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Amazingly tender, melt-in-your-mouth cupcakes with a fun swirl of raspberry pomegranate syrup hidden inside. And there's an all butter icing that's super creamy with a delicious hint of raspberry and pomegranate flavors.
These Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes are based on my Best Vanilla Cupcakes and Buttercream Recipe, super tender melt-in-your-mouth cupcakes, and a delicious icing with just a touch of cream cheese. This recipe was the final result of a long quest to find the perfect yellow cake recipe. To me, this is what a really good wedding cake should taste like.
In celebration of pomegranate season, I combined raspberry jam and fresh pomegranate arils in a sauce pan and simmered the mixture for 15 minutes. Then I strained out the seeds and pulp, resulting in a delicious pomegranate-raspberry syrup. The syrup is simply drizzled over the cupcake batter right before they head to the oven. A quick swirl with a small knife or skewer and you've got a fabulous tasting cupcake with a beautiful splash of color.
For the icing, I saved a bit of the pomegranate-raspberry syrup and used a two-tone technique that is explained in the recipe below. If you're in a hurry, or don't feel like fussing with a decorating bag, just add the raspberry-pomegranate syrup to the entire bowl of buttercream and frost the cupcakes with a knife. Believe me, they'll still be extremely well received! They've definitely been a hit here at The Café!
Give these Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes a try, I think they may become a seasonal favorite!
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Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes with Pomegranate Buttercream
Ingredients
- For the raspberry-pomegranate syrup:
- 1 cup raspberry jam, use your favorite
- ½ cup pomegranate arils or seeds*
- For the cupcake batter:
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cup cake flour
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cup sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, not softened but remove from refridg and allow to warm for about 15 minutes
- 4 large eggs
- For the Buttercream:
- 8 ounces butter, softened
- 2 ounces cream cheese or Neufchâtel, softened
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1-2 tablespoons half & half
- 2 tablespoons reserved raspberry-pomegranate syrup
Instructions
- For the raspberry-pomegranate syrup, set a fine mesh strainer over a medium size bowl. Set aside.
- Combine raspberry jam and pomegranate arils in a medium size saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a steady simmer and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour mixture into prepared strainer. Push on solids with the back of a spoon to extract all of the liquid. Return strained liquid to the sauce pan and simmer for another 5 minutes or until syrupy and reduced to ⅔ cup. Set syrup aside to cool. Discard seeds and pulp.
- For the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350° Line cupcake pans with 32 cupcake liners. Combine milk and vanilla in a measuring cup and set aside. Break eggs into a small bowl and set aside.
- Place the cake flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in the bowl of stand mixer and stir together for 30 seconds using mixer paddle attachment.
- With mixer on low, drop in butter, a few cubes at a time, continuing until all butter is in and mixture resembles coarse sand.
- Add eggs one at a time on low speed. With mixer still on low slowly pour in milk and vanilla. Turn mixer to medium and beat for 2 minutes until batter is smooth, scraping sides of bowl occasionally.
- Scoop batter into cupcake liners filling cups with about ¼ cup each. Cups will be just slightly over half full - don't be tempted to over-fill. Set aside 2 tablespoons of the raspberry pomegranate syrup for the icing. Drizzle the remainder of the syrup over the batter filled cupcake liners, dividing evenly. Swirl syrup with a skewer or small, thin knife in a circular pattern.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until centers are set and toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- For the buttercream, in the bowl of an electric stand mixer, whip the butter until soft and fluffy, about 2 minutes. I like to use the whisk attachment for my mixer.
- Reduce speed to low and slowly add the powdered sugar. Once the powdered sugar is pretty well incorporated, increase speed to medium high and beat for1 minute. Mixture will be quite thick.
- Stop the mixer, scrape the sides of the bowl, then add the other 3 cups of powdered sugar. Start out on slow speed again until sugar is mixed in the increase to medium high and beat for another minute. Mixture will be very thick.
