Sweet Cheeks

Delving into the world of cupcakery one flavor at a time... .

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Chocolate peppermint cake pops!

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Merry Christmas!!! Chocolate cupcakes with peppermint butter cream!

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Tiramisu Cupcakes! We had an Italian themed pot luck at work so i brought these! Cinnamon cupcakes with coffee mascarpone filling and espresso liquor butter cream. So good!

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AHHHH I HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATING!!!

Ok here's what I've been doing from left to right: Lemon cupcake with key lime filling and marshmallow frosting (green because it was the birthday girls favorite color), Strawberry and Chocolate CAKE PUSH UP POPS!!! OMG you guys i can't wait to have a reason to make more of these. I think i'll do some pumpkin and cream cheese ones for the halloween bake sale. SO CUTE! and then Strawberry cupcakes. No joke y'all...strawberry buttercream can suck it. I'm over it. I will try one more time...ONE MORE TIME and then we are over. 

Ok more routine posts to start up Thursday when I make Tiramisu cupcakes!!

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BACON CONTEST! 

I love bacon and I love winning!

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CHOCOLATE CHILI CUPCAKES WITH DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE FROSTING Another birthday! I'm not big on spice but these have just the right kick. Super chocolatey flavor then you feel the kick from the chili. Yummy. Oh and to the person who temporarily reblogged my last batch commenting they looked like turds ..fuck you. If anything they looked like cat vomit and lets see how well your butter cream turns out when your mixer breaks and you make it by hand.

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BUTTERFINGER CUPCAKES! Mini chocolate cupcakes with Butterfinger butter cream (made by hand cos my mixer broke...old school, yo!)

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CRACKER JACK CUPCAKES Caramel bottom vanilla cupcakes with peanut butter and salted caramel frosting topped with cracker Jack's

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CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH SALTED CARAMEL CREAM CHEESE FROSTING YUM! Another birthday at work. This time I did my version of this popular combo and had people do a blind taste comparison with a local bakery version. Guess who won! SWEET CHEEKS FOR THE WIN!!!!

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WEDDING CUPCAKES!!!! 6 dozen almond cupcakes with pink amaretto frosting

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BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES WITH CARAMEL FROSTING!!! Well there's another office birthday and the birthday boy likes cheesecake. Perfect reason to try out black bottom cupcakes (chocolate cupcakes with a cheesecake center). I used a recipe from Smitten Kitchen and they turned out super tasty! Frosting isn't required on these types of cupcakes, but 1. I thought caramel frosting would taste awesome with chocolate and cheesecake (I was right) and 2. I have a wedding order next weekend and needed to practice my frosting rose swirl. Not too shabby. I'll have to tidy up the edges for the wedding ones though.

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STRAWBERRY BANANA CAKE POPS!!!

Horrible picture...tasty pops!

When I tasted the pop "filling" I was less than pleased. It didn't taste particularly strawberry-y or banana-y. After the mix sat in the fridge a bit the flavors came together and I think it for sure comes off strawberry banana! Yay!

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Flavor trial and error

So...I like to try new flavors. That should be evident with my bacon cupcakes, chocolate chili, and Guinness cupcakes. True these aren't new flavor creations, they are just new for me to try as I learn. 

So far all of my flavors have worked out and been yummy...until last night.

So I thought a good spring flavor would be strawberry basil. 

My first inclination was to do strawberry cake with basil butter cream.

At the last minute I decided instead of basil in the frosting it would just be easier to bake it in to the cake. 

Well, it was super easy and the batter was SUPER YUMMY! However...when i tasted the finished product...well...let's just say I couldn't serve them at work without getting some questionable glances. 

They tasted like POT CUPCAKES!! Ok so if they had been pot cupcakes they would have been really yummy ones...but they were basil and I was not going to serve them lol

I will try this combo again but I think baking the basil takes away the basil flavor and leaves a more herby earthy taste. Next time I will try adding pureed basil straight to the frosting instead. 

So tonight I am redoing my cake for my upcoming Easter bake sale cake pops and going with classic strawberry banana...should work fine.

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I don’t care if it’s spring outside… It’s winter inside!

Via MySweetCheeks

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Agnes is now a famous dick cat! Aww I still super love her though :)

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HAPPY LATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

A few days late because it’s hard to find time to bake during the madness of SXSW!

Chocolate Guinness cupcakes with Irish Cream butter cream. Yummy and boozy! Oh and gold nugget sprinkles of course!

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Tumblr meets real world!

Just met Amanda from Tumblr at SXSW ! She is awesome and tumblr is awesome! More cupcakes to come!