Triple Chocolate Zebra Cupcakes!

....so I hope these triple chocolate zebra cupcakes can mend our time apart.
I made these for my friend's 30th Black and White themed birthday party! So, they are a rich chocolate cake, with white chocolate (melted on top) then chocolate frosting, then edible zebra sugar paper! Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow! Or happy "flying babies with hearts and arrows" day! When pink, red, and white are abundant colors everywhere, when romantic comedies are the only movies on TV, and when festive cupcakes are in full bloom! 

First off, I think Valentine's Day should be everyday, but for the sake of a somewhat holiday, here are some amazingly cute cupcakes for Valentine's Day. 

These are both Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes varied with chocolate or vanilla frosting, topped with a candy heart! 

Below is a Valentine's Day Cupcake in a Jar! Super cute for a special someone. Easy to make as well, just fill up 1/2 way with batter, top with frosting, then decorate as desired. :) 

Vegan Coconut Cake Balls

Cute, fluffy, and super tasty- these are perfect if you're bored with cake and want to try something new!
These have a dash of cinnamon and coconut shreds throughout and toasted coconut on top. The frosting is a coconut-based vegan frosting. Here are some pictures!

CCCC Cake VEGAN

The Cinnamon, Coffee, Cranberry, and Chocolate Cake. Wow, that sounds crazy. Am I sure about this?!
Yes. Yes I am. Trust me, you will be too. It's awesome, moist and VEGAN.
And if you really want it to, it can be Gluten-Free as well! Haha, enjoy :)
By the way, I'm going to stop being greedy and actually start sharing the recipe with you. Try it out and give me a holla back.

Vegan Coffee Cake 

Filling: 

1/2 c vegetable shortening or vegan butter unsalted 

1/2 c white sugar 

1/4 c brown sugar

1 c flour whole wheat

1/2 c instant oats 

1/4 c dried cranberries

1/3 c crushed walnuts 

1 TBS cinnamon 

1 tsp nutmeg 

1/2 cup strong ass coffee 

Cake: 

3 c whole wheat flour
1 c. granulated sugar
2 TBS baking powder 

1 TBS vinegar (for baking powder)
1 tsp. salt
2 TBS psyllium husks mixed with 1/4 cup water for egg replacement (let sit together for 2 min)
1/2 c strong coffee
1 c. vanilla soy/almond milk
1 1/2 TBS vanilla extract
1/4 c. grapeseed oil 

1 TBS Cinnamon 

Mix all filling ingredients together and set aside. 

Mix all cake ingredients, starting with wet ingredients first then adding dry. 

Butter up the bundt pan. Add a 1/4 of filling, then add 1/3 of cake mixture. Layer another 1/4 filling then add 1/3 cake mixture, and so on. Finishing with filling on top. 

Pop in the oven for about 40 to 50 min at 375 degrees. Check often. Stab toothpick in cake, if it comes out clean, you’re good to go. Let it cool 10 min before taking it out of bundt pan. Cut up and eat up. It’s good for you. 

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Peanut Butter and Jelly

I didn't grow up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches like other kids. I grew up on jam and bread and roasted eggplant on bread. In my teenage years I discovered the amazing butter of peanuts. I fell in love. 

      You can eat it with almost anything, oh wait that's my whipped cream obsession- I just mean its tasty and goes well with chocolate, jelly, whipped cream, bread, celery, and cupcakes. 

These babies have peanut butter in the cake and in the icing! 

Aaaand they are filled with marionberry jelly. So extremely good. This was for an order placed and it was quite hard letting go these. 

So, here they are. I also topped them with a sprinkled sugar.  

Plantain Pine Nut

I've got to tell you the story behind these babies. 2 of my downtown Portland friends Nate and Nate give me odd suggestions to include in my baking of cupcakes....So this is what they gave me on their list:

Ox Tail 

Pine Nuts 

Plantains 

Quince 

Ox tail is a no-no, at least for now...and quince are not in season yet, so I put my brunette head together and came up with a plantain pine nut. Flavors are great. Plantains are a lot more starchy than bananas and provide a sensationally unique flavor, and the pine nuts pair it quite nicely. 

Plantain in the cake and icing, topped with pine nuts and that is a plantain chip on top :) Mmm. 

These were made as mini cupcakes. Best eaten in one big bite.