Now that my kids are back in school and I have the kitchen all to myself, I’m getting back into my GROOVE! I spent this month making a couple new recipes like small batch pumpkin cake and caramel apple cupcakes, and lots of my time was dedicated to revisiting some older recipes to add new photos and make some helpful updates. I also started working on some Halloween recipes that I can’t wait to share!
New Recipes
Here are the recipes that went live on my blog in September:
Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Deliciously moist, perfectly spiced apple cupcakes topped with a swirl of salted caramel buttercream and drizzled with homemade salted caramel sauce – these are the ideal Fall cupcakes if you ask me!
Small Batch Pumpkin Cake
This was the birthday cake of my DREAMS: creamy no-churn chocolate and vanilla ice creams swirled together with chunks of cookie dough in every bite, set on a delicious Oreo cookie crust and topped with chocolate ganache.
Recipe Updates
These are the recipes I revisited this month, mostly to update photos and add helpful info to the blog posts:
Easy Salted Caramel
While making this for my caramel apple cupcakes, I snapped some much-needed new photos! Readers already love this recipe for how beginner-friendly it is – comes together in minutes with only 4 ingredients, simple techniques, and no candy thermometer needed!
Salted Caramel Buttercream
This buttercream is flavored with the salted caramel above!
One reader says: “Oh. My. Goodness!! Earlier I made the salted caramel (and left rave reviews) and I just finished making this to frost my dark chocolate cake and it is perfection! I could literally eat this buttercream by itself!” ★★★★★
Whipped Mascarpone Frosting
Re-tested and updated this recipe to make it more pipeable and easy to work with for cake and cupcake decorating. It comes together in minutes with a handful of ingredients and is the ideal “not too sweet” frosting.
Pumpkin Layer Cake
My first proper Fall bake of the season was my go-to pumpkin layer cake with cream cheese frosting! I added more slice photos to the blog post to better capture the perfectly moist texture.
Vanilla Buttercream
My most popular recipe deserved a photo update!
One reader says: “I’ve been making buttercream for some time now but wanted to see if I could make it better, creamier and less sweet. This recipe was just that! So creamy, light, fluffy and the perfect amount of sweetness. Best recipe I have found!” ★★★★★
Black Velvet Cake
Re-made this recipe and added some helpful info to the blog post! Can you believe this is made without any food coloring?!
Dye-Free Black Buttercream
I made this recipe a lot for upcoming Halloween recipes. It’s made using black cocoa powder, so there’s ZERO food coloring to create that pitch black color! Also tastes like Oreos + won’t turn your mouth black (or anything else for that matter).
Coming Soon
Here’s what I’ve been working on for October:
Black Velvet Sheet Cake
My favorite black velvet cake recipe, baked in a 9×13 pan to serve a crowd! Perfect for a Halloween party.
Halloween Cupcakes
I made a few new easy Halloween cupcake designs and can’t wait to show you how to replicate them!
I hope you love these new recipes + updates and I can’t wait to share more in October! If there’s a recipe you’ve been wanting to see on my blog, let me know in the comments and I’ll be sure to add it to my baking list.
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