STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kelly · Hermes

Any cupcakes that you love, love, love?

Starstuff · Kenneth Cole

No recipes in particular, but can you use some seasonal ingredients? Raspberries, strawberries, peaches, etc. are around -- can you incorporate those? Maybe add puree to the batter?

gossipgirl · Dooney & Bourke

I LOVE red velvet cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting!

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

I do love a good carrot cake cupcake...mmmhmmm...now I'm drooling...

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

I would do a traditional vanilla buttercream cupcake (I have a great recipe from the Buttershop Bake Shop cookbook) with your vanilla icing and some fresh fruit on top, like raspberries or blueberries for some color

Tati · Chanel

Sprinkles, Sprinkles, Sprinkles! They are the best!
you can buy the stuff to make them with at a Williams Sonoma. Don't know how close they come to the real stuff from the shops.....

Boots · Gucci

I love dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. You could dress them up by fanning a sliced strawberry on top of each (or even placing a single raspberry on top instead.)

Kelly · Hermes

Oooo so many good ideas! The fruit suggestions made me think of maybe running with the theme of the day and doing red, white, and blue - blueberry cupcakes (http://howtoeatacupcake.net/2009/06/ironcupcake011-not-so-blue-berry.html), vanilla frosting, and a raspberry on top!

Thanks!!

-- Edited by Kelly on Wednesday 1st of July 2009 04:42:44 PM

Kelly · Hermes

OK, I just have to say that if anyone is trying to come up with a dessert for the weekend, these cupcakes were delicious! I used the cupcake recipe above, bought some regular vanilla icing and beat it in my mixer on high for a couple minutes (to make it super light and fluffy) and finished my cupcakes with a red raspberry on top. I added about 1/4 cup more blueberries than it called for and I think that was a mistake because they are pretty delicate/crumbly now, but they are Sooooo YUMMY!