- Add vanilla and 1 tablespoon half and half* (see below for two-tone icing) and beat for two to 3-4 minutes until nice creamy consistency is reached. You made need to add more half and half, just a teaspoonful at a time, until desired consistency is reached. You want a creamy, but fairly stiff consistency for piping.
- For two tone icing, remove ½ cup of the buttercream to a small bowl and add 1 tablespoon of the raspberry pomegranate syrup. Stir well to combine. See notes for piping tips.
- If you prefer a solid color raspberry pomegranate buttercream, replace the half and half with the raspberry pomegranate syrup and proceed as directed above.
Notes
I found several helpful tutorials for piping the cupcakes. This Two-Tone Buttercream Rose Cupcake Tutorial was great in explaining how to fill the decorating bag to achieve the color tinged petals. For the flower technique itself, I followed this Buttercream Flower Cupcake Tutorial. I used the fourth technique that was demonstrated.
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Are you sure this recipe for raspberry pomegranate swirl cupcakes takes 9 hours and 13 minutes? I couldn't figure out how it takes that long. If I've missed something somehow, please let me know. Thanks. Btw these are scrumptious looking cupcakes.
one now,.!You're right, Jane. It doesn't take nearly that long!
A while back, I changed recipe plug-ins and it messed up all my times. I've been slowly going back and correcting the recipes but, with over 1500 recipes on the site, it takes quite a while!
I'll correct this one now!
I'm gonna say these cupcakes!! They look delicious!
They're hard to beat Melissa!
I really could have used this mixer tonight as I have been making delicious Pink lemonade cupcakes for my daughter's DIG PINK VOLLEYBALL bake sale to raise awareness for Breast Cancer tomorrow. I can't wait to see the girls in the bright PINK shirts that I ordered for them as a surprise! Next year, I plan to make Pink Ribbon Cookie Dough Truffles so a new mixer would be great!
Such good ideas Kas! And such a worthy cause.
I would make chocolate cake!
Yum! Sounds classically delicious Thomas!
A jumbo chocolate chip cookie!!
I love it Toni!
I would make chocolate cupcakes first, with chocolate frosting!
They are so good, aren't they Deborah?
Id make red velvet cupcakes.
You can't beat them Amanda! So rich and decadent! Yum!
I'd make something involving egg whites, like meringue cookies!
Sounds absolutely heavenly!
I would make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting first, we are chocoholics in my house!
We are too Deborah! That's why we've started doing some work for Green and Black's, chocolate is so good and so versatile!
I can't begin to think what I'd make, according to the day & time. Those cupcakes are gorgeous!
Perhaps some chocolate chip cookies!
I would use the mixer to make fresh bread.
I would make some pink holiday gingerbread men and women!
I would MAKE my family happy!! deserts deserts deserts!! probably choc chip cookies because thats what the grandkids ask for everytime they come over.
Any one of your delicious recipes.
I would make cookies!!
The first thing I'd make if I won this beautiful mixer would be my tres leche cake recipe!
I would love to bake pumpkin spice or coconut cupcakes!
As I just shelled pomegranates with my grandsons & put 7 gallon-sized bags full of arils in the fridge - and that's only about a third of them so far - I'm sure I'll need to do a batch of these pretty cupcakes.... followed by some pink-tinted meringue cookies. I've never had a stand mixer and as I just retired from teaching, I've got more time than I know what to do with - fill it with baking! Thank you for the opportunity as well as ;your wonderful recipe.
I would make a seedy whole grain bread and package it up in pink cellophane with a pink ribbon.... and present it to my DIL, Kim, with the mixer!
She doesn't have a mixer and it would be wonderful to gift her with this beautiful color as well as a sweet remembrance of friends who have "beat" breast cancer with the grace of God!
I signed up to enter through the following of your blog but my mobile app wouldn't let me comment, so I am back now.
Thanks for a great giveaway AND a simply gorgeous cupcake recipe.
