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Bacon Cupcakes Two Ways
View recipe: Bacon Cupcakes Two WaysI have tried my hand at bacon cupcakes before and some of my coworkers were huge fans. I was planning some celebratory cupcakes for work and I decided on bringing back the bacon. I was tentative with my inclusion of bacon last time around and I was looking for a chance to push it a…
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Grape Cupcakes
View recipe: Grape CupcakesI made these cupcakes specifically to celebrate the launch of a product at work — code named “Grape”. That’s all I needed, an excuse to make grape cupcakes. I knew at the outset I didn’t want these to be cloyingly sweet. I also would have preferred to make them in the fall when I could…
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lime tart cupcakes
View recipe: lime tart cupcakesThis post has taken me a while, I know. And that is partly because it’s my last post here on this blog. That’s right, CupcakeBlog is shutting down. The decision was not taken lately, trust me, but a combination of factors came together… a botched wordpress upgrade (I am still without access to the admin…
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3 Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Sea Salt
View recipe: 3 Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Sea SaltOne of my most favorite places to discover unique ingredients and find inspiration for my latest creation is Boulettes Larder. My recent visit turned up the very special sea salt used to garnish these cupcakes and a very delicious pasta dish that was well worth the 18 dollar Tuesday lunch splurge. The vanilla cupcake recipe…
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pear & vanilla bean filled chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream
View recipe: pear & vanilla bean filled chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercreamI made these here cupcakes for the first ever bay area cupcake meetup that happened this weekend. A lovely group of people showed up at Dolores Park in San Francisco with creative and tasty cupcakes to share. We talked shop and caused a bit of a scene. Apparently the idea of a group of people…
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Sweet & Salty Honey Peanut Cupcakes
View recipe: Sweet & Salty Honey Peanut CupcakesMy neighbor is a bee keeper. Mostly she keeps bees in a more lush area of the city, but she also has some hives in her backyard. She dropped off some of her backyard honey the other day. I just had to make some cupcakes with it! This creation consists of honey chiffon cake, layered…
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Plain and Simple Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes
View recipe: Plain and Simple Chocolate and Vanilla CupcakesWe are being visited by out of town guests this week. The visitors include three youngsters who happen to be very plain and picky eaters. I definitely wanted to treat them to cupcakes, but knew that I couldn’t veer far from very straightforward flavors. I decided to do four recipes – a basic chocolate cupcake,…
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Pequin Chili Chocolate Cupcakes
View recipe: Pequin Chili Chocolate CupcakesFinally! Today! After weeks of waiting and a few too many hundred dollars, the oven is fixed. I baked these cupcakes over the weekend, though, and in a neighbor’s oven. The change of scenery threw me off. I made an ill-advised substitution (baking powder instead of baking soda) and the cupcakes didn’t rise enough. I…
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Lemon Cupcakes with Bitters, Sorrel, and Toasted Meringue
View recipe: Lemon Cupcakes with Bitters, Sorrel, and Toasted MeringueJanuary and citrus are a natural pair when it comes to me and cupcakes. As is typical, I ate too much chocolate and too many sweets over the holidays and really had to dig deep to find the motivation to even think of baking. But dig deep I did… Well, actually, I perused the latest…
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Pine Nut and Candied Orange Peel Cupcakes with Christmas Spice Buttercream Frosting
View recipe: Pine Nut and Candied Orange Peel Cupcakes with Christmas Spice Buttercream FrostingI will be frank. I am not a fan of pine nuts. They fell out of favor with me back in the 90’s or whenever it was that every restaurant was serving them in their dishes. They are new to my husband however and, go figure, he likes them. So, when he rushed off to…
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