Vanilla almond cupcakes with blackberry buttercream
Cupcakes and muffins
I was feeling fruity the other day. Feeling fruity and vanilla-y and almond-y. Normally I'd either do vanilla cupcakes or almond cupcakes, but not this time. No, I wanted both. And this light and delicate cake provided just that. Flecks of almond meal and vanilla bean, spiked with almond extract, and topped with a bright blackberry buttercream, well, I don't have to tell you that these were delicious. A perfect choice for a dinner with friends - perfect because, well, our friend's daughter joined us for dinner, and her favorite color just happens to be purple. Let's just say that she wouldn't give in until she got her purple cupcake BEFORE dinner, where she proceeded to dive in and lick every bit of the purple frosting off of the cupcake before she was satisfied. And unlike some cupcakes I've made, these beauties are naturally purple... or purply-pink, to be precise. They almost became a post for the failed-cupcake-hall-of-fame. See, I first added a bit of tofutti cream cheese to the
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