This recipe is for our vegan friends, though I believe most of us would appreciate a cupcake that is breakfast all rolled into one package. If you aren’t into vegan, I am sure these could be tweaked to use other ingredients. Play around with the recipe a bit, we won’t tell Ces la Vegan what you…
cinnamon
Apple Cheesecake Cupcakes
Oh my. Cheesecake and fresh apple pie filling. I do believe this may be a new definition of heaven. And to think I was wondering what to do with the apples I just bought yesterday at the produce store. Just Putzing Around the Kitchen may have come up with the perfect solution. Apple Cheesecake Cupcakes Ingredients:…
Gluten Free Carrot Nutmeg Cupcakes
We have posted a couple other carrot cake type cupcake recipes, but this one from Whole Living Daily is for our gluten free friends. The mix for the gluten free flour blend is at the bottom of the page. What a great mixture to keep on hand for other gluten free baking projects! Gluten…
Glazed Strawberry Crumb Muffins
Ok, ok, so these are technically muffins. Didn’t someone once say that muffins are just ugly cupcakes? Once again, I will say that if you bake it in a muffin tin using a cupcake wrapper, then it can be a cupcake. Whatever you want to call these treats from The Joy of Caking, they are…
Unique Cupcake Flavors
Our friends at Best Friends for Frosting call these “crazy” but I’m sort of afraid to use that term. I mean, people already think I am little off kilter why give them any more reason to call me crazy? I have to admit Molly at BFFF found some rather unusual combinations for cupcakes. Avocado? Kale? Shoot,…
Shoofly Pie Cupcakes
These cupcakes take me back to my Pennsylvania childhood. Yes, I was raised in Pennsylvania Dutch country where most “traditional” food is considered “comfort” food elsewhere. Fried food and carbohydrates were staples along with pies, cakes, and various other baked goods. Healthy food it was not. But I have to admit I was sort…
Carrot and Raisin Spice Cupcakes
We have posted several other carrot and spice cupcake recipes but this one includes some interesting ingredients. The additional fruit makes these cupcakes extra moist with some added nutritional value. It’s still a cupcake, but vitamins are always good however we get them. This recipe is courtesy of Taste of Home. Carrot and Raisin…
Apple Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes
Ahh….the aroma of yeast and rising dough is just heavenly. Add in the the scents of clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and apple and your house will smell like grandma’s house. These will take a bit of time but, trust me, they will be oh so very worth the wait! Bake some today and you will thank…
Ginger Zucchini Cupcakes
If you like fresh vegetables, it is inevitable that someone will give you their “extra” zucchini this summer. It’s hard to say no, but what to do with all the extra ones? There’s only so much zucchini a family can eat before there is a revolt at the dinner table. Luckily, zucchini is a wonderful…
Clementine Carrot Cupcakes
I thought this recipe sounded, well, like something different. The fact that it is lower in fat that most cupcakes is just (lower fat) icing on the cake. I doubt most people could even tell, so we’ll just keep it a secret. This recipe is courtesy of Daily Dish Magazine. Ingredients 1 3/4 cups…
Blueberry Cupcakes!
I grew up in “farm country” so we spent a good bit of the summer in our garden or picking fresh fruit. We picked blueberries, sour cherries, and wild raspberries which my mom would then freeze to use in pies for the rest of the year. While picking fruit seemed like such a chore, it…
Cupcake Baking Tips
If you are new to the world of baking – anything, not just cupcakes – then maybe you are a bit overwhelmed when reading some of the more complicated recipes. Baking a rich and tasty cupcake doesn’t have to be complicated. A favorite cake recipe can be easily converted to cupcakes by following these…