Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made for a friend’s wedding shower.  I do have to admit that I’m still having problems with the density of my cupcakes when I put alcohol in them.  These were delicious and fresh, but were a little dense and muffin-like.  The lime really shone through, and you can taste the rum in [...]

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

This will be my second alcohol-free cupcake post in a row!  That’s some sort of record, I am sure.  These cupcakes were for the same baby shower as the previous Almond and Vanilla ones.  Frankly, there’s not too much creativity going on here, as I jacked Gibb’s Brown Sugar Cupcake recipe once again, and I’m [...]

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Decadent Chocolate Cupcakes

I have many vices in life; I tend to overindulge in extensive napping, wine, bad historical romance novels, the pursuit of the perfect microbrew, cigars, port, and baking sweets. It was the idea of finding the perfect treat to accompany a good cigar and delicious port that lead to the creation of this cupcake.  My [...]

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Elvis Cupcakes

For Christmas, my father got me a Sprinkles banana cupcake mix.  When Gibbs was visiting, we decided a perfect use for this would be an Elvis cupcake.  What is that, do you ask?  Why, banana, peanut butter, and chocolate, of course!  Results as follows:

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The Coming Vegan Cupcake Uprising

The arduous process of making vegan hazelnut cupcakes with mocha hazelnut mousse filling.

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