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Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit
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lime tart cupcakes
Posted: May 25th, 2008, 5:00pm MST by chockylit
This post has taken me a while, I know. And that is partly because it’s my last post here on this blog. That’s right, CupcakeBlog is shutting down. The decision was not taken lately, trust me, but a combination of factors came together… a botched wordpress upgrade (I am still without access to the admin [...] -
chocolate cupcakes stuffed with strawberry chocolate ganache and frosted with chocolate glaze and buttercream
Posted: Apr 28th, 2008, 8:55pm MST by chockylit
Here is another simple cupcake recipe. This one was for a 2 year old’s birthday party - Naomi’s cousin. While it’s not super exciting, the resulting cupcake is very tasty, a crowd-pleaser, and relatively easy to put together. I also did a small batch for a small group. The recipes could be easily doubled or [...] -
3 Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Sea Salt
Posted: Apr 19th, 2008, 8:33pm MST by chockylit
One of my most favorite places to discover unique ingredients and find inspiration for my latest creation is Boulettes Larder. My recent visit turned up the very special sea salt used to garnish these cupcakes and a very delicious pasta dish that was well worth the 18 dollar Tuesday lunch splurge. The vanilla cupcake recipe [...] -
Wasabi White Chocolate Cupcakes with Plum Sake Filling
Posted: Apr 14th, 2008, 9:54pm MST by chockylit
I have had wasabi in a cupcake before, but with dark chocolate. When I saw the white chocolate and wasabi combination on episode 4 of Top Chef, I figured… why not? I knew I wanted to do a fruity filling and after some pondering, plums came to mind. I thought the tartness of the plums [...] -
pear & vanilla bean filled chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream
Posted: Mar 30th, 2008, 10:18am MST by chockylit
I made these here cupcakes for the first ever bay area cupcake meetup that happened this weekend. A lovely group of people showed up at Dolores Park in San Francisco with creative and tasty cupcakes to share. We talked shop and caused a bit of a scene. Apparently the idea of a group of people [...] -
Sweet & Salty Honey Peanut Cupcakes
Posted: Mar 18th, 2008, 8:59am MST by chockylit
My neighbor is a bee keeper. Mostly she keeps bees in a more lush area of the city, but she also has some hives in her backyard. She dropped off some of her backyard honey the other day. I just had to make some cupcakes with it! This creation consists of honey chiffon cake, layered [...] -
Plain and Simple Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes
Posted: Feb 25th, 2008, 6:40pm MST by chockylit
We are being visited by out of town guests this week. The visitors include three youngsters who happen to be very plain and picky eaters. I definitely wanted to treat them to cupcakes, but knew that I couldn’t veer far from very straightforward flavors. I decided to do four recipes - a basic chocolate cupcake, [...] -
Pequin Chili Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008, 9:52pm MST by chockylit
Finally! Today! After weeks of waiting and a few too many hundred dollars, the oven is fixed. I baked these cupcakes over the weekend, though, and in a neighbor’s oven. The change of scenery threw me off. I made an ill-advised substitution (baking powder instead of baking soda) and the cupcakes didn’t rise enough. I [...] -
Pequin Chili Chocolate Cupcakes
Posted: Feb 11th, 2008, 9:52pm MST by chockylit
Finally! Today! After weeks of waiting and a few too many hundred dollars, the oven is fixed. I baked these cupcakes over the weekend, though, and in a neighbor’s oven. The change of scenery threw me off. I made an ill-advised substitution (baking powder instead of baking soda) and the cupcakes didn’t rise enough. I [...] -
Walnut Cupcakes Topped with Rose White Chocolate Mousse and Baklava
Posted: Jan 20th, 2008, 8:48pm MST by chockylit
*** Where is chockylit? *** Having a seemingly insatiable sweet tooth, baklava, the sticky-sweet treat of layers of buttery phyllo dough, nuts, and honey syrup, has always appealed to me. None the less, I don’t have it too often as my run-ins with baklava are often of the unfortunate “guess how long I have been sitting [...] -
Lemon Cupcakes with Bitters, Sorrel, and Toasted Meringue
Posted: Jan 6th, 2008, 3:59pm MST by chockylit
January and citrus are a natural pair when it comes to me and cupcakes. As is typical, I ate too much chocolate and too many sweets over the holidays and really had to dig deep to find the motivation to even think of baking. But dig deep I did… Well, actually, I perused the latest [...] -
Pine Nut and Candied Orange Peel Cupcakes with Christmas Spice Buttercream Frosting
Posted: Dec 19th, 2007, 2:35pm MST by chockylit
I will be frank. I am not a fan of pine nuts. They fell out of favor with me back in the 90’s or whenever it was that every restaurant was serving them in their dishes. They are new to my husband however and, go figure, he likes them. So, when he rushed off to [...] -
All About Frosting - The Recipes
Posted: Dec 11th, 2007, 11:13pm MST by chockylit
I get many a question about frosting. I thought I would compile my thoughts on the subject in two part series of posts - a sort of one stop shop for all things frosting… from my perspective, of course! First up… the recipes. Chocolate Ganache Chocolate ganache frosting is one of my favorite frostings to [...]