Whoopie Pie Cupcakes

Photo: Serious Eats

One of the most popular desserts I make is for Red Velvet Cookies, which are essentially red velvet whoopie pies. It's a perfect vehicle for getting frosting and cookies in my mouth at the same time.

Let's go one step further and make a Whoopie Pie Cupcake. That's what Jessie Oleson from Cakespy did. Essentially you make cupcake batter, but bake as cookies (on a baking sheet) and cupcakes (with liners in a cupcake pan). Add frosting to the cupcakes and top with the "cookies." The best part is that you can make any flavor. Happy baking!

Find the full recipe on Serious Eats.

Presenting: My Cupcake Tower

Remember the big giveaway I hosted a few months ago for a Cupcake Tower? I couldn't believe how many of you really, really wanted to win this fantastic product. I mean, who wouldn't? There's nothing else like it!

Well, like all of you, I wanted one too. And last weekend I was finally able to debut my brand new Cupcake Tower!

My sister, Robin is pregnant with her second baby and I hosted a baby shower for her at my house. I was in charge of desserts (of course), so I decided that I wanted a variety of desserts, which I could display on my cupcake tower.

(She's going to kill me for using this picture!)

The theme of the shower was the beach, so I made and decorated these adorable bear-in-intertube cupcakes. I got the idea from a photo I found on flickr.

Although cupcakes are great desserts by themselves, I wanted some variety too. I included a few other desserts: mini red velvet cookies, mint brownies, and lemon bars.

Since my Cupcake Tower had partitions on each level, I separated each dessert into sections.

What I love about my Cupcake Tower:

~Easy to store - it breaks down flat so it doesn't take up much space at all
~Easy to setup - less than a minute
~Easy to clean - has a thin laminate coating so it wipes clean easily
~Looks great - I got so many compliments on it!

I can't wait to use it again!

You can find more info about Cupcake Towers here.