Hungry? Grab a Cupcake!!!

So my friend sent me a picture one day of a candy bar cupcake and right then I knew that was the next cupcake I was going to make.  Now, I love to make chocolate cupcakes, mainly because one of my most favorite things in life is chocolate.  Therefore, anything I can bake that involves chocolate I am all over!

Each chocolate cupcake I bake I use a different recipe.  Some of you might think a chocolate cupcake is just that I have found that no chocolate cupcake has tasted the same and each time gets better and better.

This Cupcake is the first one I have made that has a filling in it.  I got to use my new fun tool that takes a small portion of cake out of each center of the cupcakes.  I filled each cupcake with small pieces of caramel nougat candy bars mixed with a sweet nummy caramel.  The frosting is a buttercream caramel and then drizzled with caramel and little bits of snickers.

When you are craving a treat, this is by far the perfect treat for you!!!

An Island Treat-Banana Foster

I made these a few weeks ago and have not had the chance to post until now.

So these are owey gooey and oh so nummy!  What better treat then whipped cream, bananas, coconut, caramel and lets not forget the rum!  I was a bit nervous when I decided to bake these particular cupcakes because they were something totally new for me.  However, I will have to admit that it was kind of fun going to the liquor store but I know I looked like a nerd because it took me forever to decide on what rum to buy.  Not only that, I was a little offended they didn't check my ID.

The batter itself was good but when I added the rum it went from good to amazing!!  For the whipped cream topping I decided to try my own thing and made a whipped cream frosting with fresh bananas and a few added extras.  This is still a work in progress because the frosting was really good but didn't have the consistency I wanted for piping.  This just gives me a challenge and a goal to work for.

I don't consider these the best looking cupcakes I have made but sometimes it is all about taste and not looks.  Keep checking back because I will make these again and repost.

Tis the Season, for Strawberries that is!!!

I know summer is coming when the birds outside my window start waking me up at 4:30am, when all the neighborhood kids are playing in my backyard, and when I am able to eat fresh, sweet strawberries again.  What is even better?  Strawberry shortcake!  So, I thought, what better way to satisfy my cravings then in one of our delicious cupcakes.  

These self indulging cupcakes have fresh strawberries in both the cake and the frosting.  I only made one tiny mistake, which I corrected right away, and that was I got so excited that I ended up pouring the fresh strawberry puree in the frosting mixture way to early, resulting in having to throw it out and start over.  However, as many of us know practice makes perfect.  If you are like me and love strawberry shortcake then you will love love love this Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake!

Peanut Butter Anyone???

I don't know about you but there is nothing in this world better than peanut butter.  No matter how old you get, peanut butter will always be a favorite with everyone.  These cupcakes aren't just peanut butter they are Peanut Better!!!  This is a chocolate peanut butter cupcake with a peanut better cream cheese frosting.  If that doesn't sound delicious enough, we have topped them with shavings of milk chocolate and a miniature peanut butter cup.

These Peanut Better cupcakes will keep you singing happily all night!

Lemon Delight

Hi All, it's Teri, the sister!  It's my first blog and I am delighted to show my Lemon Delight cupcakes.  They turned out better than I thought they would.  They are a very light and refreshing cupcake that will bring a bit of summer into the very rainy, dreary days that we have been having lately.

This is a lemon cupcake with a lemon cream cheese frosting and to top it I put a lemon chocolate on top.  Now you might think, "Wow, that is a lot of lemon!" But the way I worked the recipe it came out with just the right amount of zest!  If you aren't a fan of lemon you will be after you try these, they are mmm...Nummy!

I'd Like S'more Please!

So the weather finally turned warm, for one day, and then today we had a warm rain shower.  Weather like this just reminds me of camping and I am getting so excited to go.  When we camp, one of my favorite things to do is sit by the fire, roast marshmallows and make S'mores.  Well, since I couldn't go camping this weekend why not make S'mores but make them a little extra special, that is when I decided to make a S'more cupcake.

For one, I was excited to go buy a new toy, a torch.  I knew I had to be careful with the torch because in the past I have started an oven fire just by trying to toast coconut.

Once my supplies were bought I went to work.  For one this gave me an excuse not to work on my lesson for tomorrow, and two it gave me yet again another cupcake challenge.

I started off by making a graham cracker crust, this just proved to me how much I love my new blender, it can do anything!  Then to the crust I added a little chocolate and some mini marshmallows.  I topped those off with the chocolate batter, and then made my marshmallow frosting.  I have said before that I claim to be no baking expert and today proved it when I almost put tarter sauce instead of cream of tarter in my frosting.  The only reason why I caught this is because I started thinking, "now why would you put a fish dressing in a cupcake frosting"?  Yes, if you have not guessed, I am a blonde.  I soon panicked and quickly called my neighbor who came to my rescue once again and let me borrow some of her cream of tarter.

The end result, some pretty gosh dang good cupcakes.  These will leave you wanting S'more.  They are what we call mmm...nummy!! 

Orange Creamsicle Cupcakes

This is my latest creation.  I absolutely love orange creamsicle popsicles so why not try it as a cupcake.  These cupcakes turned out better then I thought.  As a rule I allow myself to eat only one cupcake that I bake and then I give the rest away.  However,  I have to admit, I ate way more than one.  Some of my husbands co-workers got a little irritated because the next day I only sent 4 of these tasteful treats to his work and there was not enough to go around.  

If you are a fan of fresh orange juice and orange zest then these are a must try!