Stacey Makes It

I made these for a potluck. Three people asked me for the recipe. Now you can be part of the three!  Ingredients: 3 large ripe bananas, mashed 3 tbs butter 3 tbs oil 2 eggs 1/3 c buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 c sugar 1/2 tsp salt 2 c flour 3/4 c baking soda 1/2 c cocoa powder 2 tbs butter 1/2 c milk chocolate chips (but you can use any kind) Chocolate dipped banana chips and decorating sugar (optional) Preheat oven to 350F. Mix all the first set of ingredients together (all the wet + sugar and salt). Mix in the flour and baking soda. Split the batter in half and add the cocoa powder, 2 tbs butter, and chocolate chips to 1 half. You might have to use a mixer because the cocoa powder gets clumpy. Fill muffin cups with half of each kind of batter. Bake for 20-22 minutes. Makes about 18 muffins. Cream cheese frosting ingredients: 1 – 8oz pkg cream cheese 5 tbs butter 1 tbs sour cream 1 tsp vanilla (I used vanilla bean paste) 1...

I think that the buttercream turned out kind of heavy, so I would probably add more half & half and powdered sugar and beat it a bit longer next time. Cupcake Ingredients 5.5 oz flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 stick butter, melted 45 ml (by weight) sunflower oil 6.1 oz granulated sugar 2 eggs 1.5 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup buttermilk Buttercream Ingredients 1/2 stick butter  1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tbs half & half  1.5 sticks butter 1-2 cups of powdered sugar 2-3 tbs half & half Chocolate sprinkles (optional)  Preheat oven to 350F. Whisk all the wet ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients and stir gently until just incorporated (don't overmix or it will build up too much gluten).  Pour batter into cupcake tins lined with cupcake liners (about 3/4 to 4/5 full).  Bake for 15-20 minutes rotating once at the halfway point. When cake springs back from the middle of the cupcake, it's done....

Yes, I know, there's already another one . But I like this recipe better. I made these for my wedding. Stacey's Pumpkin Cupcake Ingredients 2 c unbleached flour, organic 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin, organic 1 c granulated sugar, organic 8 tbs unsalted butter, organic 2 eggs, organic 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1/2 c milk, organic cupcake pan cupcake liners OXO Good Grips Large Cookie Scoop Stacey's Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients 1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese, organic 1 1/4 sticks (10 tbs) unsalted butter, organic 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 1/4 tsp salt 2 c confectioners sugar Preheat oven to 350F.  I prefer to use a mixer for this recipe than to hand stir.  The pumpkin comes out all clumpy and it's murder on my arm to try and stir it by hand.  Since I made 4x this recipe for my wedding, I really needed the standing mixer. First ...

I know, it's been a really long time.  In my defense, I work for Yahoo! and things have been weird so I've been doing a lot more work type stuff.  But, this Memorial Day weekend, I've been visiting a lot of family and friends and have been making some goodies. I decided to use the chocolate cake recipe from Essence of Chocolate: Recipes for Baking and Cooking with Fine Chocolate and edit it into cupcakes.  So here's my version: Stacey's That Chocolate Cupcake with Strawberry Fan Ingredients: 2c granulated sugar, organic 1c unbleached white flour, organic 3/4c whole wheat flour, organic 3/4c dagoba unsweetened cocoa powder, organic 1 tsp salt 1.5 tsp baking powder 1.5 tsp baking soda 2 eggs 1/2 c sunflower oil, organic 1 c lowfat milk, organic 1/4c boiling water Frosting / Ganache Ingredients: 6 oz heavy cream, organic 1c granulated sugar, organic 1 tsp vanilla bean paste 5 oz Scharffen-Berger 99% unsweetened chocolate 1 stick unsalted butter,...

I wanted to make some cupcakes for my grandfather's 96th birthday this weekend so I made these. I was more interested in the frosting so I just made the Yellow Cupcake recipe from The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book . I did a half batch and used lowfat milk instead. Stacey's Altered Yellow Cupcake Ingredients: 1 1/3c unbleached white flour, organic 2 tbs cornstarch 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 stick softened butter, unsalted, organic 3/4 + 2 tbs sugar, organic 2 eggs, organic 2 tsp vanilla bean paste 3/4c lowfat (2% milk), organic 15 cupcake liners cupcake pan Preheat the oven to 350F. Beat butter and sugar with a mixer until fluffy.  Beat in the eggs, then the vanilla. Beat in 1/3 of the flour mixture, then 1/2 of the milk. Beat in 1/2 of the remaining flour, then the rest of the milk.  Beat in the last portion of the flour mixture.  Using a cupcake scooper or spoons, fill the cupcake liners in the pan about 2/3 full.  Bake cupcakes f...