The other day it was one of my best friends birthday, and I was super excited to make some cupcakes for her! She works at Starbucks and I thought I would make some adorable Starbucks themed cupcakes. We also recently took a trip to Seattle and of course hit up Starbucks every single day!
I made a basic vegan yellow cupcake, filled them with a delicious caramel sauce, and topped them off with a swiss meringue buttercream. Of course if you make these, you’ll have to discreetly steal some supplies from …

 
I know I just recently posted a cupcake recipe….but really, is there such thing as to many cupcakes!?
For the last couple of years during the summer our town has been having outdoor movie nights. The most recent one was held in a park and the flick for the night was a 90′s classic- Jurassic Park. I knew I had to whip up a batch of dino- themed cupcakes! I used my favourite recipe for vegan chocolate cupcakes (again!) and decided on a cookies and cream flavoured icing. The Oreos in …

These cupcakes are unique and delicious (and vegan!!). I love this recipe for chocolate cupcakes and I’ve used it many times before. This buttercream has a subtle flavour, almost hard to pinpoint, but it’s the aromatic spices of chai tea. If you aren’t concerned about these cupcakes being vegan, by all means replace the Earth Balance with regular butter.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Chai Tea Buttercream (adapted from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World)
Cupcakes:

1 cup almond milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 …

Happy Birthday to Koko’s Kitchen! I started this blog on January 11th, 2009 and I can’t believe it’s been two years. Woohoo!
These were actually special birthday cupcakes that I made for two friends in December. Cupcakes are simply one of my favourite things to make for others.

Funny story….my friend and I got pulled over for driving with a tail light out as we were heading to our friend’s birthday. I think we may have avoided a full ticket by giving the cop one of these babies. Nothing wrong with a …

I know I’m a healthy-food blogger, but I really do love to bake. I like the process of baking much more than I like eating baked goods. I would rather bake a bunch of things and give them away. I just find that baking is so calming- I bring my laptop to the kitchen (yes, it is coated in flour and has flecks of icing over the keys), turn my itunes on as loud as possible, zone out, and bake. A half hour or so later, I have made something …

Several months ago my cousin asked me if I would be interested in making the cake for their wedding, along with some cupcakes- of course I jumped at the chance! I had never made a wedding cake before and was looking forward to figuring it out, and hopefully building something beautiful! It was a huge undertaking, and much of the last couple weeks have been spent deciding on flavours, baking, baking, baking, cutting out fondant flowers and of course, decorating. They really gave me free reign to do whatever I …

I have to say that being Canadian, I’m pretty into hockey. My Vancouver Canucks have me sitting on the edge of my seat, cheering for the better part of each year. The Canucks just made it through the first round of playoffs (of course!) and are now heading into the 2nd round to face the Chicago Blackhawks….the team that knocked us out of the playoffs last year! Nothing like sweet revenge….! Anyways,  I decided to show some Canucks spirit in the best possible way I could, by making cupcakes….which I …

I wanted to share this with you guys because it’s super exciting for me- my first paid job! I had a friend approach me needing something as a special surprise for his girlfriend of two years (what a nice bf!). The only problem was that she ‘only likes boring vanilla cupcakes with boring vanilla icing’. He wondered if I had any ideas on how to spice this up. After some thinking, I decided to put a special twist on Pioneer Woman’s ice cream flower pot, and Bakerella’s cupcake pops.
I made …

Wow, November already!? This year is flying by…I already have my midterms for cooking school this week and have yet to practice or study. I guess that’s my task for tomorrow!
I hope everyone had a great Halloween, mine was lots of fun though I’m definitely not feeling to good today….I dressed up as a military pin up girl, and my boyfriend went as the military man. I love dressing up!

We also carved some pumpkins- Parker did a skull, and I did a ghost. We are very skilled carvers and it …

Hello my friendsssss,
It’s been quite an eventful week this week. My 19th birthday was on Thursday and that called for a rather messy night at the bar and a lazy Friday. Another party on Saturday and I must say, I am pooped! I did find some time to make some cupcakes. One of my birthday gifts was Martha Stewart’s newest book Martha Stewart Cupcakes. Since Canada Day is on Wednesday and I’ll be working, I decided to make some Canadian-inspired cupcakes a bit early! These are Martha’s “Maple Sweetened Carrot …