Chocolate Almond Red Velvet Cupcakes

Since it is the Superbowl & Mom's birthday I did a Chocolate Almond Red Velvet Cupcakes. These are the flavors that she wanted. The frosting is frosting is a home made Chocolate & Almond. I also really like these liners too, they are very sturdy and peel away nicely.

Today, I made 2 dozen of them. Which is the most I have made so far. I have to admit that my piping skills are getting better though. I know I started out really rough in the beginning, but I am getting the hang of it, lol. The container with the 5 cupcakes have double frosting on them ( had to use up the very last bit of frosting left) and the other side has a single layer.

These were really fun to do even though I was suppose to have done them the night before. I know that these will not last very long. I have been perfecting the cooking times for each flavor and recording it (so I will remember). Soon, I will be making a dozen SpongeBob SquarePants cupcakes and a smash cake. So, look forward to seeing it completed.

Lemon Blackberry Cupcakes

These are my Lemon Blackberry Cupcakes that I have made tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 30, 13.) I have been wanting to try the blackberry in a frosting and I know that Lemon is a great combo with a lot of other great flavors. I used Blackberry jam in my home made frosting and it came out to the best consistancy that I didn't think it would come out to. The 2 flavors together really work well together and this will be a popular flavor.

Pumpkin Pies Thanksgiving 2012

So, We are 1 day away from Thanksgiving 2012 and of course every year I am the only one that makes the Pumpkin Pies for Thanksgiving Dinner ! And have been every single year for at least the last 20 yrs. This I have made 4 pies into which is less than what I am use to making (up to at least 6 pumpkin pies) You only see 2 here since the last 2 are in the oven as I am writing this, lol.

Every year I have always used the Deep Dish pie crusts, but this year I have used regular 9in pie shells (which I like better) and the big can of pumpkin which surprisingly gives you 4 pies when using the regular shells instead of the deep dish. As for the whip cream, it will be home made as well.

Triple Chocolate Cupcakes

These are my Triple Chocolate Cupcakes. They are a very Chocolatey cake with semi sweet morsels inside the batter. The frosting is a home made Cocoa Almond Cream Cheese. I made these cupcakes for a family friend and as a "sampler" gift as well. I do have to say that my piping of the frosting has gotten ALOT better as you might can see from my past baking projects. Now, since I have "mastered" the art is frosting a cupcake, I know that my cupcakes will start to look a lot better with future projects/orders.

For the liners I used a simple red and white swirl design for these liners (plus, I could not find any fall themed liners at the store I was in at the time) I do have to say that my baking has gotten better and starting to master the right baking times for different kinds of flavors.

German Chocolate Cupcakes

Today, I am making German Chocolate Cupcakes with my own spin to it of course ! So, the cupcakes are done baking and are cooling down. This is the first time that I made these as cupcakes. The batter came out very light and airy.

I have use the black and dark pink zebra stripes liner. They look cute with these liners. I was trying to decide on whether or not to use the liners. I always thought that with the liners they is the easier way of baking, but there is also the thing where the cupcakes actually come out bigger when baking just in the pan.. The cupcakes are cooling now, so in a few hours I will decorate them and post the picture here.

Finally got them finished. On top of the German Chocolate there is home made caramel sauce along with chopped pecans and coconut. These came out a little more messier than I intended, but they came out better than what I expected anyways. I also made some with caramel & pecans only & a few that are caramel & coconut only to accommodate everyone's taste.

Chocolate Chip Muffins

So, I had an attack of the the late night sweet tooth going on last night. I decided to make some Chocolate Chip muffins. I made a small batch this time they were for only 3 people. As you can tell I use the pink princess liners (only kind I could find in the cabinet). They came out to be very moist and to hit the spot for the sweet tooth craving.

The weather here is starting to change now and cooling off so stayed tune to more baking projects coming your way !

Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

This time I have decided to make Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies with the help of my mom of course. Now, I know some of you are asking why use dark chocolate vs the milk chocolate. Well, the dark chocolate gave the peanut butter just enough sweetness to it since the milk chocolate is way sweeter. Plus, the dark is healthier for you anyways, lol.

The peanut butter dough is a completely different texture vs any other regular chocolate chip cookie dough so these cookies didn't really cook as round as chocolate chip dough normally does.  The taste of these are really rich with the peanut butter that we put in (also added an addition quarter cup of PB) The texture after they baked kind of reminded me of the Sandie cookies.