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S’mores Cupcakes. My goodness, am I in love with this cupcake. This chewy, gooey, chocolaty, sweet toasty cupcake. From the buttery graham cracker crust, to the soft, fudgy middle, to the gooey toasted marshmallow on top — it’s everything you love about a S’mores — in a cupcake! Oh and guess what? It’s also stuffed with a Hershey bar.

And my favorite part about it? Whether making standard or mini cupcakes, just top with one big marshmallow, place on a baking sheet, and broil in the oven until golden brown and perfectly toasty. For the standard sized cupcakes, I added a layer of graham cracker crust, a layer of chocolate cake, a layer of Hershey chocolate bar, and a final layer of chocolate cake. Enjoy this one, guys! S’mores Cupcakes Graham Cracker Crust 1 1/2 cups cinnamon graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 5 tbsp butter, melted Process cinnamon graham crackers in a food processor until they are fine crumbs. Recipe via Annie’s Eats The Best Chocolate Cake Ever Recipe via Kevin & Amanda Cupcake Assembly.

Rainbow Cupcakes. It’s the final day of Cupcake Week! And I saved this fun, colorful, rainbow cupcake for last. It’s got five layers of colorful cake batter to create this gorgeous, rainbow swirled cupcake. Then it’s topped with pillowy soft buttercream frosting and fun rainbow sprinkles. How cute would these cupcakes be for a birthday party?? Here are the five colors I used, found at Hobby Lobby. And here’s the order I added them in, starting with the green layer on the bottom and finishing with the purple layer on top. I’ve been wanting to make rainbow cupcakes ever since I first laid eyes on them, but kept putting it off because I thought it’d be pain with five bowls of cake batter.

I used Sweetapolita’s Fluffy Vanilla Cake again for these cupcakes, and I’m going to send you over to her blog to get the recipe. Thanks for joining me for cupcake week!! Click HERE to get the recipe for Fluffy Vanilla Cake! I weighed all my ingredients. Cupcake Assembly 5 bottles food coloring in assorted rainbow colors. Oatmeal Cupcakes with Cinnamon Sugar Frosting Recipe. Hummingbird Cupcakes. Finals are over, at last! Ahhh, it felt like this day would never come, but it finally did, and it was seriously about time. It's so nice to just sit back and just do nothing. Well that’s not entirely true I suppose. I got out of my last final exam this afternoon and did my last load of laundry and then watched more episodes of Mad Men than I’m going to admit (I’m attempting to catch up as quickly as I can, I only jumped on the Mad Men bandwagon a couple of weeks ago.

I’m already up to the middle of season three!). I had a great junior year, and it’s a little weird to think that I’m technically a senior now, but I’m gonna just go with it and look forward to what senior year will bring. For some reason, hummingbird cake is an incredibly popular flavor for Mother's day. As much as I loved the cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting, the thing that I think really stands out the most are the pineapple flowers that are used to top off each cupcake. For the Hummingbird Cupcakes Directions. Mocha Cupcakes with Kahlua Cream Cheese Frosting.

A few weeks back, I got the chance to make my Chocolate Stout Cake all over again. I was super excited for this, as I absolutely loved the cake the first time I made it, and I was ready for any excuse to make it again. The cake was just so good that it definitely deserved the chance to be made once more, and I was thrilled when I got a legitimate excuse to do so. A close friend of the family was graduating from Cooper Union, and I was placed in charge of bringing a chocolate cake for dessert for his graduation party.

Naturally, I went with the chocolate stout cake, knowing that it would be a success, and it definitely was! The cake needed to be large enough to feed 40 people, which meant doubling the original recipe. By now I'm sure you're aware of my battle with coffee; sometimes I love it, and sometimes I just can't stand it. The frosting for the cupcake is just my go-to cream cheese frosting, which I've grown to really love. Mocha Cupcakes with Kahlua Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients. Champagne Cupcakes. It seems crazy to think that 2011 is practically over, and will become nothing but a mere memory in just a couple of hours. But it'll definitely be a lovely collection of memories that will be worth looking back on!

I took a great day trip to Philadelphia, had an awesome internship with the NYC Department of Buildings during the summer, got in shape (well...that needs to be worked on again in 2012, more to come on that soon!) , had one crazy and really hectic semester at Columbia (but then again, I wouldn't have had it any other way), and got to eat at several really fantastic locations in New York City (Levain Bakery being my favorite for sweets, and Acqua at Peck Slip, a really amazing Italian restaurant, being my favorite spot for dinner, both of which you guys should check out if you have a chance!).

Oh, and one more thing. I started this little blog called Ambrosia. I'm getting sidetracked. Happy New Year everyone! Champagne Cupcakes Ingredients For the Cupcakes 1 cup granulated sugar. Andies Mint Cupcake Recepie | Borntobeblonde. Andies Mint Cupcakes Reviewed by Maggie MIzar on May 24 Rating: 5.0 Andies Mint Cupcake Recepie yummy yummy yummy andies mint cupcake recepie! More than Mode: 抹茶のカップケーキ (MATCHA CUPCAKES) Esta semana decidí utilizar el te para otra cosa que no fuese beberlo.

