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Monday, January 18, 2010

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!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Guest Blogger Tracy from Sugar Crafter makes Homemade Vanilla Extract

JavaCupcake Note: This is a guest blog post from Tracy & Sugar Crafter.

Be sure to check out all the other delicious creations she's making on her blog and follow her on Twitter!

Vanilla Extract

I’m sure you’ve probably seen this everywhere by now, but since it was part of mine and hubby’s homemade Christmas gift baskets this year, I couldn’t post about it until now or I would have spoiled the surprise! When I first learned how easy it is to make your own vanilla extract though, I was so excited. It’s much cheaper than buying it in the store! And since I was about three months away from Christmas at the time, I knew they would make perfect gifts as well. I’ve been using the homemade vanilla extract in my baking ever since, and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to store-bought!
Here’s what you’ll need:

Vodka (any type will do – I used Skyy)
1 vanilla bean per 1/3 cup vodka
Lidded glass bottles

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Cookies-N-Creme Cupcakes

Today is my niece Ashley's 8th birthday party and she has requested for me to make her cupcakes!! She picked out these yummy looking Oreo Cupcakes from a book I got for Christmas for me to make! So, of course, I had to put my own spin on them!! Here's what I came up with! Enjoy!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Rainbow Cupcakes

And finally, the last cupcakes I made were a tri-color cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting. While making the lemon cupcake batter, I saved some aside that did not have the lemon, leaving a basic vanilla batter. I separated that into three and colored two of them pink and green. I spooned each color into the cups to creak the rainbow effect! :) For my first attempt, I think they turned out really great!

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 :)

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Cupcakes for Dad's birthday!

My dad turned 68 this week!!! Happy Birthday Daddy!!! :) He requested white/vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream frosting... so what did I make?? CUPCAKES!! :) They were a HUGE hit and everyone at his party loved them!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Cupcakes with Eeerah

My good friend Sarah came over this afternoon for a bit of shopping and cupcake making. When my daughter Emily was a toddler, she couldn't pronounce her name and called her Eeerah :). We've called her that ever since! Today we made Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttecream frosting with chocolate sprinkles. I've made these before, but I piped the frosting differently on these. All we had was a flat rate box to send the cupcakes home with her. :)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Spring Cupcakes, Take 1

Tonight I decided to try decorating some cupcakes for Spring. I've never done it before and am not sure if I'll try it again. I don't know if I like how the flowers look and to be honest... I really prefer the extra large round tip for piping. The cupcake is a vanilla cupcake with buttercream frosting. I'm not a huge fan of vanilla cupcakes, but this recipe was decent. I'd love to hear if anyone else has a better recipe for vanilla cupcakes. :)

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mocha Vanilla Swirl cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes.

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temp
1 large egg, plus 1 large egg white, at room temp
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup+1tsp STRONG brewed coffee (Starbucks Pike Place roast was used for this cupcake)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare pan for 12 cupcakes.

Use mixer to combine sugar and butter until fluffy (3-5 minutes).

While that is mixing, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add the egg and egg white slowly to the sugar and egg and beat well.

Add 1/3 of the flour mixture, then add the milk. Add 1/3 more flour mixture and then add the coffee.

Mix in the rest of the flour mixture until just combined (don't overbeat your cupcakes or they will be disgusting).

Using an ice cream scoop, fill 12 cupcake papers with equal amounts of batter. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Vanilla Filling
1/2 package instant vanilla pudding
A little less than 1/2 cup milk
A little less than 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
3 tablespoons Bailey's Irish creme

Mix all ingredients with electric mixture until it has the consistency of thick pudding.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temp
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1-2 tbsp whipping cream

Beat the butter until it's smooth and creamy.

Slowly add the powdered sugar until it's smooth.

Add the milk and cocoa.

Scrape down sides of bowl.

Beat on high 3-4 minutes until light and fluffy.

Cupcake Assembly
Cool cupcakes completely.

Cut out a little cone shape in the tops of each cupcake.
Drop in a dollop of Bailey's filling and squish the top back on the cupcake. If it squirts out the sides a little, no worries.
Pipe the frosting on top, making sure to cover the seams and the filling.
Add espresso bean on top.
Cupcake and Filling recipe adapted from: Frosted Creations
Frosting recipe happens to be the same as Frosted Creations, but is also one I use.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Super Moist Chocolate Cupakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

I have tried several chocolate cupcake recipes as well as several buttercream recipes and have found these two to be my favorite.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

UPDATE: 4 April 09
So, as I was sorting through my blogs... I realized I never posted my Valentine's Day cupcakes. So now, two months later... here they are! They are my Moist Chocolate Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream icing :)

More to come!!

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

More Cupcakes!!!

I made another batch of cupcakes this weekend.... chocolate with chocolate buttercream frosting. Too many to eat myself... so I'm sending them all to work with my husband today. Let the soldiers eat them!!! hehe

Friday, January 16, 2009

Cupcakes: Round 1!

Cupcakes are my new hobby!!! And tonight, I tried making my first batch from scratch!! I made vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. They look so yummy!! I think I like how I decorated the blue ones the best. I can't wait to making them again!!!

Naked before frosting.