Vanilla Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Cups!

I have finally received all the gadgets needed to start some serious baking!

There are so many recipes I want to try, but first I am going to start off with some traditional Vanilla Cupcakes.

I know its cheating, but I really want to practice some icing techniques and so I will be using a mix for the sponge, but creating my own butter icing (with recipe attached ). The first thing I ordered was an icing kit from Tala. It includes 8 different nozzles for all sorts of shapes, so I am going to experiment a different design on each individual cupcake!

Whilst I have the spare time (only having one lecture on a Monday morning) I decided that I should make my own Peanut Butter Cups. They are so simple to make and don't involve any baking, but perfect for a little snack to share with course-mates  in between our busy work schedule on a Tuesday!

Both creations will be posted later today with pictures!!