Pina Colada Cupcakes: Another Welcome Home Cupcake

Coconut and pineapple rum cupcakes with a coconut cream cheese frosting.  This might be the moistest cupcakes I have ever made!  I made them for my brother's homecoming party the summer he came home from Marine Corps. boot camp, an amazing accomplishment deserves an amazing cupcake!

S'mores Cupcakes: And He's Finally Home!

In late August, Nate arrived home!  But, I was still making cupcakes.  These cupcakes were delicious, but I would never make them again!  The cupcakes have a graham cracker crust topped with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and chocolate cocoa cake.  Then you come to this horrible frosting!  This was my first egg white frosting and the first one was a complete flop!  It was midnight, and I was baking these cupcakes for the boat picnic, I was beyond frustrated.  As I began to cry, Nate stepped up to save the day.  He made the second frosting slow and steady, and it turned out perfectly.  I would never make these cupcakes without Nate, he also torched the tops with a blow torch.  Finally, we hit the sack at 2am.  Cupcakes are the only things that can keep me up that late!

Peach Cupcakes with Peach Buttercream: A tribute to Jersey

It was the beginning of August.  Another way I keep busy while Nate is away is travel.  So, on to Jersey I went.  But, of course, I couldn't travel alone, my cupcakes came with me!  It was peach season in Jersey and so we picked up the over-ripe peaches on super sale at the market to make our cupcakes, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting: For Newport

It was July, what else was I to do to pass the time until my beloved came home from sea?  Pick blueberries!  Funny as it is, I actually like the blueberries from New Hampshire better than Maine, but none-the-less, I picked pounds and pounds of blueberries that summer.  Naturally, a blueberry cupcake followed.  This cupcake was brought to the annual Barnes gathering at Newport.

The Cupcake That Started It All: Chai Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream

My husband, Nate, and I married on May 21, 2011.  Nate is an officer in the US Coast Guard and so a few days after our honeymoon to Antigua, I followed him to his station in Kittery, Maine.  We spent a blissful, newlywed month together and then Nate went out to sea in late June.  What was I to do?  To start, I needed to make some friends.  So, I did.  The friend I made happened to be a food and fashion photographer and had invited me over to a dinner at which I was to bring dessert.  I had just watched the food network's "Cupcake Wars" and was inspired to make a chai cupcake.  The pressure was on, I had to make this dessert look and taste good!  So, I went out and bought a professional froster.  And so my love for cupcakes began.