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These cupcakes make an impressive presentation. For sure. But they are also somewhat impractical. I was helping a friend who was baking for a competition

First off, I have to thank my friend Margie for the combination. I had been thinking, “lychees and ???” for some time. I asked her

I will be honest, these cupcakes came about by accident. My intention was a honey-almond cupcake, but I had this newly discovered sweet potato flour

These cupcakes are very almondy. Almond is the predominant flavor but you catch the citrus as well, especially in the frosting. These cupcakes are great

I felt the need to give these cupcakes a name – they had that much personality. I was about to add half as much chili

I rarely if ever veer from the standard post of recipe with pictures. I don’t do book reviews, product reviews, talk about cupcakes in general,

These cupcakes sound more challenging to the palate then they are. I think it’s all the chocolate… The foundation of this cupcake includes two basic

There is nothing terribly exciting or novel about this recipe. It’s my standard chocolate cupcake recipe with strawberry frosting. Boring, no? Well, what I intend

These cupcakes were inspired by Mr. P’s lamington challenge. Mr. P happens to come from Cardiff and I was making cupcakes for coworkers from Cardiff!

I closed out 2009 with some major procrastination… I am just now getting to this belated post. I made these cupcakes for a party where

This recipe is clearly inspired by the colors and flavors of the season. To be honest, on a day filled with candy and chocolate, pumpkin

For those of you who have the RSS for this blog in your readers, you have seen the spam posts coming in the past few

This post has taken me a while, I know. And that is partly because it’s my last post here on this blog. That’s right, CupcakeBlog

San Francisco doesn’t really have four seasons. The weather changes, but you will likely be freezing your butt off in July, sweating in October, and

I didn’t have high hopes for these cupcakes. In fact after the four failed attempts at maple candy this weekend and tasting the delicious Whiskie

I wanted to share some photos of cupcakes made by a friend of mine, the owner of Whiskie Bits. She and I met through the

Garrett of Vanilla-Garlic and I are requesting you, cupcake fans, to try your hat at baking some creative cupcakes of your own. How to participate

Here are my answers to some frequently asked cupcake questions. Feel free to post general questions/comments that don’t pertain to a particular recipe and I

These links are out of date. Please see the link “browse cupcakes” on the upper right. *** Sorry all these links are broken. I plan

I am baking mini cupcakes (and doing some savory appetizers) for a benefit art show at my ex-bosses studio this weekend. I am going to

The bathroom is nearly done and the kitchen is clean. So, as soon as the holiday is over and our out-of-town guests have returned to

I am remodeling the bathroom adjacent to the kitchen and everything is covered in a film of dust. No cupcakes coming out of there for

Cheryl Porro – software quality engineer by day, baker for hire by night – stumbled upon the world of food blogs through a forwarded link,

I had an email conversation with someone very knowledgeable about Thai products. We discussed the pluses and minuses of the various Thai Ice Tea options.

…and not a cupcake in sight. I fully intended to work on a new recipe or two inspired by a recent trip to Thailand… Perhaps