Hey Chris, As you know, I've been one of your biggest fans and love making your recipes; especially cupcakes. I have a little ministry that I make beautiful cupcakes that you post and then I decorate them, put them in pretty boxes and take to those who are ill, those who have lost loved ones or someone who needs a little love. I also take six boxes into Winston-Salem and give out to homeless. My Kitchen Aide is 35 years old and I could sure use a new one and would be so blessed. Thank you.
I would make a homemade pizza dough for dinner, and then some cupcakes for dessert. (Pomegranate only for me, I'm allergic to raspberries)
Not even gonna lie, Chris, I'm pretty sure the first thing I'd make would be cupcakes. With a pink mixer, I don't think I could use it for anything other than making sweets! ???? Thanks for the chance to win.
Chris,
I just stumbled upon your blog and I'm so excited to get started on your many beautiful recipes! If I won this mixer, it would be a hard decision, but I'd have to say that in honor of the mixer's rich hue and adorable polka dot bowl, I'd have to start by making those amazing cupcakes!
You make the prettiest little cupcakes ever!!! Thanks Chris for your amazing creations and I enjoy how you share tiny morsels of your life as well. I would make my Everything Cookies. They have Oatmeal, dried cherries, chocolate chips and chopped almonds with some almond extract for added flavor. Thanks for this opportunity to win the "big one"....
I would definitely make pumpkin spice bread!
Beautiful mixer! I would make an almond joy cheesecake and a pumpkin cheesecake.
I love your blog, you two! Besides seeing the love and joy you have in one another, there is the love of wonderful food and fresh, delicious recipes. I am a recent breast cancer survivor and my old Bosch mixer is on it's last legs...winning this one would be truly amazing!! Blessings and joy to you for all the good you bring into our homes and lives.
Those cupcakes are beautiful! I'm not sure what the first recipe would be but probably something with chocolate and peanut butter since my hubbys birthday is quickly approaching and that's his favorite dessert flavor combination!
I would inaugurate the mixer with a batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookies.
I would make Marie's Fabulous Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting. Yum!!
If I won the first thing I would make is a egg nog pound cake!
I'm back from vacation, and you've made cupcakes to celebrate! And what great cupcakes they are -- these look terrific. Really like the photos, too -- very vibrant. Thanks for this!
Chris these are extraordinary! I have never seen cupcakes with this type of frosting. Hard to believe it's October again. Love that you are helping with awareness.
I would make peanut butter cookies! It's my husband's favorite!
These cupcakes are gorgeous! If i won the mixer, I'd definitely make a pound cake because you really can't have enough cake in life!
I love your adorable cupcakes! That's going to be one very lucky winner.
I would make fresh bread with the mixer! We love hot bread out of the oven with butter but I get tired mixing it by hand. ????
I'd make chocolate cupcakes!
Whoa, you've outdone yourself with these showstopping cupcakes!That frosting is amazing! If I won a new mixer, I'd be making a huge batch of chocolate chip cookies!
The first thing I would make are your Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes. They look delicious!
I would make carrot cake cupcakes with walnuts & a cream cheese frosting.
I would make Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcakes! I love the Cooking for a Cause promotion. The pink mixer and ceramic bowl are awesome!
What a Beautiful Mixer! I would love to make just about any thing with this ~ A raspberry swirl cheesecake would be pretty! Love to follow you on Pinterest!
A family of six has many requests. First up would be chocolate chip cookies 🙂 Then a decadent chocolate cake.
A nice big layer cake and some brownies 🙂
If I won the mixer and bowl, I'd make lemon cupcakes with raspberry lemonade frosting because the mixer just looks like it wants to make something like that--and I'd be smiling the entire time I was baking because that is one preeeetty mixer!
I would make peanut butter chocolate chip soft baked cookies.
I would like to whip a new, stellar scone recipe with a hint of lavender in the light. Fluffy scones with a vanilla rose water drizzle.
Gorgeous, delicious cupcakes, Chris... and their color even match the color of the stand mixer.
We really worked on that Denise!
Mmmm with fall here, so many wonderful options! But I would have to choose pumpkin cheesecake 🙂
Sign me up Molly! I love cheesecake and anything pumpkin!
