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Rainbow Cupcakes.
This is not the post for you if you hate and/or are weirded out by artificial coloring and/or sprinkles. This is most definitely the post for you if you: a) love colorful things, and b) you aren’t afraid of ingesting the occasional fake food coloring/chemicals/whatever evil stuff they’re warning us about now.* *[Obviously, moderation is key. You won’t…
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Vanilla Funfetti Cupcakes.
Funfetti is just one of those things that everybody likes. It’s just fun, you know? {I’m punny today. Haha.} When it comes to baking, I often like to poll people on their favorite baked goods. When I ask people what their favorite cake is, most people always respond “funfetti.” I began to wonder why, as it’s…
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Cocoa Buttercream Frosting.
This past Saturday, I taught a cupcake decorating class as a networking event for my day job. [Yikes!] Basically, I just taught people how to make buttercream and frost their cupcakes using decorative pastry tips and bags. Except, as my luck would have it, I had a hard time getting the buttercream to proper piping…
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Small Batch Vanilla Bean Cupcakes.
Have I mentioned how much I freaking love small batch recipes? Especially these days. As I have mentioned before on the ol’ blog, most of the time, my coworkers and friends reap the benefits of my baking shenanigans. However, there are times in which one of the following scenarios occur: a) I’m not in the mood…
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Fudgy Dark Chocolate Cupcakes for Two.
The honest title of this post should be: Fudgy Dark Chocolate Cupcakes for One. If you’re me, anyway. Yeah, that’s right. I made two cupcakes just for myself. To be fair, I did eat only one shortly after photographing them. Now I’m finishing this post from the train, so the second cupcake will be my…