Piña Colada!!

Hello everyone! This warmer weather inspired me to make piña colada cupcakes! I wanted to get my cake moist and I've heard sour cream will do the trick. So I took this opportunity to try it out. This recipe called for vegetable oil and sour cream and the results: amazing!

The cupcakes are pineapple cupcakes, complete with crushed pineapple. The icing is a coconut cream cheese icing. I love this simple combination of the sweet pineapple cake and the smooth cream cheese coconut on top. Separately, these two might come off strong but together, they're magnificent.

While the cake is moist and incredible, I am picky about textures. The crushed pineapple isn't my favorite to bite into. I'd like to know what you all think. Do you like to bite into fruit or nuts in a cake? Or do you prefer plain, fluffy cake?

Happy commenting!

Cupcake Problems

Hello everyone. Last weekend I was out of town and was unable to get to my blog. However, I'm opening up this weeks blog for discussion. I'd like to know what the biggest problem you face when eating a cupcake. Is there too much icing? Is it too tall to fit in your mouth? Does it end up being a big mess? What are your thoughts.
Happy commenting!!

-KaitTheCreator

Red Hot Velvets!

                Looking to spice up your Valentine’s Day? No, really, I mean spice it up. I’ve put a surprising twist to red velvet cupcakes!

                In my first post, I mentioned that I hadn’t yet perfected my cupcake recipe. For this week, I focused on creating something for the holiday coming up instead of working on my recipes. For my batter, I used the Duncan Hines red velvet cake mix. Anytime I’m pressed for time and not able to make my own batter, Duncan Hines is my go to. I mixed the ingredients according to the package and then separated them into two different bowls. I added cinnamon into one and paprika into the other. The great thing about boxed cake mix is that you can add any spice you like to it which will make it your own and give a more homemade feel to your cakes or cupcakes.

For the cupcake molds, I swear by the foil baking cups. When eating a cupcake and peeling that papery baking cup off, the cake will stick to the baking cup and become crumbly. When using the foil baking cups, spray them with Baker’s Joy and this will get rid of that problem. Another bonus to those baking cups is you don’t even have to have a cupcake pan! They will hold their shape even if you put them in a shallow baking pan.

                 Red velvet cupcakes are usually topped with cream cheese icing. I decided to keep this classic combo. I have a cream cheese icing recipe that I’ve used for a few years now and I use it each time. When icing my cupcakes, I like to pile my icing into a plastic baggie. I let out all the air and cut off a bottom corner. This is an easy way for your cupcakes to have a professional appearance and the best part; you can just throw it away! I like to take the icing and just swirl it on top. However, it’s fun to decorate them after icing them. One of my favorite ways to top cupcakes is with chocolate molds! For this occasion, I topped them with chocolate hearts.

 

 

 

           This was an interesting experiment; however, I will admit that it was a success! The paprika added just enough flavor where you could taste a hint without being overwhelmed. The cinnamon was a fantastic match with the red velvet. I would have liked to have used a spice with heat but I wanted to see how these spices worked with the red velvet flavor first. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised at how these turned out!

-KaitTheCreator

Welcome!

     Hello everyone, welcome to my blog. After much consideration and name ideas presented to me, I decided on KaitTheCreator. Thank you to those who helped me in this decision. This name was a perfect match for what I will be doing on this blog and with my bakery. I do not plan to open this bakery for quite some time but this is where it will all start. I have a bakery name in mind but I will not disclose it until I feel comfortable doing so. My bakery will focus on cupcakes!! But not just any cupcakes:  I'm talking about customized cupcakes that will be anywhere on a range between heavenly, spicy, scrumptious, amazing, mouthwatering, spine tingling, etc. I'm hoping for a one of a kind bakery experience :)

     With that said, I would like to introduce myself and explain why baking is one of my many loves. My name is Kaitlyn Bradford. I'm a distinct individual, a great listener, and I enjoy long walks on the...okay, seriously, that was a joke. But in reality, I just love to bake. Simple as that, my friends. Baking is an escape for me. I could spend hours in the kitchen and interestingly enough, I have. I've experimented plenty of times and most of them ended in failures. However, success has risen from those failures. I'm still on my way to create my own great cupcake recipe. I plan on experimenting more and will keep everyone updated on my newest creations!

     Each weekend, I hope to get in the kitchen and bake at least one batch of cupcakes. Therefore, I will post each of my attempts. This will be a working progress and I invite you to join me in my journey!

-KaitTheCreator