Vanilla Buttermilk Cupcakes

I have about 2 liters of buttermilk to use up.  I've done buttermilk pancakes and buttermilk scrambled eggs.  Now it's vanilla buttermilk cupcakes... with chocolate chips and frosted with peanut butter frosting.

I've always considered my vanilla cupcake recipe to be the best, and never thought that I could find one that I could like more.  But this vanilla buttermilk cupcake is really better!  The texture is better, and the taste superb! 

The downside?  This cupcake is more expensive to make because of the buttermilk.

Vanilla Cupcakes, with Mild Strawberry Buttercream

When the little girl is bored, she gets really "makulit".  When I get bored, I read... or go to the kitchen.

This time, I was craving vanilla cupcakes.  But I didn't want any ordinary vanilla cupcakes... I wanted one with a hint of... strawberry... not in the cupcake but in the frosting...

So here are my cupcakes out of the oven... I think they look gorgeous!

And here's the cupcakes with vanilla buttercream with a hint of strawberry... (though you wouldn't know by seeing it because the frosting looks a bit orange-y but trust me I loved the hint... yes, just a hint... of strawberry in the icing!)

Yummmmyyyy!

Custard Cream Cupcakes

This is a special cupcake request from a special fan of MaBelle.  She loves the custard cream filling of the our mocha chiffon cake so much that she requested a cake and/or cupcake with the custard cream as the "star".

So our vanilla cupcake is made special filled with custard cream, and frosted with buttercream that is made with custard too!

It was a big hit and our special fan was most happy!

Rowie

This cupcake is named after the person who requested it...  she wanted a specific flavor combination - Chocolate Vanilla Marble Cupcake frosted with Whipped Peanut Butter Frosting...

a clearer picture of another one in the same batch...

It's actually pretty good... but I have to work out the marbling thing more carefully.  Some cupcakes ended up looking more like chocolate with minimal vanilla.

(I will see you again, cupcake! and next time, you will be prettier!)

Ode to the King

Nope, I don't mean Elvis Presley.  I mean the king of my life... hubby.

"Ode to the King" is the name we gave to our black chocolate cupcakes with cheesecake filling baked in and frosted with Dark Chocolate and Vanilla Twist Buttercream.

Cross cut view of the cupcake:

It is so named because it is THE cupcake that hubby cannot get enough of.  He can actually eat the whole batch if I let him!!!  He gobbled up 6 in one sitting before I realized it!

Oh well...  We are hoping that a lot of people will like it too...

It is THAT yummy!!!

Vanilla Extract

We make our own!!!  Simply because if we make it, we know what's in it.  And we like knowing that ours is simply vanilla beans and the extracting liquid (40% spirit)... no artificial flavor, no sugar, no extenders...

And, if anyone is interested, it is available for sale in limited quantities only.

We put a portion of a vanilla bean in the bottle!