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made these last weekend. recipe also coming soon :)

so, my first public request for cupcakes turned out to be white chocolate raspberry. i used this damn recipe. it turned out pretty well, though i did not follow the directions for the frosting recipe, and got raspberry preserve instead of jam, which bollocksed it all up i think. it still turned out all right, though the frosting was a bit overpowering in its raspberry flavoring. that and i did not want to use two sticks of butter, and used some cream cheese instead. follow the directions listed: make a buttercream with raspberry jam.

ingredients

1. 1 1/2 cups flour
2. 1 teaspoon baking powder
3. 1/2 teaspoon salt
4. 1/3 cup softened butter
5. 3/4 cup sugar
6. 2 eggs
7. 4 oz white chocolate, melted
8. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9. 1 cup + 1 tablespoon milk

frosting ingredients

1. 1/2 cup raspberry jam
2. 2 sticks butter
3. 2-6 cups powdered sugar

assembly directions

1. make the dry mix by combining and whisking together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl, and setting aside.
2. cream the butter and sugar together in a separate bowl. then throw in an egg at a time, mixing well after each addition. mix in the melted white chocolate with the vanilla extract.
3. now, mix in a third of the dry mix and half the milk, mix, repeat, and then the last third of dry mix, and mix it until all is mixed together and incorporated.
4. divvy up into cups, bake for 20 minutes at 325, remove from oven, let cool.
5. for the frosting, mix the butter and jam together with a handheld mixer. then slowly mix in the powdered sugar until you get your desired consistency and sweetness (hence the range of 2-6 cups sugar). frost cooled cupcakes as desired.
6. for extra raspberry oral explosions, you can inject the cupcakes with some jam. if you don’t know how to do that, well, read along. cut out a small cone from the top of the cupcake, throw some jam in there, and then cut the tip of the cone off, and put the top back on. tada yo.

enjoy with milk!

sometimes, i go crazy with my cupcakes. when i know they are going to someone special, i go extra crazy :)

in this craziness, i made coconut cupcakes with coconut cream cheese and pineapple. for the cupcakes and frosting, i used this recipe. to make desiccated coconut, spread normal store bought shredded coconut out on a cookie tray, and bake it in the oven at 250 for about 7-10 minutes. use as necessary.

then i made vanilla cupcakes with white chocolate ganache, vanilla frosting with white chocolate chips mixed in. for the cupcakes, i used this recipe. for the frosting, this recipe, then some blue food coloring and mini white chocolate chips thrown in for effect. for the ganache, its a standard recipe of pouring 1/6 cup of heated heavy cream over 2 oz of white chocolate chips, stirring, and then throwing in 1/2 teaspoon of butter, and mixing.

lastamundo, i made red velvet cupcakes using this bad boy recipe. instead of raspberries, this time i went with strawberries. making strawberry sauce, just mash 4 strawberries that are halved and hulled with 1/4 cup of sugar and a 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, and heat in a saucepan on medium for about 3 minutes.

also, as you can tell from the pics, i made some massive cupcakes in these bowls. all i did was increase the baking time of each to about 25 minutes. enjoy, and share with loved ones :)

so, there was once upon a time i saw some random picture of cookie monster cupcakes. i made a mental note that one day, i would make those. today, i woke up to a text my friend sent over to me of random cupcakes, one of them being cookie monster, with him asking if i could make that. obviously, i replied, and the day’s agenda was set.

i started out by making vanilla cupcakes from ryan’s baking blog, then using the recipe included for the vanilla buttercream. the frosting came out as a disaster, as i used too much milk, and the frosting was just too bloody runny. i blame the recipe; use much less milk. nextly, i just rolled the frosted cupcakes in blue sprinkles i got, but you can make your own by throwing some blue food coloring in a plastic bag with some sugar and shaking it like a polaroid picture (not a baby). for the eyes, i used a combination of a white candy melt with a chocolate chip. for the mouth, i used half an oreo, but you can use whichever cookie your heart desires. or, mix it up!

lastly, enjoy with milk and friends, or give some to children!

ok. so, i wanted to make something totally over the top with chocolate for whatever reason. i don’t even really like chocolate that much, but everyone else does. i had come across triple chocolate or death by chocolate products, so i decided togo a few steps beyond those, so i ended up making genocide by chocolate cupcakes. there is a lot of chocolate involved in these bad boys.

here is a little idea of what is going on here. i made the base cupcake with my dark chocolate cupcakes. i wanted to throw in a mix in here, and having in the past dropped various candies in there in the past (york peppermint patties, reese’s peanut butter cups), so for this, i dropped in a lindt milk chocolate truffle. knowing that putting in a candy and subsequently covering it with the next layer of batter leaves a bit of a depression in the cake surface, i decided to fill that with a semi-sweet chocolate ganache. next, i decided to have that ganache flow out of the hole and cover the cake surface. for the frosting, i used ryan’s baking blog’s (the best) chocolate buttercream recipe. penultimately, i dropped milk chocolate chips on top of the frosting. lastly, i dropped left over chocolate ganache on top. that results in 5 different chocolates overall? genocide for sure. let’s get down to business. makes 12.

for the cupcakes, please see this post, and follow steps 1-3. the only modification is that when adding batter to the cups, fill about 1/3 of the way, then add one truffle (need 12 total), then fill to 2/3 of the cup. you will need to push the truffles down, as they are pretty big.

