Pistachio Almond Cake

It's my husband's birthday coming up and I wanted to make a cake for him that was different... healthy but still delicious and unique.  I dug through all my recipe books and found the recipe for pistachio and almond cake that I thought I'd try out. It was simple to make was also flourless.

I took a bunch of whole almonds and whole pistachios, blended it all together in our Ninja blender, mixed it with eggs and egg whites and a few other spices and then baked it. To top it off, since I had so much pistachio left over, my husband suggested putting pistachio buttercream on top, which turned out to be the perfect topper.

It was a bit tricky to make because unlike cupcakes and regular, cake, you can't put a toothpick inside to see if it is cooked all the way, nor can you even taste test it. But it turned out perfectly and eveyone loved it.

Engagement Cupcakes

It's been a while since I've posted my cupcake adventures. It's been a busy half year as I got engaged and also got married in 6 months!  Sooo... I haven't had much time to bake, but I did manage to have an engagement photo session with my 2 loves... my husband (fiance at the time) and making delicious cupcakes.

For romantic looking cupcakes, I decided to make strawberry cupcakes with strawberry buttercream, topped it with a heart candy. I added chunks of strawberry into the batter to give it some texture and additional strawberry flavours.