Caramel Stuffed Snickerdoodles with Browned Butter

April 28, 2013 by 3 Comments

Caramel Stuffed Browned Butter Snickerdoodles by JavaCupcake.com

I love nothing more than a good cookie.  I mean seriously… chewy cookies that are just a little crisp around the edges… TO DIE FOR.  These cookies, however, I may even kill for.  (Well no, I won’t kill – but you get the idea).  These chewy snickerdoodles are stuffed with caramel and made with a perfectly nutty browned butter.

Yah… you read that right.  Browned butter AND caramel in the SAME snickerdoodle!  I was inspired to make these cookies by Two Peas and their Pod who made a similar cookie not too long ago.  I did make a batch that had the seasalt on top, but I wasn’t a huge fan of it with these cookies, so I omitted it for the rest.

Want a cookie to knock your socks off?  These Caramel Stuffed Browned Butter Snickerdoodles will do just that!

Enjoy!

Caramel Stuffed Browned Butter Snickerdoodles by JavaCupcake.com

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Caramel Stuffed Browned Butter Snickerdoodles

Prep Time: 8 hours

Cook Time: 9 minutes

Yield: 2 dozen cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tspsalt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, sliced
  • 1 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1/4 cup + 2Tbsp sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp sour cream
  • Kraft Caramel squares, cut in half
  • 1/4 cup sugar, for rolling
  • 2 tsp cinnamon, for rolling

Instructions

  1. Heat a pan over medium heat. Add the sliced butter and whisk until melted. Continue to whisk as the butter begins to cook. As it browns it will start to foam and will have a nutty aroma. Pay careful attention not to burn the butter, it can turn quickly. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  2. While the butter is cooling, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
  3. Once the butter has cooled, cream it with the brown sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer until smooth.
  4. Add the eggs one at a time and beat will after each addition. Mix in the vanilla and sour cream and mix until combined.
  5. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  6. Cover the dough and chill for at least 8 hours or overnight.
  7. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 F degrees and line your cookie sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine the 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
  8. Using at least 2 Tbsp of dough, work the dough in your hands until pliable. Roll the dough into a rough ball and then flatten it on your work surface. Press your thumb into the center of the flattened dough to create a well for the caramel.
  9. Place 1/2 a square of caramel into the well and then fold the sides of dough around the caramel. Use your hands to shape the dough into a ball. Roll it in your hands to smooth out the surface and make it round.
  10. Toss the dough ball in the cinnamon/sugar mixture and place on the prepared cookie sheet.
  11. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on the pan for 3-4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes

April 11, 2013 by 18 Comments

White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes by JavaCupcake.comSeveral months ago, my husband and I were shopping at the German market Edeka and we spotted a candy bar we had never seen before. White Chocolate Twix! WOAH!  My husband LOVES Twix and he LOVES white chocolate… but together, in the same candy bar… HOLY COW!  Of course the first thing to pop in my mind was how these would make the BEST cupcakes!

I really wanted to get that Twix cookie flavor into the cake part – so I used a basic sponge cake recipe and then incorporated crushed shortbread cookies into the batter.  The result is perfect – it’s hard to describe, but it’s almost like a soft cookie.  It has a thick crumb and tastes just like shortbread.  YUM!

White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes by JavaCupcake.com

The cupcake is filled with caramel sauce.  Now – since I wasn’t trying to spend ALL day in the kitchen, I used a jar of premade sauce, but you could definitely make your own.  Dulce de leche would be great in the middle of these cupcakes too!  When taking a bite into these cupcakes, instead of caramel oozing out all over the place, it was soaked up into the cake… so you get a burst of caramel flavor without the mess! Perfect!

Topping these little  yummies is a whipped white chocolate frosting.  I call it whipped because that’s what I did to it – whipped the heck out of it making it a light and fluffy frosting.  And on top of the frosting, a 1/3 of a White Chocolate Twix candy bar!

And – if I’m not mistaken, I’m pretty certain no one has ever made these before… I think it may actually be a cupcake first!!

