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. 
OMG Jen, that is BRILLIANT! I cant wait to hear about the turn out. 🙂 I bet your house smells divine.
You are a crazy baking mad woman and it’s genius! Can’t wait to hear how it goes!
That pear cranberry one looks so purdy. I am not even a pie person but now I wanna make that pie! GL with your contest. Hope you win!
/Clara
Thanks guys. Hubby and I just ate some and they’re both really good. My double pie plan worked!
That looks a. mazing. I may have to try that out.
I made this today and it is AMAZING!!