Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Prepare a muffin tin with paper liners. For the cupcakes, in the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs and the vanilla and cream until combined.
Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter-Chocolate Frosting
I can’t remember if I mentioned to you our little jaunt to Georgetown over the summer. I don’t think I did, did I? In any case, we descended on Georgetown with the sole purpose of taste testing cupcakes. Our first stop was naturally Georgetown Cupcake, which is featured on the TLC series “DC Cupcakes”. After struggling to find a parking spot and then standing in a 30-minute line on the hottest day of summer (I think the temp topped 110 that day), we finally got to place our order.
Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Really good red velvet cupcakes are elusive to many. Some are dry, some are TOO fake-red red. And what’s the story behind red velvet cake (and cupcakes) anyway?
Red Velvet Cupcakes
You’ll be happy to know that I have recovered from my epic kitchen fail , the oven is sparkling, and to celebrate I give you these amazing mocha cupcakes with espresso buttercream frosting. Plus, it’s Friday. And cupcakes are a perfect way to welcome the weekend with open arms. It’s been a crazy, messy, stormy week, and you deserve one. I might even go so far as to suggest that you should just skip your morning cup of coffee or trip to Starbucks and have one of these instead.
Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream Frosting
Margarita Cupcakes
Happy Cinco de Mayo! The one day a year when we can stuff ourselves full of chips, salsa, guacamole and margaritas. It’s a little bit of a foodie nirvana.