Enjoy!

{Recipe} White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes by JavaCupcake.com

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White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes

Total Time: 2 hours

Yield: 24-30 cupcakes

Shortbread cake filled with caramel sauce and topped with whipped white chocolate frosting!

Ingredients

    Shortbread Cupcakes
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla
  • 1 package (250g) Walkers Shortbread Cookies, crushed (both fine and chunky pieces)
  • 1 12.25oz jar Smuckers caramel sauce
    • Whipped White Chocolate Frosting
  • 200g Lindt white chocolate (you can use any brand of white chocolate, just not chips or candy melts)
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 750g (about 4 1/2 cups) powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

    Shortbread Cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners.
  2. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
  3. In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy - about 3-4 minutes.
  4. Add the eggs, one at a time and mix until incorporated. Beat on high for 3-4 minutes.
  5. In a measuring cup, combine the milk and vanilla.
  6. In three parts add the flour mixture and mix on low... between each addition of flour, add half the milk. Mix only until just combined.
  7. Fold in the crushed shortbread cookies.
  8. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 16-18 minutes.
  9. Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  10. Core each cupcake with an apple corer. Reserve the cake from the middle.
  11. Fill each cupcake with about a tablespoon of caramel sauce and place the cored cake on top of the caramel - filling the hole.
    12. Whipped White Chocolate Frosting
  12. Place chopped chocolate in a microwave safe glass bowl. Microwave in 30 second bursts at 60% heat until 80% melted. Stir until all the chocolate has melted. Set aside to cool.
  13. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and mix on high until combined.
  14. Mix in the vanilla.
  15. With the mixer on low, pour in the white chocolate. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix on medium speed until incorporated.
  16. Add the heavy cream & salt and whip for 4-5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  17. If the frosting seems too soft, place it in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to slightly firm up.
  18. Use a large open, star tip (such as Wilton B8) to pipe a swirl of frosting onto each cupcake. Top the cupcake with 1/3 of a white chocolate Twix candy bar.
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Caramel Apple Milky Way Cupcakes

September 10, 2012 by 12 Comments

The Fall season is right around the corner and all the yummy seasonal candies are out in the stores already!  I posted a link to my Fall Recipe Round-Up that I put together last year and I’ll be adding all of this year’s recipes to it as I make them.  This cupcake is the first one of the season!

I saw a bag of new mini Milky Way candy bars at the PX last week… Caramel Apple in flavor.  Interesting… very interesting, I thought.  But once I popped one in my mouth, the combination of smooth caramel and the apple flavored nougat all covered in chocolate I knew I needed to make a cupcake!

So, I took my favorite chocolate cake recipe for the cupcake, filled with the chopped apples covered in caramel sauce and topped it with a caramel buttercream, caramel drizzle and a Caramel Apple Milky Way bar.  I’ve done some apple cupcakes in the past, but none with a chocolate base…. GENIUS I tell you!!  DELICIOUS even more!

So… run to Target and find a bag of these and make these cupcakes!  Perfect transition into Fall flavors!

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Caramel Apple Milky Way Cupcakes

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Yield: 12-16 cupcakes

Perfect cupcake to transition into Fall! Chocolate cake filled with caramel apples topped with caramel buttercream, caramel sauce and a Caramel Apple Milky Way bar!

Ingredients

    Chocolate Cupcakes
  • 3/4 cup strong coffee
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
    • Caramel Apple Filling
  • 2 Gala apples (or your favorite), diced/chopped
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, loose
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • juice of 1/2 lemon (optional - I didn't have any time time, but I really recommend it if you have it!)
  • 1 Tbsp flour
    • Caramel Buttercream
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1.5lbs powdered sugar
  • 2-3 Tbsp heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-4 Tbsp caramel syrup (I used Smuckers)
    • Garnish
  • Caramel syrup
  • Caramel Apple Milky Way bars, halved

