Candidate II

Gingerbread cardamom cupcake, filled with pistachios, pear, maple syrup and cardamom, with a cardamom cream cheese frosting. Pistachios on top.

The frosting needs to be a little firmer, and I'm going to pipe it on so it looks pretty. I also want to toast the pistachios to bring the flavour out. Other than that, this one's a keeper, I think.

Or so André and Kjeld told me. They came for dinner today - tender lemon and pepper chicken breast with feta and chickpea salad - they bought it and I cooked it. Excellent deal for a broke wannabe writer, and good company, too.