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Cupcakes

Frosting for the Cause: Go Pink! Strawberry Cupcakes

January 18, 2011

I’m very excited to announce that today I am guest posting over at Frosting for the Cause. An awesome project that began January 1, 2011 and will end December 31, 2011 with a total of 365 guest posts by bakers, decorators, and bloggers all taking turns sharing wonderful cookie and cupcake recipes with you, while [...]

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Pear Hazelnut Cupcakes for Holden

January 14, 2010

Today I am going to share a story with you. This story is about an amazing couple Drew and Mikalle, and their beautiful baby boy Holden Milo, who you see in Mikalle’s arms. Drew and Mikalle were made for one another, not only do they share many great qualities, they also share the same love [...]

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Tagged as: Cheese, Frosting, Lemon, Liqueur, Nuts, pear, Preserves, Vanilla

Baking Red to Remember – Red Velvet Cupcakes

November 30, 2009

Today I am going to introduce you to a friend of mine, Angela AKA SpinachTiger. We met just a few weeks ago during the FoodBuzz Festival in San Francisco and although I haven’t known her for an extended period of time, I feel like we’ve been long time friends. Angela happens to be a very [...]

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Tagged as: baking soda, buttermilk, cake flour, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, eggs, granulated sugar, red food coloring, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, vinegar

Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting

September 6, 2009

It was Thursday night, I was checking out Facebook looking for a good laugh, a cute picture, an interesting post, someone ranting over someone else’s meaningless post, you know some good stuff. I was about to log out when I came across a post from one of my co-workers in which he was updating us [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, confectioners' sugar, eggs, elinor klivans, Frosting, granulated sugar, heavy cream, instant coffee, instant espresso, light corn syrup, semisweet chocolate, sour cream, unsalted butter, unsweetened chocolate, vanilla extract

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cupcakes

August 21, 2009

Guess what I got in the mail yesterday… yeah, it’s probably best if I just tell you, I received the September issue of Gourmet… yay! The best news is, that I’ve decided to pick one recipe from each new issue I receive to share with you. This month I chose Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cupcakes the [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cocoa powder, confectioner, cream cheese, eggs, granulated sugar, pumpkin pie spice, semisweet chocolate chips, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, zucchini