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies - my kids' favorite! Thanks for all of the wonderful recipes!
You're very welcome Heather! Those cookies sound so good!
I would make these beautiful cupcakes! Stunning!
Thanks PJ! They are really tasty and kind of light up the table at the end of a meal!
This time of year, I would make anything with Pumpkin! But first choice is always CHOCOLATE!!! 🙂
I saw some pumpkin/chocolate brownies the other day in a food magazine and Scott thought they looked so tasty!
I am just starting to get into baking so I would make your Best Vanilla Cupcakes first! What a wonderful cause!
Jessica, they're a great place to start! Welcome to the Café!
The first thing I would make would be your Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes! Then I would give the cupcakes and the Raspberry Ice KitchenAid Mixer to my Grand-daughter whose number one gift wish is a KitchenAid Mixer!
Oh, how sweet Mary Rose. What a fantastic kitchen tool to get her started along the path of homemade meals for her family (and future family)!
I would make your yummy carrot cake bars
I love, love, love those Betsy! They are easy and delicious!
These cupcakes look delicious. I think I'd have to try making them if I was lucky enough to win the mixer. Wonderful campaign.
Thanks! We think it's a great cause too! And fun!
I'd love to make Strawberry Crumb Bars! They look absolutely delicious!
Brenda, that's a great choice - they are simple and just full of flavor!
The first thing I would make would be a cheesecake
Thanks Peggy!
The cupcakes look amazing and it is great to make them for such a good cause. A good friend of mine battles with breast cancer at the moment, I just hope everything will be ok in the end.
She'll be in our prayers Adina. It truly is a good cause.
Oh my goodness too many choices! I think I'd make a pumpkin roulade with vanilla cream cheese filling, courtesy of Baking with Julia (Child).
Anna, that sounds absolutely delicious!
I would make carrot cake
Super choice Sydney!
What a wonderful cause, Chris! Near and dear to my heart as I'm a survivor too. I'd bake a beautiful angel food cake studded with pink bows on the icing.
Super cool Susan! And congratulations! All the best in the giveaway!
The first thing I would make would be my Grandmother's Red Velvet Cake. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
You're welcome Erin! Your grandmother's cake sounds like a winner!
I would make my carrot cake with cream cheese icing (and I'd even share).
Send some our way Lori!
The color of this mixer is just so pretty! And it's such a great cause. I would make the pumpkin whoopie pie recipe I saw on your blog - they look like the perfect size! And then I'd make every other pumpkin recipe I have of course!
The filling on those whoopie pies is "to die for"! I agree Megan, the raspberry ice color is one of KitchenAid's best to date!
beautiful cupcakes, love the mixer 🙂
Thanks Betty!
You have done it again, Chris. This is simply too pretty to eat.
Oh, thanks Angie, that's so sweet! I think there are a couple in the freezer that are calling my name!
I would make your recipe for caramel cinnamon rolls.. one of our favorites. The cupcakes look beautiful, also.
Thanks Paula! We absolutely love those cinnamon rolls!
If I were to win the radiant raspberry mixer, I would make homemade whipped cream to go with the Belgian Waffles we make for our family breakfast on Saturday morning. We wouldn't have to wash the hand mixer beaters after making the waffle batter and the stand mixer whisk would make the most wonderful whipped cream!
It would Michele! So light and fluffy!
I would make caramel rolls.
I'm with you on those Carol!
I'd make marshmallows in that beautiful mixxer
That would be great Karen, because the KitchenAid can whip up things to light!
This may sound plain and odd but the first thing i would make is a yellow cake with chocolate frosting!! been on my mind!
Nothing odd about that Mary! Yum!
This is such a fabulous color!! I would make your pumpkin whoopie pies...and then every other pumpkin recipe!
Megan, pumpkin anything is hard to beat!
I'd have to make your Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes - they look divine.
They are so light and flavorful Denise!
I would make pizelle's ! I have the original pizelle iron my grandparents used.
Julie, that is so cool! I have some from my mom and Scott's mom too! They are very special to me.
