This Year’s Easter Dessert – Mimosa Cupcakes!

I made a cupcake similar to these for a friend’s birthday during the break from the blog.  But here they are now, ready for Easter!  I don’t know about anyone else,  but our family celebrates any holiday with some wine, beer, or any other drink.  So, mimosa cupcakes are great for our Easter dessert.

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Almond and Vanilla Cupcakes

This will be the second baby shower for which I’ve made these cupcakes.  Their delicate flavor and lightness just lend themselves to such an event.  I decided to up my game with this batch (my last batch was made during the cupcake blog hiatus and never made it into a post), and add ground almonds [...]

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Hot Buttered Rum Cupcakes: Totally a Keeper

My fair/damp/slightly mildewed city has reached the time of year before it’s cloudy for basically three months running, but the lack of cloud cover makes for really chilly nights.  The days have this absurdly beautiful crisp fall weather with a few wisps of clouds floating overhead; a cool, bright light; and a gorgeous blue sky [...]

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Old Fashioned’s: Vegan Bitters and Bourbon Cupcakes

Mad Men and Vegan Cupcakes. Yeah, that goes together well.

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Margarita Cupcakes

I seem to have a love for translating delicious alcoholic beverages into cupcakes.  For this cupcake/cocktail – the margarita – the work was already done for me!  Using Gibbs’ handy Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, I adapted a recipe to be non-vegan, and it was delightful! Also, I apologize completely for the total lack [...]

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Gluten Free Cupcakes: Lemon Almond

A friend of mine who recently had a birthday has  a twin sister who is gluten-intolerant, so when the invite for the potluck party was made, it was pretty clear that I was going to make gluten-free cupcakes. Since it is finally summer in this city, it seemed like a citrus-combo cupcake was a best-fit [...]

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Cosmo Cupcakes

These lovely cupcakes have been a long time brewing in my brain and I’m excited that I finally got to making them!  I think they turned out well; the lime plays well off the cranberry, but they would have been better with more of both flavors.  The buttercream frosting has reminded me once again that [...]

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Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lemon and Honey Buttercream

These little beauties have been on my mind for quite a while.  They would be the perfect addition to any tea party or just a nice snack on a Sunday afternoon.  The earl grey did not come through as strongly as I had hoped, but I was delighted with the frosting!  The honey added another [...]

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Lemon Gluten-Free Vegan Cupcakes with Lemon Blackberry Buttercream Frosting

One of my first forays into gluten-free baking; lemon with blackberry frosting.

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Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes – Hello Spring!

For Easter with my family, we originally planned on having a picnic.  My brother would make fried chicken, my mom would whip up my grandma’s macaroni salad, we’d have a jello mold, the whole deal.  Well, the weather did not cooperate.  However, we still made picnic food and ate at home! I’ve been wanting to [...]

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