Happy Birthday!!
We were going for a pub crawl to celebrate Hubby’s college roommate’s birthday. I offered to bring cupcakes. He loves coffee flavored things, so I had quite a few options when I flipped through Crazy about Cupcakes. I decided on the Carmel Mocha cupcakes.
As usual, when I start baking, I get really excited and tend to bake way too much. Since I wanted to make the Carmel Mocha cupcakes “full-dairy” for the birthday boy, I wanted to make some cupcakes that I would be able to eat. I decided to use some strawberry preserves that we had paired with French Vanilla cupcakes. When I make two batches, I tend to make one from scratch and one from a box mix.
Everyone said the Carmel Mocha cupcakes were great, and I loved the strawberry filled cupcakes. Overall it was a baking success!
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
oh i loved loved loved this ice cream. graham cracker chunks are a great addition!
beantownbaker — August 26th, 2013 @ 10:54 am
We absolutely loved it too.
Oh goodness, you couldn’t have put any more of my favorites together 🙂 this is perfect!!
beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 7:47 am
It’s seriously so good.
This is definitely one of my favorite ice creams from Jeni’s book, well seriously you can’t go wrong with any of them. Your adaptation looks fantastic!!
beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 7:48 am
I completely agree. Everything I’ve made from her book has been fantastic.
You are a genius. I read these every morning at work and i drool. You really need to write a book. I cannot keep up with all the DELICIOUS recipies!!!!
Christina~
beantownbaker — August 27th, 2013 @ 10:05 am
Aww, thanks! I feel your pain. My must-bake/cook list grows MUCH faster than I mark things off of it…