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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Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

When Gibbs and I announced on Facebook (friend us there!) that we would be returning to the land of cupcakes, a friend of mine suggested that I make a cupcake version of the Irish Car Bomb.  While I don’t necessarily agree with the connotations of this drink’s name (thank you Professor Crowley for my favorite [...]

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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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Orange Cupcakes with Liquored-up Cream Cheese Frosting

Mini cupcakes are so addictive.

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Spiced Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

As much as I like to experiment, I love to fall back on the classics.  I decided to break out my grandma’s 1965 Better Homes and Garden Cookbook for inspiration.  I perused the pages until I found a recipe for a spice cake, decided that it would make yummy cupcakes, and started baking!  Really, I [...]

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Homocakes (aka Rainbow Cupcakes)

These cupcakes are by far my favorite to make–all the bright colors are as much fun to mix and put in the oven as they are to take a bite out of! Very affectionately known as homocakes.

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Apple Spice Cupcakes

Apple Spice Cupcakes with [Green] Vanilla Buttercream Frosting 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup margarine or butter (100g) 2 large eggs 1 tbsp pure vanliia extract 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teasp salt 1 3/4 teasp baking powder 3 tbsp cinnamon 3 tbsp ginger 1/2 cup applesauce 1/4 cup honey 3/4 cup milk/soymilk 1 tbsp [...]

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Classic Red Velvet

My most popular/well-liked cupcakes! I used a standard cream cheese frosting recipe (to be added as soon as I can find it) with my red velvet cupcakes, but I hear the vanilla bean cream cheese frosting included in Two at a Time Baking’s post (linked below) is delicious. Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese frosting! [...]

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