Instructions

    Chocolate Cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line cupcake pan with liners.
  2. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg and sour cream.
  4. In a small sauce pan, melt the butter on medium-low heat. Add the coffee, cocoa and vanilla and whisk together. Cook for 2 minutes until cocoa has melted and you have a smooth consistency.
  5. Slowly pour a few tablespoons of the chocolate mixture into the egg/sour cream and whisk until combined. You're tempering the egg with this step. Add the remaining chocolate and whisk until combined.
  6. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in the wet. Whisk together until smooth, about 2 minutes.
  7. Pour batter into cupcake liners 3/4 full. Bake about 17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  8. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  9. Use an apple corer or core out the center of each cupcake.
    10. Caramel Apple Filling
  10. In a large frying pan, melt the butter.
  11. Add the apples, sugars, cinnamon and lemon. Mix until combine and the sugar is completely melted. Cook for 3-4 minutes on medium heat until bubbly, stirring constantly. You don't want it to burn, but you want the apples to get semi-soft, but not mushy.
  12. Add the flour and mix until the sauce on the apples thicken.
  13. Remove from heat, transfer to a glass bowl and allow to cool completely.
  14. Fill each cored cupcake with the apple filling.
    15. Caramel Buttercream
  15. Cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth.
  16. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream and beat until smooth. Scrape the sides and bottom of bowl to make sure everything is incorporated.
  17. Add the caramel sauce until you reach your desired consistency. Beat on high for 3-4 minutes.
  18. Top each cupcake with a swirl of buttercream.
  19. Garnish with with a drizzle of caramel sauce and the halved Milky Way bars.
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Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes

October 21, 2011 by 47 Comments

I’ve made apple cupcakes a million times. I’m most known for my Tree Hugger Apple cupcakes which I debuted at Cupcake Camp Seattle a few years ago. I’ve made them dozens of times for family and friends. The only problem with these cupcakes is the amount of time they take and the number of steps needed to make them. I wanted to come up with a simpler, yet equally as delicious version of an apple cupcake that could be made in one bowl.

Now, there’s no getting around prepping the apples in butter, sugar and spices. That’s just a MUST for these cupcakes, especially if you want them filled. If you wanted to skip the filling step, you could add the cooked apples to your batter before baking and omit the raw apples from the batter. You’d have swirls of cinnamon and apple throughout the cupcake. YUM!

But, I wanted filled cupcakes this time so I chopped up half a large apple and put that in the batter. I’ll fill the cupcakes when they’re cool with the cooked apple mixture.

I topped these cupcakes with an apple, cinnamon and caramel buttercream… it took has chunks of apples running through it. Super good… super sweet!

Enjoy!

Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes
Makes 12 cupcakes

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup milk (you could use apple juice too)
1/2 cup chopped apples

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line your cupcake pan with liners.
  2. Cream together the butter and sugars.
  3. One at a time, mix in the eggs. Add the vanilla then beat on high for 2 minutes. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
  4. Sift into the batter the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Mix by hand about 5-6 strokes.
  5. Add the milk and mix only until all the flour and milk are incorporated.
  6. Gently fold in the apples. Do not over mix!
  7. Bake for 17-19 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  8. Leave in pan for 3-4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Filling
1 large apple, chopped
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp milk mixed with 1 heaping tbsp corn starch

  1. In a medium pan, melt the butter on medium-high heat.
  2. Add the apples, sugars and vanilla and stir. Cook until bubbling, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add the milk + cornstarch mixture and bring to a bubble. Cook for 1-2 minutes until thickens.
  4. Remove from heat and continue to stir for about 1 minute.
  5. Set aside to cool.
  6. Fill cupcakes and reserve remaining apple mixture for buttercream.
Apple Cinnamon Buttercream
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 lb powdered sugar, sifted
2-3 tbsp heavy cream
remaining apple mixture
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cinnamon
  1. Cream together the butter and shortening.
  2. Add about 1/2 the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
  3. Add 1-2 tbsp cream and mix until combined.
  4. Add all of the remaining apple mixture, cinnamon and salt.  Mix until smooth.
  5. Add remaining powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
  6. Add enough cream until you get the consistency you desire.
  7. Scrape sides of bowl and mix on high for 1 minute.
  8. Frost cupcakes and drizzle your favorite caramel sauce over frosting.
Assembly
  1. Core the center of your cupcakes out.
  2. Fill with apple filling.
  3. Top with apple cinnamon buttercream.
  4. Drizzle with your favorite caramel syrup.
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Caramel Apple Cupcakes

