Making life a little sweeter since 2012
Happy Easter! This Easter is going to be extra super specials for me since from now on, I will have a little one hunting Easter eggs and (hopefully) believing in the Easter bunny for a very long time. So I am celebrating this very special Easter with these Vanilla Cotton Candy Easter Cupcakes! Vanilla bean mini cupcakes topped with cotton candy and Cadbury candy coated chocolate eggs – yum! They are also super easy to make and the perfect decoration for any Easter table….
If you liked my Peach Petit Fours from last week, you will love these Peach Cupcakes with Bourbon Vanilla Buttercream! Fluffy cupcakes with pieces of peach topped with buttercream that is packed with vanilla bean and good old bourbon.
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So, it’s been a little quiet on my blog lately after having a sweet little baby girl earlier last month but I am slowly but surely returning to the oven! Emphasis on slowly… I sure do have my hands full right now but I just cannot stop baking. No way. Just look at these gorgeous little white chocolate cupcakes, and the beautiful light green buttercream, yum! The cupcakes are divine and taste so much of white chocolate, you almost don’t even need the pistachio buttercream. Almost.
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These whole wheat caramel muffins are such an easy and delicious treat, and yet, they are rather on the healthy side. Isn’t that good news? Well, at least they are made with whole wheat. There are certain flavors that just go so well with whole wheat – such as chocolate or caramel. I just recently made these Whole Wheat Triple Chocolate Muffins with Blackberries, also really easy and soo good. The nutty full flavor of the whole wheat flour really brings out the caramel (or chocolate) and works almost as a flavor enhancer. Brown sugar and butterscotch are the secret ingredients for the caramel flavor. Doesn’t that sound good?
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Sometimes I am just craving a simple good old muffin. And chocolate, of course, is always the best, so triple chocolate – even better! These little guys are loaded not just with cocoa powder, dark chocolate bits and chocolate streusel, but also a fruity surprise: fresh blackberries. What a combo!
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I was so excited when I got a promo package from Singing Dog Vanilla this week, packed with organic vanilla beans, extract and paste! Just in time for my little vanilla bean series (check out my Homemade Vanilla Bean Pudding or these divine Vanilla Bean Cake Truffles with Toasted Pistachios).
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Six days till christmas! If you’re stuck with your dinner plans and still looking for a dessert, you might have found it. It’s easy to make, super delicious, well made in advance and the sugared cranberries on top give those bite-size brownie cupcakes the perfect holiday touch.
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Snickerdoodles are such an American classic and I never heard of them until I moved here! They are the best if soft, and preferably still a little bit warm from the oven. Or, if turned into cupcakes! I am so lucky to have found the recipe for “Soft & Thick Snickerdoodles” (doesn’t that sound scrumptious already?) by Sally’s Baking Addiction. Top that with sour cream frosting and put it on a cinnamon muffin, and your in cupcakes heaven!
I made my snickerdoodles a little bit flatter for these cupcakes so I could stack them better. If I were to make the cookies alone, I would definitely make them thicker since that makes them softer. The recipe below will also make more cookies than needed for the cupcakes, but hey, who cares?
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I love vanilla! And even more so, I love the flavor of a real vanilla bean. I’ve been looking for a delicious and moist vanilla cake recipe and finally found one by Sweetapolita that I slightly adapted here. It’s just great! And a real delight is the topping: white chocolate cream cheese frosting flavored with… that’s right, vanilla bean!
What a combo! Walnuts and blood orange, who would have guessed how great they are together. The nutty full flavor of the donut and the fresh and fruity blood orange glaze, simply delicious. For these baked walnut donuts, I have used a recipe for a French walnut cake that is kind of spongy – and gets along without any butter or oil!
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my name is Melina, I’m a passionate cake baker/eater and food photographer born and raised in Germany... Read More…
