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Cupcake Pairings

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So, for those of you who don't know, my parents own and run their own business and every summer they have a company barbecue with everyone (it's between 11-17 people). This year they've asked me to bake mini cupcakes for the event (with appropriate compensation, of course :P). Well, the party is this Saturday and the cupcakes are made! They let me choose the flavors knowing they'd be delicious no matter what so I decided to go with a past favorite and something new Introducing: Mocha Cupcakes with Espresso Buttercream Frosting (in rosettes, naturally). When I first made this cupcakes I didn't like coffee (I know drink it with chai tea latte mix as creamer) but I still found these addicting! The cake itself is really just a rich chocolate cake enhanced with coffee that you can't really taste. They smell absolutely amazing when they come out of the oven! The frosting is what gets me, though. It's a simple buttercream with vanilla and instant espre...

Baking Hiatus

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Hi, everyone! Sorry for not posting in a while; I've been really busy recently. As you know from my blog title I'm headed to college soon and I've been working a lot trying to earn money for tuition. Between that and trying to get everything ready for me to leave I have much less free time than I anticipated. I haven't baked anything recently (except my grad party cake which I forgot to document....) but I wanted to update y'all on what's been going on. I had my graduation party on the first and It was so amazing to see everyone who came. I made quite a few friends of the underclassmen in choir (especially Bel Canto) and I'm really going to miss them. And, as always, it was great to see so much of my extended family (shout out to my cousin Elizabeth 💖) Anyway, the cake was a new recipe I hadn't tried yet, but it was really similar to the yellow cake I've done in the past (although I liked this one better). It was a white vanilla cake with...