Saturday was the boyfriend’s birthday… he asked for S’mores cupcakes and since it was his birthday, I had to find a super awesome s’mores cupcake recipe! The best thing about this recipe is the all kinds of amazing marshmallow fluff that becomes the frosting. The 2nd best thing about this recipe is the little torch that you get to use to get that authentic s’mores feeling for your cupcakes 
Birthday boyfriend was not disappointed!
S’mores please!
April 11, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Captain Colbert’s Peanut Butter Pretzels
April 6, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
At my first FRG (Family Readiness Group for the Army) meeting last night, I decided to whip up some treats to impress everyone with. You know, first impressions are everything with ladies like these! [Read more...]
Inspiration Station-Marble Cupcakes
April 5, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Last week the student organization that I advise on campus hosted a Showcase to raise money for Japan. It was a pretty amazing event, considering the students spent their entire Spring Break planning the program and folding over 1,000 cranes for folks to sign when they donate money. [Read more...]
Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
March 31, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
I was inspired by With Sprinkles on Top (who also made these cookies) to try them myself. I mean really, how can you go wrong with homemade chocolate chip cookies and Oreos? [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Ball Cupcakes
March 25, 2011 by · 18 Comments
Horray for my first batch of cupcakes in Germany! Now, I didn’t have all my tools… no Kitchen Aid, no scoop for the batter, no bowls or scrapers or pans or liners… So, I bought new ones!! [Read more...]
Chocolate Toffee & Coffee Cupcakes
March 23, 2011 by · 3 Comments
I don’t eat a ton of candy but I love me some heath bars, toffee is pretty delicious. I was wandering around the baking aisle at the grocery store (when I bought more baking powder for the lemon poppy seed muffins) and I decided to buy a few bags of heath bar candy bits. I didn’t have a recipe in mind, but I figured it would find one online and all would be well in the world.
Guinness Stout Cupcake recipe & video from Trophy Cupcakes
March 16, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, Jennifer Shea of Trophy Cupcakes was featured on the Seattle morning talk show New Day Northwest where her famous chocolate stout cupcakes were featured. [Read more...]
14 layers of amazingness!
March 3, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Hey Javacupcakers! I’m super excited to be here and I hope that you enjoy my first post 
Normally, I bake cupcakes because they’re fun and bite sized and so super cute but every once in a while, I find a cake recipe that I *have* to make because it’s just that amazing. [Read more...]
Drenched in Kahlua Cupcakes
February 28, 2011 by · 8 Comments
Yesterday was a great day. Yes, my friends, it was National Kahlua Day. So what did I do? I ran to the closest liquor store that’s open on Mondays and bought myself a little, errr, big bottle of my favorite liquor. [Read more...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
February 25, 2011 by · 1 Comment
I seriously don’t why I never posted this recipe back in December when I made it. I was going through some old posts and found that I had started several but never finished them… including these. [Read more...]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2011 by · 4 Comments
With cupcake orders this weekend and requests from Emily’s teacher… it was time to make some more super sweet love cupcakes! This year, I made them with a twist! [Read more...]
February 2011 – Cupcake of the Month
February 1, 2011 by · 4 Comments
Love is in the air… isn’t it? Oh… and party hats!! Cause February is the month of my birthday!!! Horrraaayyy! To celebrate, I’ve chosen a cupcake that is a combination of two of my favorite things: Chocolate and Raspberry! [Read more...]
Reese’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
December 10, 2010 by · 6 Comments
My angel baby turned 11 years old this week! And for her birthday, she requested a Reese’s cake! Hhhmmm…. How could I pull off this cake? [Read more...]
A Collection of Homemade Baking Ingredients
November 29, 2010 by · 1 Comment
With the Holiday Season in full swing, I’m sure you’ve got your baking lists ready and plenty of holiday cupcakes to bake! What better way to make your cupcakes then with a few homemade ingredients! [Read more...]
Easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Fudge
November 24, 2010 by · 5 Comments
I love fudge. I love peanut butter. I love easy recipes. This fudge literally only took 5 minutes to whip up. You should make it. Really. Go to your kitchen and throw this together, now. You won’t regret it. [Read more...]
Candy Cane Cupcakes
November 21, 2010 by · 12 Comments
I’m not gonna lie… I’m kinda over pumpkin and spice. I’ve made breads, cookies, and whoopie pies out of pumpkin and I’m all pumpkin’d out! So when it came time to bake cupcakes for Will Bake for Food, I decided chocolate and peppermint was the next best thing! [Read more...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
November 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
A couple weeks ago I had a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie at the Proctor Farmers market that was so good. The pumpkin and spiced paired with chocolate was a perfect combination. The flavors played off each other really bringing out the spices and the rich flavor of the chocolate. [Read more...]
Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods
November 19, 2010 by · 2 Comments
Will Bake for Food is this weekend and I’m in bake-sale mode! So far I’ve made the Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies and now Chocolate dipped Pretzel rods! [Read more...]
Guest Blogger: Just JENN shares her Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Cupcakes
October 22, 2010 by · 4 Comments
JavaCupcake Note: This is a guest blog post from JustJENN. She has so many amazing recipes that look so good I want to crawl thru my computer and EAT THEM! hehe You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter! [Read more...]
Spiced Mocha Cupcakes – a new recipe!
October 19, 2010 by · 1 Comment
It’s been a while since I’ve been creative in the kitchen and come up with a new recipe! This last weekend for the Tacoma Harvest Fair, I wanted to create cupcakes using fall flavors, but one that would stay moist for a couple days because I was baking ahead of time. [Read more...]
Mini Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
August 7, 2010 by · 6 Comments
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.
Guest Blogger: Sylvia of A Baked Creation shares her mouth-watering Reese’s Pieces cupcakes
August 3, 2010 by · 3 Comments
JavaCupcake Note: This is a guest blog post from Sylvia of A Baked Creation. She has so many amazing recipes that look so good I want to crawl thru my computer and EAT THEM! hehe You can also find her on Twitter! [Read more...]
Dark Chocolate Buttercream
April 17, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
I have yet to find a really good dark in color, dark chocolate buttercream. Today, I think I came pretty close to perfection. [Read more...]
Guest Blogger: “Courtney’s Sweets” makes Trifle Cupcakes
April 8, 2010 by · 2 Comments
JavaCupcake Note: This is a guest blog post from Courtney of Courtney’s Sweets. She has so many amazing recipes that look so good I want to crawl thru my computer and EAT THEM! hehe You can also find her on Twitter! Courtney was also the winner of my Blogerversary Giveaway! [Read more...]
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies
April 6, 2010 by · 1 Comment
For some crazy reason (that has everything nothing to do with Aunt Flo being in town) I have been craving peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. [Read more...]
Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes
March 26, 2010 by · 6 Comments
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! [Read more...]
Brown Sugar Chocolate Scones
March 19, 2010 by · 1 Comment
Evil Shenanigans is one of my favorite blogs to follow, so when she posted the recipe for Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Scones from SCRATCH I knew I had to make them! [Read more...]
Chocolate Mint Cupcakes
February 28, 2010 by · 2 Comments
Yesterday’s mini cupcake disaster inspired me to turn the rest of the chocolate batter into perfect regular size cupcakes. I was able to salvage enough for 21 perfect Chocolate Mint cupcakes. [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
February 18, 2010 by · 3 Comments
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! [Read more...]
Love Cupcakes
February 12, 2010 by · 8 Comments
For Valentine’s Day this year I was inspired by the Hostess cupcake with creme filling and chocolate top. [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Brownies
February 2, 2010 by · 2 Comments
One of my goals for 2010 was to expand my blog and give myself permission to blog about more than just cupcakes. [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes
January 9, 2010 by · 5 Comments
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 moist chocolate cupcakes and tweaked it just a little bit and they came out perfectly. I have a feeling that this recipe might become a part of whatever my signature cupcake is. I’ve got it pretty much perfected.
To top the cupcake, I wanted a peanut butter buttercream and this particular recipe came from Mermaid Sweets. I did my thing, adapted it some and I think it came out pretty good… a bit sweeter than I had wanted, but it’s still pretty damn delicious!
Finally, I quartered mini Reese’s peanut butter cups to garnish the top. They look like HEAVEN to me! But… seeing that it’s 2:30am, I should probably wait until tomorrow to try one. Otherwise, I’ll be up ALL NIGHT. hehe
Click on image for recipe!
Organic Peppermint Bark Brownie Cupcakes
December 20, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
JavaCupcake Note: This is a guest blog post from Christy at Cupcakes N Cones. To see what other wonderful organic creations she’s made, be sure to visit her site and keep updated with her twitter feed!
Peppermint Bark Cupcake Brownies…or Brownie Cupcakes
I was inspired by my friend on Twitter (@JavaCupcake) to create a holiday cupcake, recipe and all. So I decided on a peppermint bark brownie cupcake, I think they look really really really good.
Here is the recipe I used:
1 2/3 cup soft unsalted organic butter
13 ounces of the best organic bittersweet chocolate (I find everything at Whole Foods and Trader Joes)
6 large organic eggs
1 Tablespoon Vanilla extract
1 2/3 cup organic sugar
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (organic of course)
1 teaspoon salt
You can pretty much alter any of your favorite brownie recipes or chocolate cake recipes with organic ingredients to make cupcakes/brownies and you can also add nuts to this recipe if you’d like, I chose not to but if I did, I’d probably use 1 1/3 cup chopped walnuts.
