Cherry Lime Cupcakes

Asked a friend what his top two favorite flavors were: cherry and lime (aka time to start combining recipes):

Cupcake: Key Lime Pie Cupcakes
Frosting: Margarita Cupcake Recipe

That covered the lime basis; to cover the cherry flavor, I stuffed (and topped) the cupcake with maraschino cherries.

(Apologies for the shoddy photo, but I was in a rush.)

Christmas 2013

Pumpkin Roll

Chocolate Mousse


I also sent out tins of snickerdoodles to my raid team:

Oatmeal Cream Pies

While I was going through a rough patch in the past year, I had a hankering for the Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies, but wanted to make my own: Oatmeal Cream Pies

Piña Colada Cupcakes

I've been absent for a good long while and am just now starting to play catch-up with some old photos.

Made these delicious treats for my mother's birthday in April 2013: Piña Colada Cupcakes

Blueberry Muffins

Blueberries were on sale for $1.99 a pint... so of course... I buy a ton of them. But looking at the pile of blueberries, there was no way I was going to munch my way through all of them. Time to make blueberry muffins. (Cooks Illustrated Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping).

Spring Birthdays

As happens, a lot of the birthdays of friends and family fall into the months between April and June. Lots of frisky between July and September. I present three different cupcakes: Cherry Cola Cupcakes (the remake),  Jasmine Cupcakes with Raspberry and Honey, and Limoncello Float Cupcakes.

A couple of notes:
-The cherry cola cupcakes I had made sometime last year, I couldn't stand because of how oily they came out. This time around, I replaced the oil with butter. I was much happier with the consistency.
-The Jasmine cupcakes gave me a chance to use this delicious raspberry vinegar I had bought at a local food and wine festival last August. There were no raspberries at the store, so I replace the berry on top with blackberries.
-I did not have enough time to make the ice cream for the limoncello float cupcakes.

Jasmine Cupcake with Raspberry and Honey

Cherry Coke Cupcake

Limoncello Float Cupcake (Ben &  Jerry's Lemon Cookie Ice Cream)

Limoncello Float Cupcake (Vanilla Ice Cream)

Limoncello Float Cupcake with a Happy Mother

Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day, I decided to try a classic red velvet from a cookbook I got for my dad a couple years ago (The Complete Southern Cookbook)... I'm always so nervous about cupcakes tasting like food dye that I never put enough in to give it that vibrant red color... I rely on the chemical reaction between acid and buttermilk to bring out a red color from the anthocyanins in the chocolate. Does anyone have any tips for not over coloring your baked goods? Especially red velvet cakes?