August 7th, 2010
It’s been over three months… three long months since I’ve baked a cupcake. Today, I reclaimed my excitement, desire, and drive to bake again thanks to an old friend who called and asked me to make cupcakes for an upcoming bridal shower.
April 21st, 2010
It’s SPRING and I’ve got the FEVER! Fresh fruit is everywhere and I am buying a lot of it! I had about a flat of strawberries and these beautiful lemons in my kitchen and an itch to come up with a new recipe.
April 17th, 2010
I have yet to find a really good dark in color, dark chocolate buttercream. Today, I think I came pretty close to perfection.
April 5th, 2010
This weekend was Easter and I was a baking fool! I made two bunny cakes and three dozen cupcakes! Yummm-0! The cupcakes I made were a White Butter cupcake with a classic Vanilla Buttercream frosting. Delish!
March 26th, 2010
JavaCupcake Note: This is a re-post of a recipe from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody! She has so many amazing recipes for bakers, you’ll have to check them all out!
February 18th, 2010
I was in the mood for a simple cupcake since the last few I’ve made have been pretty elaborate. What’s more simple than a white cupcake with chocolate chips? YUM!
February 18th, 2010
I’ve been researching how to make buttercream roses for cupcakes I’ll be doing this spring.
January 30th, 2010
I had an order for my Irish Car Bomb cupcakes so I decided to try something new with them.
January 25th, 2010
I was asked by Foodies@Work (on Twitter @foodiesatwork) to write a guest blog for their site. They wanted me to come up with a cupcake that reflected the Pacific Northwest. At first, I instantly thought seafood!! But reconsidered because I’m certain that a lobster cupcake wouldn’t be that tasty. So I decided on apples.
January 18th, 2010
It was Tracy’s grandmothers 84th birthday and she wanted cupcakes! She wasn’t a big fan of chocolate so a white cake was ordered and wanted to add a bit of color with raspberries. So what I came up with was this White Velvet Raspberry filled cupcakes topped with Vanilla Buttercream and a fresh raspberry!
January 9th, 2010
It’s a week into 2010 and I’m making my first round of cupcakes for the new year! I’ve been brainstorming what my “signature” cupcake could possibly be and it dawned on my that DUH! Peanut Butter and Chocolate! My favorite food combination. For this Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcake, I started with my recipe for super [...]
December 29th, 2009
Today is my niece Ashley’s 8th birthday party and she has requested for me to make her cupcakes!! She picked out these yummy looking Oreo Cupcakes from a book I got for Christmas for me to make! So, of course, I had to put my own spin on them!! Here’s what I came up with! [...]
October 14th, 2009
Yes… It’s been a over a month since I last blogged and even longer since I’ve made cupcakes. But, with one month down of this deployment, I was feeling like I could get back into the swing of things again. My friend Heather and I decided to get our kids together to make cupcakes… and [...]
August 22nd, 2009
Blueberries are in season here in Washington and my husband let me buy A TON of them!!! First, I made blueberry muffins and then… then I found a recipe from one of my favorite cupcake shops for a Blueberry Cupcake!!!! Mmmm I couldn’t resist!! The recipe for Blueberry cupcakes with Blueberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream is [...]
June 17th, 2009
This weeks order for cuppies comes from my former class mate, Deb. We took an amazing class together at UW called Body Image & Art which changed my life. Deb’s son, Jack is turning 16 and Deb is helping him celebrate by throwing him a birthday party on his last day of school and she [...]
April 25th, 2009
My niece’s birthday party is this afternoon and my sister has hired me to bake cupcakes for the event!! White cupcakes with strawberry frosting is what they wanted… I thought I should kick it up a notch and do a little better. I made White Butter Cupcakes filled with strawberry and topped with Strawberry buttercream [...]
April 4th, 2009
And finally, the last cupcakes I made were a tri-color cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting. While making the lemon cupcake batter, I saved some aside that did not have the lemon, leaving a basic vanilla batter. I separated that into three and colored two of them pink and green. I spooned each color into the [...]
April 4th, 2009
The second cupcakes I made were a mini cupcake with the same Lemon cupcake batter and a basic vanilla buttercream frosting. Of course the cupcake liners were blue with cute little chicks on them Click on image for recipe
April 4th, 2009
This weekend was the Easter Celebration at my husbands work and of course, I made cupcakes!!!
March 28th, 2009
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 the image [...]
March 22nd, 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.
March 19th, 2009
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 [...]
March 17th, 2009
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!
March 8th, 2009
I found this video on how to make buttercream flowers on your cupcakes. It’s super easy!!!
March 4th, 2009
*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 [...]
March 1st, 2009
Makes 12 cupcakes. 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt3/4 cup sugar6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temp1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white, at room temp1/4 cup buttermilk1/4 cup+1tsp STRONG brewed coffee (Starbucks Pike Place roast was used for this cupcake) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare pan [...]
February 22nd, 2009
Today I finished up a request from my husband to make Irish Car Bomb cupcakes! This cupcake consists of a Guinness infused chocolate cupcake piped with chocolate & Jameson whiskey ganache all topped with Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Swirl frosting. To. Die. For.
February 18th, 2009
I had an FRG Meeting at my house this weekend and made customized cupcakes for the event. The flags on the cupcakes that I made are called “Guide-Ons” and each company in the Army has their own flag. To make these flags I created the flag using publisher then cut them out and glued them [...]
February 18th, 2009
I have tried several chocolate cupcake recipes as well as several buttercream recipes and have found these two to be my favorite. Click on image for recipe.
February 12th, 2009
UPDATE: 4 April 09So, as I was sorting through my blogs… I realized I never posted my Valentine’s Day cupcakes. So now, two months later… here they are! They are my Moist Chocolate Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream icing More to come!!
January 16th, 2009
Cupcakes are my new hobby!!! And tonight, I tried making my first batch from scratch!! I made vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. They look so yummy!! I think I like how I decorated the blue ones the best. I can’t wait to making them again!!! Naked before frosting.