What a lovely colored mixer. I think any recipe made in it would be wonderful. I would most likely make cookies. We are in the middle of harvest here in Central Il so I am doing a lot of meals on wheels right now.
I bet you're super busy right now Cindy!
This mixer would be a bit like "jewelry" for my kitchen!! Makes me smile. Now that Fall temps are here, the first thing I would do (to test out a tip I just learned about) is to use the KitchenAid to shred cooked chicken breasts while still warm. I've seen it done -- it's amazing! I'd put that beautifully shredded chicken into chicken tortilla soup...
Oh yum, Janee! That sounds fantastic! I've done that and it does work!
Hi Chris and Scott, I would make these cupcakes my granddaughter birthday is coming up and these would be perfect!
She would love them Cheri! They're so pretty and pink!
I think that this would ship & I would have it before Thanksgiving if I was the lucky winner. So I would make a pumpkin cheesecake to serve for our Thanksgiving Dinner. I know our family would enjoy your raspberry cupcakes so I'd have to make a batch of these too.
Thanks Jennifer, all the best in the giveaway! Cheesecake is hard to beat!
I would make my Mom's rye bread recipe. We all loved her rye bread and I don't know how to knead bread. It would be great to have it again and think about her.
Thanks and welcome Judy! My mom was such an inspiration too, especially when it came to bread making. She made 10 loaves at a time up until she was 90 years old!
I would make vanilla cupcakes.
Thanks and welcome! Sometimes the simple, classic tastes are so good, aren't they?
Those are some gorgeous cupcakes! The first thing I'd make would be some chocolate chip cookies for my grandson! 🙂
You know the way to a boy's heart, don't you Betty!
A beautiful chocolate cake.
Sounds great Sonni!
For my son's birthday - chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. This reminds me, time to make an appointment for my mammogram!
You're right Anne, it's so important to get that checkup.
Thanks for the yummy cupcake recipe! I'm really into the cupcakes right now as my granddaughter loves them and they're just plain fun to make! And what a great give-away. Who wouldn't love to win that mixer or the cute bowl. One never has enough mixing bowls, does one?? : )
You're so right about that Denimo!
What a beautiful mixer and your cupcakes are so pretty! I would make pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream frosting.
Lynda, that sounds so good! Welcome to the Café!
Something sweet for my family. Either chocolate chip cookies or a chocolate cake! We are remodeling our kitchen and they have been deprived for the past couple of months of any home baked desserts.
Any room for a raspberry ice mixer? We love sweets over here too Hope!
I would start with a German chocolate cake. My favorite!!
Janelle, with a last name like Scheuer, how could we not love German chocolate cake?
I would love to make apple or cherry pie crust.
I have a great recipe but I don't have a mixer.
It's so nice to hear about so many people making a difference with such a great cause.(Komen Foundation).....and someday we will beat it!
That's our prayer too Gayla! Some day they will be able to conquer it.
I would make a birthday cake for my son and husband who both have birthdays coming up!
What fun Tricia! Scott's is at the end of October and our precious daughter-in-laws is next week!
I'd make the Grand Marnier chocolate cupcakes I've been eying the recipe for months for. There's so many sticks of butter in the batter and the frosting I just don't think my current mixer will handle it!
Oooh Holly, that sounds so good!
This is a beautiful mixer. I would use it to make all kinds of cupcakes.
Thanks Vella! Cupcakes rule!
Chris, these are beautiful cupcakes and a great cause. I'm always on the wrong continent for the nifty giveaways. 🙂
I know Maureen,rats!
Gorgeous color..oh my!
For national breast cancer month and to sorta match the color...
I will be making yummy cranberry pecan sweet bread with cream cheese filling..or pumpkin donuts or both..why not!
Thanks
Vickie, I'm licking my lips as I read your description! Well done!
Such gorgeous cupcakes! Love the two-toned frosting, those little petals are perfect 🙂 Love the raspberry + pomegranate flavor too!
Thanks June, your comments are so sweet!
