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. 
I am going to try this today on a chocolate layer cake that I found the recipe for on epicurious…. Wish me luck! I will post how it turns out…..
I don’t have an electric mixer. can this be made by hand and get the same consistency? I’m finding mine runny.
How long does the frosting keep in the fridge? Can I leave it for two days?
beantownbaker — April 25th, 2013 @ 7:44 am
It will be fine in the fridge for a week or so.
wil this work with home-made cream cheese? I make my own from sour cream by draining the liquids from it overnight in a cloth…
beantownbaker — May 16th, 2013 @ 8:42 am
While I haven’t tried it myself, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. I’d love to hear how it turns out for you.
How do I keep cream cheese frosting from being so runny that the frosted cake has to be kept in the fridge? Are there proportion formulas, e.g., 1 part cream cheese : 1 part butter : 2 parts powdered sugar for a firm frosting?
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beantownbaker — September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:24 pm
I use this recipe for frosting a cake. If you need to make it more stiff, add more sugar.