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Tiramisu Cupcakes: White cupcakes filled with espresso chocolate mouse and topped with mascarpone frosting and pieces of ladyfinger cookies.

“I want to do yoga, it makes you thin,” were the words spoken to me by my friend C.
She brought up a good point, you never see any fat people in yoga class (well, except when I go). But just like, which came first the chicken or the egg, I think the question that begs to be asked is what comes first, yoga getting you thin or being thin to do yoga?
I think the latter. As someone who has dragged her chunky butt (actually, my butt is pretty nice, it’s more like my chunky tummy) to yoga several, several times, I think that those of use with more cushion of the pushing just aren’t made for yoga.
When we are bending down and folding our bodies up like a suitcase, my body says, nope, not going to happen. It sticks my stomach in the way. I don’t fold, I squish. And well, squishing doesn’t feel all that good. I definitely miss out on the mind body connection yoga is suppose to bring. Mostly because I feel squashed all class and second because they have mirrors everywhere reminding me of what it looks like to be chunky in yoga class.
Why keep going back you ask? The hype. I have so many friends who love yoga. Who tell me to stick with it, it can change your life. Personally, if something is going to change my life, I’d really like it to be winning the lottery instead. 😉 But still I go and still each time I think, why am I here.
I will really be saying that next week, when my gym starts up Bikram yoga, or hot yoga. In case you don’t know what it is, it’s yoga for 90 minutes. Except in a room that is 105F and 40% humidity (sometimes more). I’ve done it twice. It sucked twice. And yet, I know somehow I will go. I just know one day the life altering something will happen. 😉
Until that life altering something happens, I will simply just alter my waistline with cupcakes. One of my favorite desserts is Tiramisu. I had leftover ladyfingers from my Key Lime-Raspberry Tiramisu and decided to use them up. I didn’t have enough to really do anything with them, so they became garnish. I think the Espresso-Chocolate Mousse in the middle really makes these over the top yum.

 

Tiramisu Cupcakes

white cupcakes (recipe follows)
espresso chocolate mousse (recipe follows)
1/4 cup coffee or espresso
mascarpone frosting (recipe follows)
cocoa powder for dusting
crushed ladyfingers for garnish

White Cupcakes

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cake flour (you can use all-purpose if you need)
1 TBSP. baking powder
1 tsp  salt
½  cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole milk
5 egg whites

Sift together flours, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.
In a mixing bowl (if using a stand mixer use the paddle attachment), cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Add vanilla extract and beat until incorporated.
In a liquid measuring cup, combing vegetable oil and milk.
Add flour mixture and milk/oil mixture alternatively to the mixing bowl. Beating on low speed after each addition.
Pour mixture into a large bowl. Scrape down to make sure you get all of the batter.
Clean out bowl and switch to whisk attachment.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the batter, to “lighten” the batter. Gently fold in the remaining egg whites.
Grease and lightly flour muffin pans. Fill each cup half full.
Bake at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes or until done.
Cool on a wire rack.

Espresso Chocolate Mousse

2 cups chilled heavy cream
4 large egg yolks
4 TBSP sugar
2 tsp espresso powder
8 oz fine-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Heat ¾  cup cream in a 1-quart heavy saucepan until hot.
Whisk together yolks, sugar, espresso powder, and a pinch of salt in a metal bowl until combined well, then add hot cream in a slow stream, whisking until combined.
Transfer mixture to saucepan and cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until it registers 160°F on thermometer. Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler, stirring frequently. Whisk custard into chocolate until smooth, then cool.
Beat remaining 1 ¼  cups cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks. Whisk one fourth of cream into chocolate custard to lighten, then fold in remaining cream gently but thoroughly.

Mousse recipe adapted from Gourmet December 2002
Mascarpone Frosting

2 cups heavy whipping cream
8 ounces Mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
1 ½ cups powdered sugar

Using and electric mixer, whip the cream until stiff peaks form.
In a mixing bowl, fold 2/3 cups of the whipped cream into the Mascarpone cheese, along with the powdered sugar.
Add remaining cream. Blend until cream is fully incorporated.
Place in refrigerator until ready to frost.

Assemble:
Using the cone method, fill cupcakes with Espresso Chocolate Mousse filling. Place top back on top of cupcakes. Brush top of cupcake with coffee or espresso. Go light on this as they are fresh cupcakes, and not hard like most ladyfingers. You don’t want to soak them.
Frost top with Mascarpone Frosting.
Sprinkle cocoa powder on top of cupcakes and garnish with crushed ladyfingers.

 

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  1. Gwyn says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Well I understand about the yoga, being fluffy myself. But I did really begin to love going. It was relaxing to me. But I don’t know about that HOT thing!! But I’ll console myself with your cupcakes cause those look divine!!

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  2. VeggieGirl says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Bikram is a nightmare – no sweating for this yogi, thank you!! 😀

    Mmm, those Tiramisu cupcakes DO look life-altering… I’m ready for the change.

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  3. MyKitchenInHalfCups says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    And there you have it ” Espresso-Chocolate Mousse in the middle ” sign me up for that … oh you thought I was going to sign up for the yoga …

    Well, Pea my tummy gets in the way too but I will say that it took about 2 years before I felt the “alteration” and it wasn’t because I got thin. My tummy still got in the way but my body did fell better even if it was still the same thick.

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  4. Linda says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    I used to go to yoga but it wasn’t very relaxing for me either. I don’t know why they have all those mirrors!
    Yummy cupcakes!

