Posts Tagged “frosting”

Wedding Cupcakes

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I’ve recently had the honor of baking for a wedding! When a friend from high school asked me to supply the baked goods for a dessert bar she wanted at her wedding, I was super excited to get into the kitchen and whip up some wedding-worthy treats. I met with the bride-to-be months before the ...

French Toast Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Frosting

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I never have been a big cupcake fan. For my birthdays when I was a kid, my mom would always make a large chocolate chip cookie with whipped cream and sprinkles. Poke in a few candles, and vuala, I was a happy camper. I never could get over that thick and sweet frosting that was ...

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 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 ...