Banana Orange cupcakes

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To be honest, this isn’t really a cupcake, it’s kind-of a banana bread/muffin hybrid. I was all set to make orange cakes in the orange cups with orange butter cream, but as luck would have it, the bananas I had stored away in the refrigerator were ready to be baked. So instead of baking two things I decided to combine the banana bread with my orange cupcake idea to create banana bread infused with orange flavor, turned out pretty nice.

Strawberry shortcake-ish

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My family members are always the catalyst for recipe ideas. That cookie and cream ice-cream cake for my cousin, the entire vegetarian month was for my mom, and now this strawberry shortcake for my beloved little sister. Her middle name is “strawberry short cheesecake” because if there is anything she loves more than strawberry shortcake it would be cheesecake. Cheesecake I detest, but strawberry shortcake on the other hand can be delicious.

Cookie 'n' cream icecream cake

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As the years go by it seems that there is less and less cookie in an actual cookie and cream ice-cream, blame it on the economy. The cookie has always been the best part of that ice-cream flavor for me. What I began to do, rather than a ready-made cookie and cream ice-cream, I would go to a done to order cold stone or froyo joint, where I can add as much cookies as I would like. But sometimes you don’t want to wait in line, you want to open your freezer and have it your way. And as we know there is no better way to remedy culinary shortcomings by making the dish in question yourself. So I attempted to create a cookie and cream ice-cream with an overload of cookies…just the way I like it.

Black Forest Cake

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It’s a weird thing, but I don’t think Jamaican’s like chocolate cake as much as the rest of the world. I have really been observing it. I always pay close attention to several bakery display cases, the chocolate cake, or the chocolate anything is not always the most sold; it’s like the word ‘chocolate’ is a repellant. I have heard many persons say chocolate is to over powering, and even at church functions, we always have to order a vanilla cake, because most of the kids won’t eat the chocolate ones. At the bakery, the plain cake, marble cake, cheese cakes are the faster sellers. However there is one exception, and that is Black forest cake, I guess rum soaked chocolate cake is the way to get a Jamaican’s interest.

Louisiana crunch cake..Coconut cake at its best

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Louisiana crunch cake holds a special place next to my heart. When we were in college, our cafeteria (God bless their hearts) had a fully stocked Entenmann's case, cookies, cakes, pastries, donuts all payable by meal card. We murdered those boxes of chocolate chip cookies. It was here I was introduced to the heavenly flavor of a Louisiana crunch cake.

'Carrots n Cream'

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The only way to feel better about stuffing your face with cake is to make sure it’s a vegetable cake; I mean, that is what a carrot cake is? What sounds better than having a large, sweet slice of your daily serving of vegetable? What makes this even better is the lack of cream cheese icing, instead is a light refreshing dollop of whipped cream, rendering this cake totally guilt free.

Not your mothers Pineapple upside-down cupcake

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By now you all should know how much I love an upside down cupcake. I have tried blueberry and strawberry upside down cupcakes in the past. However the pineapple upside down is the most socially acceptable. Since I’m never one to follow rules and traditions I did the pineapple upside down my way.

Mochaccino Cupcakes

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Well greedy guys and gals it’s another year and another June, my birthday month. So I decided that a month of baking cakes and cupcakes is in order (let’s forget for a moment that baking is not my forte) I begin with chocolate, simple chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing, black on black. Well not too simple seeing as though I added coffee into the mix.