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Parsnip Spice Cupcakes with Maple Frosting

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March. That time of year when spring tries to break through but can't quite out-muscle winter just yet. I think Dickens described it best: “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Said with less eloquence: March is a tease. I can shiver through a morning in a hooded sweatshirt and follow it up by a jog in shorts and a t-shirt. Nothing thrills me more than bright yellow daffodils blooming and warming ...

Mango Cupcakes with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting

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When mangoes went on sale this time around, I chose the cupcakes over the mango hot sauce and was surprised by just how much I liked them. The cake is incredibly moist, and the subtle mango pairs well with the more pronounced ginger flavor found in the cupcakes and in the frosting. I substituted coconut for macadamia nuts in the cake and thinned my frosting with coconut milk. For a full coconut frosting, you could omit the ground ginger and add a teaspoon of coconut flavor extract. The ...

Three Ingredient Cupcakes

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Sometime last summer, my sister and I were discussing the content found on this blog. She suggested posting more recipes that would be easy to pull together when the week is in full swing. As nice as a recipe may sound, not many home cooks can accommodate double-digit ingredient lists or time requirements (what do you mean this needs to sit overnight?!) when figuring out what's for dinner. I joked I could title a series of quick-to-prepare recipes Evening Quickies. This led my sister to don her ...

King Cake Cupcakes

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Happy Mardi Gras! Last year, I baked a King Cake. This year I baked King Cake cupcakes. With no sweet yeast dough to manage, cupcakes offered the path of least resistance. The idea came to me via a King Arthur Flour email. If you want to make these cupcakes, you may find their blog post with step-by-step photos of baking and decorating helpful. To keep up the tradition that the person who gets the piece of King Cake with the baby baked inside makes the cake next year, King Arthur Flour ...

Spice Cupcakes with Pumpkin Filling and Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting

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Round Four of the Willow Bird Baking Challenges found me feeling particularly uninspired. My creativity had hit a wall. Add to that the theme to bake seasonally, and my brain stopped at pumpkin. There has got to be more to autumn than pumpkin. Right? Turns out there is! Check out all of the other creative challenges here. I eventually set out to make a brown sugar cupcake that I baked about this time last year. My intention was to fill the cupcake with a white chocolate mixture and top it all ...

Beer Spiced Cupcakes with Sweet Honey Frosting

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THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. IF YOU CLICK ON ONE AND PURCHASE AN ITEM, LOVE & FLOUR RECEIVES A SMALL COMMISSION AT NO COST TO YOU. THIS HELPS SUPPORT THE SITE, AND I ONLY LINK TO ITEMS THAT I ALREADY LOVE, OWN, OR WOULD LOVE TO OWN. Spiced anything seems synonymous with fall (are pumpkin spiced lattes to blame?), so a spice cake baked with beer and honey seems like the perfect addition to a fall Oktoberfest menu. I used Abita's Pecan Harvest Ale in my version, but I think this ...