Iron Cupcake: Cranberry

posted by joeli under cupcakes, ironcupcake

I'm not really a big fan of cranberry. I like it as a juice and in Wensleydale cheese, but that's about it. So when I heard this was our secret ingredient for Iron Cupcakes, I wasn't too inspired. That said, what has come out as a result is perhaps my favorite cupcake I have made so far. This cupcake taste like those chocolate donut holes you can get from Dunkin' Donuts. It's delicious. Fair enough, you can't taste the cranberry in the least. But these cupcakes have inspired me to use cranberry juice as a secret ingredient more often. (I've also made these cupcakes with coffee instead of cranberry juice and I can tell you the juice definitely made a difference)

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Iron Cupcake:Cheese--Voting Open

posted by joeli under ironcupcake

The voting for Iron Cupcake: Cheese is now open! You can vote here

This is my entry but there are a lot of great entries so just vote for whichever you like best!

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Cheddar apple pie cupcakes

posted by joeli under cupcakes, ironcupcake

These cupcakes are my entry for Iron Cupcake:Cheese. When I first heard the ingredient I knew I had to use cheddar. The progression to using apples as well naturally followed. These cupcakes taste exactly like apple pie. In fact, I prefer them to apple pie because I'm not a big fan of pie crust. However, I'm not sure if I prefer them to apple crumble BUT next time I make these I will try them with a crumble topping instead of a cream cheese topping and see what they are like. The recipe that follows is my own creation.

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