Those are some of our all-time favorite muffins Liz! Welcome to the Café!
These cupcakes sound delicious. I would make them.
Thanks Kathryn!
Triple layer chocolate cake for my husband's birthday--yum 🙂
Yum, June! Sounds decadent ... and fun!
Well, If I win the mixer I will surely make your Raspberry-Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes. Then, I will pass this beauty on to my sister who has survived breast cancer but is now battling another related type of cancer. This would be a perfect addition to her kitchen,
So sweet and thoughtful Brenda, wish you the best in the contest!
I would love to try making these cupcakes! But, I think the first thing I would make would be a tasty treat for the holidays - either a pumpkin banana bread or a cranberry angel food cake with an orange drizzle.
Sounds delicious Jessica!
Oreo overload cupcakes would be first on my list! Thank you Kitchen Aid and The Cafe!
Yum Rachel!
The Raspberry Pomegranates Swirl Cupcakes look divine! For my first recipe with the mixer, I would make a family favorite -- Oreo Overload Cupcakes! They have Oreos in the cake batter and in the icing.
Sounds like an Oreo lovers delight Rachel!
I just found your blog today, maybe that means it's my lucky day! I think a nice batch of cupcakes would be what I'd make.
Thanks so much for stopping by Joan. Stop by often, we're 800 recipes deep, so there's lots to discover!
Perfect mixer in a perfect color to make marshmallows!
What a cool idea Tanner!
I would love to make chocolate chip cookies, my favorite!
Ours too Stefanie! Check out the "I want to marry you Cookies" in the Café's index. They are sooo darn good!
I would definitely make these lovely cupcakes first if I won the KitchenAid raspberry colored stand mixer!
Thanks Karen and all the best in the contest! Welcome to the Café!
Cookies!! I'd make all sorts if cookies. Some for my kids and some fir my mechanics!!
Great idea Katie! Isn't it fun to give homemade things as gifts? So personal!
I would make a poppy seed pound cake with caramel icing!
Frances - I have a sneaking suspicion that you've had it before! Hee Hee!
Cookies!
Cookies, cookies, cookies, everywhere!
A coconut cake from scratch. All my cakes are from scratch, but sometimes a coconut cake just hits the spot. Most of my kids want a drum cake (torte) or a chocolate with vanilla icing, but I think it is time for a sweet yummy coconut!
Sign me up for one too Carol, yum!
I just might make Raspberry Pomegranate Swirl Cupcakes...they look delish!
They truly are Judy!
OMG these cupcakes are glorious, I cannot think of a more lovely way to bring awareness to breast cancer!
Thanks Sophia! It was fun getting the color just right to match the Komen colors!
What a beautiful mixer! I would use it to start testing Christmas baking recipes - shortbread, pastry mushrooms and start the Christmas puddings just to name a few! 🙂
Isn't that amazing that, as the weather changes, we start to think of all things holiday, right Sarah?
I would make a pumpkin spice and eggnog cheesecake.
Eggnog anything is Scott's favorite Yolanda. He just loves the taste.
I love this mixer! I would make my Grandma's spice cake first. It is always a special treat.
Good food with great family memories are a winning combination, aren't they Mary?
Wow! This mixer is amazing! I love both of the bowls!! I would make cookies for my family, since I have been seriously neglecting the baking lately for them! Thanks to KitchenAid for the amazing mixer!
b.
The two bowls are so fun and different! The clear one is cool because it lets everyone see what you're mixing up and the ceramic one is really solid and strong.
Definitely cookies! 🙂
Awesome Jaime!
These are beautiful cupcake creations Chris! What a fabulous give away and a great cause! I am crazy over the raspberry pink mixer, but the bowl is adorable!! Cupcakes are my very favorite thing to bake, and I would make my favorite mini coconut cupcakes with buttercream, colored pink of course, for breast cancer awareness month~
Turn on the mixer Jenna! Love your idea!
I would bake 16 dozen cookies as I have a rally car race to go to soon. Or early fruitcake. Or Pumpkin Gingerbread. Or ...
