I know I mentioned my love of fresh fruit before, but it is truly one of the things that make summer special. Peaches are in season now so take advantage of the availability of fresh peaches and bake up a batch of these cobbler like cupcakes from Bake it in a Cake. The cinnamon buttercream…
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Christmas Cupcakes – Santa Claus, Christmas Tree, and Holly
Take frosting and cupcake decorating skills to a whole new level this Christmas. You won’t want to eat these cupcakes once you’re finished decorating them. Thanks to Cupcake Diary in Spain for this tutorial! The cupcakes that illustrate are no new recipe, are the vanilla and cinnamon cupcakes I made some time ago and they are a…
Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies
I read something today about the third Monday in January being the most depressing day of the year. Not exactly sure why that is – post holiday let down? Arrival of credit card bills from all the holiday shopping? It doesn’t really matter WHY, though, does it? All that matters is these little cupcake pies…
Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Ok, well, first of all…Vegetarian Ventures calls these “muffins” but a muffin does not have frosting. So I am calling them cupcakes. And second of all…these cupcakes are for those of us who don’t have the time or talent to make an entire gingerbread house. Same great flavor – with cream cheese icing no less –…
Apple Pie Cupcakes
I have posted apple pie cupcake recipes before, but this one from Spend With Pennies is much faster because you can “cheat” by using a box cake mix and canned pie filling. If you prefer to use fresh apples, a recipe for homemade apple pie filling is below. But a batch of these yummy cupcakes can…
Caramel Pecan Carrot Cupcakes
So if cupcake ingredients include carrots, pineapple, and raisins does that make them healthy? Can we just say it does? This recipe from Garnish and Glaze has all those things! So there ya go a healthy cupcake for you to enjoy! Caramel Pecan Carrot Cupcakes INGREDIENTS For the Cake: 1 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1…
Spiced Zucchini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Do you like spice cake but not pumpkin? Zucchini makes a wonderful moist cupcake without all the pumpkin hype. Cooking Classy adds great spices like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. The Cream Cheese buttercream is a wonderful topping – not too sweet and a perfect complement to the spices in the cake. Yum! Spiced Zucchini Cupcakes…
Caramel Cheesecake Bites
And….these gems from Mom, What’s for Dinner are also gluten free! I suppose you could substitute crushed graham crackers for the crust but why not try something a little different? It’s the cream cheese and caramel that are the main event anyway. Just sayin’. But if you have hard to please family members who eat gluten…
Vanilla Apple Cupcakes with Apple Cider Buttercream Frosting
October is the time of year when fresh apples are readily available and along with that…fresh apple cider. What better way to celebrate fall than with apple cupcakes? Wait, there IS a better way with these easy peasy cupcakes from Southern Krazed! Yup, just a plain white box mix for the cake using apple cider…
Pumpkin Swirled Cheesecake Cupcakes
Ahh….it’s October already! That means we are in the midst of pumpkin season. Seems like everywhere you go it’s all about pumpkins. Well, we wouldn’t want to miss out on that, would we? And Oh My God Chocolate Desserts has the near perfect pumpkin solution – a cheesecake swirled with spiced pumpkin. Yum! Pumpkin Swirled Cheesecake…
Spicy Sugar Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes
Mmmm….cinnamon roll flavored cupcakes topped with cream cheese buttercream frosting. I’m thinking Julie’s Cafe Bakery just might have hit upon a near perfect breakfast treat. Go on, have one with your morning cup of coffee. You know you want to. Spicy Sugar Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes Ingredients 1/3 cup of unsalted butter 1 medium egg 1 1/4…
Brown Butter Peach Cupcakes
So I decided to go back to summer today after going to fall yesterday. It’s still peach season most places! I do love peaches but then again, I do love most fruit. Add in some sugar and cream cheese you have a spectacular cupcake. Thank you Chocolate With Grace for making me drool! Brown Butter Peach Cupcakes…