Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Blueberry Cupcakes: Ironically, They Make You Feel the Opposite of Blue

I Love blueberry pie. I wanted so badly to re-create that flavor in a cupcake. I took one of my vanilla recipes and tweaked it, adding a little lemon and some frozen blueberries. I created a vanilla cinnamon butter cream to top it off. The finished product? A blueberry pie tasting cupcake! They were moist, the blueberries bursting in every bite. The vanilla cinnamon butter cream was the perfect finish! They were just plain good!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Vegan!

I had been trying to figure out a way to broaden my cupcake variety besides trying new flavors. It wasn't long until I found some vegan cupcake recipes. I noticed that the chocolate recipe I found was a lot like my regular chocolate cupcake. SO, I made the substitutions and voila! The vegan "butter cream" was pretty simple and as easy to make as regular butter cream. I was nervous once they were done. Would they measure up to a regular non-vegan cupcake? Yes! No one even new the difference! Everyone loved them, some even having seconds. I was so excited. Now I can't wait to try the next obvious vegan flavor. Vanilla! lol