September 10, 2011 by 16 Comments

Jenn and I planned to make caramel apple cupcakes without even chatting about it first!  I guess those Fall flavors are just in the air and we’re ready to get baking!! Apples, cinnamon, nutmeg… OH MY!

You may remember the Tree Hugger Apple cupcakes I made before!  I brought them to my first Cupcake Camp and they were a HUGE success!  My very first recipe I came up with on my own from scratch!  I knew I didn’t want to make these caramel apple cupcakes exactly the same, but some elements of it I knew were too good to pass up.

I started these Caramel Apple Cupcakes with the same pan cooked chopped apples that I used with my Tree Hugger Apple cupcakes.  Sugar, apples, lemon, and spices cooked on low heat to create a ooey gooey apple filling.  Seriously, I could eat it by the spoonful.

Apple Mixture
Makes about 2 cups apple mixture

3 Granny Smith apples, diced
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tbsp hot water + 1 tbsp corn starch

  1. Over medium high heat,  mix together all the ingredients in a frying pan on the stove.
  2. Bring to a boil then reduce to low and cook for about 10 minutes.  Stirring frequently.
  3. Set aside to cool completely.

Apple Cream Cheese Filling

8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup apple mixture
1 tbsp heavy cream (optional)

  1. Cream together the cream cheese and butter using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment.
  2. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
  3. Mix in the vanilla.
  4. Add the apple mixture and mix on low until just combined.
  5. If mixture is too thick, add a tbsp of heavy cream to smooth out.
Caramel Buttercream
1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1lb powdered sugar
2-3 tbsp heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
3-4 tbsp caramel syrup
  1. Cream the butter and brown sugar together.
  2. Mix in the vanilla.
  3. Add the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
  4. Add the cream to loosen.
  5. Mix in the caramel syrup and mix until smooth.
  6. Beat on high for 30 seconds, scrape the sides of the bowl and beat again.
  7. EAT!

Apple Cupcakes
Makes 18 full size cupcakes and 24 mini cupcakes

2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup canola oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup apple juice
1 tbsp vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

1 cup apple mixture

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.  Line cupcake pans with liners.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, oil, applesauce, juice and vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk/sift together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Add the flour to the wet mixture and mix together just until combined.
  5. Fold in the apple mixture.
  6. Fill regular size liners about 2/3 full.  Fill mini liners 1/2 full.
  7. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until tops are golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.  Rotate pan after 12 minutes of baking.
  8. Cool in pans for about 7 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Assembly
  1. After cool, cut a cone out of the center of each regular size cupcake.  Trim off the bottom of the cone.
  2. Core out the center of each mini cupcake using an apple corer.
  3. Fill each cupcake with the cream cheese apple mixture.  Replace to tops of the regular size cupcakes only. (I used a small ice cream scoop to fill the regular size cupcakes and a piping bag to fill the mini’s)
  4. Top with caramel buttercream and then rim with your favorite topping. (Nuts, candy, sprinkles, caramel sauce)
  5. Insert popsicle stick or lollipop stick into center of cupcake.
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Frosting

September 5, 2011 by 10 Comments

The holidays are coming and what better way to start off my first recipe with PUMPKIN! While scanning through the pumpkin entries of Pinterest I knew I had to try them out. When gathering ingredients at the store I noticed when I got home I got pumpkin pie filling and not canned pumpkin! I tried it with the pie filling without adding the spices just a little less salt, the right amount a sugar, and a lot of taste testing and it came out perfect so it can work both ways! The caramel frosting adds the perfect touch for this holiday treat!

