
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yummm:X it’s look sooooooo good
Love this! they look yummy and pretty almost to pretty to eat them. x
omg…yummy AND delicious!
Wow…these cupcakes look absolutely amazing!You are so creative!I m definitely becoming a follower, you truly are an inspiration!:*
arata delicios! si pozele sunt foarte reusite <3
Nice recipe
I love blueberry muffins… Such a great snack.
Here’s another recipe you might like.
http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/recipes/blueberry-muffin-recipe/
Thanks for sharing.
Nat