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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’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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Derby Day Bourbon Chocolate Walnut Bars
Derby Day’s a-coming! Ok, let’s review why I would care about that. I don’t have a horse. I don’t ride horses. I don’t attend horse races. I don’t live in Kentucky. There are associated foods that I like. Oh yes, that’s the one. It’s because there are foods I like. Even though I’ve never been to the Kentucky Derby, and I know virtually nothing about it, I’d like to ride the coattails of this pseudo holiday and take advantage of the opportunity to make some food that I may otherwise have never tried. So, let’s call these Derby Day Bars. Whatever you call them, you DON’T call them…
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Flourless Pumpkin Coconut Cookies
When we have potlucks at work, we always pass around a list so everyone can sign up for something. I’ve been banned from bringing desserts because for some reason, my coworkers are suspicious that I will sneak vegetables into the cookies like a parent trying to trick a kid. And by gosh, they’re not wrong. But if they would just give me a chance, I would knock their socks off! They have no idea what they’re missing! Honestly, it had never occurred to me to combine pumpkin and coconut, but what can I say? My preconceived ideas were proven wrong, and I had my mind blown by how much I love…
