Mint Chocolate Cupcakes Roopa I recently discovered mint chocolate chips, and felt compelled to make something with them. I have never really loved mint extract, so I thought I’d see how this compared. I used half of this cupcake recipe, and made a basic buttercream with the mint chocolate chips. MINT CHOCOLATE ICING ¼ cup (57 g) … More Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES Roopa I whipped these up quickly for a friend’s birthday! I used this cupcake recipe, and a chocolatized version of my peanut butter icing. INGREDIENTS ½ cup (114 g) unsalted butter ¾ cup icing sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 50 g semisweet chocolate, melted 50 g peanut butter (I used all natural with no salt or … More Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes
Roopa I’m attending a friend’s thanksgiving party/dinner tomorrow, and as usual, am bringing baking. Whatever I made clearly had to be thanksgiving related, but I wasn’t sure what to do. My friend is already making pumpkin pie, so I didn’t really want to do anything pumpkiny. I decided to just do thanksgiving-esque decorations, and do … More Malted Chocolate Thanksgiving Cupcakes
Chocolate Mini Bundt with Cream Cheese Icing Roopa I had some leftover batter, and made a mini bundt along with some cupcakes. The recipe is over with the original post here.
Roopa I tried a slight adjustment to my normal chocolate cupcake recipe today; I used coffee instead of milk. I actually liked the taste quite a bit more. The texture was a little bit soft right out of the oven, but after 20 minutes they’re pretty reasonable. They are a little more moist and sticky, … More Veganish Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing
Roopa It’s my sister’s birthday this weekend, and she requested a vanilla chocolate cake with salted caramel icing. And Rolos. There were…issues with this cake, but I think I salvaged it ok! I didn’t really feel like doing a marble cake, so I thought I’d do a chocolate chip vanilla. I used my go to … More Vanilla Chocolate-Chip Rolo Cake with Salted Caramel Icing
Roopa I’ve never really made any sort of whoopee pie/ sandwich cookie, so I thought that would be a strategic use of my leftover cream cheese icing. I had a few issues with the cookie making, but they worked out ok. They were originally supposed to be a chill-roll-cut kind of cookie, but that was … More Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Roopa A friend of mine came into town today, and I felt there needed to be some sort of baked good involved. I went with banana chocolate chip muffins because:a) I was short on timeb) I had more than a few bananas at my housec) I was way too lazy to make icingAdmittedly, the lack … More Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE Roopa My friend’s birthday is tomorrow, and he requested some sort of chocolate peanut butter concoction. I made a chocolate peanut butter cake with honey vanilla filling (from my cupcakes yesterday) and hid the questionable icing job with lots of Reese’s cups. I used this chocolate cake recipe, this peanut butter icing recipe, and this honey vanilla … More Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
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