In honor of my brother and his birthday…I decided to figure out a way to combine my current obsession (cupcakes) with my brother’s favorite cake (German Chocolate). After some research, this is what I came up with…it was a semi-successful** birthday present! German Chocolate Cake Ingredients: 4oz semisweet chocolate chopped fine 1/4 cup Dutch-processed cocoa, [...]

These are a recent discovery for us…and we are happy we found them! They turned out thick, chewey and chock full of coconutty, chocolatey goodness! Yum! Ingredients: 2 1/8 cups all purpose flour (10 5/8 oz) 1/2 tsp table salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 12 Tbs unsalted butter (melted and cooled slightly) 1 cup brown [...]

These are a decadent and delicious treat. Chocolate and caramel and pecans…you can’t get much better than that! Beware: these can be dangerously addicting. Caramel ¼ cup heavy cream plus 2 additional tablespoons ¼ teaspoon table salt ¼ cup water 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1 ¼ cups sugar (8 ¾ ounces) 2 tablespoons unsalted [...]

I have not tasted better banana bread, baked at home OR bought in a store or bakery. What makes this bread extra special is the sour cream. It creates a very moist flavorful cake. In place of sour cream, I have used lowfat or nonfat plain or vanilla yogurt with success. Try it…it’s bananalicious! Ingredients: [...]

These are SO good. In fact, I’m famous for these bad boys. Makes about 3 dozen Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter @ room temp. 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 tsp vanilla [...]

As cute and delicious as this looks, we learned looks can be deceiving. Our taste tester reported the cake was “bogus and tastless”. Unfortunately, we had to agree. We had fun using the ginger with the pumpkin, but we are back to the drawing board…searching for a fantistic pumpkin cupcake with a bite of crystallized [...]

These are so lemony! And the best part is, they aren’t THAT bad for you..so, just go for it! If you like lemons, you’ll like these bars. Crust 1/4 cup granulated sugar 3 Tbs. butter softened 1 cup all purpose flour Topping 3 large eggs 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2 teaspoons lemon zest 1/3 cup [...]

Seriously, these are outrageous. They reminded our quality control taste tester, Zack, of a candy bar. Ingredients 1 lb unsalted butter 1 lb plus 12 oz semisweet chocolate chips 6 oz unsweetened chocolate 6 extra-large eggs 3 Tbs instant coffee granules 2 Tbs pure vanilla extract 2 1/4 cups sugar 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour [...]

We have embarked on an new adventure with some inspiration from Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit and Ethel’s Earl Grey Chocolate Truffle. This is what we came up with…with variations on the theme to come! Earl Grey Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake makes 24 cupcakes / 350 degree oven Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1/2 [...]