peachy peach cupcakes.

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there's nothing more gratifying {or rebellious} than staying up late when there's no school work in the morning. throw in a slumber party with an old college roommate... it's like old times. watching movies, baking treats, talking about boys, throwing pillows.  stuff like that.

we had a handful of fresh peaches from andi's parents house. so, naturally, at 10 o' clock at night i whipped up these peachy cupcakes.

if there's one lesson to be learned out there, kids, it's invest in real butter. don't tell my grandma, but i baked with margarine this weekend... working with what we had in the fridge {that wasn't mine!} and it turned out exactly as i suspected.

boo.

peach cupcakes with peach cream cheese frosting

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makes 24

cake:

1 cup butter

2 2/3 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

peaches.  we used 4 fresh peaches.  the recipe calls for 1.75 oz freeze dried peaches... it looks like she got the archer farms frozen peaches from target. - blended in a food processor

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup fresh peach puree.  so, more peaches...

1 tsp vanilla

directions:

preheat the oven to 350.

mix flour, baking powder, and salt. set aside.

in another bowl, mix buttermilk, peach puree and vanilla extract. set aside.

in another bowl, or your kitchenaid, beat butter and sugar until pale... a couple minutes. add eggs, one at a time. mix in the frozen peaches. mix in flour mixture, a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk mixture.

scrape down bowl and scoop in to cupcake tins.

BAKING SECRET FROM AUBRY: when i scoop my cupcakes into the cups, i use an ice cream scoop - the kind with the lever. one scoop usually fills the cupcake cup half way, which is usually right on. if you don't have an ice cream scoop, you can also use a cookie scoop.  two to three scoops.

the recipe says to bake for 21 to 24 minutes.... but mine weren't ready for a few more minutes.  i think they came out right at about 27 minutes.

peach cream cheese frosting

1 cup butter, softened

8 oz cream cheese, softened

the same 1.75 oz bag of frozen peaches... or 4 fresh peaches... mushed in the food processor

1 tsp vanilla

3 -5 cups powdered sugar

directions:

mix butter until soft.  add cream cheese and beat together. add vanilla and mix. add peaches and mix. start with 3 cups of powdered sugar... add more if needed.

the batter was the most delicious thing. i could have eaten it by the spoonful.