Wispa Khalifa Cupcakes

So just a quick one as baking is gonna have to take a little break  during the next couple of weeks as I expect all I will be thinking about is Type, Layout, Grids, Hierarchy and a few patterns thrown in for good measure. However I needed a little wind down this evening and I hate watching TV so thought I would make some treats though unfortunately I have left all my cake tins at school therefore these will have to be eaten by housemates and anyone who visits our house over the next couple of days.

I actually used a recipe straight out of a book, usually I try and mix it up a bit a freestyle them but tonight I went back to a favourite and she didn't disappoint. Mary Berry is the OG of the baking game and I have quite a few of her books which have a good variety of recipes from easy ones like these to crazy ones. I actually decided to use Vanilla icing as I thought with the Wispa on top it might be a bit of a chocolate overload but heres the recipe link...http://www.bakingmad.com/mary-berry-chocolate-cupcake-recipe/ and heres how mine turned out...

Unfortunately both the housemates are out this evening so we have no reviews so far but I am pretty confident these bad boys won't disappoint. Also I have started another mini project where I am painting/ drawing a pattern a day so I will keep this blog for hip hop baking and the general life of a full time playa and then check the one below where you can find a new pattern each day...Who knows why I decided to start this when its probably about to be the most crazy 2 weeks of my life doing portfolio work but a playas gotta play and I like having little projects, just like running I get excited to meet a target or hit a goal and also this will be nice to do after I graduate to keep my busy whilst I find a job...

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Now it wouldn't be a hip hop baking post without a tune to get your bake on to, to be honest I am not the biggest Wiz Khalifa fan however this song reminds me of my lovely friend Lexi as I remember her loving it at uni and we were most definitely Young, Wild and Free back in our Southampton Solent days...

Foreign Eggers

A little late on the updates but I'm a full time playa with a jam packed agenda at the moment. Bringing it back to the UK hip hop vibes, with this three layered bake off inspired by the trio..Foreign Beggars though to be fair every time I've seen them I swear there has only been two of them... Anyway Easter is just round the corner so this one is the perfect treat to fuel your Easter egg hunt.

You will need: 

10oz butter

10oz sugar

8oz Self raising flour 

2oz Cocoa

1 large bar of Dairy Milk

5 Eggs

2 Tablespoons milk

For the Icing/ topping:

500g Icing sugar

200g Butter

Vanilla extract

Whipped double Cream (couple spoonfuls)

1 Tablespoon Cocoa

1 Bar Dairy Milk

Mini Chocolate Eggs

Method: 

I haven't really been stretching my baking capabilities lately mainly because I just don't have to time to go shopping for all the ingredients so have been winging together various twists on sponge classics, 

Simply beat the butter and sugar together to form a creamy soft texture then cracking the eggs in one by one and stirring as you go. You then need to sift in the flour, gonna be honest I didn't have a sift so mine took a lot of mixing to make sure there were no bumps...no one wants a mouthful of flour in their slice. Add the milk into the bowl to make your sponge super tasty and fluffy! Now this is completed you need to take a third of the mixture out for the chocolate layer. 

Once separated you can mix in the Cocoa and melted bar of chocolate, I used dairy milk but any kind would do the job and even mix the game up and throw a mint aero flavour in there if ya'll fancy. 

Just pop the mixtures into 3 sponge circular tins ( 2 for vanilla and the chocolate one) and cook on 150c for 35 minutes/ until golden and springy. 

Now for the icing. I made two types one for between the sponges and one to cover the cake. Firstly you will need to beat the butter and Icing sugar together and mix in the whipped double cream, I kind of judged this as I went along so it totally up to you how creamy you want to make the icing. Now split in half and add the vanilla essence to the first one and melted chocolate and cocoa to the other. Again its personal preference which way round you use the icing, I used chocolate for the sandwiching between the sponges and vanilla to cover it but mix it up, marble that shit do what ever yo want! 

Once iced for can place your foreign mini Eggers on too of the cake and voila!

I'm gonna say the only album to listen to whilst having this bake off has gotta be 'Stray Point Agenda' with your ultimate track ( probably best to whack it on whilst cakes are in the oven ) being this banger...brings back so many uni memories...

Banoffee Clusta Rhymes

You will need:

6oz Butter

6oz Sugar

5oz Self raising flour

2 Mashed ripe bananas

3 Eggs

Pinch of cinnamon

3 Handfuls of chocolate toffee pieces

For the topping:

1 Tablespoon of double cream

1 Tablespoon of  Nestle condensed caramel

100g Milk Chocolate

Bananna Chips

Chocolate toffee chunks

Check it out see, The only thing you need to do right here is, is nod your f'in head... Nope sorry thats a massive lie Busta, there is quite a few things you need to do to make these delights. Firstly beat the butter and sugar together, crack the eggs in one at a time making sure your folding the mixture. I seem to write folding a lot and sometimes I wish I was folding a lot more than eggs, paper my playas. Anyhow mix the self raising flour in and you are now equipped with the basic sponge concept. I have recently become accustomed to incorporating desert ideas into my bake offs, you know keeping it gangster with a desert based sponge so now you will need to add the 2 mashed bananas, cinnamon and chocolate toffee chunks to the mixture for the banoffee Busta bangers. 