CINNAMON ROLLS
1/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
2 cups bread flour (you can use regular all purpose flour but bread flour makes them lighter)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons melted butter

CARAMEL FROSTING
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 dash salt
3/4 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar

Directions

1. In small saucepan, heat milk and 2 tablespoons butter just until warm and butter is almost melted, stirring constantly. In large mixer bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Add milk mixture and beat with electric mixer until well mixed. Beat in egg and yeast.

2. Add half of the flour to pumpkin mixture. Beat mixture on low speed 5 minutes, scraping sides of bowl frequently. Add remaining flour and mix thoroughly (dough will be very soft). Turn into lightly greased bowl, then grease surface of dough lightly.

3. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Spray a surface with cooking spray or turn onto floured surface. Knead a few turns to form a smooth dough, sprinkling with enough additional flour to make dough easy enough to handle. Roll dough into 12×10 inch rectangle.

4. In small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Brush surface of dough with melted butter. Sprinkle with brown sugar mixture. Beginning with long side of dough, roll up jellyroll style. Pinch seam to seal. With sharp knife, cut roll into 12 1- inch slices. Place rolls, cut side up, in greased 11X17 inch square baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, 30 to 45 minutes.

5. Bake rolls at 350 degrees about 15-20 minutes or until golden. Remove from pan to waxed paper-lined wire rack. Cool 10 to 15 minutes. Drizzle with Caramel frosting. Makes 12 rolls.

Caramel Frosting:
In small saucepan, heat butter until melted. Stir in brown sugar and milk.

Stir in brown sugar and milk. Cook over medium low heat 1 minute.

Transfer to small mixer bowl and cool mixture. Stir in vanilla, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and confectioners’ sugar. Beat with electric mixer until well blended. If necessary, add more confectioners’ sugar for desired consistency.

 

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Caramel Creme Latte cupcakes

May 30, 2011 by 21 Comments

When my good friend Chrissy asked me to make cupcakes for her in-laws that were coming to visit her family here in Germany, I couldn’t say no.  Joe and Liz are from Oregon and love coffee, so I thought what better than a coffee based cupcake!  [Read more...]

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Birthday Trio

May 18, 2011 by 1 Comment

Hey folks ;) sorry things have been a little quiet around here from me lately… life has kind of been super busy lately.  Good busy, but still super busy.  I haven’t had much time to write posts, but have no fear I have been baking!

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Samoa Cupcakes

April 27, 2011 by 33 Comments

Several weeks ago I ordered many many boxes of Girl Scout cookies from my beautiful niece, Ashley.  Well… I’ve been holding on to those cookies until I had enough time to create the cupcake made from one of the most popular GS cookies, the Samoa.  And you know what… I think I’ve done it.    [Read more...]

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Caramel Macchiato Cupcakes

April 4, 2011 by 12 Comments

What’s your favorite drink at Starbucks?  I’m a sucker for a good Caramel Macchiato, iced or hot… but stirred, I like it when the milk is mixed together with the coffee… all that caramely goodness with whipped cream=divine. [Read more...]

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Mini Brownie Cupcakes

April 2, 2011 by 9 Comments

Happy weekend!  These little brownie bites are super tasty. I’ve made this brownie cupcake recipe a few times for a baby shower and as a present… they’re also my little brother’s favorite cupcake!  The last time I made them I decided to drizzle them with caramel, add some almond slivers and mini chocolate chips and they were amazing.

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Appledoodle Cupcakes

October 26, 2010 by 1 Comment

I had a very special request by Carrie of Bella Cupcake Couture.  ”Tree Hugger Apple” cupcakes for her birthday! [Read more...]

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Caramel Apple Cupcakes

September 9, 2010 by 3 Comments

It’s back to school time in our house and I wanted to do something special for Emily’s teacher as a way to kick off the school year! I have been craving the scents of Fall so I knew an apple cupcake would be in order! [Read more...]

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