Tag: Spices
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Walnut Cupcakes Topped with Rose White Chocolate Mousse and Baklava
Having a seemingly insatiable sweet tooth, baklava, the sticky-sweet treat of layers of buttery phyllo dough, nuts, and honey syrup, has always appealed to me. None the less, I don’t have it too often as my run-ins with baklava are often of the unfortunate “guess how long I have been sitting in this plastic case”…
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Wasabi White Chocolate Cupcakes with Plum Sake Filling
I have had wasabi in a cupcake before, but with dark chocolate. When I saw the white chocolate and wasabi combination on an old episode of Top Chef, I figured, “why not?” And then I thought, “Sake!” and again, “why not?” And I wasn’t finished there… I knew I wanted to do a fruity filling…
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Chocolate Chai Spice Cupcake
I must admit… I almost felt like I was cheating with this recipe. I used my current favorite chocolate recipe and added a few teaspoons of ground up spices – that was it! But while the approach was straight forward, the result was great. The spices showed through the flavor of the chocolate just enough…
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Eggnog Cupcakes with Bourbon Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting
Being someone who grew up in the northeast, but who is now living in California, it’s hard for me to feel very festive about Christmas without the snow and proximity to family. I usually ignore the existence of the holiday then panic for my lack of presents when I arrive at Logan airport. So, here…
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Pequin Chili Chocolate Cupcakes
Finally! 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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Pine Nut and Candied Orange Peel Cupcakes with Christmas Spice Buttercream Frosting
I 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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Cashew, Carrot, Cardamom Cupcakes with Cashew Cream Cheese Frosting
This recipe is inspired by a delicious dessert I had when I was last in India. I actually didn’t know the name of the dessert, but I described it to my coworker and she informed me that what I had was Gajar Halwa or carrot pudding. I considered two preparations, one where I made the…
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Dark Chocolate Truffle Cupcakes
There are a couple of reasons why I made these truffle inspired cupcakes. Firstly, I wanted to spring clean the lazy Susan that is my baking pantry. It got out of control months and months ago like most of my cabinets and closets tend to get. My plan was, while cleaning the pantry, to inspect…
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Red Hot Cupcakes
I was batting around a lot of cupcake ideas this week and asking for input. All I knew was that I was wanted to do a meringue frosting. The Red Hots idea came from a coworker – Red Hots and a flaming top of whipped frosting were definitely a match. I was sold. Red Hots…
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Fresh Pumpkin Cupcakes with White Chocolate Chunks and Cream Cheese Frosting
A very good friend came to my house, made a mess of my kitchen making pumpkin muffins and left me with tons of leftover pumpkin meat. The nerve! So, what did I do? Make pumpkin cupcakes, of course. This is a relatively simple recipe, easy to do, but yummy none the less. Very much like…
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