Tag: cupcakes

  • Hostess-Style Chocolate Cupcakes

    Hostess-Style Chocolate Cupcakes

    Chocolate Cream-Filled Cupcakes Whew! I just finished my first year teaching at a wonderful school. There is one thing I’ve heard talking to teachers: it doesn’t matter if are teaching second grade or twelfth grade, public or private school – the first year is a doozie. And it was, but I’m hoping that I’ll have…

  • Yellow Cupcakes

    Yellow Cupcakes

    Yellow Cupcakes These cupcakes were one of my first (successful!) gluten free baking attempts, and they are a great place for anyone to start. I found the recipe on A Gluten Free Guide (http://aglutenfreeguide.com/celebrate-love-with-a-gluten-free-cupcake.html), and it follows in the great tradition of doctored cake mixes. That’s right, these cupcakes “cheat” by using a boxed GF…

  • Chocolate Icing

    Chocolate Icing

    Chocolate Icing This chocolate icing recipe is based on the Pioneer Woman’s (http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/yellow-cupcakes-with-sticky-chocolate-icing/) sticky chocolate icing. I scaled it up a bit since the original recipe left odd amounts of sweetened condensed milk languishing in my fridge. This batch makes enough icing to frost two batches of yellow cupcakes (recipe here). This stuff freezes well,…