Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ideas for cupcakes

I have lots of ideas for cupcakes I'd like to make. Some of these are similar to ones I've had before at various bakeries, others are ones I thought up that I've never seen anyone else make. However I have a problem - I don't really know the "rules" of baking proportions, meaning I have absolutely no idea how to create a recipe. I know how to make a box mix really well. And I can google recipes. So maybe I'll find somebody else's recipes online to try some of these? Or maybe I'll doctor up some box mixes? Not really sure yet. But here is my list (so far) of flavors I want to make someday:

Desserts:
Sweet-n-salty - dark chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting, topped with crunched up pretzels - made this one, see previous post!
Luck of the Irish - vanilla cupcake infused with Bailey's, topped with a Bailey's milk chocolate frosting... and maybe some green food coloring or sprinkles somewhere?
Velvety red - red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting
S'mores - A layer of graham cracker on the bottom, then milk chocolate cupcake, followed by marshmallow fluff frosting, and topped with more graham cracker crumbles
Bananorama - banana bread cake with a light caramel and rum flavored frosting
Lil Punkin - pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, garnished with candied ginger
Oatmeal chocolate chip - a dense oatmeal cookie-textured cake filled with chocolate chips, topped with a sweet cinnamon glaze
Neopolitan - layered chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry cakes and one of those three flavors of frosting
Butterfinger - a peanut butter cake, milk chocolate frosting, and topped with crushed Butterfinger candies
Almond Joy - a coconut cupcake with dark chocolate frosting, topped with almonds
Key lime - lime cupcake, lime cream cheese frosting, and graham cracker crumbles
Banana Split Sundae - milk chocolate cake with creamy vanilla frosting, garnished with banana slices, multi-colored sprinkles, nuts, and a marachino cherry on top
Strawberry shortcake - a dense shortcake topped with creamy whipped frosting and fresh strawberries
Apple pie - caramel cake filled with apple chunks, topped with apple cinnamon glaze
Cookie dough surprise - either vanilla or chocolate cake, filled with a ball of chocolate chip cookie dough, either chocolate or vanilla frosting
Cherry cordial - dark chocolate cake with a cherry in the center, with cherry flavored chocolate frosting
PB&J - vanilla cupcake with a squirt of grape jelly in the center, topped with peanut butter frosting, crumbled peanuts, and another spot of jelly - see the ones I've tried already
Peachy keen - peach cupcake with a creamy whipped frosting and garnished with fresh peach slices
Grasshopper - dark chocolate cake with a mint frosting

"Breakfast" cupcakes:
The short stack - a buttery pancake/waffle-like cupcake topped with a maple syrup glaze
Cup-o-cereal - vanilla or yellow cake topped with creamy frosting, topped with various cereals such as Fruity Pebbles (see previous entry!), Cocoa Puffs, or any other of your favorite
Parfait - a cake made with lots of oats/granola, topped with a dollop of yogurt and fresh fruit
Cinnaroll - cinnamon cupcake with a very cream cheesy icing and more cinnamon and sugar

Drink-inspired cupcakes:
Margarita - a lime cupcake, frosting flavored with sweet-n-sour mixer, sprinkled with salt
Cherry limeade - a marbled cupcake of cherry cake and lime cake
Champagne berry - cake made with champagne with berries on top
Holiday egg nog - egg nog flavored cake with a creamy gingerbread and nutmeg frosting
Java - coffee flavored cupcake with light caramel frosting, topped with toffee bits

Savory non-cupcakes:
Quiche - egg baked with ham, spinach, and cheese
Meat and Potatoes - mini meatloafs, topped with whipped potatoes, drizzled with a little ketchup - I may make these soon, stay tuned!


And the list keeps growing in my head, so I may update this in the future.

Looks like I have lots of baking to do... either I'm going to get fat again, or I'm going to bring them to work/school/church/your house to pawn them off on other people and make them fat :-)

2 comments:

  1. Jessica, these all sound so good. You make me want to go start baking right now.

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  2. Uh...YUM! These sound so tasty!

    My mom makes banana cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting. They're excellent.

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