Holiday Cupcakes from Fields of Cake

With the Holiday season upon us... I thought I'd put together a collection of cupcakes from one of my most favorite bakers, Carrie of Fields of Cake!

Right now, Carrie is in Crete, Greece visiting her husband ( SO JEALOUS ) but will be returning back to the states in 2012 to continue her baking adventures! These are cupcakes from holiday's past and are really so stinking cute, I had to share!

Click on the links to read all about how Carrie made these cupcakes!  Recipes too!

Don't forget to check out Carrie on her blog, Facebook and Twitter!

Cinnamon White Chocolate Cupcakes

Peppermint Twist Cupcakes

Gingerbread Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

Chai Cream Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Yesterday, on my way to work, I drove through Starbucks for a well-deserved Chai Tea Latte (I had received a job offer the day before and decided to treat myself!) when I received my drink I was pleasantly surprised to be handed the coveted red holiday Starbucks cup...which everyone knows officially marks the holiday season!

These Chai Cream Cupcakes also remind me of this special time of the year! I think it's the cinnamon. These cupcakes were created by Baking Confessions. You can find step by step directions to create this spiced goods for yourself here!

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes with Recipe Link

To anyone who has ever had someone tell you "cake is not breakfast" obviously has never seen these sinfully delicious looking Cinnamon Roll cupcakes. Created by Darla of the site Bakingdom, these cinna-licious delights are topped with a coffee icing...told you they qualify as a breakfast food! Interested in trying these out yourself? Then check out the recipe here!

Pink ribbon plaintain cinnamon fudge cupcake and recipe link

Get the recipe for how to make this cupcake at Frosting for the Cure, made by Linda of the blog Cupcake Design:

I wanted to bake something different for this post, so I am making plantain cinnamon fudge cake with cream cheese frosting, as both a cupcake and loaf cake. Plantains are one of those items you notice at the grocery store and think ‘is that banana really over ripe’ and ‘why are they still selling these’? THAT’s a plantain. I wanted to make this recipe because plantains are not really popular in North America and I don’t think anyone knows what to really do with them. I wrote a post recently on how to incorporate plantain in a cake, and have now developed a great recipe to share.

Malai Kofta

An unusual non-fried version of koftas. Use fresh paneer for best results.
Ingredients for the Koftas:
1 cup paneer
1 tbsp plain flour(maida)
A pinch backing powder
2 green chillies chopped
2 tbsp coriander chopped
Salt to taste

Ingredients for gravy:
100gm fresh tomato pulp
1 cup milk
¼ cup cream
1 tbsp kasuri methi
1 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
To be ground into a paste:
¼ cup onions chopped
3 cloves garlic
2 green chillies
2 tbsp coriander seeds(dhania)
1 tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 tbsp ginger piece
2 cloves (lung)
1” stick cinnamon (dalchini)
Method for kofta:
Step 1: first of all crumbled the panner if fresh and if you use from freeze then grated it.

Step 2: Mix paneer, baking powder, green chillies, chopped coriander leaves and salt.

Step 3: Mix it very nicely if paneer is cool then just microwave for 7 to 10 second then it mix very nice.

Step 4: Then add plain flour in it and make like dough.

Step 5: Shape it into small round kofta.

Step 6: Take a microwave bowl and add 1 tbsp oil in it.

Step 7: Place all the round shape boll of paneer into greased microwave bowl.
Step 8: Smoothly rub this bowl into oil so its surface is oily.

Step 9: Microwave on high for 1 minutes.

Step 10: When cool open the bowl and check it is cook aur not if all paneer bolls are slightly change the color of off-white or it become hard then its cook nice.

Step 11: Keep aside.Method for the gravy:
Step 1: Ground the all ingredient material.Step 2: Make good paste from it.

Step 3: In another microwave safe bowl, add the oil and the ground paste.

Step 4: Microwave on high for 5 minutes, strring once after 3 minutes.

Step 5: Add tomato ready made pulp and mix it.
Step 6: Microwave on high for another 7 minutes stirring in between fo another 2-2 minutes.
Step 7: Add the milk, and cream.

Step 8: Add kasuri methi and salt in it and mix very well with help of spoon.

Step 9: Microwave on high for 2 more minutes.

How to proceed:
Step 1: just before serving add the koftas to the gravy.

Step 2: Microwave on high for 2 minutes.

Step 3: Serve hot and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Cinnamon-Clove Tomato Ketchup

Ingredients:
1 Kg. Ripe tomatoes,
100gm sugar,
10-12 pieces cinnamon,
5-6 pieces clove,
Salt to taste.

Method:
Step 1: Cook ripe tomato pieces with cinnamon and clove pieces, until they are soft.

Step 2: Drain extra water.

Step 3: Drain this pulp and remove skin with help of steal spoon.

Step 4: Crush with hand blender; drain this pulp and remove the seeds and extra skin.
Step 5: Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add tomato pulp.
Step 6: Stirring it continuously until they are thicken.

Step 7: Add sugar and salt.
Step 8: Heat for 5-minutes with continue to stirring.
Step 9: Turn off the flame and add ready made preservative (or vinegar).

Step 10: Cool at room temperature.
Step 11: Take clean and dry glass bottle and fill with ketchup.