Cupcake Crusade

It was my friend’s birthday earlier this month, so as a surprise I baked him lava cakes! They were one of my favourite desserts I’ve baked to date. So chocolatey and delicious… and they weren’t difficult to make. Here’s the recipe from Kraft Canada: http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/molten-chocolate-cakes-82994.aspx. I forgot to take a photo of the final product, but basically you flip the ramekins upside down once they’ve cooled. Then when you stick your fork into the cake, the gooey chocolate middle oozes out over the whole dessert. YUM.

I made this on a whim during exam period this year. I was tired of studying, and figured you can’t go wrong having something yummy to snack on while reading till 3am. Introducing the coffeecake that tastes good for breakfast, lunch, dinner and post-midnight snacking! Here’s the recipe I found on pinterest, it’s a keeper: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/blueberry-coffeecake-with-lemon-streusel-recipe

I made these one night when two of my best friends came over to watch tv. They might not look very impressive, but gosh were they ever delicious! I used this recipe as a base, but ended up making a lot of additions and substitutions since I didn’t have all the right ingredients on hand. They were super easy to make, and I got around 25-30 cookies out of the batch. They didn’t last long!

I made these about a month ago, just in time for the MLB season to start! I found the recipe online and couldn’t resist trying it out. As if a peanut butter and chocolate cupcake wasn’t enough, I chopped up peanut butter cups and added them to the batter. Once they were baked and cooled, I topped them off with some homemade vanilla buttercream (Martha Stewart recipe) and piped the baseball stitching with some decorative red gel. I think they turned out well, but they were super filling. It was hard to finish one all in one go. If you use the recipe yourself, I’d suggest a smaller cupcake size… my trays make the cupcakes a bit bigger than the typical regular size. Happy baking!

Edit: I can’t find the recipe in my bookmarked links. My bad!

My brother got me a really neat cake pop maker for Christmas that I have been dying to try out. It cuts out a good 45 minutes of the cake ball making process, which is sweet because decorating the pops alone takes forever.

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