Spotted: Cupcakes at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Recently my husband, baby boy, and I drove up the coast for a little weekend trip. One of the days we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Desmond LOVED looking at all of the fish. Since it was the middle of the day, we were suckered into eating the food there. Surprisingly, all of the food was natural and healthy. But of course I was drooling over the desserts. The vanilla cupcakes looked pretty good, but I didn't partake. It was nice to know that I could have eaten one if a craving came along.

Neapolitan Cupcakes from Baked Perfection

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What is with my fascination with neapolitan? Three delicious flavors that go together perfectly! I've seen several combination of Neapolitan cupcakes, but I think this is my favorite (probably because it's the easiest).

Baked Perfection posted a recipe for Neapolitan Cupcakes, which uses a chocolate cake mix as the base for the cupcakes. Some recipes use several flavors of cake layered or swirled together. Baked Perfection adds the strawberry and vanilla flavors in the frosting by swirling them together. Easy is always my game. You can find the full recipe here.

Happy National Vanilla Cupcake Day!

Sometimes I wonder who makes up these crazy days, but today I will be happy with National Vanilla Cupcake Day. Vanilla cupcakes are usually last on my list to eat because they seem so blah to me, but sometimes a good vanilla vanilla cupcake will hit the spot. One of my favorite birthday desserts growing up was funfetti cupcakes with vanilla frosting.

Speaking of my birthday, I'm still trying to determine where I want my birthday cupcakes to come from next week (November 19). Someone suggested that I have a cupcake potluck and have everyone bring their favorite cupcakes. I'm liking this idea!