I’ll Have My Cupcake & Eat It Too
Oh mercy! The techniques of eating of cupcake…there are many and I want to explore a few of the styles I’ve witnessed lately. Quite frankly, I never (notice the use of an absolute?) paid...
The Sugary Shrink Blog
Cupcakes and More Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream and Toasted Pecan Coconut Caramel Topping Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and Rainbow Sprinkles I’ve been busy filling two special orders this week. ...
Creamsicle Cupcakes
Divided Cupcake: Orange and Orange Tinted with a Vanilla Buttercream Center and a Swirl of Vanilla Buttercream In celebration of the end of summer, I drew inspiration from a nostalgic ice cream treat: The...
Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
Triple-layer 6″ Chocolate Cake with Toasted Pecan Coconut Caramel filling and Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Buttercream Frosting This was a doozy of a cake! Our good friends were hosting family this past week here...
Back-to-School Plaid Cake
Triple-Layer Lemon Cake with Blueberry Buttercream filling and Fresh Blueberries covered in Lemon Buttercream frosting I just love a lemon cake that’s super lemony. This cake has all kinds of lemon happening plus a...
German Chocolate Cupcakes Are Not German
Chocolate Cake with a ring of Chocolate Buttercream topped with Gooey Caramel, Toasted Pecan, and Coconut Frosting German Chocolate Cake is my life partner’s favorite cake. On our many walks, I often bring up...
Polka-Dot Cupcakes
Vanilla Cupcake with tinted Vanilla Cake Pop Center and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Frosting On our walk this morning, I was talking about five or six different cake ideas I had for today and the...
Red Dragon Cake
Triple-layer Hummingbird Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream and Pecan filling and Red Vanilla Buttercream Roses We had two special guests in our home today – a student peer of our youngest daughter is from China. ...
Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcake, Cream Cheese filling with Cream Cheese frosting Chocolate Cupcake, Chocolate Cream Cheese filling with Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting Today just seemed like a chocolate cupcake day. I truly do love baking...
Hummingbird Cupcakes
Hummingbird Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Ok. These are delicious. That cinnamon-y goodness is tough to pass up. The Hummingbird Cake is an amazingly flexible recipe that adapts to many forms (primary flavor profile: banana, pineapple, cinnamon). ...