cupcakes

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 6

Here’s the last Valentine’s day creation of the week. Just plain old cupcakes decorated like crazy! All of the cupcakes are red velvet, but I used two different recipes. The darker cupcakes are red velvet cake mix from the store. The from scratch recipe for…

XOXO Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 4

These are a perfect example of an idea going awry. I was originally going to top these cupcakes with brownie bits cut with a heart cookie cutter. That was a disaster — the brownies fell apart and looked nothing like the heart they were cut…

Conversation Heart Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 2

This idea and recipe came from Bakerella and the modified cake mix recipe she used was from the Bundt Classics Recipe Book. Rich Chocolate Cake 1 (18.25 oz.) pkg. dark chocolate cake mix 1 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant chocolate pudding 1 cup sour cream 1/2…

After Eight Cupcakes

After Eight Cupcakes 1-1/3 cups flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tea. baking powder 1 tea. salt 6 tbsp unsalted butter at room temp 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 2/3 cup half-and-half Few drops of mint extract 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips or mini…

Cookies ‘n’ Cream Cupcakes

Cookies ‘n’ Cream Cupcakes 1-2/3 cups flour 2 tea. baking powder 1 tea. salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tea. vanilla extract 3/4 cup half-and-half 1 cup crushed sandwich cookies (Oreos) Frosting Ingredients: 6 oz. good quality white…