If you have gone to a Pampered Chef party you know the best part of the party is getting to try their recipes.  I saw this recipe for White Chocolate Cupcakes with Truffle Filling on their website.  I’m sure you could substitute the white chocolate base for any cupcake recipe and you can add your favorite truffle flavor to the center.  I have not tried this recipe but I think the already liquid chocolate center of the truffle would result in a liquid chocoalte center in your cupcake.  My guess is that it would work better than the Hershey’s Kiss recommendation I blogged about back in June.  Have you tried putting truffles or kisses into cupcakes, if so did either work?

The end of summer is quickly approaching, before it gets here I recommend everyone gets their fill of peaches.  I spotted this peach cobbler cupcake recipe on Une-Duex Senses and am tempted to combine two delicious desserts into one awesome cupcake!

With so many recipes available to us through the internet, cookbooks, and magazines, sometimes I have a difficult time choosing the best recipe.  I want the recipe that will give me the best looking and tasting cupcakes but not all cupcake recipes are the same.  I found this yellow cake comparison on The Way The Cookie Crumbles website.  The blog post compares three yellow cake recipes from Cooks Illustrated, Martha Stewart, and Smitten Kitchen to see which is the best.  The Cooks Illustrated recipe was the winner, for the recipe and to read more about the comparison check out The Way The Cookie Crumbles.  There’s also a chocolate frosting comparison if you need help choosing a frosting for your cupcakes!

The other day my dad brought home cannoli and as I ate one I thought they would make great cupcakes.  I thought the outside tube would make a good cake, top it with the filling as frosting, throw some chocolate chips in there and you would have a delicious cupcake!  Then I found Tide and Thyme’s blog and realized some one else already had the idea for cannoli cupcakes! The cannoli cupcakes Tide and Thyme made look as good as the ones I had dreamed up in my head!

Looking for some new cupcake inspiration? Check out this Etsy offering: How to Make Your Own Gourmet Cupcakes! This ebook offers 14 recipes with step by step instructions. Featured cupcakes include “Shoofly Cupcakes,” “Monkey Cupcakes,” “Chocomint Cupcakes” and more. The ebook costs only $3.99. And the best part? Etsy seller Steven Seferi offers a money back guarantee!

I just tried this recipe from Simple Bites, and one word: AMAZING! I am absolutely blown away.

I did do a few things differently from the recipe. She recommends roasting the beets. I was far too lazy and just pureed some canned beets. I also used Neufchâtel cheese, instead of cream cheese, in an effort to cut out some fat. I also used more maple syrup than she recommended, as I just wanted some additional sweetness. I used plain old sugar instead of the more expensive raw, and I baked mine for only 20 minutes, instead of 25. In the end, though, I couldn’t lose and this recipe has made it’s way into my frequently used pile.

Oh my, the thought of white chocolate and strawberries is almost more than I can bear right now. And what better way to craft a butterfly then with a delicious, juicy strawberry? Visit Victorian Strawberries for a recipe and butterfly-crafting instructions!

Love root beer floats? Me too. Then we’d probably love ginger root beer float cupcakes from 52 Kitchen Adventures. Click here for the recipe!

I have been a big Hostess fan ever since I was a little kid.  There is something special about opening up one of their plastic packages and enjoying that overly sugary sweetness.  Yum!  While surfing the Hostess website today I found the coolest wedding cake ever!  It took the groom only one hour to make this cake from Twinkies, Cupcakes, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, Suzy Q’s, Sno Balls and Mini Muffins. 

They also had several recipes that use the desserts to make new and different creations.  I so want to try this Black Forest Dessert that is made with a whole package of Hostess cupcakes!

I won’t speak for your family, but our family eats a lot of pizza. So what better way to snazz up the same old same old than to use the cupcake tin? You’d get more yummy crispy crust this way! Visit Mr. Kate for the recipe!

Have you had your vitamin C this morning? These cupcakes are so healthy, you can have them for breakfast! (Okay, they’re not really that healthy, but you can still have them for breakfast.) Visit The Domestic Rebel for recipe and amusing blog post about all that is weird about the 90s.

Love chocolate? Love Toblerone? Then you’ll love these cupcakes! Visit The Caked Crusader for recipe and instructions. Genießen!

