Another family birthday and of course you need cupackes to celebrate! I found this awesome recipe for Chocolate Merlot Cupcakes at life tastes like food (those are my attempt in the picture). Not your usual chocolatey flavours but more of a winter spiced hot chocolate sort of flavour.
A great recipe if you ever decided to do some Wine & Cupcake pairings.
I think it would be a lot of fun pairing cupcakes and wine, how about a lemon chiffon cupcake with a Sav B. Or a red velvet cupcake with a Pinotage or Pinot Noir. Perhaps for the next birthday party!
We had a fantastic Maison Shiraz 2011 with our dinner. Delicious berries and dark chocolate together with strong typically shiraz spices and white pepper. I can understand why the signboard outside their tasting room says "SHIRAZ LOVERS STOP HERE". The in-laws had an awesome tasting experience when they were last there and raved about the wines... we'll have to make a stop there sometime soon!
MAISON ESTATE
Franschhoek Main Road, R45
Tel: +27 21 876 2116
Open Sundays
Labels: Cupcake, Maison
