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Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes

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Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes

You know Thanksgiving is right around the corner when the grocery store sets up canned pumpkin displays! While I’ve never been a fan of the traditional pumpkin pie, I still enjoy picking up a few cans to incorporate into baked goods. This time around, made a twist on the popular pumpkin spice cupcakes and incorporated chai tea into the recipe!

Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes

The result was a warm, rich flavor that is perfect for the holiday! So make room on the dessert table this Thanksgiving for these delicious cupcakes! Bonus: They were made with a cake mix. Just one more reason to love these cupcakes!

Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes

Pumpkin Chai Cupcakes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 1 C. canned pumpkin
  • ½ C. chai tea
  • 1/3 C. coconut oil, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbs. pumpkin pie spice

Buttercream:

  • 1 stick butter, room temp
  • 4 C. powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 Tbs. milk
  • Candy Pumpkins

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350˙ and place cupcake liners in the tins
  2. Mix together the wet ingredients then add in the cake mix and pumpkin pie spice
  3. Stir until well incorporated and spoon in the the cupcake tins
  4. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until tops are slightly golden
  5. Pull out of the oven and let cool
  6. While the cupcakes cool prepare the frosting
  7. Beat butter with a handmixer or kitchen aid until smooth and creamy
  8. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, spices and salt
  9. Add the milk, one Tbs at a time, until the frosting reaches your desired consistency
  10. Spoon into a pipping bag and frost the cupcakes
  11. Garnish with candy pumpkins

Maple Bourbon Walnut Angel Food Cake

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Maple Bourbon Walnut Angel Food Cake

There were two birthday desserts that were staples in our house growing up – chocolate éclair and angel food cake. I often opted for the angel food cake and my mom would make her special raspberry glaze to drizzle over the top. Seriously, my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Maple Bourbon Walnut Angel Food Cake

Over the years, angel food cake is still a family favorite, but my sister has up the ante by making it from scratch! Yes, from scratch! I’m still not at her level and cut corners by baking a box mix, but I try to make up for it with the icing. This time around I whipped together a maple bourbon glaze and sprinkled walnuts on top of the cake. It’s interesting how the simplest tweak to a recipe can make it feel fresh and new.

Maple Bourbon Walnut Angel Food Cake

Maple Bourbon Walnut Angel Food Cake

Ingredients:

  • Angel food cake mix (and require ingredients)
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbs. bourbon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 C. crushed walnuts

Directions:

  • Bake angel food cake according to instructions and let cool
  • Mix the powdered sugar, bourbon, vanilla and salt until smooth
  • Drizzle the bourbon glaze over the cake and garnish with walnuts

Strawberry Donuts

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Strawberry Donuts

Up until Monday I had been enjoying lunch outside. It was refreshing to leave my desk and listen to the rustling leaves while I ate. With temperatures dropping, I’ve had to settle with eating by a window as the crisp air billows fallen leaves into an atumnal dance.

Strawberry Donuts

The change in weather has me longing for summer. I know we have just entered fall, and I should be overjoyed pumpkin spiced lattes are back, but I needed to savor the flavor of summer one last time. Just as a final goodbye.

Strawberry Donuts

So I made strawberry donuts. No, the strawberries were not hand picked from a patch – but they did the trick. For one last hurrah, my taste buds were tickled with the fresh flavor of summer.

Now the pumpkin spice craze can commence:)

Strawberry Donuts

Ingredients:

Donut Batter:

  • 1 C. flour
  • 1/2 C. coconut sugar
  • 1.5 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 4 Tbs. coconut oil, softened
  • 1/2 C. milk
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

Glaze:

  • 1 Tbs. milk
  • 1 Tbs. strawberry purée
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 C. powdered sugar
  • pinch of salt

Directions:

Donuts:

  • Grease your donut baking pan
  • Preheat oven to 350˙
  • Stir together the dry ingredients and set aside
  • Whisk together the wet ingredients and slowly incorporate them to the dry ingredients
  • Stir until well combined
  • Pour batter into donut tin and bake for 12 – 14 minute
  • Pull out of the oven and let cool

Glaze:

  • Mix ingredients together until smooth
  • With a butter knife, spread an even layer of the glaze over each donut
  • Garnish with a strawberry slice