I have tried several chocolate cupcake recipes as well as several buttercream recipes and have found these two to be my favorite.
It's winter on the farm here in Virginia, and when I say it's cold, I mean "your-coffee-freezes-before-you-finish-it" cold. The roads are iced over, Matty's on a school delay, and the well-water filtration system? Oh yeah, that's busted too. Life's messy, but the one thing keeping us warm-besides five layers of clothes-is this Chunky Split Pea...
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...
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...
If you're a Hello Kitty lover you are definitely going to love these Hello Kitty macarons filled with strawberry buttercream! Complete with a template for piping the batter, this recipe & tutorial will walk you through the process of making your own Hello Kitty Macarons! Last month my friend's daughter celebrated her 7th birthday with...
These Easy 4th of July Cupcakes are not only delicious, but they are simple to put together and will help you celebrate our nation's independence with style! I believe that a cupcake isn't just a personal size portion of cake with some frosting smeared on top. I believe that an individual cupcake should be...
I know these are holiday... but this technique can be used for any occasion!
These look yummy! Love the flags - I always printed the boys pictures, names, etc with PSE for cupcake toppers on toothpicks. Very creative!
Hi Betsy! I just saw your blogs and tons of cupcake recipes and already fell in love with them 🙂 I have a question, how do you make moist cupcakes? what is the secret ingredient? I once tried baking moist chocolate cake and ended up with a dry one. Help!
I really think it's the combination of ingredients that make it moist. This was the first chocolate cake recipe that I made when I started blogging. Since then, I've perfected it even more. I use a combination of sour cream and coffee (you can't taste the coffee - but it brings out the flavor and adds moisture) for moisture! Also - making sure not to over bake the cake really helps. If you find that your cake is still drying out, try brushing a simple syrup over the top of it. (Just a combo of boiled water and sugar). Here's a link to my all time favorite chocolate cake: https://javacupcake.com/2013/04/double-chocolate-layer-cake/
Happy Baking!