Blueberries and Cream Cupcakes!

Last night I made a delicious batch of blueberry cupcakes!  They were filled with blueberries and the texture and the flavor was so, so good.  My dad (who doesn't compliment people easily) said that these were the best cupcakes he's ever tasted!  I won't keep you waiting!  I got this recipe from the book Martha Stewart's Cupcakes.  Here's the recipe!


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups cake flour (not self rising)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk
2 cups fresh blueberries, plus more for garnish (I added pecans and a mint leaf instead)


Directions:  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.  Whisk together both of the flours, baking powder and salt.  With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter and the sugar until pale and fluffy.  Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.  Beat in the vanilla.  Reduce the speed to low.  Add the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of milk, and beating until combines after each.  Fold in the blueberries.  Divide the batter evenly among the lined cups, filling each three-quarters full.  Bake rotating half way through until pale golden, about 25 minutes.  Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely before removing the cupcakes.  Cupcakes can be stored up to 3 days at room temperature in airtight containers.


Frosting:
Whipped Cream!


Ingredients:
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar


Directions: Whisk heavy cream until soft peaks form.  Add the sugar and whisk until combined.


To finish dollop the cupcakes with the whipped cream and garnish with blueberries or the chopped pecans and mint like I did.  Enjoy! :)


Thanks
Alyssa :)

Pancakes w/ Raspberry drizzle and Coconut whipped cream

Today when I got up in the morning, I was looking through some food blogs.  Since I hadn't eaten anything  I started to get really hungry!  So I decided to make some pancakes!  I added some chocolate chips, but you don't have to if you don't want to.  OK here's the recipe to the pancakes!


Ingredients:
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup oats
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon


Directions:
Mix the baking powder, flour and salt together into a large mixing bowl.
Break the egg into the bowl.  Add the milk and stir until the batter is smooth.  Add the oil and mix.  Put 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat.  Tilt the skillet to cover the bottom with the oil.  Pour in the batter a little at a time to make circles about 2 1/2 inched across.  Make sure you leave room between the pancakes-be careful because the batter spreads out!  When the pancakes are full of bubbles but before the bubbles burst, turn them with a pancake turner.  Cook until the bottoms are browned.   Use the pancake turner to remove them from the skillet and stack them up on a plate.  Then put in another tablespoon of oil in the skillet and start a new batch.  (If you want chocolate chips in the batter, put a handful of chocolate chips into the batter once you put the pancake onto the skillet)


Raspberry drizzle:
1 cup frozen raspberries or regular raspberries
1/2 cup sugar


Directions:  Heat up frozen raspberries in a microwavable bowl and wait till they are warm and aren't frozen.  Put the raspberries into a small saucepan and set the temperature to medium.  Once warmed up and mostly melted add the sugar and stir.




Coconut whipped cream:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon coconut imitation
1/2 cup sugar


Directions:
Whip the heavy cream with an electric mixer on high speed.  After fluffy and peaks are starting to form add the coconut imitation and the sugar.  


After everything is made stack the pancakes up, put a dollop of the coconut whipped cream on top of them and drizzle the raspberry sauce on top.  For extra decoration put a sprinkle of powdered sugar for a finishing touch.


Enjoy! :)