August 25th, 2010
Birthday Cupcakes
Today’s cupcakes go to a beautiful little girl who is turning 6!! Her Daddy just got back from Iraq and this birthday is going to be a super special one for her!
August 25th, 2010
Today’s cupcakes go to a beautiful little girl who is turning 6!! Her Daddy just got back from Iraq and this birthday is going to be a super special one for her!
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 26th, 2010
This past weekend was my nieces 12th birthday party and she requested my White Velvet Raspberry cupcakes for her party. The first time I made these for a client, they were all pink and super cute! But I knew my niece wasn’t exactly a pink girl… she is more into turquoise and lime green and [...]
April 8th, 2010
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!
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 12th, 2010
For Valentine’s Day this year I was inspired by the Hostess cupcake with creme filling and chocolate top.
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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.