to make the ganache, heat to simmering 1/3 cup of heavy cream over a stovetop. do not boil. pour over 5 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate. let sit for about a minute, then start to mix together to make a nice shiny concoction. then throw in 1 teaspoon of butter to the mixture, and keeping stirring until it is all mixed together. 

when the cupcakes have cooled, pour ganache into the depressions, and let some pour out, and spread it nice over the top of the cupcake. 

next, make the frosting. mix together 1 stick of butter and 3 oz melted chocolate until they are nicely mixed, then throw in 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 1/8 cup of milk, and 2 cups of powdered sugar and mix together with a handheld mixer (i used a whisk and wooden spoon because i was at my parents’ house and my sister stole the hand mixer) until a nice frosting texture is made. pipe this bad boy on top of the cooled cupcake/ganache.

sprinkle chocolate chips on top, and drizzle any left over ganache on top. enjoy with lots of milk, these things are rich!

mmmmight have gotten a bit carried away on cupcake night. it had been 3 months since i was in a kitchen :)

hello. aujord’hui, i present to you, christmas cupcakes. please note, i do not celebrate christmas, but for whatever reason, i own a christmas tree with decorations, and i have some stockings hanging up as well. basically, they are ghiradelli dark chocolate cupcakes with peppermint frosting with crushed candy canes on top. i got the cupcake recipe from here. ‘twas quite tasty, and i did not make many alterations.

ghiradelli dark chocolate cupcakes ingredients

1. 1 and 1/8 cup of flour
2. 1/4 cup of ghiradelli unsweetened cocoa powder
3. 1 and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
4. 1/4 teaspoon salt
5. 1 egg
6. 1/2 cup brown sugar
7. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
8. 1/2 cup plus about 2 tablespoons milk
9. 1/3 cup coffee
10. 1/2 cup melted butter

peppermint frosting ingredients

1. 1 stick butter
2. 2 cups powdered sugar, plus a bit more to add here and there
3. 1/4 cup milk
4. 1 and 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
5. green coloring

step by step, day by day

1. first step, make the dry mix. whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt together. set aside in a separate bowl. save for later. like maybe 5 minutes later.
2. second step, make the wet mix. in a larger bowl, whisk the egg and the brown and white sugars together. then, whisk in the milk, coffee, and melted butter. 
3. third step, whisk the dry mix into the wet mix in like 3 or 4 additions. pour the mix into a 12 cupcake tray. oven it for 15 minutes at 350. take ‘em out. let ‘em cool. 
4. for the frosting step, beat the butter with an electric blender until smooth and creamy. then, slowly add the powdered sugar in 4 additions, adding the milk right before additions 2 and 4, all while ensuring to blend evenly after each addition. read carefully, it’s not nearly as complicated as i typed it out to be. after addition 4, add the peppermint extract. beat it nice and smooth until it is nice and smooth. actually, thickish and stiffish? whatev, it should be a good consistency suitable for piping. 
5. after the frosting is made, separate the frosting into two; one half you leave as white, the other half you add the green coloring to, and blend until the color is even. throw each half into it’s own ziploc bag. cut off an end of each bag, and throw both bags into a piping bag, cut ends facing the bottom of the piping bag. this way, when you squeeze down on the bag, you get a blend of both green and white. frosting secrets revealed! apply to cupcakes.
6. lastly, throw about 3-4 candy canes into a plastic bag and crush them. i used the end of a ping pong paddle to crush them up, but you can use whatever. sprinkle the crushed candy canes onto the frosting. arrange the things into a christmas tree arrangement if you feel like it.

like always, enjoy with milk and friends!

ok, maybe you can make this in time for thursday (thanksgiving). apparently, i’m bringing this into clinic to kiss ass. that, or make up for missing 4 days last week due to my deathly illness. i introduce to you, the pantydropper.

what do i need?

1. red velvet cupcakes (i made that isht previously. just use a box mix. it’s not that hard. i’m not giving those directions)
2. hershey’s kisses (cookies and cream variety)
3. 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
4. 1/2 stick butter (unsalted please)
5. 1 and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (legit vanilla extract, not ghetto ass imitation)
6. 2 cups powdered sugar (confectioner’s, icing, same thing. NOT granulated sugar)
7. mini white chocolate chips

how i make drop panties?

1. with aforementioned cupcakes, throw a hershey’s kiss on top in the middle (muah). let sit for until the next step.
2. make the frosting. this recipe for cream cheese frosting is pretty good, and is bit more tangy than sweet, so if you want it to be more sweet than the end result, add more sugar per your taste.
3. for the frosting, first throw in room temp cream cheese and room temp butter together and beat with electric mixer until its homogenous and smooth. next, throw in the vanilla extract, beat. again for a little bit. lastly, add the sugar in four separate additions, beating fully after each addition. then beat it (beat it) on mediumish for a couple minutes until it is just right. taste it, add extra sugar if you want to make it sweeter like i said before in the step before this one (number two). refrigerate for about 10-15 minutes.
4. pipe it (pipe it) onto the cupcakes, making sure to hide the kiss completely to maintain the element of surprise for your guests.
5. penultimate step. throw on some garnishing via the mini chips. or, use anything else you want. throw a cherry on top if you want. s’all good in the hood!
6. enjoy with milk (skim preferably). enjoy with friends (many of them). make ‘em panties drop.

cupcakesoftheday:

a classic. red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

my third accepted submission. many more to come i’m sure :)

cupcakesoftheday:

lemon explosion cupcakes - lemon cupcakes injected with lemon curd topped with lemon frosting and powdered sugar

second time on here, but this time, marwah made these!