My dad turned 68 this week!!! Happy Birthday Daddy!!! :) He requested white/vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream frosting… so what did I make?? CUPCAKES!! :) They were a HUGE hit and everyone at his party loved them! (hehehe Yes the frosting kinda looks like poop. It sure didn’t taste like poop though!!! DELISH!) Click on …
Posts from: March 2009
I had a craving for brownies tonight, but felt guilty making just straight brownies instead of cupcakes. So I made brownie cupcakes!! Even topped them with chocolate buttercream icing. They turned out delicious!!! A chocolate lovers dream!!! Very rich and chewy. Yummmm! Click on image for recipe.
Tonight I decided to try decorating some cupcakes for Spring. I’ve never done it before and am not sure if I’ll try it again. I don’t know if I like how the flowers look and to be honest… I really prefer the extra large round tip for piping. The cupcake is a vanilla cupcake with …
From the Culinary Institute of America. Thanks to Cupcakes Take the Cake for sharing this video on their blog!
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these festive green velvet cupcakes topped with Bailey’s Irish Cream Frosting! The St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes are done!! :) I made Green Velvet cupcakes and topped them with Bailey’s Irish Buttercream frosting! Here’s the recipe!! Enjoy! UPDATE March 2014: So… this post is from the VERY early days of this …
I found this video on how to make buttercream flowers on your cupcakes. It’s super easy!!!
*I’ll take better pictures in the daylight tomorrow!* So I’m a little bummed how the Orange Creamsicle cupcakes turned out tonight. I followed the recipe as instructed, but I think some things need a little tweeking. Next time, I’ll only fill the cups 1/2 way and really watch them the last 2 minutes. Some of …
Makes 12 cupcakes. 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 cup sugar 6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temp 1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white, at room temp 1/4 cup buttermilk 1/4 cup+1tsp STRONG brewed coffee (Starbucks Pike Place roast was used for this cupcake) Preheat …