Chocolate and matcha are a match made in heaven and these chocolate cupcakes with matcha cream cheese frosting do not disappoint! I’m really tired today. For some reason, last night, I kept having weird, yet realistic, dreams, that I would wake up from thinking I was still in the dream until I opened my eyes…
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Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple-Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting and Salted Bourbon Caramel
One of the things I miss the most about Indiana is Autumn. It’s a beautiful season, made even more lovely by the warm colors of the trees, Thanksgiving feasts with family and almost best of all – it’s pumpkin season! Okay, okay, I admit that I do get a bit of pumpkin-overload during these Autumn…
Banana Cake With Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
I’ve had a real thing for banana breads and cakes lately. In fact, I just now took a loaf of banana bread out of the oven before I sat down to write this post about banana cake. Bananas have been abundant in our kitchen, leading to some quite ripe bananas here and there. I’m not…
Nutella Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
As you may know, February 5 was World Nutella Day. I submitted my entry, a fried Nutella and banana sandwich with cinnamon sugar crust, but a comment on that entry inspired me to make a Nutella fruit dip. It’s basically a variation of this peanut butter dip, which I have made before and absolutely loved….
Lemon Myrtle And Coconut Cupcakes
One of the many things that I love about Australia is its native wildlife – kangaroos, emus, koalas, echidnas, bandicoots, wallabies, cockatoos and much more. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of these animals in their natural habitats while driving through the Outback in 1999 and 2002, and every day I hear the sound…
Apple Cupcakes
It astounds me when I see all the different varieties of apples that there are in the store. My favorite for eating is usually Pink Ladies, and my least favorite is Red Delicious. For baking though, there’s usually one main choice, Granny Smith apples. These apples are what I used in my entry for Iron…
Jupiter Cupcakes
These are Jupiter cupcakes for the solar system cupcake contest! The cake is chocolate with a kick of cayenne pepper to represent the heat of Jupiter’s core, and the center of the cupcake is filled with a soft whipped cream to represent the many layers of clouds on Jupiter. The frosting is a cream cheese/chocolate…
Iron Cupcake Earth: Cranberry
I’m going to admit first thing that I do not like the taste of cranberries, so I was a bit apprehensive about creating a cupcake for this particular Iron Cupcake: Earth challenge. It didn’t deter me, however, from my first entry into the cranberry challenge (I will submitting another entry this month); my green tea…
Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting
I am a member of a neighborhood women’s group that meets every month. This month’s meeting has an Autumn theme and members can bring their favorite Autumn foods. Of course, I had to bake pumpkin cupcakes! These pumpkin cupcakes are absolutely delicious, soft and moist. I am so pleased with the way they turned out….
Red Velvet Cupcakes
I had never heard of red velvet cake (RVC) until a few months ago (I must have been living under a rock!) and at first I thought it was a bit tacky. I also didn’t like the idea of all that food coloring being added (although I understand that RVC can also be colored with…
