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Desserts Lemon Meringue Cupcakes Oh My! LEMON MERINGUE CUPCAKES are absolutely awesome and are the perfect serving size summer dessert.

Desserts Lemon Meringue Cupcakes Oh My!

Oh my, have you ever seen anything so delicious looking, EVER?! These are a family favorite and my most requested recipe during our family reunion, I usually make 4-5 dozen of them, lol. For the best meringue, make sure your whites are room temperature. How to Make Wedding Cupcakes. That title should read… “How to Make Wedding Cupcakes when You’re Not Really a Professional Cupcake Baker.”

How to Make Wedding Cupcakes

Since I’m always bringing treats to people, those people occasionally ask if they can hire me to make treats. Not really wishing to create a business of making and selling food, I typically decline- however, a very sweet, young teacher at my son’s school was getting married last weekend and asked if I would do the cupcakes for her wedding. (In case you’re not in on the latest, apparently cupcakes are a hip alternative to a fancy wedding cake nowadays). We met and discussed the project, and I found myself agreeing to make 96 cupcakes!

I owe a huge, HUGE thank you to my Twitter pal and “real-life” cupcake professional Kristin who has a business called Meringue Bake Shop in Southern California. Here are the details: The bride wanted white and chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting. Some of the pictures… I used a 1G Tip by Bakery Crafts for this simple swirl. Elegant White Cupcakes - i am baker. These delicious cupcakes have a fine crumb and a dense texture, making them ideal for a special occasion!

Elegant White Cupcakes - i am baker

One thing I am learning is that in baking, quicker is not always better. Sometimes it is worth it to put time, precision, and thought into a recipe. I have struggled with this concept over the years, intentionally seeking out FAST EASY SIMPLE recipes. And while those recipes have a place in my very busy life, so does recipes that take just a bit more. In my search for the perfect white cupcake, I came across this recipe from King Arthur Flour. That being said… it is the perfect cupcake if you love dense, moist, fine crumb, and delicate texture. Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks, 8 ounces, 230g) unsalted butter, room temperature1 tablespoon baking powder2 1/2 cups (500g) superfine or granulated sugar3/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons vanilla extract1 teaspoon almond extract5 large egg whites2 3/4 cup (344g) cake flour1 cup (8 ounces, 225g) milk, room temperature (I prefer whole) Instructions. Doctored Up Cake Mix. One of the most common questions that pops up in my email inbox and comment section here on MBA has to do with my favorite Doctored Up Cake Mix recipe from 2012.

Doctored Up Cake Mix

When the recipe was originally shared, 18.25 ounce boxes were readily available at most supermarkets. They aren’t so attainable anymore. Most companies have now reduced the packaging down to about 15 ounces. They’ve changed the structure of the cake mix to get the same number of cakes and cupcakes with a smaller amount of product. Vegan Clementine Cupcakes: King Arthur Flour. Sallys Baking Addiction White Wedding Cupcakes. - Sallys Baking Addiction. Tender and moist homemade vanilla almond cupcakes topped with creamy white chocolate frosting.

Sallys Baking Addiction White Wedding Cupcakes. - Sallys Baking Addiction

A truly elegant treat for the most special day. Today is our wedding day. The day my father will walk me down the aisle towards the new life ahead of me. Bridesmaids dressed in coral, groomsmen donning tuxes, proud parents, elated friends, kick-ass band, talented photographer, videographer, photo booth, filet, sesame-crusted salmon, Blue Moon (always), champagne glasses, CHEERS. 20 months of planning and here we are.

Sallys Baking Addiction Moist Yellow Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Frosting. - Sallys Baking Addiction. These super moist yellow cupcakes with milk chocolate frosting reign supreme in the dessert world.

