Category Archives: Cupcakes (and more) for a Cure

Wedding Samples for Chris + Erica!

Posted on by Abigail

When I was approached about baking cupcakes for a wedding this summer, I jumped at the idea! Being the instinctively girly-girl that I am, I admit… just hearing the word “wedding” makes me giddy.  I whipped up a few crowd favorites for the soon-to-be bride and groom to sample.

Chris and Erica, I hope you enjoyed your samples! Can’t wait to hear which ones you decide to celebrate your big day with. :)

Earth Week Dirt Cake (in a jar)

Posted on by Abigail

To celebrate our lovely Mother Earth and help raise funds for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis I decided to bring Dirt Cake into work. Of course, I used a recipe from my favorite… Martha, and to make them unique, I prepared each dirt cake individually in a baby mason jar and topped them off with ant-laden gingham ribbon.

Dig in LC folk!

These cakes were part of my Cupcakes for a Cure mission. Now through July 17th, all my baking proceeds will be benefiting my goal to raise $4,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis research. To donate to my Crohn’s and Colitis fund please visit my Running for a Reason website.

Chocolate + Chocolate + Chocolate Cupcakes

Posted on by Abigail

Chocolate lovers, step right up! This recipe’s for you.

A last-minute birthday cupcake order had me whipping up some delicious cupcakes tonight.

There was one important ingredient in tonight’s batch of cupcakes… you guessed it, chocolate (what gave it away?!)

Ladies and gentleman, I give you Devil’s Food Cupcakes with a Dark Chocolate Ganache Frosting and White Chocolate Drizzle.

Here’s the recipe, straight from my favorite baketress, Martha: http://bit.ly/hao5NM

This was my first time playing with ganache. It was messy, and took me a lil bit to figure out the right consistency (I ended up adding powdered sugar), but in the end it worked out.

First time ganache maker, here’s my tip. Start your ganache before your cupcakes. The cooling process took awhile, especially with a double batch.

Happy Birthday to chocolate fiend, Nikki! I hope these mega-chocolate cupcakes are right up your alley.

These cupcakes were part of my Cupcakes for a Cure mission. Now through July 17th, all my baking proceeds will be benefiting my goal to raise $4,000 for Crohn’s and Colitis research. To donate to my Crohn’s and Colitis fund please visit my Running for a Reason website.

Snickerdoodle + Red Velvet Cupcakes

Posted on by Abigail

Today I felt like experimenting a little and testing out a new cupcake recipe. I’ve always been a cinnamon fanatic. I admittedly sneak it into the strangest of things… you’d be surprised what a little cinnamon in your chili can do. ;) (don’t knock it until you try it.) So it should come as no surprise that Martha’s recipe for Snickerdoodle Cupcakes has been beckoning me since I first flipped through the Cupcake Cookbook.

The recipe was uber-easy. Plus, all of the ingredients were simple staples that I already had in the cabinets. I did swap out the “Seven Minute Frosting,” that Martha’s recipe called for, with a vanilla bean frosting… and yes, I sprinkled a little cinnamon in that too.

Turned out delish! Spence even said that they made his top 5 favorite cupcakes! (A huge compliment, since he’s boarder-line addicted to chocolate.)

One batch of cupcakes is never enough for me, so I whipped up a batch of Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and white chocolate curls. I made these earlier this week for Kirby’s Birthday. They were so easy, and went over well with my taste testers, so I tried my hand at them again.

Result… a scrumdidiliumptious success!

I’m sending these cupcakes to work with my dad and Spencer with hopes of raising more Cupcakes for a Cure funds.


To donate to my Crohn’s and Colitis fund please visit my Running for a Reason website.


Birthday Cupcakes for Kirby!

Posted on by Abigail

For my second Cupcakes for a Cure endeavor, I was asked to make birthday cupcakes for a coworker’s sister’s birthday party. We decided on Red Velvet + Cream Cheese Frosting and Devil’s Food + Ghiradelli Dark Chocolate Frosting. (All courtesy of the Martha Stewart Cupcakes Cookbook, of course.)

I’m told the birthday girl, Kirby, likes all things girly (my kinda girl!), so I made cutesy fondant flowers to top the Devil’s Food Cupcakes and white chocolate stilettos and tiarras to top the Red Velvet cupcakes.

This was my first time concocting Martha’s recipe for Red Velvet. It was fairly easy, and even included somewhat of a science experiment (baking soda + vinegar = foamy fun.)

The recipe for Devil’s Food cupcakes is quite similar to the one I used for the Iron Cupcake competition back in February. So needless to say, I had some practice whipping that up.

Happy Birthday, Kirby!! I hope you enjoy them. ;)

To donate to my Crohn’s and Colitis fund please visit my Running for a Reason website.