Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

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Guinness infused, chocolaty cupcakes, filled with Jameson Irish whiskey ganache, topped with sweet and creamy Baileys buttercream. Did I get your attention yet?? Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought to add beer to my cupcakes. Okay, I might have thought about it, but I wouldn’t expect it to taste any good. ...

Mini Peanut Butter Cheesecakes

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My college career is coming to an end, and while so many people advise me to, “Stay as long as you can” or assure me, “You don’t want to enter the real world just yet,” the truth is, I do. I do want to enter the real world and I do want a job that ...

Mini Red Velvet Layer Cakes

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As we all know, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. And if you didn’t know Valentine’s Day was tomorrow, you don’t have a Facebook and/or Twitter. If you do in fact have a Facebook or Twitter, you know that tomorrow is a day for lovers, Whitney Huston died, and Nicki Minaj had an awful performance at the ...

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe

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Lately, I’ve been on some kind of chocolate peanut butter kick and dreamed (literally… I dream in chocolate and frosting) of making a rich chocolate cupcake with a creamy peanut butter frosting. I searched high and low (aka I Googled a ton of recipes) to find a cake and a frosting recipe, and was completely ...

Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting Filling Recipe

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Back in December, my sister and I took a cupcake decorating class at Butter Lane Cupcakes in NYC. In a class with about a dozen others, we made Butter Lane’s signature vanilla, chocolate, and cream cheese frostings and were taught the proper techniques to whipping up the perfectly, light and airy frosting they use on ...

Chunky Potato Leek Soup Recipe

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Brussels sprouts get a bad rep, and I’m thinking leeks might, too. No kid wants to hear their parent tell them to “eat your Brussels sprouts,” and I’m sure none of us have ever been forced to eat our leeks either. But let me tell you, Brussels sprout are damn delicious, and so are leeks. ...