Posts Tagged ‘buttercream’

Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcake

These are the best cupcakes I have eaten in a while. They are, of course, my standard eggless and butterless chocolate cupcakes with a chocolate frosting recipe I found on the Cupcakes Take The Cake blog. I added the rainbow non-pareils as a treat for my daughter, who loves sprinkles. I used a plain old [...]

Chocolate Cupcakes & Vanilla Frosting

Thank You Cupcakes

My husband was teaching a class in his office a few weeks ago but fell ill in the middle of the week. A coworker covered for him for a couple of days, which was a big help to my husband. I baked a batch of my favorite cupcakes as a thank you present. This was [...]

St Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

St Patrick

I baked these for a St Patrick’s Day party that my playgroup was having. They are vanilla, with a small dollop of green-tinted batter in the middle of each cupcake, the frosting is the same that I used here. I made a makeshift shamrock stencil for the white-frosted cupcakes, but it didn’t turn out as [...]

My Birthday Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcakes

My birthday was quite uneventful; it was playgroup day for my daughter and her friends, so I invited them to our house and served these cupcakes – recipe here. I used one drop of each of fluorescent food coloring to color the icing. They were a hit and I had to give out the recipe! [...]

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes

Valentine

I promised my daughter a Valentine’s Day party with cupcakes. I was after a batter that was safe to eat, so that we could lick the bowl and spoons. Luckily I found this eggless, butterless recipe on MarthaStewart.com and the frosting to match. They were absolutely delicious. The chocolate cupcake recipe has become my standard [...]