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Thursday, May 22, 2008

What a great surprise last night!! I must say I wasn’t expecting it.

As far as the great Cupcake Idol competition. I brought 12 cupcakes with me, 6 with DA’s face on them and 6 with DC’s face. I came home with 4 David Archuletta cupcakes. And one of the people who took a DA cupcake only did so because there were not DC cupcakes left. So I’d say that David Cook was the clear winner in more than one competition last night.

And of course, everyone loved the cupcakes. In my arsenal of cupcake recipes, this one is definitely my hero. I’ve probably made these cupcakes 10 times in 5 months. As I mentioned, they always turn our perfectly and they’re so easy to whip up.

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13 Responses to “Maple Syrup and Birthday Cupcakes”

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Brisbane Baker — March 29, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Mmmmm I love one dish cupcakes!

http://www.brisbanebaker.blogspot.com
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Carly — March 29, 2010 at 12:57 pm

Those cupcakes look delish! Can you tell me more about the “dipping in ganache” technique? Does the ganache need to be a certain consistency first?
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yumventures — March 29, 2010 at 2:38 pm

I have seen some maple cheesecake around the blogs, maybe that would be awesome use for the sugar? Or to top maple sugar cookies 🙂
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Joanne — March 29, 2010 at 5:36 pm

I made a seriously awesome maple mousse cake to go with Christmas dinner this year and it used maple sugar. It was one of the best desserts I’ve ever eaten. The link to the post is: http://joanne-eatswellwithothers.blogspot.com/2010/01/frozen-maple-mousse-pie-with-chocolate.html.
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KV — March 29, 2010 at 7:55 pm

Go Butler!! I think I’m going to use your “go to” cupcake recipe to make some Final Four treats for the office Friday
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Kelly — March 29, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Wow that maple syrup event looks really cool, I wish I had known about it- it looks like they only do it once a year!
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Jen — March 30, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Carly – I dipped the cupcakes in the ganache while it was still very liquidy. I did it a few minutes after making the ganache and then let it set up on the cupcakes. Hope that helps.
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Cara — March 30, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Jen, the maple syrup experience sounds like so much fun and I’ve always wanted to do it! I wonder if it’s too late this year.
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Lila — March 31, 2010 at 7:50 am

Those cupcakes look so pretty. Can you tell me what kind of liners you’re using? They stay so nice and bright.
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stephchows — March 31, 2010 at 1:10 pm

ooo I love sugar houses!!! The tastings are always the best 🙂
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Jen — March 31, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Lila, I get the liners online. Here is the link for the colored ones, and I also get brown liners as well.
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Memória — April 9, 2010 at 5:02 am

The cupcakes look beautiful and festive!! I love real maple syrup!
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Kyle — April 15, 2010 at 2:14 am

I should have a birthday more often. So good…