I'm calling this one The Haze

Cupcakes:

• 2 ¾ cups flour
• 2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup nearly boiling water
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer sift together dry ingredients. Add oil, hot water, and milk and mix for 1 minute at medium speed. Add eggs, vanilla extract and vanilla bean and beat for another minute. Batter will be thin.
3. Use a ¼ measuring cup or ice cream scoop to fill cupcake tins. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick poked into a cupcake comes out clean.
4. While cupcakes cool make the frosting.

Frosting:

• 3 sticks of butter
• 6 cups of powdered sugar
• Half a jar of Biscoff (or more or less to your liking)

Candy Topping:

• Vanilla wafers
• Reece's Pieces
• Black licorice
• M&M's
• Good & Plenty

Cotton Candy Cupcakes

Just like eating cotton candy at a summer fair!

Cupcakes:

• 2 ¾ cups flour
• 2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup nearly boiling water
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer sift together dry ingredients. Add oil, hot water, and milk and mix for 1 minute at medium speed. Add eggs, vanilla extract and vanilla bean and beat for another minute. Batter will be thin.
3. Use a ¼ measuring cup or ice cream scoop to fill cupcake tins. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick poked into a cupcake comes out clean.
4. While cupcakes cool make the frosting. 

 Frosting:

• 3 sticks of butter
• 6 cups of powdered sugar
• Cotton Candy syrup & a little milk until desired consistency and taste

S'mores Cupcakes

This year I went to visit a friend I hadn't seen in forever and during my visit I learned of this cookie spread called Biscoff.  I believe Trader Joe's calls it cookie butter but it's amazing!  So I tried to think of what I could make with it and came up with s'mores cupcakes - two of my favorite things!

 Chocolate Cupcakes:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Filling:

• Marshmallow fluff

Frosting:

• 3 sticks of butter
• 6 cups of powdered sugar
• Half a jar of Biscoff (or more or less to your liking)

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

4. Insert marshmallow fluff in the center

5. Make the frosting and frost the cooled cupcakes