Tree Hugger Apple Cupcakes

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. 

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White Velvet Raspberry filled Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream topped with a fresh 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! I made two dozen and I almost only delivered 23... hehe they were THAT yummy!

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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 from Trophy Cupcakes in Seattle and can be found here. My mother-in-law is in town and it happens to be her birthday so I made here these delicious treats to celebrate!

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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 to do some baking with them. My first attempt are these Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins with a crumbly sugar and butter topping... the recipe comes from Bakerella. (Click HERE for the complete recipe)

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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 our end of the quarter potluck. I hope they enjoy!!

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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!!!

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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 don't know about this rhubarb.

So I thought... hmmm, could I do a rhubarb cupcake? I found only TWO recipes for this online... one of which was WAY too complicated. So, I settled on the simpler recipe from Coconut & Lime.

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Strawberries!

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. So, I've made:

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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 :)

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Lemon & Raspberries

This weekend was the Easter Celebration at my husbands work and of course, I made cupcakes!!! :) The first ones I made were Lemon cupcakes with a Raspberry center with Raspberry Buttercream icing. They centers with the raspberry was my favorite part... and the frosting was super sweet. DELISH!!!

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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 is what happens when new cupcake recipes go so bad... that even US Army Soldiers won't eat them.
Poor Cupcakes.

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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 them came out a little toasty around the edges. And although the marshmallow makes it the creamsicle part, I'm not sure if I like how it looks piped onto the cupcake. I think next time, I'll stick with straight orange buttercream frosting (which is DELICIOUS, by the way) and just call them Orange Delight cupcakes.


I'll try these again someday.... make them perfect!!

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Mmmm Lemon

Today I tried another flavor cupcake!! Super moist Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream frosting! I got the recipe from "The Cupcaker" blog.

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