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Celebrating 1st Birthday with Espresso Cupcakes

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Another year flew by giving way to a fresh and sparkling 2012, packed with new dreams and new memories. I wish you all a very Happy New Year and may you live every moment with joy, love and lots of laughter.

2011 was a very special year for me. It not only gave me new friends and new dreams but it also gave me two new passions - food and photography! The year gave me so many things to treasure that words can hardly express my feelings.

We reached home yesterday after 2 months long vacation and even though I wished to sleep and get some rest, I could not help but write this post. It's a special day to celebrate! So, join me my friend to wish 'Sunshine & Smile' a very Happy 1st Birthday 🙂 Yes, my blog was born last year on this date. It's hard to believe that one year has passed by and today; Sunshine & Smile is 1 year old.

I started this blog with zero knowledge on blogging. It's embarrassing but the fact is that I didn't even know what a blog was, why people blog and how is it different from a website. Eventually, I discovered the whole new world of blogging and fell in love with it! Blogging is probably one the best things that happened to me.

Without your support, care and love, this blog would not have been where it's today. I feel proud of my baby and I feel proud to be a part of the blogging community. Thank you for your comments, your feedback and your help. Thank you for being with me all the time. Thank you for all the motivation and inspiration. And THANK YOU so much my friend for making my blog shine and smile everyday!

Every celebration calls for something sweet and these cupcakes were perfect for the occasion. After 2 months of long break, it was really exciting for me to get back in the kitchen and bake these cupcakes. It's a very easy recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson's book. They are filled with espresso, coco powder, dark chocolate and decorated with whipped cream.

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Celebrating 1st Birthday with Espresso Cupcakes

Kankana Saxena
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Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup softened butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon espresso coffee powder
  • ½ cup dark chocolate chips (melted)
  • 2 tablespoon milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400F.
  • Mix the butter and sugar properly.
  • Add the eggs and whisk until it's mixed properly.
  • Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, espresso, baking powder, baking soda and whisk until it forms a smooth batter.
  • Lastly, add the melted dark chocolate and milk and give one final whisk.
  • Pour the mixture into the muffin baking pan and let it bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • Poke the cakes with a chopstick or toothpick and if it comes out clean, the cupcakes are ready.
  • Let it cool in the rack for 5 minutes before you start decorating.
  • I am not a big fan of frosting on my cakes but today, I wanted to decorate the cupcakes just a little. So, I used some whipped cream as frosting.

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Serving: 1Servings

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  1. Soma

    Congrats Congrats! and Happy Birthday to the beautiful blog baby. Love the liners and what a great way to celebrate. Kankana so glad to have found you and could not have done that if this was not born.

    i am sure you had a great time back home and can't wait to hear all about it!

  2. Farwin @ Loveandotherspices

    Happy Blogiversary and many more to come ! Love the photos and the one with batter is just awesome .

  3. Sandhya

    Good to see you back Kankana... A very Happy New Year... Those beauties are just perfect for your first blog anniv...

  4. Raji

    Happy blog anniversary Kankana..and wishing you many more to come in the future.

    The cupcakes look gorgeous. Beautiful presentation as always !

  5. Alyssa

    Happy blogiversary! Those cupcakes are so cute. I really like your cupcake liners too!

  6. Madhu

    Happy Birthday to the blog ... and also to the blogger 🙂

    Your recipes and photographs makes a cooking hater like me want to cook ... I doubt it gets better than that 🙂

    Hope both of you have many more such birth anniversaries ...

    Love ad hugs

  7. Notyet100

    Ummm thy look delicious.,,,wish ya mny more milestones like this

  8. aarthi

    Awesome Cupcakes

  9. Tes

    Happy blog birthday 🙂 Those beautiful cupcakes did was a perfect treat for the celebration 🙂

  10. Zee

    Congratulations on the first anniversary of your blog Kankana.. May you have many many more of such joyous moments 🙂
    And those espresso cupcakes look adorable!

  11. Joyti

    Those look delicious! And congratulations on the blogoversary!

  12. Rosa

    Lovely cupcakes! That is one of my favorite flvors.

    Happy Blogiversary and to many more.

    Best wishes for 2012!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

  13. Tyler Ngo

    Congratulations! Such a beautiful blog!

  14. Priti

    Congrats and wish your blog many years ahead ...this looks so pretty ..

  15. Vimitha Anand

    Happy bloggy birthday dear... The cupcakes look so rich and yum

  16. Susie

    Happy blog anniversary! Your pictures are stunning. The cupcakes look delicious.

  17. Grishma

    Congratulations and celebrations!! I am so happy for you and I can imagine how exciting it must be for you! No need to say that I love your blog 🙂 Keep going and here's to mannnyyy more to come! Cheers!

  18. Kalyani

    congrats on 1st birthday .... cupcakes look delicious and tempting pictures .....

  19. Baker Street

    Congratulations Kankana! Here's to many many more delicious years to come! The cupcakes look gorgeous and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this occasion.

    Cheers!
    A

  20. Sanjeeta kk

    Congrats for one of the most beautiful babies o line 🙂 Lovely clicks and wonderful presentation. 2011 has been great to treasure friends like you. Looking forward for more of foodie fun in coming year.
    And the cupcakes look just right to celebrate this bash.
    Love.