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!
Archive for the fruit Category
August 7th, 2010
Mini Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
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
Lime Green Raspberry Birthday Cupcakes
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 21st, 2010
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
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 12th, 2010
Lemon Blueberry Poppy Seed Pound Cake
Emily spent the night at the neighbors house this weekend and I wanted to make something to thank them for having her over. I had a couple lemons and big bag of frozen blueberries and thought a pound cake would be perfect!
March 21st, 2010
Emme’s Banana Bread
My daughter Emily has always loved being in the kitchen with me and today, while we were washing the dishes before we started she says to me, “Mom, I love it when we’re in the kitchen together. Even if we’re just doing dishes or we’re baking cupcakes, I really like spending time with you in [...]
March 19th, 2010
Whole Wheat Blueberry Scones
Yesterday I made Brown Sugar Chocolate Scones and realized that I could use this basic recipe to make any flavor of scones! So I went to the Metropolitan Market and picked up some blueberries and some whole wheat flour! I was going to make a healthier scone full of delicious berries!
January 25th, 2010
Tree Hugger Apple
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
White Velvet Raspberry
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!
August 22nd, 2009
Blueberry Madness!
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 [...]
August 18th, 2009
Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins
Yes, I know… these aren’t quite cupcakes. But they are in the shape of a cupcake… so that totally counts, right? It’s blueberry season here in Washington and they blueberries are everywhere. Plump, juicy and full of delicious flavor. I bought four giant pints of blueberries at the market this weekend and knew I had [...]
June 9th, 2009
Banana Bread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Well, I’ve made my Banana Bread Cupcakes again… this time they really are cupcakes garnished with delicious cream cheese frosting and a crunchy banana chip on top!! The first batch got a little crispy on the bottom (darn my oven)… but the rest turned out beautifully! I’m taking these to my Art Class tomorrow for [...]
June 2nd, 2009
Banana Bread Cupcakes… well, not really
The local market had given me some free over ripe bananas and I wanted to make bread with them. I had so many that I ended up making a double batch. Forgetting that I only had one bread/loaf pan, I needed a quick fix for the extra batter. Cupcake liners!!! I have lots of those!!! [...]
May 1st, 2009
Rhubarb Cupcakes
Rhubarb, what is rhubarb exactly? I’ve asked myself this dozens of times and to be honest, I still don’t have the answer. I asked a bunch of my friends on Twitter and they said it’s a tart veggie, but it’s used almost like a fruit it pies, jams and muffins and such. *humph* I still [...]
April 25th, 2009
Strawberry filled White Butter Cupcakes
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
Mini Cuppies
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
Lemon & Raspberries
This weekend was the Easter Celebration at my husbands work and of course, I made cupcakes!!!
March 22nd, 2009
When new recipes go bad
I wrote about the Orange Creamsicle Disaster and included a photo of the best of the best of the cupcakes that day. They looked kinda pretty… but they didn’t taste pretty. I forgot I had taken this picture… but I thought it was funny seeing a butt load of cupcakes in the trash can. This [...]
March 4th, 2009
Orange Creamsicle Disaster
*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 [...]
January 25th, 2009
Mmmm Lemon
Today I tried another flavor cupcake!! Super moist Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream frosting! I got the recipe from “The Cupcaker” blog.The only change I made was I added 1/2 cup of applesause to the batter to ensure moistness!! I also topped mine with yellow sugar crystals and a lemon drop hard candy! They turned [...]
