Non-Nestle After Eight cupcakes for Genny!

Hello!

Look at this picture... and specifically, look at the lovely girl in the front center (the one with the nice... dress)...

Photography by Stuart Glossop

That's a picture from my wedding to the lovely Stephen, and the girl I specified is Genny. Her contribution to The Epic Cupcake Challenge was After Eight cupcakes, specifically with a gooey, minty centre. However, After Eights are a Nestle product, and I, for reasons I'll go into another time, don't buy Nestle products. So I had the added challenge of finding a non-Nestle alternative to After Eights, which Asda obligingly provided.

So after some searching, I discovered a fantastic blog by The Lone Baker and her gooey minty cupcakes... Now, after a few Pixie Nom-Nom modifications and a trip to the supermarket to buy mint chocolate, something wonderful was born...

Photography by Suzy Harrison of Suzyska Photos

I actually felt like crying when I ate these. They are the most delicious things I've *EVER* tasted. Not only were they delicious cold, but the lovely husband and I shared a couple of them hot, served with Madagascan vanilla custard. It was like dying and going to cupcake heaven.

Photography by Suzy Harrison of Suzyska Photos

Look at that. Seriously, take a few minutes and LOOK at it. I'll wait.

Moist and gorgeous mint-chocolate brownie cupcake, filled with peppermint creme, and topped with dark chocolate ganache and a non-Nestle After Eight.

They tasted divine. Like they were made by the fair hands of a god of cupcakes.

I'm so proud, and was ridiculously sad to see the last crumb, the last morsel being scoffed down.

Love,

Emi,
xXx