It’s National Doughnut Day!  Today you can get free doughnuts at Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts!  You could also try making these gluten free jelly donut cupcakes by Elana’s Pantry.

Oh heavens, do these look yummy! Visit Alanabread for recipe, instructions, and a cute diagram.

I’m constantly looking for cupcake ideas that my friends and family would enjoy.  My dad and sister are huge lemon meringue pie fans.  They would pick lemon meringue pie over any other dessert, or my hope is that this used to be the case.  I just came across this lemon meringue cupcake recipe from Broma Bakery.  The inside is a lemon curd, the top is a meringue, just like the pie version.  I plan on making this recipe for my dad and sister in hopes that the cupcake version will be better than the pie!

I’m not sure how I feel about the idea of Tomato Soup Cupcakes, but I might try it if enough of you dare me to. Apparently the secret tomato soup ingredient–okay well, it’s not much of a secret ’cause it’s in the title, but anyway–adds a lot of moisture to the cupcake.

The rest of the ingredients in the recipe are fairly standard, though they do say you can replace the spices with ground pepper. Okay, the curiousity is killing me–I think I will try it. We did have a sale on tomato soup recently.

What was your favorite cereal growing up? Mine was Cap’n Crunch Berries, among others! But, if you answered Cinnamon Toast Crunch – then this post is for you.

With Sprinkles on Top posted this great recipe for Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes.

I love recipes that use a boxed mix and adds a few ingredients to make it fancy- Genius!

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Move over fried ice cream–here comes margarita cupcakes! Visit the Columbia Daily Tribune for the recipe!

Now here’s a combination I’ve never thought of, but it does sound good on a hot afternoon. Visit the blog of The Apocalypse Bakery for instructions and recipe! And, eat responsibly.

For many of us, it is maple syrup season, and I can’t think of a better way to spend this golden sweetness than in some cupcakes! Check out these Blueberry and Maple Syrup Cupcakes! You can find the recipe and instructions at Forty Percent Fringe Sixty Percent Face. It’s the cupcake(s) you can have for breakfast, right?

I love goat cheese! I am constantly adding goat cheese to sandwiches, salads, pasta dishes and now that I have found Buttercream Blonde’s recipe for chocolate and goat cheese cupcakes, I think I will be adding goat cheese to cupcakes!  These nontraditional cupcakes definitely sound like something unique food lovers will enjoy.  The cupcakes are made up of three of my favorite things, a buttermilk chocolate cake, goat cheese frosting, and are topped with red wine reduction!

Have you jumped on the salted caramel bandwagon?  I feel like everything is suddenly marketed as having salted caramel in it and honestly I am a fan! I love the salty sweet combo!  I am very excited about this recipe for salted caramel cupcakes because the Cake website claims that it is the best cupcake ever.  I think will have to make these cupcakes and see for myself if they are worth doubling the recipe as Paige of Style suggests.  The best part is that the toppers, shown to the left, are included in the original blog post!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Remember those breakfast cupcake posts?  Similar to the cinnamon toast crunch and Cap’n crunch cookie cupcakes, today’s St. Patrick’s Day cupcake idea is inspired by breakfast cereal.  Lucky Charm Cupcakes! As a kid I loved Lucky Charms, well I think I really liked the marshmallows, and now I can’t help but wonder if cupcakes that include the cereal are as magically delicious! I found several recipes for Lucky Charm cupcakes, two, shown above, called for vanilla cupcakes topped with frosting and then the cereal.  These recipes included one from AMK Designs and Delights, the recipe calls for homemade vanilla cupcakes and a sprinkle of lucky charms.  For those pressed for  time, Betty Crocker’s recipe calls for yellow cake mix, lucky charms, and edible glitter.

For the bakers that take time to bake from scratch, Cupcake Project has a recipe for Lucky Charm Cupcakes using homemade lucky charms that are in the crust, the batter, and on top of the frosting!  This, shown to the left, cupcake sounds more time consuming but also sounds like the true Lucky Charm cupcake!

Here in North Carolina we have been having weather in the 80s!  Which means these green ice cream cupcakes from One Charming Party would be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow!  Using mint chocolate chip ice cream and green liners, these festive no-bake cupcakes are easy to make in advance, saving you time to celebrate the holiday!