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8/12/2011 1:27:03 PM

This is a good amount of icing.



This is way too much

8/12/2011 3:45:53 PM

Has anyone been to BabyCakes? There's one in NYC and we have one at Downtown Disney in Orlando. I'm thinking of going sometime next week. Recommendations?

Their cupcakes are supposed to be awesome. Organic and vegan.

8/12/2011 3:52:43 PM

I was mainly worried these would have too much





granted, the cupcakes weren't flat from the get go... but those icings were YUMMAY

8/13/2011 1:05:36 PM

jeeze o flip

now i want cakelove

8/13/2011 1:49:00 PM

I made brown sugar banana cupcakes with strawberry butter cream icing for a friend's birthday

8/13/2011 4:31:17 PM

I am making cupcakes for a coworker next week - will post. She liked the vegan lime & coconut ones I made a while back so I guess it will be those.

Right now I'm into the miniature ones. That way I can make one batch and feed the whole work clan, plus leave a couple for the kid. /lazy

8/13/2011 5:08:35 PM

I'm going to make the guinness cupcakes with bailey's frosting for a visiting friend this week. who has the best recipe??

8/15/2011 4:40:35 PM

^ http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/03/14/irish-car-bomb-cupcakes/


I think I'm going to make some cupcakes for clinic tomorrow (since it's my first day and I want everybody to lurve me )


I have some left over peanut butter frosting in the fridge so I'm thinking... chocolate chip cupcakes with cookie dough (vanilla that taste like cookie dough, basically) and peanut butter frosting swirled


thoughts?

8/15/2011 4:42:16 PM

perfect, although i'm not so sure i'll do the ganache filling. we shall see.


ooh, I already have whiskey. jameson even!

[Edited on August 15, 2011 at 4:49 PM. Reason : .]

8/15/2011 4:44:25 PM

^ give me adviceeeee on my cupcakes


actually... I'm gonna make these

http://www.howsweeteats.com/2010/05/peanut-butter-frosted-chocolate-chip-blondies/

[Edited on August 15, 2011 at 4:52 PM. Reason : .]

8/15/2011 4:50:38 PM

I like peanut butter on bananas, oreos, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.


I would love to have a banana cupcake with peanut butter frosting.

8/15/2011 4:53:39 PM

Quote :

"I have some left over peanut butter frosting in the fridge so I'm thinking... chocolate chip cupcakes with cookie dough (vanilla that taste like cookie dough, basically) and peanut butter frosting swirled"

As long as no one is allergic to peanuts I say go for it!

Maybe I'll bring in some cupcakes to my work next week. It's been forever since I made cupcakes!

8/15/2011 4:54:47 PM

I think I'm going to make it a weekly thing.. it's my biggest stress reliever but this week I'm going to branch out and make these peanut butter froster blondies

8/15/2011 5:08:21 PM

I got all my ingredients for the irish car bomb cupcakes. I'll be glad when I get to the point where my kitchen is fully stocked and I don't have to buy a million things just to use a pinch and a dash or whatever.

8/15/2011 7:14:57 PM

there is no such thing as too much icing.


you shut your whore mouths

8/15/2011 8:05:07 PM

Joie spitting truth, itt

8/15/2011 8:16:57 PM

I usually eat the bottom of the cupcake and then eat all the icing with as little cake top as possible. yum.

8/15/2011 8:17:53 PM

^^^ mish says "amen sista"


i however give some of mine too her....


(unless its cream chees frosting nom)

[Edited on August 15, 2011 at 8:18 PM. Reason : up]

8/15/2011 8:18:12 PM

8/15/2011 8:19:01 PM

I always lick the icing off first


ALWAYS

8/15/2011 9:50:10 PM

Should I make the cake tonight and the icing and ganache tomorrow or make all of it tomorrow?

8/16/2011 7:05:59 PM

I'd make the icing and ganache tonight and the cake tomorrow.

8/16/2011 7:10:02 PM

ok, sounds like a plan. I wanted to split up the cleaning and such. I don't have a ton of cooking supplies. Do I just let both get to room temperature before decorating or will the go on fine cold?

8/16/2011 7:17:01 PM

Depends on the type of icing but personally I'd let it get to room temp while you're preparing the cake.

8/16/2011 7:18:13 PM

I'm making these

http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/03/14/irish-car-bomb-cupcakes/

8/16/2011 7:20:49 PM

This is my most successful thread. Yipeeee!

8/16/2011 7:29:44 PM

CRRUDMONKIES!!!!!!! The recipe website won't load.

Ugh. I may be making everything tomorrow. I'll have 4 hours. I can't imagine it taking that long.

8/16/2011 8:39:20 PM

BACK ONLINE!!