Thanks Jo Anne! Your mind works like mine - all I need is a little stimulation and I'm thinking of all kinds of things to make and bake!
a lemon pound cake
Lemon is hard to beat Latanya!
First thing I would bake would be these fabulous looking cupcakes!
Thanks Carol, they are really fun and super tasty!
I have a long list of recipes to make with a stand mixer since I've never had one. First would be bread, then a pineapple upside-down cake, maybe a carrot cake and probably lots of your cupcakes. I live by myself but a big batch would be awesome to make and share!
Thanks Helen! We love sharing cupcakes here at the Café - they're so portable, and brighten up everybody's day!
The first thing I would make would be bread.
Yum, Sandy!
I would make Clafoutis with strawberry & rubarb. Then I would attempt one of Chris's beautiful recipes.
Since I'm a breast cancer thriver, this would look beautiful in my little kitchen. ????
What a great idea Kymber and thanks for the kind comment!
I would make some chocolate cupcakes inspired by how you made yours. : )
That's so sweet, thanks CR!
Just wanted to say they are adorbz:)
Thanks so much Monique!
Hy! 🙂
I would make macaronnnnnns 🙂
Thanks Daniela!
A confetti cake to take to work. Love that bowl too.
Thanks Teena! The bowl is really solid, since it's ceramic.
I would love to make your recipe RASPBERRY POMEGRANATE SWIRL CUPCAKES , because look so good!
Thanks Mirna! And they taste as good as they look!
And they look so adorable too !!
Thanks Mirna!
My favorite cafe recipe! Pumpkin crumb muffins!
YUM Sylvia!
i would make these cupcakes and share cupcakes and the recipe at my next AA meeting cant wait to make them
Thanks Betty Lou!
I would love to make these cupcakes! Also a birthday cake for my Husband:) Thank You~
Thanks Tammie! And happy B-Day hubby!
The first thing I would make would be these cupcakes. This recipe sounds delicious! I have always liked Pomegranate anything so I am sure I would love this!
The pom and raspberry combination is really fun Susan!
I would make bread!
KitchenAid mixers make bread making so simple Julie!
I just found your blog through Pinterest and I am so glad! Not only did I find a great resource for new recipes, I get to enter to win this gorgeous Kitchenaid! Thank you for the opportunity. These cupcakes look absolutely gorgeous, but truthfully the first thing I would probably whip up in the mixer is my honey wheat French bread...but cupcakes would follow soon after 🙂
Kathleen, that sounds so interesting and yummy!
I would make a ton of cupcakes !!
Thanks Brooke!
These cupcakes, of course! They sound delicious! I have loved every recipe of yours that I have made!
Thanks for your sweet comment Linda Jean!
Beautiful cupcakes! I would use this mixer to make French macarons. I've been wanting to make those for quite a while now. Thanks for giving us this opportunity, Chris. I have never owned such a nice mixer. Even if I don't win one, that is very generous of KitchenAid and I am delighted for whoever does win.
Thanks Sandra! Anything French here at the Café is on our "favorites" list!
An Angel Food Cake from scratch.
So light and so yummy Regina!
All of your cakes and cupcakes are exquisite, Chris, but you've outdone yourself on this one! If I were the lucky winner of the mixer I think I would make a batch of pink marshmallows first!
Sue, what a cool idea!
I would make a lovely raspberry jam roulade cake. Grand finale is a dusting with pink tinted confectioners' sugar!
Sandra, that sounds heavenly!
I would make a chocolate cream pie.
I love it Gail!
Cupcakes of course! This is such a worthy cause thank your for sharing the opportunity to be a part of it.
Thanks Sandra, hard to beat cupcakes!
I would make batter for a yummy cheesecake.
We love cheesecake here at the Café Lisa!
I'd make snickerdoodles!
Oh yum Jen!
This is such a beautiful mixer! I would use it to make a Chocolate Babka recipe that I have been looking forward to making. This mixer would make it even more of a pleasure to do.
It sure would Karen!