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Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes: #CookiesForKidsCancer

October 29, 2015 By Laura 15 Comments

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes: a creme de menthe cake with mini chocolate chips is topped with a whipped cream buttercream and truly outdoes the ice cream!

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes are an uncanny and delicious cupcake evocation of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and because they are made with whipped cream buttercream, they are not at all too sweet. This post is in support of Cookies For Kids Cancer, and as such I did receive some baking equipment from OXO as… 

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Filed Under: blog events, chocolate, cupcakes, kids cooking, mint chocolate, products, reviews Tagged With: #CookiesForKidsCancer, buttercream, chocolate, chocolate chips, Cookies for Kids' Cancer, creme de menthe, cupcakes, mint, whipped cream, whipped cream buttercream

Individual Chocolate Teacakes Topped with Whipped Cream

November 10, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Individual Double Chocolate Teacakes Topped with Whipped Cream

Rich Double Chocolate Teacakes are perfectly complemented by a topping of lightly sweetened whipped cream. The perfect treat for a little girl’s birthday party! Affiliate links are used in this post to link to items being discussed.  Am I the only mom who gets super tired of cupcakes? I am not a huge fan of… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cupcakes Tagged With: chocolate, cocoa, cocoa powder, cupcake, heavy cream, teacake, whipped cream

Leftover Halloween Candy Ideas

November 2, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

If you are looking for leftover Halloween candy ideas, I’ve got you covered! Stuff it in cookies, cakes, mix it with caramel corn–all sorts of ways to keep the homemade treats coming while using up the Halloween candy! I hope everyone had a fun Halloween–and I hope most of you were able to stay drier… 

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Filed Under: bar cookies, cakes, candy, caramel, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, cupcakes, misc, misc. dessert, peanut butter Tagged With: bars, cake, candy, caramel corn, chocolate, cookies, Halloween, leftover, milkshakes, popcorn

Chocolate Cookie-Pecan-Toffee Streusel Topped Chocolate Muffins

October 26, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Dark Chocolate Muffins Topped with Pecan-Cookie Streusel

It has been a weird week around here. It has been a while since I have gotten so behind in recipes. That awesome Mexican chicken soup I made fed us for 3 nights. It did its work too, as I am feeling better, instead of descending into a sinus infection as frequently happens.

Filed Under: chocolate, cupcakes, muffins, pecans, quick breads, streusel Tagged With: chocolate, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, nuts, pecans, streusel, toffee

Milk Chocolate Ganache Glazed Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Bundtlettes

October 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Milk Chocolate Ganache Draped Peanut Butter Cup Surprise Mini Peanut Butter Cakes

Guys I am so excited to tell you about the weekend I just had in Chicago courtesy of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, but I just cannot think of  a way to work it around to this mini cakes. So it will have to wait, but suffice to say I am tired and a little… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, candy, chocolate, cupcakes, ganache, kids cooking, peanut butter Tagged With: cake, candy, cupcake, Halloween, milk chocolate, mini cake, peanut butter, peanut butter cup, Reese's

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

November 22, 2012 By Laura 7 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving! I had not originally planned to share these cupcakes. I was not super enthused about making them, is the honest truth. But Sammy had requested pumpkin cupcakes for her birthday celebration at school, so, being a good mother who only forces dessert choices on her kids for about half of their birthday celebrations,… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, fall spices, pumpkin Tagged With: buttermilk, cakes, cream cheese, cupcakes, pumpkin

Carrot Cupcakes with White Chocolate "Creamy Dreamy" Frosting

October 19, 2010 By Laura 10 Comments

I think I’ve mentioned somewhere on here before that my kids each get multiple birthday parties. It is a function of both growing older (and having kid parties) and having out of town families which are difficult to coordinate. So I stopped trying, and instead have 1 party for each side of the family and… 

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Filed Under: cakes, carrots, cream cheese, cupcakes, white chocolate Tagged With: carrot, carrot cake, cream cheese, cupcakes, white chocolate

Nibby Cream Cheese Brownie Cupcakes

June 25, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

While we were in Atlanta, we had plenty of sweets. There was the leftover mousse from Alex’s birthday parties, the mini cupcakes we bought at Whole Foods (a real treat for those of us who live in a town without any true bakery because while homemade might be better, those mini treats are awfully fun… 

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Tahitian Vanilla Cupcakes With Valrhona White Chocolate "Dreamy Creamy" Frosting

January 29, 2010 By Laura 17 Comments

Tahitian Vanilla Cupcakes With Valrhona White Chocolate “Dreamy Creamy” Frosting

Yes I am still sick. Same apologies for typos and photos (and the photos, by the way, were oddly blue–everything that was white turned blue and I have no idea how to fix it and somehow am lacking the energy to care much honestly). Anyway, these cupcakes were outstanding and they have a funny story… 

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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