"Would you like a cupcake?" "Of course!" "Wait... what?" "April Fools!" Today's April Fool's Day cupcake is really a piece of toast cut in the shape of cupcake, smeared with chocol...
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When reader Christine Mitchell made my Easter cupcakes baked in real egg shells , she filled the shells too high with batter. The cupcakes overflowed out of the eggs instead of resting neat...
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Flat Easter egg cookies are fairly common and can be striking and adorable (the Easter egg cookies over at I Am Baker are a prime example). But, not all of us have the artistic talent, tim...
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Every year at our potluck Passover, my cousins are responsible for bringing the coconut macaroons. The whole family (except me) raves about these particular macaroons - purchased from a n...
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My hummingbird cupcakes with pineapple almond butter cream cheese frosting are among my favorite cupcakes . But, not everyone has almond flour , walnut oil , and golden syrup lying arou...
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Nutella is so in vogue that it's hard to think of doing anything with hazelnuts other than mixing them with chocolate . It's easy to forget that Hazelnut (I prefer to call her Hazel) and...
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There is nothing mild about these Thai-inspired cupcakes. As soon as you are within grabbing length of these cupcakes, the unexpected aroma of fish sauce caramel buttercream hits you. Onc...
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Portland, Oregon is known for its foodie culture. When Jonathan and I were there this summer for the International Food Blogger Conference , we had our pick of fabulous restaurants t...
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One of the best tricks that I learned during my day as a chocolatier at Kakao Chocolate was how to make these chocolate leaves in just thirty seconds. Start by pouring a long blob of tempe...
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It doesn't matter if chocolate is tempered when using it in cake batter. But, for chocolate decorations (like my 30 second chocolate leaves ), ganache that shines, properly textured truffles,...
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My three year old, Myles, doesn't just request dumplings. After reading "Yum Yum Dim Sum ", he now requests them by name. He charms restaurant servers when he orders shumai and har ...
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What if, instead of moonshine, cupcakes were illegal? Would you still bake them? Would you race to deliver your cupcakes without getting caught. "Oh no, officer, there's no need to chec...
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This NASCAR cupcake is for Nanette Biddle Taylor who posted the following on the Cupcake Project Facebook Page last week: > Might I suggest some type of NASCAR-themed cupcake in ho...
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For my Valentine's Day contribution to Paula Deen's website, their editor suggested that I create a cupcake using white chocolate. These white chocolate amaretto cupcakes did the trick! T...
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I was alone in the kitchen when these gumbo Mardi Gras cupcakes came out of the oven. Although I had loaded them with big chunks of smoked andouille sausage and prepared them using a roux (t...
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I go crazy with elaborate projects sometimes (see my Homemade Lucky Charms for a prime example). But, it's always nice to have a few one bowl recipes on hand to quickly whip together. D...
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Peanut butter and jelly is such an iconic American duo that before my three year old had even tried it, he was singing PB&J songs in his parent/child music class. But really, people, must ...
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Pine nut butter on toast (or anything you would spread peanut butter on) is a simple special treat for someone in your life with (or without) nut allergies. Pine nuts, as it turns out, are no...
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For me, love has always been like flan. I'm a believer in love at first sight, but in practice love has always come slowly and smoothly - friendship transitioning to butterflies and then to...
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After perfecting a cupcake recipe, don't top it with this dulce de leche buttercream frosting. Your tasters will be so frosting-focused that they won't notice the cake you worked so hard on.�...
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Today, my three year old told me that he had one hundred hugs for me. Cajeta, Mexican goat milk dulce de leche, is like that. It's not the kind of sweet that makes you want to gag (like a r...
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When I told Jonathan that I was going to decorate a cupcake with grapes, he got a little scared. You see, the last time that I decorated with grapes, I created grape man (just go look ). ...
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A couple of years ago, I introduced you to cupcakes baked in real egg shells . Cracking open an egg shell to reveal a cupcake inside is one of those rare food surprises that leaves even the mos...
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The nooks and crannies filled with Nutella and banana in these single-serving pull-apart breads invite exploration. Like a child who can't resist the temptation to pull open and thumb throu...
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I didn't like these Hoppin' John cupcakes. In fact, the mere smell of them turned my stomach. The full 15 ounce can of black-eyed peas in the recipe produced a dense cupcake with an occasio...
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