Bake or Break

Brown Sugar Pound Cakes with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

In a strange turn of events, it seems I have baked something with neither chocolate nor nuts. For those of you who are astonished, I think I may have redeemed myself by the presence of cream cheese frosting. I am further redeemed by the perfection that is these cupcakes. Oh, my, but they're good. Basically, these lovely little pound cakes are loaded with brown sugar, creating a wonderful caramel-like flavor. Then, they are topped off with an amazingly simple, delicious cream cheese frosting that features even more brown sugar.

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Hummingbird Cupcakes

View a printable recipe or more photos During our last trip to New York, we hit up the Cupcake Stop truck for an afternoon treat. I was surprised to find Hummingbird Cupcakes on their menu. For those of you unfamiliar with this particular cake, it is a fabulous Southern dessert that has been around for ages.

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Chocolate Salted-Caramel Mini Cupcakes

View a printable recipe or more photos I could begin this post by apologizing for my blogging absence and giving you all the reasons that I've been on an unplanned hiatus, but after getting a good look at these cupcakes I'm sure you'd rather I get right to the business at hand. Chocolate cupcakes + salted caramel = incredibly good!

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Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

View a printable recipe or more photos I've mentioned before that I'm not much of a "pretty dessert" maker. I lack the patience for intricate detail work or even for frosting a cake. When I make cupcakes, they are the ones without all the pretty frosting and such. I'm all about simple.

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Pecan Pie Cupcakes

View the original recipe or more photos I realize that I just told you that I don't often make cupcakes and here are more in the very next post. It's really just coincidence. I happened upon this recipe by accident and was instantly intrigued. A cupcake that tastes like pecan pie? How could I not try them? I'll admit that I was skeptical that these would take even remotely like pecan pie. But, all the comments were so positive that I figured there had to be something to them. Plus, the recipe seemed so easy that I decided it wouldn't be much of a loss if they were no good.

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Black and White Cupcakes

View a printable recipe or more photos I have lamented before that I don't often bake cupcakes. In fact, I don't really make many things that require frosting. I can usually persuade Quinn to do any frosting that's needed, because apparently he enjoys that kind of thing. I do like to be self-sufficient, however, so I tend to seek out recipes that don't require frosting.

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