cupcake recipes

Yay! It’s Halloween Week! Hayley (aka The Domestic Rebel) and I were talking recently. We wanted to do a theme week thought, why not Halloween? I mean, it’s the first week of October people. We need to get in the spirit. I, for one, am NOT in the spirit. Sure, I decorated my house....

I am so late to the Biscoff party. And for that, I deeply apologize. A few months ago, you couldn’t go anywhere in the food blog world and not see Biscoff something or other. What is Biscoff you ask? It is like peanut butter in consistency, but it a spread made from ground cookies....

Tweet What do you get for a girl who loves pink, zebra, and Audrey Hepburn? Pink zebra cupcakes of course! My friend Lauren’s birthday was the perfect occasion to try out the zebra cake technique. By layering chocolate and vanilla cake batter, you can create a striped effect in the cake. It takes some...

These Snickerdoodle Cupcakes are some of the best cupcakes I have ever made, or even tried. The cupcake itself really does taste like the cookie after which it is named, and the frosting is cinnamony-sweet and creamy. The perfect treat for any cupcake or Snickerdoodle fan! My sister’s boyfriend is celebrating a birthday this...

TweetPlease welcome guest blogger Stef from the Cupcake Project! Her blog is my go-to for cupcake recipes (her Ultimate Vanilla Cupcakes are my favorite vanilla cupcake) and she is constantly coming up with innovative ideas (she recently made homemade Spam and used it in Spam cupcakes). She brings us her answer to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge:...

Tweet Two weeks ago, I posted a photo tutorial on how to make DIY cupcake wrappers. It’s a really easy process – just print out the free template and get some pretty scrapbook paper. Today I have a slightly more complicated, but even more fun DIY cupcake wrapper for you: fortune cupcakes! This cupcake wrapper...

Prep time: 45 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Makes 18-20 cupcakes This cupcake, adapted by The Bee's Kathy Morrison from several sources, can be as rustic or as dressy as you like. Without topping or frosting, and a little less sugar, it cou...

I hope everyone had a fun-filled 4th of July Celebration! Wasn't it kin-of awkward that is was right in the middle of a working week? I prefer Holidays almost at weeks end, hello more time off, lol. But we made the most of it and crammed as much i...

On Sunday, I shared the story of my first baking competition at the Sacramento Chef Challenge. I developed this Ginger Root Beer Float Cupcake recipe to fit the “Hot Summer’s Night” theme and also incorporate the secret ingredient, ginger. I tried different combinations of ginger beer, root beer, fresh ginger, and ground ginger, and I...

Today, I'm entering the 2012 Ice Cream Cupcake Contest sponsored by two amazing blogs: Cupcake Project and Scoopalicious.   There is some very stiff competition this year, but I'm excited to try my hand at this type of cupcake...Always k...