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These egg-free cupcakes were inspired by a vintage cookbook called The Cake Book which I bought last year at Bonnie Slotnick’s store in New York. The recipe caught my eye because it was egg-free and I was out of eggs, but in the end I certainly didn’t miss the eggs. The cupcakes were terrific! The [...]
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In my ongoing quest to find great cupcakes, here’s a recipe I clipped seven years ago from Chocolatier Magazine. It’s called White Mountain Coconut Cupcakes, and the secret ingredient is (drumroll please) coconut milk! Not that coconut milk is really so secret. I’ve seen it in various cupcake recipes, but tend to forget about it. [...]
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Updated: I just got a bad review (from a trusted source) for Cupcake Recipe #2, so I’ve taken it down. I guess nobody likes flat topped cupcakes. Boo Hoo. So now it’s between this one and the Martha Stewart Yellow Buttermilk Cupcakes from a few days ago. For this cupcake I started with a basic [...]
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To celebrate President’s Day, Fuzz and I made a batch of Yellow Buttermilk Cupcakes from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes. Compared to some of the other cupcakes we’ve tasted, these were less sweet, denser, and softer. They were especially good after they’d sat for a while and soaked up some of the moisture from the frosting, which [...]
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Our street’s having a little get together this evening, so I finally had an excuse to try out an idea that’s been brewing ever since I tasted the maple cake from Hungry Jack’s website. The cake was good, but what I really liked was that mousse topping. It was very stable, yet light and rich [...]
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I hadn’t planned on posting a recipe today, but I came home from an afternoon meeting to find Fuzz baking cupcakes and listening to music. Rather than break her flow or dive in and try to help, I told her I was going upstairs to use my treadmill and to let me know when the [...]
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If you’re in the habit of enhancing cake mix with pudding, sour cream and butter, you won’t be surprised to know that along with additions to make cake mix taste better, there are things you can do to make the mix serve a few more people. This is especially handy if you’re making cupcakes …
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Still in crazy cupcake mode, I’ve been baking cupcakes, putting them in little containers from Plastic Container City, and passing them out to friends. The latest victims (Fuzz’s teachers) received a batch of these spice cupcakes. These are similar to the vanilla cupcakes from a few days ago, but with a spicy flavor and darker [...]
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