Y el resultado fue fantástico, unos cupcakes tiernos, dulces y con un sabor a matcha delicioso!!! Os atrevéis??? This week I used my matcha tea for other things than to drink it!! I made cupckes!! Podéis ver más fotos y leer la receta haciendo click en el enlace que hay justo abajo!! Vamos allá con la receta! Ingredientes: Para los cupcakes: 160gr de mantequilla 180gr de azúcar 375gr de harina 2 huevos 1 cucharadita de levadura 1/2 cucharadita de bicarbonato 1 pizca de sal 220ml de leche 10-15gr de te matcha Para el frosting: 500gr de queso crema 200gr de mantequilla 250gr de azúcar glas 1 cucharadita de extracto de vainilla Preparación: Empezamos como siempre, que pesada, verdad??

Empezamos a cocinar, poniendo en un bol la mantequilla con el azúcar, y lo batimos bien con las varillas hasta que este cremoso. Tamizamos los ingredientes secos, como la harina, la levadura, el bicarbonato, la sal y el matcha. Feliz fin de semana!!!!!!! Chocolate Stout Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Cheese Frosting. Yes, you read that right, there is ale in the cupcakes and Bailey's in the frosting! I guess it's safe to call these grown-up cupcakes, and boy are they good!! St. Patrick's Day inspired me to create this skinny adult treat.

Pinterest can be such a time suck, but it also sparks creativity. Folks, this was a big success, so if you have a St Patrick's Day party to go to I highly recommend bringing these. And by the way, Skinnytaste was nominated for Fitness Magazine Fitterati Awards (Best Healthy Eating) – would you mind taking a second to vote? : 12 1 cupcake w frosting 4 pts 5 pts 188.9 6.3 g 3.3 g 31.1 g 1.5 g 19.4 g 214.3 mg (without salt) Ingredients: {*style:<i> For the Bailey's frosting: </i>*} 5.5 oz 1/3 less fat Philly Cream Cheese, softened 1/2 cup powdered sugar 4 tsp Bailey's Irish Cream 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp sugar 1 cup flour 7 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 egg 1/2 cup stout 4 oz unsweetened apple sauce 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 tsp vanilla.

Coca-Cola Cupcakes. I don’t drink coca-cola. But I do eat it. Weird. Yeah, I dunno. It’s way better eaten. Let’s take a look, shall we? There’s some dark and white sugar cooked with dark dutch processed cocoa powder…and a can of coke! There’s some the ol’ that pouring into this and this pouring into that. There’s some mixing. Take a little PAM and spray the liners–this is a sticky cupcake batter. UPDATED TIP ALERT: A few of you tried this recipe and sprayed them and the cupcake still stuck. These cupcakes are chocolately, decadent, rich and kind of amaze.

This frosting isn’t frosting–it’s just whipped cream. And guess what? Next, cherries on top! P.S. Coca-Cola Cupcakes Recipe adapted from Baked: The New Frontier Yields 15 cupcakes Print this recipe! Cupcakes: 2 cups Coca-cola (do not use diet!) Whipped Cream Frosting: 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract Maraschino cherries (for topping) Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes. For some reason, I love getting the chance to drink Coke out of glass bottles; I don't really know why, there's just something really great about it. It's just this different sort of feeling than what comes with drinking Coke out of say a can, or any other sort of glass or beverage-holding container. I'm probably just being silly. That is always a very plausible conclusion to come to. I mean...just look at what I've baked for you today. "Cherry Coke Float Cupcakes. " Say what? Yeah. But anyway. I've always loved the combination of cherry and chocolate, and Coke with cherry is pretty delicious too. Surprisingly enough, I had never actually tried cherry flavored Coke before making these cupcakes.

The original recipe for these cherry coke cupcakes suggests brushing a Coca-Cola glaze over the tops of them after they have been baked. Add the flour mixture and the Coke mixture alternately to the butter mixture, beginning with the Coke mixture in four parts. Margarita Cupcakes. Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe. I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days. Especially for my fellow small business owners who just gave half of their revenue back to the government.

Good grief, I won’t even go there. Instead though, I thought I’d offer my idea of a more comforting alternative. Pasta. When life is good, and when life gets crazy, I turn to pasta. And just as it has for years, this one hit the spot. Read more This past Friday night was meant for celebrating. The weather was sit-out-on-the-deck-in-the-cool-evening-breeze perfection. And a very special birthday girl turned the big 3-0. Friends, meet Stacey. Read more TGIF, friends. Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. Read more Ever since my friends and I met for a tapas happy hour at our neighborhood Spanish restaurant a few weeks ago, I’ve had sangria on my mind. Read more Read more I’ve always said that I like a good balance of cooking and baking in my life. Red Velvet Cupcakes. It took me a while to finally get around to trying what seems to be everyone ever's favorite cupcake flavor, red velvet.

I'm not really sure why it took me so long...I'm pretty sure the fact that red velvet cupcakes are well...bright red that just turned me off...or made me a bit apprehensive and weary about trying them at least. Don't get me wrong, I think food coloring is great and all in certain instances, but there's something about making food itself a really bright color that just seems weird to me. Maybe it's just me, but I'll always think that food that has been turned bright blue, red, green, or any color is weird. Sorry if this offends anyone.However. The day finally came. For the Cream Cheese Frosting 2 1/3 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature4 oz cream cheese, cold Directions Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven, and preheat to 350 degrees F.

Evenly divide the batter among the 12 prepared cupcake cups. Matcha Green Tea Cupcakes and Matcha Buttercream Frosting. Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe : Paula Deen : Recipes. Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with cupcake papers. In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. In a large bowl gently beat together the oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla with a handheld electric mixer. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet and mix until smooth and thoroughly combined. Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. For the Cream Cheese Frosting: In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Garnish with chopped pecans and a fresh raspberry or strawberry. Cook's Note: Frost the cupcakes with a butter knife or pipe it on with a big star tip.