Alana Last weekend, a bunch of my friends and I got together to go day drinking in celebration of my birthday and patio season! Naturally this meant that I was bringing baking of sorts. I settled on cupcakes for logistic reasons, AKA smaller container, fewer utensils, and ease of distribution among my friends. The only … More London Fog Cupcakes
BUTTERBEER CUPCAKES: VERSION 2 Roopa I still had some leftover butterscotch ganache and icing from yesterday, so I figured I’d try a slight variation on the cupcake. I used the exact same cupcake recipe from my first attempt at butterbeer cupcakes, but I replaced ¼ cup of milk with ¼ cup of cream soda. They … More Butterbeer Cupcakes
Roopa To understate it, I am a little bit of a Harry Potter fan. I have read the books countless times, and always get sad about two things: I don’t go to Hogwarts, and I don’t have butterbeer. Apparently they actually sell butterbeer these days, but Canada is kind of far from Harry Potter World. … More Butterbeer Cupcakes: Version 1
Alana My buddy Manny is moving to Grand Prairie next week for a job he got up there. Last night was his going away party, so I figured I could justify taking the time to bake something to bring, even though I should be studying for my mental health final (positive coping mechanism?). I was … More Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes
Roopa Ever since I started baking, my mother became rather popular at work, since most excess cupcakes tend to go to her coworkers. One of the girls she works with will be leaving soon, so I made these. The icing is pretty sweet with the white chocolate, so it pairs really well with the chocolate … More Chocolate Cupcakes with Mint White Chocolate Icing
Alana As the finals soccer mom, I told everybody that I would bring them baking to fuel their brains for all of that learning they need to do. I decided that these needed to be at the top of the “to-do” list. At least one batch of cupcakes needed to be gluten-free for one of … More Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Alana As per the latest trend, today’s baking post is brought to you by my BScN-in-progress. I finished my last two weeks of clinical on Friday, so again as a thank you, everybody in my clinical group brought something for the nursing staff on our unit. Because time was of the essence, I decided it … More White Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Roopa I’m feeling pretty motivated to try out new recipes right now, so today I decided on a gingerbread cupcake with lemon buttercream icing. I was a little skeptical of the ginger-lemon combination, but google informed me that it’s an excellent pairing. To be perfectly honest, I’m not the best judge of anything where ginger … More Gingerbread Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Icing
SPRING CUPCAKES Roopa These are from a little while ago, but it was pretty much a ‘let’s play around with icing’ kind of day. It was just a basic buttercream since that is stiff enough to decorate well, but soft enough to not cramp your hand.
Alana Time to celebrate! It’s only March, but this is my last week of class/lab/seminar! Just like last term, my seminar group is having a potluck on our last day (aka tomorrow). As is the trend, I was excited to have a reasonably justifiable excuse to spend an entire day baking. I decided that it … More Blueberry-politan Cupcakes
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