So am I correct in assuming 8oz of bittersweet chocolate is a cup and a third of chocolate chips?

8/16/2011 8:53:47 PM

Quote :

"I made brown sugar banana cupcakes with strawberry butter cream icing for a friend's birthday"

I generally avoid this thread like the devil, but they were very good cupcakes.

Also, Sam, what are those chocolate topped ones?

[Edited on August 16, 2011 at 9:12 PM. Reason : .]

8/16/2011 9:12:07 PM

^ roasted blueberry dark chocolate



elise - I think that sounds right?... do you mean once you melt the chips?

8/16/2011 9:46:13 PM

I meant dry. But I will be chopping them up some.

8/16/2011 10:09:39 PM

Lime in de Coconut, Dark Chocolate Stout, and Mocha Mascarpone. Big hit at the office today.


[Edited on August 16, 2011 at 10:53 PM. Reason : stupid user error]

8/16/2011 10:51:13 PM

^ YUM!!

gg

8/16/2011 11:13:29 PM

I need this:




plz 2 help a girl out!

8/17/2011 3:20:00 PM

Did I post those tea cupcake recipes in here? I'm too lazy to search

8/17/2011 3:20:49 PM

pics on two pages, but no recipe

8/17/2011 3:24:44 PM

cupcake wednesday in my office

8/17/2011 3:39:35 PM

Quote :

"I'm making these http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/03/14/irish-car-bomb-cupcakes/"

I've made these a few times and they're always good (though I use the Smitten Kitchen recipe)

I just made these this week for a friend's birthday:

http://annies-eats.net/2010/04/30/triple-chocolate-cupcakes/

The frosting is amazingly chocolatey <3

Quote :

"So am I correct in assuming 8oz of bittersweet chocolate is a cup and a third of chocolate chips?"

8 oz = 1 cup, though I suppose you overestimated because the chips don't really pack well

it's easiest to just buy chocolate bars (Baker's, Ghirardelli etc) for this kind of thing as they're measured in weights already

[Edited on August 17, 2011 at 3:54 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2011 3:50:56 PM

Guinness Stout Chocolate Cupcakes






Dark Chocolate Jameson Whiskey Ganache



Bailey's Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting




All Together Now


I think this is my favorite picture


Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes!

8/17/2011 5:13:08 PM

Quote :

"pics on two pages, but no recipe "

Thanks! I'll work on translating those sometime this week.

Also, the best icing ever is my mom's icing. I guess it's technically a butter cream but it's so light and airy it's like you're eating whipped cream and icing put into one. And you can flavor it just about any way you want. It's my default icing unless I'm making something like carrot cake.

1 cup water
4 tablespoons cornstarch
2 sticks butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla (or whatever else you want)
2 tablespoons Irish cream, melted chocolate, brandy, etc (optional)

Cook water and cornstarch until thick and smooth (NOT LUMPY. If it's lumpy you cooked it too long). Remove from heat. As cornstarch is cooling (put in freezer to speed up process, but don't let it freeze), cream butter and sugar for 10 minutes. Once cornstarch is cool, beat until consistency of whipped cream. Add cornstarch and vanilla to creamed butter and mix. Mix until light and fluffy (takes at least 10 minutes). Add Irish cream and mix.

8/17/2011 5:38:30 PM

^ that sounds yummay


I really like using heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, butter, vanilla, and a little milk

8/19/2011 12:54:59 AM

Holy crap, I'm sitting here trying to get sleepy and now I want cupcakes and alcohol

8/19/2011 12:58:27 AM

^^ the thing I like most about it is it's not super sweet like most icing. It's the perfect sweetness to compliment most cakes.

8/19/2011 8:07:52 AM

this thread makes me want to get to baking cupcakes this weekend...

8/19/2011 8:15:06 AM

I have some peaches that are too soft to eat outright. I wonder if I could make peach cupcakes out of them.

8/19/2011 10:27:35 AM

i hate icing

but i like that cream cheese icing stuff

8/19/2011 10:30:57 AM

saw this on reddit a few days back

http://bohemianrevolution.com/36-cupcake-recipes/

8/19/2011 10:58:09 AM

^ I really want to make the Boston Cream Pie cupcakes from there tonight.


I haven't really done fun cupcakes ... ever I don't think.

But I don't want to eat them all myself and I have nothing else to do with them until I guess work on Monday, and I don't want them to sit that long either. You'd think this would be an easy problem to solve but I am sort of at a loss.

8/19/2011 4:28:42 PM

ah, I like sweet icing


and dude.. I was just telling bmel last weekend how I want to make some peach cupcakes - you NEVER see that flavor

8/19/2011 4:35:57 PM