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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. 

Summer Flavors

These 2 cupcake flavors both have a hint of lime in common...

The first one is a blueberry vodka lime cupcake topped with a sugared blueberry on top. The cupcake itself has blueberries throughout and the frosting combines all 3 flavors together. Vodka can also be omitted if desired. 

This next cupcake is a banana coconut lime cupcake, topped with a maraschino cherry. Tons of coconut in the frosting make it full of flavor and texture!
I'm not a huge banana fan, but this combo seemed to work great with the coconut and fresh lime!

The War of the Cakes in Cups.....

AKA Cupcake Wars! I applied with my friend/assistant Kristen.
We submitted our video last week, and we are really keeping our fingers crossed that we get on the show!
Then I can open a storefront and you can come visit me!
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Limoncello Lemon Cupcakes!

These are the perfect summer treat, especially if you are a lemon and limoncello fan. For those of you that don't know what limoncello is, it is a lemon liquor from southern Italy. It is amazing and these cupcakes are soaked in it!
These particular ones were gluten-free, but I promise, you won't know the difference!

These are lemon cupcakes, topped with lemon/lemon zest infused buttercream topped with a thin slice of strawberry for an added touch. Did I mention soaked in limoncello? 

Exciting Update!

Hello!
Things have been busy here at Luiza's Cupcakes, so I'm going to fill you in on what's been going on.

Recently on a bike ride, me and friend stopped in a local natural food market and new coffee shop in town. I told them of my GF cupcakes and they seemed interested. All I needed was my kitchen. Through the market, I found a gluten-free kitchen to work in and am in the application process of getting my food processors license for WA state. I dropped off some samples, and now waiting to hear back. Lord willing, you will see my cupcakes and pastries in stores nearby. I will keep you updated!

As for desserts, I have a few I will be posting this week, so stay tuned, and stay sweet! :)