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Bee pollen cupcakes with jam.

June 24, 2020 by Ariel 2 Comments

The jam part of this recipe is quite simple.  I had mulberries in my freezer that I mixed with cane sugar and brought the mixture to a boil.  After a few minutes, the berries starts to fall apart and the jam appears.  Since they have a LOT of annoying little seeds, after blending the mixture even more (I used the trust worthy hand blender for that) I’ve strained it to remove them.  What’s left is more like a coulis than an actual jam but it doesn’t matter because it’s delicious.

You may use any other types of berries or fruits as long as they have a little tartness to them.  That little tartness will be balancing the sugar of the bee pollen which is the star of today’s recipe.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than ever before, I’m mostly buying local produces or at least as much as possible.  Intermiel was the first local company I happily gave my support to as they were so generous with me in the past and still always repost my instagram stories.  Beside being total sweethearts, I like knowing my money goes to passionate people which is exactly how this apiculture company started.

Today’s bee pollen cupcakes were my way to celebrate receiving my second online order from them and the recipe was created from another recipe for vanilla cupcakes made for a friend a few weeks ago.  If you remove the bee pollen of this recipe, they stand great on their own as well without being too sweet.  The original recipe was topped with diplomat cream which you can image is sweet enough.

On this have a wonderful day and hope you enjoy this recipe.

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: Bee Pollen, cupcakes, easy, Intermiel, quick, recipe, small batch, vanilla

Week day wholewheat carrot muffins

February 3, 2020 by Ariel Leave a Comment

There’s a few snacks out there that reminds me of my childhood and carrot muffins is one of them.  Fight me on this but, the best way to enjoy them is warmed up with soft salted butter.  This is a much lighter version of the classic carrot muffin of my childhood because, let’s face it, there was probably a ton of oil in those. Nonetheless they are perfect for the lunch box and the recipe gives exactly five beautiful muffins for each day of the work week.  For those afternoon snacks at the office when you’re craving something sweet without gaining a million pounds.

Since the final sugary taste is noticeable but not overpowering, they would be amazing with a sugary cream cheese glaze but, that would make them super caloric and let’s reserve those for the weekend.

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: 1 egg, carrot, cinnamon, cloves, easy, muffins, quick, quick oats, recipe, small quantity, wholewheat flour

Mini Pumpkin & Spices Cupcakes

October 29, 2012 by Ariel 2 Comments

Can I really post too many pumpkin recipes? I don’t think so.  After passing over all the homemade pumpkin puree and a couple of cans of pumpkin puree, I still have a bit left in my fridge and a ton of fun ideas of what I could do with it.  Two weeks ago, somebody asked me on twitter if I had a good recipe for some easy and fast pumpkin cupcakes so here it is!  I brought these little bites to a party I went to on Saturday and they were a hit!  Hope you like them to 🙂

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets Tagged With: cardamon, cinnamon, clove, coconut oil, cream cheese, cupcakes, dairy free, dessert, egg, fall, frosting, ginger, light, mini, pumpkin, recipe, rice milk, snack, sugar, sweet

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