tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504469012511195742011-11-11T09:24:29.752-08:00cupcakes and other happy baking adventures...junkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08901469610188665425noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650446901251119574.post-80449790607051649122010-01-17T16:23:00.000-08:002010-01-17T16:37:36.038-08:00

these cupcakes are way too cute and sooooo good! this idea cam from animated cupcakes. i made these for a birthday breakfast and they made everyone smile.  cupcake recipe: adapted from cupcakes from the cake doctor  1 box cake mix 1 cup sour cream 3 eggs ½ oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract      directions: mix up all the ingredients and bake according to the directions on the box. allow

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hi! I just wanted to share some cute cupcake gifts my mother-in-law gave me for christmas...    cute little cupcake ornaments  cupcake wrappers! cupcake cookbooks! and this book...          for this happy little dog! my husband also gave me this awesome cookbook… i've been wanting it pretty much before it even existed. now I just have to figure out what to bake first! any

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these were for my father in law. made from his delicious avocados. avocados are heaven. these cupcakes are heaven. here is the step by recipe... 

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yum.  i wanted to make these for thanksgiving but didn’t have time… so i added them into the christmas cookie mix. i guess pumpkin is not so much a winter flavor but I love it all year long.  the recipe is from isa at postpunkkitchen. so far i have loved all her recipes. she has a new cookie cookbook that i got for christmas! you can find the recipe here  These are nice and chewy, with just

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i found a wilton cookie press on sale at target and thought it would be fun to use. the last time I used a cookie press i was about 10 years old and I remember thinking it was so fun! ummm, not so much thinking that now. I think the temperature and consistency of my dough was off cause these little buggers were hard to make! They took a long time and were defiantly more difficult than this lady 

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go make these cookies now and everyone will think you are a genius baker. my husband and everyone else in the world seems to adore these. they are by far the most popular cookies I bake every year…. and guess what? they are the easiest!  maybe i shouldn’t be sharing this top secret recipe with you because now everyone will know how simple these are… but i’m in a generous mood with it

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these are my all time favorite chocolate chip cookies!! i love making and eating these cookies. the recipe is from recipe adapted from vegan a go-go!, by sarah kramer, 2008, arsenal pulp press . they taste a little different than your typical chocolate chip cookie and might not be everyone's favorite...but there is something about the way they taste that makes me happy.  i tripled the 

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it's cookie time! this year's cookie adventure will be even more fun with my kitchenaid mixer and a bigger kitchen!  2009 Christmas Cookie Menu:  Chocolate Chip, Coconut, Cranberry Cookies (vegan) Oatmeal Pumpkin Spice Cookies (vegan) Chocolate Chip S’mores Cookies Cream Cheese Snowflakes Peanut Butter Chocolate Kiss Bars  I’ll post some recipes later tonight! 

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these are for jack. a little late, but delivered as promised. pumpkin cupcakes with a little dot of chocolate. congratulations on buying your first house cupcakes!ironically, these were the last cupcakes i made in my old place. we just bought a house too!so that makes these cupcakes super cool special. just for you.since i was in the middle of moving when i made these, most of my baking stuff was

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cookies and cream cupcakes with marshmallow cream cheese frosting!this little guy was my favorite. 

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 i swear this tasted like a really yummy banana bread to me... but the recipe says its a cake. i think the fact that i veganized the recipe, subbed half the all purpose flour with whole wheat, and baked it in a bread loaf pan, contributed to it's breadyness. wacky banana cakerecipe adapted from new baking book (better homes and gardens)ingredients:1 1/2 cups all purpose flour(or even better... 3/

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these were super fun to make! the bottom was made with chocolate marshmallows. decorated with rainbow sprinkles and candy melts.someone told me they look like little brains.

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this is my favorite vegan chocolate chip cookie recipe! this recipe is so good it needed to be made into cupcakes!i love making these cookies! this batch of cookies was un-vegan because I used leftover milk chocolate chips. i wish i had some vegan chocolate chips on hand to make these extra delicious but they still tasted good!cute cupcake platter given the me by my mother in law...just waiting

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this week was the last week of school...aka last week of work! now i have the whole summer to bake cupcakes!  this school year was a stressful one and i am really looking forward to a break. to celebrate my husband decided to throw a party for me in our tiny little house. he gave me a day notice so i whipped up some quick and easy cupcakes. i was in a rush and didn't take a lot of fancy shmancy

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i made this cake in october for my husband's friend. apparently he's a big star trek fan. it's definitely not as cute as a cupcake but i thought i would post it in honor of the new star trek movie.  i  haven't seen it but was thinking about watching it this week. have you seen it? whatdaya think?inside is chocolate, chocolate chip cake. outside is covered with marshmallow fondant. i haven't made

