Apple Caramel Cupcakes

Apple Caramel Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Icing I wasn't 100% sure that this recipe would turn out, but did it ever! These are SO delicious. I made them for the Arbonne party I hosted last night as my wonderful sister is a consultant now. Everyone liked them and at the end of the night I had one for myself and my golly were they ever so yummy! The cake is pretty simple to make, it's just a yellow cake. You could use a Betty Crocker box if your not good at mixing, but I used my own recipe. So you whip that up and before sticking them in the oven put pie filling on top of the batter and push it into the middle with a Werthers Chewy Caramel.I made cinnamon buttercream icing but was thinking that a cinnamon cream cheese icing would make it even more yummy!!

mmmm.. just look at all the inside gooey goodness!


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Kaits :)

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Wedding Cupcakes

My mom's friend from work wanted me to decorate cupcakes for her daughters wedding. I had no idea what they wanted me to do to 150 cupcakes, but when I got there all they wanted was a quick swirl on the top of each one. I made my White Russian Cupcakes with Kahlua whipped frosting with mini-chocolate chips on top. They had made the rest. I believe there was banana, chocolate, and coconut. My mom went to the wedding and took the pictures. I think it only took me about forty-five minutes to do all the cupcakes. 
I will warn anyone who is making icing, if it calls for butter, please, please use butter! Not margarine. Actually this applies to any recipe but most importantly for icing. My mom's friend's son was making the icing and substituting margarine for butter. They are NOT the same. As I was icing the cupcakes, I could smell the grossness of the margarine and I am assuming people could taste it too! Whenever you are baking and the recipe calls for butter, use butter. If you don't have butter, make a trip to the grocery store and get a brick of butter! Trust me, it'll be worth your time!!

Kaits :)

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Dangerously Delicious Cupcakes!

I was invited to a little get together at my friends house and I thought I would try out the recipe that I've been wanting to try for a while. Now, the name "Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Center with Fluffy Peanut Butter Topping dipped in Chocolate" doesn't quite suffice, so why not Dangerously Delicious Cupcakes instead. 
I knew these cupcakes were going to be good once I whipped up the batter and realized its almost like a thick brownie batter, but more on the fluffy side. I then added Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups to each cupcake! 
I am planning on making a recipe archive so that you can try for yourself the different recipes that I make. 

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Kaits :)

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Coca-Cola Cupcakes!

Coke, in a cupcake? You betcha. These little mini cupcakes are filled with Coca-Cola and chocolatey delight! The topping is Coke Whipped Topping with a sour coke bottle candy on the top. I can honestly say that I do not know what they taste like as I never even got the chance to try these guys. I also made these for my sister, but let me tell you, I don't think I will do mini-cupcakes again, or in the near future anyways! They are so cute, but they are a pain in the butt to make, especially when I don't own a small batter scooper! I found the recipe for these guys a while ago on the Coke website!

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 Kaits :)

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Kahlua Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies

  

My sister is taking a stab at being an Arbonne Consultant and tonight is her first night of it. She asked if I would make her some goodies to serve at her little get together, and of course, being the wonderful sister I am, I said yes! So, I made Kahlua Chocolate Chip Cookies, these cookies are soft and delicious! Next go at making them, I would include more Kahlua and more coffee or espresso powder in the mixture because the taste isn't all that distinct. You can basically make your favourite chocolate chip dough but before mixing add in about three table spoons of Kahlua or other coffee liquor and two teaspoons of instant coffee or espresso powder. Depending on what you like, you could always add more or less. There's nothing wrong with tasting the batter! ;)

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Kaits :)

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Homemade Brownies

I think Joel is quite envious of all the people I do baking for, although he usually gets his fair share, lately he's been feeling left out. He asked if I could make him some "really good, most delicious brownies," and so I did. I got up early this morning to make these homemade brownies with chocolate cream cheese frosting (as per request) before heading off to volunteer! I must say, these turned out wonderfully, and although I was a bit skeptical about the frosting (as I've never done chocolate cream cheese before) it turned out SO yummy! Together, it was rich, chocolatey, gooey and savory piece of brownie! MMM, just look at it! I think Joel, his Mom, and myself ate half of the 8x8 pan tonight!

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White Russian Cupcakes!

Today, I made White Russian Cupcakes topped with Kahlua Whipped Topping and Chocolate Chips. The cake is unbelievably moist and tastes SO good! I made these cupcakes for my co-workers as a "Just Because" surprise!

Here is the Recipe I used.. I found it in Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn.

