I take a lot of pictures of butter. It’s a little weird, I guess. I probably have a picture of butter in every post. Butter never really changes..sometimes I cut it into cubes or melt it..but it’s still butter.
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Remember those red velvet cupcakes I made?

I threw one in a blender with some ice cream.
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Red velvet. The “little black dress” of the dessert world. Almost everything that involves cake comes in red velvet, from cupcakes to whoopie pies, even cookies.

The southern cake features a hint of cocoa and an abundance of red dye. They can be colored with beets or other foods but are generally tinted red with food coloring. The classic frosting choice is cream cheese, but I added a dash of cinnamon to it to spice them up a little bit.
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The heat is still pretty bad in Philadelphia. It’s getting better but it’ll still melt my buttercream. I needed a cupcake that I could transport with me that would be fine being outside for a bit. I did some research and poked through a couple cook books before I found these: Brownie Cupcakes with a peppermint patty baked inside.
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I don’t have a bunch of pictures of the process or a bunch of things to say.

Just make these cookies. Trust me. Click through for the recipe.
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I made caramel today.

For the first time.

I was nervous.
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Peanut butter. No thank you. I hate it. I hate the taste, the smell, the texture of it. I hate baking with it, I hate how it sticks to everything, and I hate how I don’t even enjoy the finished product. Unfortunately for me, the rest of the world loves peanut butter.

For my roommate’s birthday she requested these vegan peanut butter cupcakes with raspberry filling and peanut butter frosting. Now, the frosting isn’t actually vegan BUT I included instructions on making that vegan.
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So my trip to San Francisco has not gone the way I planned at all but I’m doing my best to enjoy it (and I have been!) I got to hang out with a friend and met a few people, I ate frozen yogurt for the first time, and I saw a few sights.

I promise I’ll have a recipe for you by Tuesday or Wednesday as soon as I get back, until then I have a couple more bakeries to talk about.
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I saw some cake in the airport in San Francisco and thought it’d be interesting to try.

It tasted like stale box mix cake with icing that was left on a shelf unsealed and then they pressed some chocolate onto the side.

Just because it looks good doesn’t mean it tastes good.

I’m in Chicago until Friday (then I leave for San Francisco) and was super excited to grab some delicious cupcakes. I’ve had a few bakeries recommended to me and I tried out a bunch so far.

I wanted to get a picture for this post that really summed up the essence of Chicago…so I took a (bad) picture of this wall that said “Chicago” on it.

Click “Read More” for all the pictures and the write up.
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