A gazillion cupcakes for Children’s Heartlink with Honey Tuile Hearts (plus pictures of the event)

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First I have to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dad, Craig Neal! He is leading a trip in the boundary waters today or I’d bring him some cupcakes.

Last night I delivered a gazillion mini cupcakes to the annual Children’s Heartlink Gala event. I was part of the live auction with my friends; Michelle Gayer (owner of the Salty Tart and pastry chef who wrote Charlie Trotter’s Desserts), extraordinary pastry chef Khanh Tran, Kevin Ryan (the author of Betty Crocker Why It Works), Sue Zelickson the grand dame of food in the Twin Cities, Andrew Zimmern, Marjorie Johnson (the author of The Road to Blue Ribbon Baking and frequent guest on Jay Leno) and the Kare11 host Belinda Jensen. We are having a bake-off-party at General Mills with the highest bidder. It will be a fabulous event for an incredible cause.

Michelle and I went to the Gala and served up some sweet treats to try to entice people to bid on our auction package. She came with a brown butter pear tart with maple cream and a black pepper tuile. I decided to go CHOCOLATE and made my Devil’s Food with Outrageous Mocha Buttercream with a honey tuile heart as the garnish. To make the honey tuile and see pictures of the event:

Honey Tuile by Jacquelyn Hopkins

3 ounces unsalted butter, softened

1 cups confectioner’s sugar

1/3 cup honey

1/3 cup egg whites

1 cup all-purpose flour

I added red food coloring for this event, otherwise it is a lovely golden color.

Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Add honey, blend well. Add egg whites, blend well Add flour and slowly mix until well incorporated.

Preheat oven to 325°

Pipe the tuile batter into desired pattern. Make sure that the piping is thick enough to hold up when peeled off the paper.

Bake for about 5 minutes or until they are clearly dry, but not coloring. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

To assemble the cupcakes I used a batch of Devil’s Food, Ganache, Outrageous Mocha Buttercream and the tuile.

Pipe a layer of ganache around the outer edge of the cupcake.

Fill in the ganache circle with the buttercream.

Top with the cooled tuile hearts. Perfect for valentine’s day or any other heart felt occasion.

Michelle Gayer, me and my friend Jen Sommerness (she generously agreed to help us for the evening)

After we finished giving out our sweet treats Michelle and I changed and joined the Gala for dinner. Here we are with Sue Zelickson (top left) and Marjorie Johnson (bottom left).

Here we are up on stage during the bidding for the celebrity bake-off package. I just love this picture. You can’t imagine how huge these two women are in personality, despite their petite size.

I mentioned the giveaway of Robin Asbell’s The New Whole Grain Cookbook: Terrific Recipes Using Farro, Quinoa, Brown Rice, Barley, and Many Other Delicious and Nutritious Grains in my last post, I’ll be doing that next!

Thank you so much to Kim Vallee for the wonderful book review on her At Home with Kim Vallee website!

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21 Responses to “A gazillion cupcakes for Children’s Heartlink with Honey Tuile Hearts (plus pictures of the event)”

09/27/08 6:38 pm	Karen said... Oh-la-la! Très élégante!
09/27/08 7:11 pm	zoe said... Thanks Karen! Zoë
09/27/08 8:12 pm	Maya said... What a wonderful cause! You look lovely by the way
09/27/08 8:27 pm	zoe said... Hi Maya, It really is an incredible group of Doctors that do amazing work all over the world for kids! Thanks, Zoë
09/27/08 9:47 pm	Amanda said... It sounds like an awesome event. All those great bakers in one room
09/27/08 11:08 pm	Susan at Sticky,Gooey,Creamy,Chewy said... I can’t believe you made all those cupcakes! Whew! They look beautiful, though. I’m sure they were a big hit at the gala. It sounds like a very worthwhile event!
09/28/08 9:54 am	Shari said... I’m so impressed with that honey tuile heart on ALL those cupcakes. Very cute. Very appropriate. Looks amazing!
09/28/08 11:41 am	kellypea said... Just LOVE the tuile hearts — I look forward to learning how to make those. And you look so elegant! Simply gorgeous dress and what a great event. Thanks for sharing it with us.
09/28/08 2:03 pm	At Home with Kim Vallee said... Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day \| Book Review… Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day \| Book Review…
09/28/08 2:22 pm	clumbsycookie said... LOVE the first picture! Such a big heart you have to do so many tiny ones! You look so nice all dressed up!
09/28/08 8:33 pm	zoe said... Thanks everyone, It was a great evening and it is one small way I can give back. Zoë
09/28/08 9:30 pm	Sue from Atlanta said... Hi Zoe….the cupcakes look so wonderful…you are one talented and generous cookie!
09/29/08 8:31 am	Graham said... I love the last picture. The mighty mites and the amazons!
09/29/08 8:43 am	zoe said... Aren’t they amazing!
09/29/08 1:31 pm	Audrey Bergengren said... Zoe, You are so incredibly fabulous! Thank you times a gazillion!! Warmest regards, Audrey Bergengren, Children’s HeartLink
09/29/08 2:01 pm	zoe said... Hi Audrey, It is you and all the amazing folks at Children’s Heartlink who are fabulous. You keep saving lives and I’ll keep baking you cupcakes! Thanks for inviting me. Zoë
09/29/08 5:02 pm	Alexa said... Zoe, I love seeing the pictures of how these delightful cupcakes came together. It sounds like a wonderful event.
10/1/08 9:24 pm	Bubbles LaTour said... He-e-ey, you clean up nice!
10/1/08 10:02 pm	zoe said... Hey Bubbles, Thanks! It was SO much fun to get cleaned up. Zoë
10/28/08 10:28 am	stine said... is 325 the same as 150 celsius degrees?:)
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