Preheat your oven to 350.
Melt butter and chocolate together in a large heavy pan.
In a bowl: beat eggs with vanilla and sugar.
Measure the flour into another bowl and add the salt.
Once the chocolate mixture has melted, let it cool a little before beating in the eggs and vanilla and sugar. Than add nuts and flour or just flour if you aren’t using nuts.
Beat until smooth.
I use an ice cream scooper to get the same amount in each cupcake paper. I also make sure the cupcake paper is sprayed with a cooking spray before filling them with batter so the brownies come out easily, if you are using a cake mix, you do not need to spray the cupcake papers.
Bake for about 25 minutes.
Since these are brownies and not cake mix, take them out when it looks dense and gooey because they continue to bake while they cool, if you bake too long you’ll get a dry brownie.
This is how they should look:
Next, I melted some white chocolate in the microwave for about a minute until it was nice and creamy. I spooned some chocolate onto the brownie cupcake.
Next, I used some candy canes, unwrapped them and put them inside a ziplock bag (heavier the better or use two) and got out my rolling pin and started to take my frustrations out while crushing the candies to a fine consistency. I sprinkled them on the top and voila, a peppermint bark brownie cupcake is created!
Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Cupcakes
October 14, 2009 by · 3 Comments
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 with her favorite food in the world being cookie dough, I came up with this recipe!
Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Cupcakes topped with Chocolate Buttercream and Chocolate Chips
Click on image above for recipeHappy 16th Jack!
June 17, 2009 by · 14 Comments
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 has hired me to do the cupcakes!!
They wanted chocoalte cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting but also wanted tiger paws, tiger stripes, the color blue and “Happy 16th Jack” somehwere on the cupcakes. I was able to incorporate everything but the tiger stripes. Everytime I tried to pipe them onto the cupcakes, they just looked horrible. So, it’s just paws for these cupcakes! Jack’s high school (Stadium in Tacoma) colors are blue and orange… so I used the orange as a secondary color for these little master pieces.
I made 4 dozen total. Not all are shown in the pictures.
I deliver them this afternoon and can’t wait to see if they like them!!
Happy 16th Birthday Jack!!
Peanut Butter Cups
April 10, 2009 by · 17 Comments
So, I know they aren’t cupcakes, but I couldn’t resist making this scrumptious Peanut Butter Cups after seeing the recipe on Have Cake, Will Travel. I changed a few things based on what I had in my house, but they turned out sooooo yummy!!! AND, I made them in mini cupcake liners!!!
Click above for recipe!Cupcakes for Dad’s birthday!
March 28, 2009 by · 5 Comments
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 for the recipe!
Cupcakes with Eeerah
March 23, 2009 by · 9 Comments
My good friend Sarah came over this afternoon for a bit of shopping and cupcake making. When my daughter Emily was a toddler, she couldn’t pronounce her name and called her Eeerah . We’ve called her that ever since! Today we made Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttecream frosting with chocolate sprinkles. I’ve made these before, but I piped the frosting differently on these. All we had was a flat rate box to send the cupcakes home with her.
Brownie Cupcakes
March 22, 2009 by · 5 Comments
Mocha Vanilla Swirl cupcakes
March 1, 2009 by · 13 Comments
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 oven to 350 degrees and prepare pan for 12 cupcakes.
Use mixer to combine sugar and butter until fluffy (3-5 minutes).
While that is mixing, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Add the egg and egg white slowly to the sugar and egg and beat well.
Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then add the milk. Add 1/3 more flour mixture and then add the coffee.
Mix in the rest of the flour mixture until just combined (don’t overbeat your cupcakes or they will be disgusting).
Using an ice cream scoop, fill 12 cupcake papers with equal amounts of batter. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees.
Vanilla Filling
1/2 package instant vanilla pudding
A little less than 1/2 cup milk
A little less than 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
3 tablespoons Bailey’s Irish creme
Mix all ingredients with electric mixture until it has the consistency of thick pudding.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temp
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1-2 tbsp whipping cream
Beat the butter until it’s smooth and creamy.
Slowly add the powdered sugar until it’s smooth.
Add the milk and cocoa.
Scrape down sides of bowl.
Beat on high 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.
Cupcake Assembly
Cool cupcakes completely.
Cut out a little cone shape in the tops of each cupcake.
Drop in a dollop of Bailey’s filling and squish the top back on the cupcake. If it squirts out the sides a little, no worries. 
Pipe the frosting on top, making sure to cover the seams and the filling.
Add espresso bean on top. 
Cupcake and Filling recipe adapted from: Frosted Creations
Frosting recipe happens to be the same as Frosted Creations, but is also one I use.