Ingredients
1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow cake mix
1 package (3.4 ounces) vanilla instant pudding mix
1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup whole milk
4 large eggs
1/4 cup vodka
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Kahlua
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Kahlua Whipped Cream
1 cup (8 ounces) heavy (whipping) cream
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon Kahlua
2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate shavings, for garnish

Directions
Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F. Line cupcake cups with paper liners. Set the pans aside.

Prepare the cupcake batter: Place the cake mix, pudding mix, oil, milk, eggs, vodka, 1/4 cup Kahlua, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. Spoon or scoop1/3 cup batter into each lined cupcake cup, filling it three quarters of the way full. Place the pans in the oven.

Bake the cupcakes until they are golden and spring back when lightly pressed with your finger, 17 to 20 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool for 5 minutes. Brush the tops of the cupcakes with the remaining 2 tablespoons Kahlua. Run a dinner knife around the edges of the cupcake liners. Lift the cupcakes up from the bottoms of the cups using the end of the knife, and pick them out of the cups carefully with your fingertips. Place them on a wire rack to cool completely before frosting.

Meanwhile, prepare the frosting: Place a large, clean mixing bowl and electric mixer beaters in the freezer to chill for 1 minute. Remove the bowl and beaters from the freezer. Pour the cream into the bowl and beat with an electric mixer on high speed until the cream has thickened. Stop the machine, and add the sugar and Kahlua. Beat the cream on high speed until stiff peaks form. DO NOT OVERBEAT OR IT WILL TURN INTO BUTTER.

Frost cooled cupcakes with whipped cream. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Kaits :)

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Kaits Cakes

Hi! My name is Kaitlyn, I am starting this blog as a means of sharing my baking stories, showcasing my baking and decorating and to using it as a portfolio for the work I have done. I am a student at the University of Regina where I am studying Elementary Education with plans of becoming a teacher in the next two years! I've always been a fan of baking. Ever since my fourth birthday when I got a kids cookbook and wanted to make EVERYTHING in it, I still have that book today. When I was in High School I didn't subscribe to Seventeen magazine or other fashion and beauty magazines but rather food and baking magazines! Within the past couple years I have really enjoyed making cupcakes and cakes and just last month I took a Wilton Cake Decorating class. After working at Michaels for three years, I had already picked up a lot of tips when it comes to decorating, so that class was what I had already taught myself. I am hoping to take their Wilton Fondant Class so that perhaps I will be able to create more elaborate and 'fancy' cakes! For now, I am experimenting with different creative recipes of cakes as well as decorating them! I know my co-workers and friends sure enjoy the cakes I make! Here are a few things that I have done in the past. (Don't mind that poor photo resolution as most of these picture were taken on my Blackberry!)

I made this cake for Joel's birthday 2 years ago. It is a round cake and a smaller round cake that I cut in halfers for the ears. Chocolate icing for the fur and yellow vanilla icing for the ears and nose. The eyes are oreos with brown smarties and the smile and nostrils are those pull and peel thingers.

This is a ghosty I made one year for halloween for Joel's sisters family! It is a cupcake cake all iced together with oreos for the eyes and mouth.

These are cupcakes I made this year for Halloween! Vampires, Pumpkins, Skeletors, OH MY! The bottom right features my 'rocky road' cupcake. It is a chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing topped with nuts, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and caramel sauce!

These are the cupcakes my sister and I made for the boys at Enbridge. We wanted to go in for a coffee break one day to visit so we thought we'd bring along a treat. The boys LOVED it! The cupcakes are just have the Enbridge swirl on them.

A big hit this year for my co-workers at Brewsters is the wreath cupcakes. They are just vanilla cupcakes with white icing. I made wreathes around all of them and added holly berries and a ribbon to each one!

For Christmas, we have the Santy Clause cupcake cake! It turned out really awesome! I iced Santas face smoothly with peach coloured icing, 
his hat I iced in red swirls and his beard in white! His eyes and nose are smarties. Everyone loved him!

 

I made this cake out of boredom and putting off homework one night. Icing filling between two layers of vanilla bean cake! I decorated it with flowers and swirls.

I made these cupcakes the night before I left for Mexico, they don't look all that great because I was too tired, excited, and rushed to get them done. I was just trying out different styles.

 And, here is my Valentines cake. It's a zebra print heart, the boys at Enbridge sure enjoyed it since I didn't see my Valentine at all on the 14th. 

So that is what I have done so far..let's see what else I can do! Follow me through my adventures of baking!

Kaits :)

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