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Small Batch Cupcakes recipes. These recipes make 4 or 6 cupcakes, which is perfect for celebrating a half birthday, or a small birthday celebration at home. I love to gift a small batch of cupcakes to a friend on their birthday with extra sprinkles on top. Small batch chocolate cupcakes, small batch vanilla cupcakes, a small batch of funfetti cupcakes, and more. Such a fun way to celebrate! Also, these recipes are perfect for kids birthday parties!
There are so many ways to use a 6 cupcake recipe to celebrate!
Birthday cake cupcakes with sprinkles. A small batch cupcake recipe for birthday cupcakes for celebrating a kids birthday party, or gifting a friend or coworker on their special day! This recipe for 4 cupcakes will come in handy! Be sure…
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Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting (small batch recipe makes 6 cupcakes). It’s carrot cake season, and my family couldn’t be happier! Carrot cake was one of the layers of my wedding cake, because my husband loves carrot cake….
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Tiramisu cupcakes for two: instead of a big pan of tiramisu, make these vanilla cupcakes with an espresso Kahlua soak and mascarpone frosting! It’s Friday! You deserve a cupcake. I know it’s the Friday before Thanksgiving week, and you’re probably…
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Wedding cake cupcakes for two, for your wedding anniversary! Not to be a buzzkill, but someone looked me right in the face and told me a wedding cake for two is a dumb idea. She clearly has not drank the ‘dessert for…
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Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes for two. A small batch cupcake recipe for Boston Cream cupcakes; recipe makes just 4 cupcakes. I dripped Boston Cream Pie filling on my shirt, not once, but TWICE while eating these cupcakes. That’s how good…
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I had one of those weeks where I just needed a bite of junk food. Well, 4 bites. Or 4 whole cupcakes. I went to Texas for a quick trip, but landed in Urgent Care with Camille for a double…
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Funfetti cupcake recipe that makes 6 cupcakes, made from scratch! Homemade funfetti cupcakes are perfect for a half birthday cake or a kids birthday cupcake celebration! Can we get happy all up in here today? Seriously. I know it’s Monday, but…
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Buttercream. Cupcakes are approximately so many years out-dated they’re cool again, yes? I need a vehicle for fat dollops of vanilla bean buttercream, and have an open can of pumpkin in the fridge. So,…
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Friends! Catch me on QVC tonight, January 21st from 8-10pm EST promoting my first cookbook. Thanks for tuning in! First and foremost, thank you SO much for your overwhelming support and love on my big announcement yesterday. I am so…
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I used to take requests on this site. Then, I got married. Now, I take dessert requests from my husband. Not that I actually listen to him half the time, but I do need him. I’m a die-hard lemon dessert lover,…
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We’re back on the cake mix bandwagon, my friends!—but this time: chocolate cake mix. These cupcakes require 1 cup of cake mix from a box of chocolate devil’s food cake mix. If you’re curious about the exact type of cake…
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As the season starts to change, my preference for booze changes, too. This summer has seen its fair share of fruity, chilled cocktails. Leinenkugel’s lemon-berry shandy pumped through my veins almost daily. I can’t count the homemade beer-garitas we enjoyed,…
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Red velvet cupcakes recipe with dreamy cream cheese frosting. This is a small batch cupcake recipe that makes just 4 red velvet cupcakes. Recipe can be doubled or even quadrupled to serve more people! I’ve been making these red velvet…
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This post is sponsored by Sargento. There aren’t many weeks when a large container of fresh ricotta doesn’t make it into my grocery cart. I’m a ricotta lover. I make ricotta gnocchi, blueberry ricotta pancakes, ricotta toast with fresh tomato,…
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Chocolate pudding cupcakes with dark chocolate pudding frosting, rolled in chocolate cake crumbs! Also called, black out cupcakes! First things first: yes, those are chocolate cupcakes topped with pudding and THEN coated in chocolate cake crumbs. This recipe comes out of…
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If our neighborhood kids have any hope getting candy from us this year it’s solely because I made these cupcakes to distract Mr. Dessert For Two from the Halloween candy bowl. We have discussed his unusual predilection for mint (including…
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Caramel apple cookies are bite-size cookies made in a mini muffin pan filled with caramel apples. If you’re one of those people that frets about cookies spreading on the baking sheet, then baking cookie cups in mini muffin pans is…
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I dreamt up a cupcake made with fresh peaches topped with peach buttercream. We’re making fresh peach puree in the microwave today—it’s easy peasy. I tossed in a little fresh ginger into the cupcake batter last minute, and I loved it…
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Hummingbird cupcakes with brown sugar cream cheese frosting. By now, you were probably hoping that I would have some things to say about our new home state of Kansas. The truth is, I really don’t. Some days, I absolutely love it (the…
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German Chocolate Cupcakes, makes just 4 cupcakes with creamy coconut and pecan frosting. If there’s one cake that the world forgot about, it’s German Chocolate Cake! Why is this? We have to fix it! It’s such a tragedy that the…
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Hey there, y’all! I know it’s been a while since I’ve checked in, but I like to take a little break for the holidays. I hope y’all understand. The only thing that could get me back in the kitchen this…
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You know how they say your spouse makes you want to be a better person? Yeah, well, I feel like my honey is pushing me towards suicide. I’m almost positive I won’t be here another week. The Mr. is making me go…
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Pumpkin chai cupcakes are a fun way to bring the spicy flavors of a pumpkin spice latte into a cupcake form! Small batch cupcake recipe makes just 4 cupcakes. I found a way to cram a full 1/2 cup of…
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There are some days when you just need a triple chocolate cupcake. You know you are in need of a triple chocolate cupcake when a cold front in mid-May kills all the peppers and melons in the field. Or, when…
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