Bake in the preheated oven 160C for 25 mins or until you can see the sponge is golden brown and risen well. 

The topping is super easy and just a mixture of the melted chocolate, double cream and Nestle condensed caramel spread on top of the cakes equipped with clusters of banana chips and chocolate chunks. Its flipmode baby!!!

Now for the track, its a hard one yo, half of me wants to post ''I know what you want'' as its got my fave Mariah in it, she cracks me up on the video flex but luckily the playa in me is gonna post a banger so whack this on and give it away, give it away, give it away now...

A Tribe Called Quiche

You will need:

For the pastry:

5oz Flour

2 1/2 oz Butter

4 Tablespoons of water

Pinch of salt and pepper

For the filling:

2 Eggs

1/3 Pint of milk

4oz Grated cheddar

Half a courgette

A handful of spinach

A small red onion

4 cherry tomatoes

Method:

There are probably far more exquisite ways to make a pastry however I'm a bit new to the savoury game, OG in sweet treats but this was the first baked savoury treat I have made. So what you need to do is sift the flour into a bowl. add the butter and rub together to breadcrumbs. Just a little Q-tip here...Add the water to the mixture one tablespoon at a time, don't go chucking water in like you're putting out a fire else the pastry will go sticky and you will have trouble when rolling. Add in the salt and pepper whilst stirring. When your mixture is bound together leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, don't know what that pastry needs to rest for, I'm the one hustling 24/7 yo!  

Now in this 30minutes you can make chop your vegetables, grate your cheese, crack the eggs, have a little rap off with your mama, yep thats what me and my mama did... I have now got it that I when I walk in the house she shouts ''Wu tang, Wu tang now where's my little hustla at?'', this was obviously funny the week I went to see Wu however it is wearing slightly thin now, she probably needs to learn some more lyrics. 

Anyhow now you'll need to ROOLLLL OUTT (I'm sure Tribe won't mind if you whack a Ludacris remix in the bake off) the pastry on a floured surface to about half and inch thick and place in a well greased cake or flan dish. 

Sprinkle the chopped onion, tomatoes and cheese into the pastry lined dish and pour the mixed eggs and milk into the dish. You can mix the vibe up here if your on that meat hype then go all out, whack some bacon in there!! I was just rummaging in the fridge and came up with this mediterranean style mashup but you can literally throw in whatever you gots. Following the eggs and milk I then  placed the chopped courgette, spinach and remaining tomatoes on the top and baked for 45 minutes on 180C. 

I was slightly worried about this bake off, I'm usually pretty confident in my baking ability however I was running to the oven every 5 minutes wondering whether this could be a playa palava on my hands but no doubt after removing from the oven and letting it cool I was most definitely shouting ''Oh My God'' placing it on the plate ready for delivery. 

Can I quiche it? YES I CAN. 

D Double Decker Cupcakes

OH MY GOSH, IT'S D DOUBLE DECKERS!!! Bluku Bluku these badman cupcakes are a quick and easy afternoon bake off that will go perfectly with a cup of tea or coffee! I've had a fair bit of time this weekend to think about Hip Hop Baking and me and my friend were chatting yesterday which resulting in us going to Tescos staring at chocolate bars and cake ingredients for a good 20 minutes before reeling off a load of names to each other which then continued via text in the evening until I was laughing so much I couldn't sleep.

You will need:

3 Eggs

6oz Butter

6oz Caster Sugar

5oz Self raising Flour

100g Milk Chocolate 

3 Double Deckers

2oz Cocoa Powder

For the icing:

100G butter

300G Icing Sugar

Dash of vanilla extract

Method: 

Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until the mixture is light and creamy, add the eggs in one by one storing the mixture as you go until it is consistent with no lumps and bumps. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into the bowl and add the melted chocolate to the sponge mixture. Make sure you fold the mixture rather than just stirring it about so your sponge gets a good amount of air and will rise properly, its not about flat cakes yo. 

Pop in the oven on 160c for half an hour until the cakes have risen and are golden brown.  Whilst they are cooling you can mix up the butter and sifted icing sugar to create the topping, add a splash of Vanilla extract and you are ready to spoon onto the top of the cakes adding the slices of double decker for the full badaman effect. 

It's pretty hard to choose a D double track for me to suggest you start your bake off with, there are a couple that feature on my running playlist and whenever I hear them I go from snail pace running to racking up kilometres in no time!