Sallys Baking Addiction Moist Yellow Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Frosting. - Sallys Baking Addiction

Soft, fluffy, and bursting with buttery flavor. Homemade tastes 1,000x better than a box! It’s been a few years since I made classic yellow cupcakes. If you click over, you will see that I clearly used an iPhone in the first few months of my blog’s life. My eyes hurt. Café Mocha Cupcakes. Banana Pudding Cupcakes. I’m going to tell you right now that these cupcakes almost did not make it to the blog.

Banana Pudding Cupcakes

It was a tragedy of epic proportions. In order for you to understand the severity of the situation, let me take you back a few days to Friday night. It was late, the boys were hanging out in the living room, and a certain pregnant lady was in her kitchen working on cupcakes for her website. Of course, she didn’t FEEL like working on cupcakes right then, but she was headed to Portland early Tuesday morning to meet a friend and go to Forks to be Twilight geeks, after which they would head to the BlogHer Food Conference in Seattle. So she needed to get a few recipes stowed away before her trip. After preparing the cupcakes, cleaning the kitchen, and putting them in the spare fridge in the garage (where they should be SAFE FOR A NIGHT), she collapsed in an exhausted heap because did I mention that she is pregnant.

Most of the cupcakes were missing. Frantically her mind raced. Okay. Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe. I get so caught up with trying to create new cupcake flavor combinations that I often forget that sweet simplicity is still insanely delicious.

Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

Oreo Cookies-Recipe Oreo-Oreo Recipes-Cheese Cupcakes-Oreo Cheesecakes. Posted by Grace Massa Langlois on Wednesday, 21st July 2010 I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t like Oreo cookies or Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes.

Oreo Cookies-Recipe Oreo-Oreo Recipes-Cheese Cupcakes-Oreo Cheesecakes

Who could resist cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies? Not Me! Especially the double-stuffed Oreo cookie, it’s one of the best cookies for dunking into a cold glass of milk. I went out yesterday to do my weekly shop, came home, and before I was able to bring in the first grocery bag Matt was hunting for the cookies and cream ice cream. Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. I have a secret that I’m about to blab.

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

It’s about me. And it’s a doozie. It’s going to rock your world… I don’t really like cake… Shhh… Mocha Cookie Crumble Cupcakes « Inside BruCrew Life. Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes. Allow cream cheese and butter to stand at room temperature and soften. In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, orange extract and vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar. Divide frosting into two bowls, add orange food coloring to one bowl. Powered by Now I'm going to show you a simple way to get beautiful, swirled frosting.Put the white frosting in one decorating bag, and the orange frosting in another. Then snip the tips off the ends, and place both bags inside another decorating bagwith a coupler and large star tip (Wilton 1M) attached. Twist the top of your decorating bag to close it, and hold the twisted part between your thumb and first finger. Done! Lemon Cupcakes with Fresh Raspberry Curd Filling for a Memorial Day Virtual Potluck Party.

Refreshing, light, and almost whimsical, these lemon cupcakes with fresh raspberry curd filling are PERFECT for any spring or summer party! I love it when an idea comes together. When what I’ve been dreaming up in my head turns out just how I pictured it. That was these lemon cupcakes with fresh raspberry curd filling. I had made this recipe as full-on lemon poppy cake a few years back for a girlfriend’s baby shower and have since wanted to remake the recipe not only to share with all of you (because it’s pretty awesome), but also because I’ve always thought a cupcake version would be perfectly delightful.

And I was right. The cupcakes themselves are sturdy and soft at the same time, a cupcake trait not always easy to achieve, and they were able to withstand a hollowed-out the center for the curd and the frosting on top without falling into pieces after the first couple of bites. Lemonade Cupcakes Recipe. Lemon Cupcake with Lemon Buttercream. I am trying real hard to finish sharing some of my recipes from this year so I can get to sharing some holiday treats with you! I have been baking up a storm and I feel guilty that so many of these great recipes get put on the shelf because a seasonal recipe takes precedence. So I get it. Lemon isn’t the “seasonal” flavor right now. But here’s the thing. Food. Apple Beer Cupcakes - Brown Sugar.