It's apple season. I always get overly excited about apple season. Am I the only person who gets sucked into the over the top apple displays at the grocery stores and then buys way more apples and cider than you could possibly consume? Apparently, I'm a dream shopper for the marketing department at my grocery store. I come home from the grocery store and fill the basket on my counter with all of the delicious red, green and yellow fruit in hopes that the sight of it will encourage me to make better snack choices. Let me be honest - that doesn't always happen BUT we do eat a lot of apples. No matter how many apples we eat, I always seem to end up with an excess of fruit and cider. When the apples need to be eaten - I bake pies. But the question is, what can I do with the extra cider? I normally make apple cider doughnuts to use up extra cider but I would love to hear your ideas for leftover cider too. I recently tried a new recipe for Apple Cider Cupcakes. These cupcakes were really delicious and when topped with a sweet apple chip, they are beautiful too. Apple Cider Cupcakes
Bake 24 minutes at 350. Top with a swirl of cream cheese frosting and an apple chip. Admittedly, I went a little (or a lot) overboard with the apple cider cupcake pictures. I just couldn't help myself.
If you've got a sweet tooth like me, you should probably make an extra batch of the sweet apple chips too. They make a great snack. There's nothing like soaking a perfectly good piece of fruit in sugar until it doesn't even resemble anything remotely healthy. Either as a cupcake topper or a sweet snack - you'll love these little treats. Ciao!
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That might possibly be the longest blog title that I have ever used. I did try and cut it down but I couldn't figure out what word I could possibly eliminate. Chocolate? Heck no. Chocolate is the essence of this decadent cupcake. Bourbon? No way. Bourbon is what makes these cupcakes extra special and holiday worthy. Pecan Pie? Ummm No. The pecan pie filling that oozes out when you bite into the center of this cupcake is just about the best thing to ever happen to a cupcake. Butter Pecan Buttercream? Never. The buttery, nutty, creamy frosting swirled on top of this cupcake is the perfect compliment to this elegant treat. So I guess the name stands: Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Buttercream. Add these Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes to my other Thanksgiving favorites like Apple Pie Cupcakes and Browned Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes, and you've got the perfect trifecta of Thanksgiving cupcakes. So for all of you looking for an extra special treat for your Thanksgiving table - allow me to share my Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcake with Butter Pecan Buttercream recipe with you. Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Cupcakes with Butter Pecan Buttercream
1/4 cup chopped pecan pieces
Add to chocolate mixture. Bake 22 minutes at 350.
Cut a hole in the center of each cupcake. Fill each hole with cooled pecan pie filling. Swirl some remaining filling into a batch of vanilla buttercream and pipe onto cupcakes. It's a lucky Thanksgiving table that has these beautiful cupcakes on them.
Ciao! We had 2 days of cool-ish morning weather and that is all it took to launch me into full blown "Let it be Fall" mode. (I'm in denial about the fact that it's still August and that the hot weather will inevitably return so please don't burst my bubble.) Even if we can't keep the Fall temperatures outside, I've decided to declare it Fall - INSIDE my house. I carried 4 boxes full of pumpkins, cornucopias, wreaths, and Fall baskets up from the basement yesterday and I officially unleashed Fall inside the Davis house. Our livingroom is a mecca of brilliant orange pumpkin candles, golden yellow mums and vibrant red berry garlands. It's a breath of Fall air in this house - even if I do have to turn the air conditioning down to create my own Fall-like temperatures. It won't be long before the trees in my front yard catch up with the season in my living room. To continue with my Fall themed house, I've decided to make some Fall food this week and nothing says Fall to me like a great big pot of home made chili and cornbread. One bite of my Sweet Potato Cornbread will have everyone ready for Fall. Sweet Potato Cornbread 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes 1/2 cup whole milk 8 Tablespoons butter + 1 Tablespoon 4 eggs 1 1/2 cups cornmeal 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
Melt 1 T. butter in cast iron skillet. Pour batter into skillet. Bake 25-30 minutes at 425. Slice. Ciao!
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