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Rainbow Cupcakes

February 17, 2012

It’s the final day of Cupcake Week! And I saved this fun, colorful, rainbow cupcake for last. It’s got five layers of colorful cake batter to create this gorgeous, rainbow swirled cupcake. Then it’s topped with pillowy soft buttercream frosting and fun rainbow sprinkles. How cute would these cupcakes be for a birthday party?? Here ...

S’mores Cupcakes

February 16, 2012

My goodness, am I in love with this cupcake. This chewy, gooey, chocolaty, sweet toasty cupcake. From the buttery graham cracker crust, to the soft, fudgy middle, to the gooey toasted marshmallow on top — it’s everything you love about a S’mores — in a cupcake! Oh and guess what? It’s also stuffed with a ...

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Caramel Toffee Latte Cupcakes

February 15, 2012

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You guys. This cupcake is an absolute triumph. I’m just going to go ahead and tell you. This frosting rocks my face off. This cupcake was the hands down winner at our cupcake taste-testing party last week. We’d sampled three other cupcakes at this point, and fullness was starting to set in, but this was ...

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Chocolate Swirled Peanut Butter Blast Cupcakes

February 14, 2012

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Welcome to day two of Cupcake Week! In honor of Valentine’s Day, I have just one thing to say. Chocolate + Peanut Butter = True Love. Forever. Amen. This chocolate and peanut butter fudge swirled cupcake is topped with two of my absolute favorite frostings ever: Peanut Butter Buttercream and Sweet Milk Chocolate Ganache. I ...

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Mini Peanut Butter Oreo Chocolate Fudge Swirl Cupcakes

February 13, 2012

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Hi guys! Welcome to Cupcake Week! I’ll be posting a brand new cupcake recipe every day for the next five days. I’ll be sharing the cupcake recipes we taste-tested at the Cupcake taste-testing party last week. I can’t wait to share these fun cupcakes with you guys! I’m kicking off cupcake week with this ultra ...

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Mini Funfetti Cupcakes with Sprinkles

February 10, 2012

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Ahh, who can resist a cute mini cupcake with colorful confetti sprinkles?? A simple vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting is my absolute favorite kind of cupcake. I knew I had to make this fabulous little cupcake for our Cupcake Taste Testing Party, and it’s the perfect recipe to kick off Cupcake Week! I used ...

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Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies

February 6, 2012

I am so in love with these darn chocolate lava cookies! What is it about a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie stuffed with decadent, rich, melted chocolate that makes it so irresistible?? Especially when topped with vanilla ice cream. These are one of Kev’s favorite homemade treats, and he usually asks me to make them ...

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Sparkly Vanilla Bean Macarons with Three Christmas Inspired Frostings

December 19, 2011

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Oh my gosh, I am absolutely in love with our latest edition of Christmas macarons! Stephanie and I are at it again, and we had seriously way too much fun making these sparkly holiday macarons. We got glitter everywhere! Yes, these decadent vanilla bean macarons are topped with gorgeous edible glitter for a completely magical, ...

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Make Vanilla Sugar with Leftover Vanilla Beans

November 23, 2011

If you’ve got leftover vanilla beans — say, from making macarons — don’t throw the empty pods away. Did you know you can throw empty, scraped vanilla bean shells into a container with sugar to make vanilla sugar? You’d be surprised at how much flavor and fragrance those would-be disposable beans still have left to ...

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Caramel Apple Macarons with Cinnamon Apple Butter Buttercream

November 21, 2011

Thanksgiving Themed Holiday Macarons: Caramel Apple Macarons, Chocolate Acorns, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Candy Corn Turkeys

Happy Thanksgiving week! I’m so glad the holidays are here. My dear friend and neighbor Stephanie (who has a fun crafting & homemaking blog called All Artful) and I have been bitten by the macaron bug. You guys know how much I love macarons, and I love them even more now that I know how ...

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Frosted Candy Bar Stuffed Cookie Cups

November 14, 2011

Oh boy, first of all, let me apologize in advance for these cupcakes! They are just downright ridiculous. I don’t know about you, but I still had some leftover Halloween candy in my house this weekend, and I knew I had to find something delicious to do with it. I couldn’t decide whether I wanted ...

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Trick or Treat! Halloween Cookie Dough Pops

October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween! Here are some fun treats to help celebrate today. I made these sprinkled Halloween pops over the weekend, and they turned out so cute, I just couldn’t not share them today! We all know that cookie dough is the best part of making cookies… And what could be more fun than cookie dough ...

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Halloween French Macarons

October 27, 2011

Oh my goodness, am I excited to share these Halloween macarons with you today! My sweet friend and neighbor Stephanie from the fabulous blog All Artful came over on Monday and we had so much fun goofing off in the kitchen, cranking up the music, and dreaming up these Halloween-themed macarons. I remember the first ...

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Mini Chocolate Chip Maple Pancake Cupcakes

October 21, 2011

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Today I’m sharing these fun mini, mapley, and chocolaty cupcakes over on my sweet blogging buddies Maria and Josh’s site, Two Peas and their Pod. As you may remember from their virtual baby shower post this summer, Maria and Josh just welcomed a new pea into their pod. His name is Caleb and he makes ...

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Ultimate Halloween Peanut Butter Oreo Brownie Bar

October 13, 2011

AKA The OMG Illegal-in-48-States Ultimate Insane Brownie. I’ve been seeing these new white chocolate candy corn Halloween M&Ms pop up all over my favorite food blogs recently, and I knew I had to get my hands on some! I had no idea what to expect. Did they taste like white chocolate? Candy corn? M&Ms? I ...

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Cheesy Baked Chicken, Three Ways

September 27, 2011

Last weekend in I was in NYC for a fun Chicken Challenge put together by Hellmann’s Mayo. Fortunately for all involved I was just a spectator / voter at this fabulous event! There were three celebrity contestants, three incredibly good chicken recipes, one chicken throwdown, and one winner took home the prize of bragging rights. ...

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Kitchen Experiments (Update!)

September 13, 2011

This is by far the weirdest thing I’ve ever done in my kitchen. My cake batter blondies turned out really dry, unfortunately, for some reason unknown to me at this time, so I made cookie dough buttercream frosting to put on top. I tried to dye the frosting blue, like these gorgeous Tiffany blue cookie ...

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Baby Blue Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Cups

August 31, 2011

Shhh…. It’s a surprise baby shower! These cute baby blue cookie “cupcakes” are in honor of my sweet blogging friend Maria. Maria blogs at Two Peas and Their Pod and they’re about to add a cute little baby pea to their pod! Maria loves cookies and has over 100 original cookie recipes on her blog. ...

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Peanut Butter Oreo Ice Cream Pie

August 8, 2011

Hi guys! Right now I’m in southern California running around Orange County with the beautiful Jenny from Picky Palate. Jenny is showing me the time of my life in her town — we are hitting all her favorite spots and eating ourselves silly! I will definitely be hitting the gym next week back in Alabama, ...

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Homemade S’mores Ice Cream

July 15, 2011

Yesterday I shared a fun recipe for S’mores ice cream over on the sweet Eighteen25 blog. I am absolutely in love with this simple, no-machine-required homemade ice cream recipe. All you need are two ingredients for your ice cream base, then whatever flavors and toppings you can dream up! So fun and easy, and perfect ...

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