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Rum and Vanilla Cupcakes with Rum-Spiked Cream Cheese Frosting
I’ve been using a lot of rum lately. Like bourbon, rum is a flavorful spirit that can make a great addition to baked goods. The most well-known use of rum in a dessert is a rum cake, which is...
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Ultimate Game Day Dessert: Football Whoopie Pies
The Super Bowl is perhaps the most widely watched sporting event of the year, with millions of viewers across the country. Even if you don’t watch football the rest of the season, you make an...
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Mini Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache Frosting
Banana bread is always a good option when you want to do some baking with bananas, but it’s not the only option. These Mini Banana Cupcakes are a great alternative when you want to make a treat that...
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Red, White and Blueberry Cupcakes with Swirled Frosting
The Fourth of July is a colorful holiday, where we bring red, white and blue into all kinds of decorations for cookouts, picnics and other parties. I love incorporating colors into my desserts, and...
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Old Fashioned Cocktail Cupcakes
An Old Fashioned is a classic cocktail that is usually made with whiskey, sugar, bitters and orange. It is a delicious cocktail but it is also very distinctive thanks to its simple ingredient list. I...
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Slasher Movie Cupcakes
There are times when you want to snuggle up on the couch with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate to watch something relaxing, like a romantic drama or a comedy. There are other times when you...
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The Best Coconut Cupcakes
Coconut is one of my favorite flavors and – while it is true that I have a lot of favorite flavors! – that means that I have a very hard time walking away from a baked good that contains coconut. It...
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Irish Cream and Salted Caramel Cupcakes
Irish cream is a liqueur made with Irish whiskey that has notes of coffee, chocolate and vanilla. It’s distinctive and delicious – which is what makes Bailey’s, the best known brand, the best selling...
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Sour Cream Chocolate Cupcakes with Dark Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
The next time you are in the mood for a batch of chocolate cupcakes, put this recipe for Sour Cream Chocolate Cupcakes at the top of your list. The cupcakes are a favorite recipe of mine because they...
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Elderflower and Almond Tea Cakes
St Germain is an elderflower liqueur that is a delicious cocktail ingredient. You might not be familiar with the liqueur, but you’ve probably seen its art deco-styled bottle featured prominently...
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Stracciatella Cupcakes
Stracciatella is one of my favorite gelato flavors. This milk-based ice cream is packed with lots of fine chocolate shavings just waiting to melt in your mouth. It is similar to chocolate chip ice...
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Cinnamon Cupcakes with Chocolate Cinnamon Frosting
Cinnamon is one of the most frequently used spices in my kitchen, but it isn’t often the star of a dessert. Cinnamon is frequently used to accent other flavors, drawing attention to the floral...
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Apple Pie Cupcakes
A slice of warm apple pie is hard to resist, so it’s no surprise that they are one of my top comfort foods. Apple pies do have a few drawbacks, however. They need to be served with a plate and fork,...
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Pumpkin Butter-Swirled Cupcakes with Pumpkin Buttercream
I love cupcakes with a bit of a surprise inside, whether that surprise comes in the form of a filling or a mix in of some other kind. A good mix-in is going to add both flavor and visual appeal to a...
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Double Ginger Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream
Warm, spicy ginger is often associated with dark, sweet molasses and classified as a flavor meant to be used during the holiday baking season. As delicious as gingerbread is, however, ginger itself is...
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Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Oreo Cupcakes
I recently picked up a package of the Valentine’s Day-themed Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Oreos to try and found that the cookies exceeded my expectations. One of the things that made the cookies work...
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Shamrock Shake Cupcakes
Shamrock shakes are the bright green, vanilla and mint flavored milkshakes that McDonald’s rolls out for St Patrick’s Day every year. The shakes have something of a cult following, even among people...
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Carrot Cake Friands
Friands are little cakes that are related to French financiers. They’re dense little cakes made with egg whites and ground almonds that have a dense, buttery texture that reminds me a bit of a...
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Negroni Cupcakes
Negronis are a classic cocktail made with just three ingredients: gin, Campari and sweet vermouth. Each of these ingredients – the Campari, in particular – adds its own bold flavor to the cocktail,...
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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
I will probably never get tired of making banana bread, but I do have friends and family that get tired of eating it after a while, so I change things up frequently with a wide variety of mix-ins. And...
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