Have you ever had a baking experience that pretty much start to finish was a disaster?  I promised my friend at work that I would bring in cupcakes the Friday before Halloween. This turned out to be an unmitigated disaster.
I decided to make mini chocolate cupcakes with swiss meringue buttercream tinted orange, purple and green. [...]

My mom requested a red velvet cake for her birthday. I’ve baked them before so I know how, but I was curious for new decorating ideas. Red velvet cakes are often decorated in a more casual even haphazard way. I wanted something pretty and refined looking. I was also concerned about decorating with cream cheese [...]

Check out these adorable cupcakes!  They are made by my friend Tina, who lives in New Zealand. I love the ghosts! It’s such simple but awesome idea.

A few weeks ago I talked about freezing and defrosting cupcakes.  Last night I got to taste the results of another frozen cupcake experiment.
A couple of weeks ago I froze six of the carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that I had made for my Dad’s birthday. I stuck the frosted cupcakes into a tupperware [...]

Saturday was my dad’s birthday and he requested carrot cake. He got carrot cupcakes.

I used the Carrot Cupcakes recipe from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes.  I omitted the golden raisins and added a cup of toasted chopped walnuts.
Everyone loved them so I think this recipe is a keeper.  Here is the online version of the recipe: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/carrot-cake-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-frosting

Today is apparently “National Cupcakes for Life Day“. You are supposed to bake cupcakes for the “one in three children will never celebrate their first birthday due to abortion.”
I feel the need to go home and bake some Cupcakes for Choice.

Defrosting cupcakes?? What a terrible idea! Cupcakes need frosting.
I totally agree, which is why in this case I’m talking about defrosting frozen cupcakes. Sometimes when I make a big batch of cupcakes I freeze some for later. Unless I’m cooking for a party 2 dozen is way too many. Not that they wouldn’t get consumed, [...]

My dad’s birthday is coming up and I’m already thinking about what I’m going to bake him. He loves his bananas. Seriously, he really loves bananas. So I want to make banana cupcakes.
For Father’s Day I made Martha Stewart’s Roasted Banana Cupcakes with Honey-Cinnamon Frosting. Side Note – I got the recipe from her Cupcakes [...]

My sister called me up one day this summer and said she needed help making cupcakes for her friend’s bridal shower. I am the master cupcake baker in the family so I said I would help. Then she told me she wanted to make vegan cupcakes. Vegan cupcake baker? Not so much. I really had [...]

Here is a recipe for these amazing chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate mint frosting. Make sure you use peppermint oil and not mint oil!
I started off using Grandma’s Chocolate Cake recipe from Cake & Commerce. It was delicious. One of the nice things about it is that it uses vegetable oil instead of butter. My [...]