Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cocoa Nibs and an Old-Fashioned Cooked Frosting

They don’t look like much, do they?  Cocoa nibs look like gravel, or peanuts, or…I really just lost track of that thought. Regardless, they’re delicious, grown-up chocolate chips.  Well, maybe not grown up, but definitely a little fancier. I made red velvet, again, but this time, I did it with an old-fashioned cooked frosting, which [...]

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Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Coconut Cream Cupcakes

One of the coolest things about wordpress is the data it gathers.  There is a page that keeps count of page views, links clicked, referrers, other stuff, and one of my favorites: Search Terms.  That is, the phrases and words people google that makes Cupcake Villains appear in their search results page–a hilarious number surround [...]

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Monkey Love! Coconut Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

This weekend, I made monkey love!  Yes.  I know.  Let’s move on the from obvious sexual jokes (trust me, I’ve already made all of them) and move onto these delicious delicious cupcakes. I’m usually really really not a fan of banana in baked goods; it always seems so overpoweringly strong in baked goods that I’m [...]

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The Handsomest Cupcake in the World: Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Toasted Black Walnut Cream Cheese Filling and a Dark Chocolate Ganache Topping

The handsomest cupcakes I’ve ever made.

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Cardamom Chocolate Coffee Vegan Gluten-Free Cupcakes

One of my first forays into gluten-free baking: chocolate cardamom mocha cupcakes.

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Vegan Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

Mexican hot chocolate vegan deliciousness.

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Vegan Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes with Coffee Coconut Buttercream Frosting

Vegan Toasted Coconut Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Frosting

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes!

Chocolate Chip Cookies are an American treat!  Why not turn them into a cupcake?  Originally, I wanted to figure out how to set a cookie dough bomb in the middle of the cupcake, but my depleted mental capabilities (it’s almost spring break…I am so close to getting some good rest) would not allow this.  Instead, [...]

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Dark Knight Cupcakes

My brother, via twitter, requested our first symbolic cupcakes.  Being the eternal adolescent that he is, he wanted a cupcake to represent the caped crusader as depicted in the latest Batman flick.  After putting our heads together, we decided we needed a contrast of two cakes: dense bitter chocolate to represent his nightly escapades as [...]

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Marbled Lemon and Chocolate Cupcakes

D. Clark, I’m really glad you requested this flavor!  It was a lot of fun to work with, and, according to my co-workers, one of my best recipes yet!  The fun was really in finding a good balance between the lemon and chocolate.  How much should there be of each?  How dark should the chocolate [...]

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