Cinnamon French Toast Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream

Cupcakes for breakfast? Say it ain’t so!

But these cupcakes can shamelessly (or so we’ll keep telling ourselves) be eaten up for breakfast. And why not? These Cinnamon French Toast Cupcakes are almost like their real-life counterpart. Heck, throw some crumbled fried bacon bits on top and you’ve practically got a full brunch meal right here!

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Wordless Wednesday #72: The County General

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Raspberry Lemon Cupcakes

It was my friend's birthday this past week, and she's a huge fan of cupcakes, so naturally, I had to bake her a batch. While chocolate cupcakes kept creeping up in my mind as I was deciding what kind of cupcakes to make her, I opted for something lighter and fruitier to celebrate what is left of the summer.

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Luck O' the Irish Cupcakes

Chocolate. Guinness. Bailey's Irish cream. When you marry them all together, you get the ultimate dessert.

Chocolate Guinness cupcakes filled with an super luscious and silky Irish cream chocolate ganache, and topped with an Irish cream buttercream.

To die for.

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Learning to Love the Red Velvet Cupcake

The red velvet cake is one of those iconic food items in American culinary culture. Popular, instantly recognizable, and yet its history is shrouded in much mystery. After reading several resources on said cake, there was really no one definitive answer as to how it came about. Regardless of how the red velvet came to existence, the combination of red food colouring, cocoa and buttermilk was certainly a winning combination, and red velvet remains to be a very popular flavour in North America.



Despite its popularity, I must confess that before yesterday, I was a Red Velvet virgin. Yes, I've never had a red velvet cake or cupcake of any sort. While it is the red colouring that makes this cake so distinct, perhaps it was that fact that always turned me off of it. It was like there was a tiny little voice inside of me telling that something was wrong with it that they had to mask it with so much food colouring to win the eyes over rather than the tastebuds.

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A Peanut Buttery Surprise

There were two birthdays going on this week (a co-worker's and a friend's) and that was good enough of a reason for me to whip up a batch of cupcakes to celebrate the occasion. I love making cupcakes filled with a little something extra in the middle—a nice little surprise with every bite. So, inspired by the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (which ironically I absolutely can't stand), I made Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes with a sweet surprise inside...

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Sugar High: #CupcakeCampTO 2.0

I’m pretty sure about 200 people in the city of Toronto are still feeling the effects of all the sugar that was consumed yesterday at the second ever CupcakeCamp Toronto.



Thirty-eight bakers. About 50 different flavours. More than 180 eaters. 2000 cupcakes. You know sugar madness was about to ensue.

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