ABSOLUTELY THE BEST VANILLA! The most amazing gift you can give this holiday season to all your baker friends. Don’t forgot to keep one for yourself. Honestly you should be blending this for your own pantry. Usually I make everything from scratch but somethimes it’s just not worth it, this is one of those times! Making this one [...]
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Wanted to share this recipe while it is still apple season. I love the smell of apple anything baking in the oven it gets me in the holiday mood. When we offered these at the cupcake shop they sold almost immediately. We didn’t make them all that much. You must keep in mind that we had over [...]
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Finally……………………….Chocolate Lovers Rejoice!! I know everyone has been asking for this recipe from the shop for some time. I’ve been guarding this one and I’m sorry about that. But now that I’m a blogger it’s all about the sharing, right? I would venture to say it was the most popular cupcake we sold, and for good reason. [...]
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Everyone loved our Chocolate Chip Whoopie Pies from the shop. This is one of those recipes that we started by using 3 different versions we already had in our arsenal. Then we blended them together until we got the texture exactly how we wanted. They taste better when they aren’t over baked so watch it. We [...]
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Baking with lemon has got to be one of the hardest flavors to work with. We struggled in the shop to make these cupcakes with a strong lemon taste. To do so you must add sooooo much lemon juice that it waters down the batter and the cupcakes don’t rise. Believe me we tried everything. [...]
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Are you sitting down? I hope so cause I’m going to tell you the secret ingredient in these whoopie pies……….shortening! There, I said it. Now some of you will leave right now and I don’t blame you. Risk takers keep on reading……………… I know shortening is bla bla bla bla. Yes, I get it. But sometimes it just tastes better when you [...]
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One day I was messing around with cake pops and I had some extra melted chocolate so I made these little treats. I used Oreos but you could use just about anythiung, foot loops or Twix candy bars. I think anything would work. You do have to work fast so have everything out and ready to [...]
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Everyone has been asking about our Coconut cupcakes that we made for the shop. This delicious coconut cupcake is piled high with fluffy frosting and fresh coconut. It’s not an easy recipe but the end result is a good one. Coconut is one of those funny flavors, you love it or hate, no in between. [...]
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This coconut filling can be used for cupcakes or cakes. Either way it’s a nice addition. COCONUT FILLING INGREDIENTS Makes enough for 24 cupcakes 5 cups heavy cream 3 cups sugar 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter ¼ cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 9 cups shredded sweetened coconut DIRECTIONS 1. Place cream, [...]
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VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING Do yourself a favor and use the best vanilla you can find, it makes a huge difference. I make my own or rather I doctor up the cheap stuff. Soon to be in my tips section. I don’t use milk with this recipe. In my mind the milk adds nothing to the recipe. If it is [...]
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