• Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting | www.eighteenalmonds.com
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    Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

    As promised, I took another set of cupcakes for a test drive last weekend in preparation for my upcoming baby shower!  I thought it would be appropriate to complement the chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with something very opposite.  I chose Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting because they seemed the perfect counterpart.  Instead of rich and heavy, they are light and fresh!  Pick your poison!  (Oh, that actually makes me feel kind of glum when I consider the fact that sugar is actually poisoning us.  #tryingnottothinkaboutit )  Well, moving on! My husband was my co-taste-tester.  His memory is somewhat selective when it comes to trying my food.  If he…

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  • Ina Garten's Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting | www.eighteenalmonds.com
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    Ina’s Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

    Do you ever experience recipe overwhelm?  Like, how many different ways are there to make chocolate cupcakes?  Obviously, as a certified Type A lunatic, I envision myself finding 20 recipes and testing them all side by side because I want to be sure I found the best one.  How can you just randomly point your finger into the ether and choose a cupcake recipe if you haven’t taste-tested it alongside all its competitors?  (Maybe you’ve seen the Crate and Barrel commercial with Reese Witherspoon testing cranberry sauce recipes?  So relatable.) Most recently, I wanted to find, as I mentioned above, a great chocolate cupcake recipe.  I searched the internet as…

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