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there was a cupcake party. so i got to work....vegan peanut butter cupcakesrecipe from vegan cupcakes take over the world.these were good but i could definitely taste the apple cider vinegar and it was kind of a strong taste.chocolate ice cream cone cupcakes filled with whipped vanilla frosting my mom used to make these for me when i was a kid. i would take them to school on my birthday and feel

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lemon cupcakes with whipped frosting and pretty little flowers.here's how i decorated them... 4 bowls of colored sugar sprinklesjust roll the edge of the cupcake into the sprinklesopps! careful not to drop the cupcakes like i did!i love these spring colors!carefully add a few colored sprinkles to make the flowers.all packed up and ready to go to my husbands work!have a great easter!

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i know these little cupcakes are not very creative but they taste good! i actually had a more elaborate decorating plan for these however, my first attempt at easter egg cupcakes was a bummer and i was no longer in the mood for fancy shimancy decorating. i used a cake box for these cupcakes (pillsbury chocolate i think) except instead of the 3 eggs the recipe called for, i put in one mashed 

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april is pretty much the best month of the year! april 1st was my birthday.... and in my family we celebrate birthday month! birthday month rocks! today my husband made pancakes for breakfast and he is going to yoga with me this afternoon... because it's my birthday month! so i  received some awesome gifts for my birthday! i got this cute little cupcake tea towel from my mother in law. she always

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these cute little carrot cupcakes made everyone happy however, there was a sad little batch of cupcakes i made before these that did not make the cut.but first... look at this cute apron i wore for this cupcake adventure! my mother-in-law surprised me with it a few weeks ago! it matches the cute tea-towels i received for christmas.so anyway, i wanted  to make some chocolate carrot cupcakes. this

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yup. avocado cupcakes. these cupcakes are so so so so so good!!! these might just be the best chocolate cupcakes i ever made.  i love them, love them, love them. my husband has been a little stressed at work lately so i made him some "love ya cupcakes".  i wanted to combine his two favorite foods (chocolate and avocados) with mine (cupcakes!).   i found this awesome recipe from vegetarian times

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over the weekend my husband and i went to visit his parents and grandma. they surprised me with all these wonderful goodies!cupcake pin cushion made by grandma!a kitchenaid mixer!!! can you believe it!! i really needed a mixer since my small handheld mixer broke. I dreamed about owning a kitchenaid and was filled with gratitude for this sweet gift. it belonged to grandma and she decided to give

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thursday was my sisters birthday. her birthday request was zucchini cupcakes with lots of nuts but no frosting. i still didn't have a mixer (my old hand mixer died a few months ago and i have been mixing all my batters by hand) so i found an easy recipe that uses a cake mix and did not require a mixer (i'll post some exciting news about my mixer situation later today). check out this recipe

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i made these birthday cupcakes for my dad! reading left to right they say, "happy birthday" in hiragana.i used the simple vanilla and agave nectar cupcake recipe from vctotw (if you preview the book on google you can find the recipe or find it here). i had some fresh blueberries so i added them to the batter too. i've made the agave nectar cupcakes 3 times now, once with chocolate. i think they

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valentines/happy belated birthday cupcakeshearts were made with powdered sugar and heart stencildeliciousVegan Chai Latte Cupcakes, originally uploaded by happylittlecupcakes.

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valentines sandwich cookies i got this amazingly simple recipe from bakerella's blog! she is so talented and always has the cutest ideas. I made two different types of sandwich cookies using box cake mixes and cream cheese icing. devil's cake mix sandwich cookies with chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting box white cake mix sandwich cookies (i added a dab of pink food gel to the cake

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 i made these cupcakes for my friend who loves green tea! i used the green tea cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World . i so love this book! i added chocolate chips and drizzled the tops of the cupcakes with chocolate which technically made the cupcake unvegan. these cupcakes were really rich and had a strong green tea taste which i love but many people are not a fan of.  the

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valentines cupcakes! made with the same type of "hostess" cupcakes... decorated with love.put candy melts in a plastic piping bag and microwave at 50% heat for 20 second intervals until melted.pretty v-day colors!print out image or draw, cover image with wax paper, trace image with candy meltsafter image cools apply to cupcake!

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homemade "hostess"cupcakes!bake some chocolate cupcakessquirt some frosting in the middle of each cupcake cover the top of the cupcake with melted chocolate. smooth the chocolate on the top.make a little squiggle with candy meltsi used baker's dipping chocolate for the tops and candy decorating pens for the squiggle.here's the inside!

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something to start with...maybe i will use these this weekend to make some cupcakes. until then, check out all my other cupcake pics 

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