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  5. Haley J. says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Ooh, these are a great idea. Filled cupcakes are always such an attractive option. I like the ladyfinger garnish!

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  6. nestra says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    I like yoga classes but Bikram yoga – nothankyou! Tiramisu cupcakes – yesplease!

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  7. Pinky says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    I got really into yoga for awhile, and I agree. Having extra flesh can make it difficult. Sometime the folding really starts to hurt your insides, which just doesn’t seem good. I love/hate bikram. It was always hell during class, but I felt great afterwards. The hardest part always seemed to be holding onto my feet during certain stretches. they get just a tad slippery

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  8. Natalie says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Peabody – the tiramisu cupcake looks heavenly. The espresso chocolate mousse sounds delicious on its own!

    As far as yoga… the instructor I have now is the best I have ever had. She is so educated and experienced.
    AND she is chubby! She is probably around 50, 5’5 and I would say about 250 (the weight guess is based on what I looked like at 220 and we are the same height).

    She has said she started yoga over 20 years ago when she was thinner and the weight has come on since. But she can still move her body better than EVERY thin person in the class.

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  9. Bethany says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Holy….

    Espresso Chocolate Mousse? Am I allowed to just eat and make that? I also really love tiramisu but have a weird aversion to soaking my deserts, so I never have made it. But these cupcakes look……… divine. All the right flavors and textures and none of the soaking.

    For the record, pilates is waaaaay worse than yoga, if you are trying to avoid that squishing feeling. Which I try to avoid as much as possible. Bring on the cupcakes.

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  10. Judith says

    June 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Hee. I think that the thing about yoga is, first of all it doesn’t work very well if you’re using it to get in shape, second it *can* be a very useful spiritual/getting in touch with your body thing, and third, bodily distractions do detract from its usefulness. I’m a fairly thin woman right now, but for me the problem I have is that my boobs get in the way and I’m not very flexible, which makes it harder to concentrate on the yoga itself. You might hit that point of enlightenment, but I think it can also just be nice to do, even if you don’t, because it’s a mind over matter thing. “I’m setting aside a part of my day to do something for my mind and body,” even if that thing is hard and doesn’t seem to be achieving results. I’ve started running, and though it’s not having any real health effects, I feel good to think hey, at least I’m doing it!

    Those cupcakes? Look amazing.

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  11. BigSis says

    June 19, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Happy Friday, Peabody! Thanks for a Friday laugh. I swear you could write an Erma Bombeck-type book. I love your take on yoga. I’m one of the lovers of yoga, for what it does to my body and for how calm it makes me. But I’m way too much of a wimp to EVER do Bikram(and too hot-natured, especially with hormonal issues now). If you can suffer through that, you have my enormous respect! Oh, and the cupcakes look incredible. I may make the cupcakes alone and brush some real butter on their tender little tops! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  12. Whitney says

    June 19, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    I can relate to how the yoga can make you feel like you are squished rather than stretched. I usually just do it in my living room.

    These look like awesome cupcakes!

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  13. Rosa says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Beautiful and so tempting! That’s such a great idea!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  14. Katrina says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    Well, they look over-the-top good!

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  15. Erin says

    June 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    I’ve never done yoga before, but I’ve always wanted to try because of the hype. Maybe one of these days I’ll take a class. The cupcakes look fabulous! I don’t like drinking coffee (except for ridiculously sweet coffee drinks), but I love it in desserts!

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  16. Kate D. says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    I’ve never made filled cupcakes. I think I may be one step closer to giving a go.

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  17. klee says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    I do a beginner yoga, which is really mostly stretching. Bikram? No thank you (although living in south florida, that’s pretty much the temp 9 months of the year, with more humidity).

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  18. Steph says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Those cupcakes look like they have the perfect crumb! I wish I could fold egg whites like that without ruining the cake.

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  19. CookiePie says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    UGH – I hate yoga. I made myself sick with guilt for not doing it while I was pregnant, but you know what? Didn’t matter! Pregnancy and birth were fine, and I bounced back ok. I want to like it but I just don’t. There. I said it!

    Meanwhile, those are some really gorgeous cupcakes!!

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  20. deeba says

    June 19, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    No yoga for me, even hough I’m living in the country where it originated from.Just doesn’t work with me for some strange reason; God knows I’vetried!! Very chicken & egg situation indeed. I think I’ll settle for these divine cupcakes instead that make life so much more fun!! YUM!!

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  21. kaitlyn says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Oh Lord, my hips don’t need this but my taste buds do!!!

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  22. Manggy says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    I dunno about life alteration, but it is supposed to strengthen your core. I feel the ache and burn when I do it, even if I don’t get the positions exactly right. It takes time 🙂
    But life alteration with yummy dessert, I totally buy 🙂

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  23. Alisa - Frugal Foodie says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I loved Bikram Yoga, but I was living in a place with snow on the ground six months of the year!

    I much prefer doing yoga at home if at all. Much easier to fit in and no mirrors!

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  24. ZDubb says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    This post cracked me up! I am that squishy person in yoga rolling my eyes at the snake-like chicas balancing their entire body weigh on their pinky. (Ok, I’m exaggerating…)
    I’ve done hot yoga about 10 times in the past month and yoga didn’t make me thin! Or maybe it made me thin but all these recipe just made me fluffy.

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  25. ingrid says

    June 19, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    Well, there goes that theory. Guess I’ll just pass on joining a yoga class and what the heck is Hot yoga supposed to do for me? If I wanted to do that I could just do it outside! At like 80% humidity. Yes, I’m in FL.

    Your cupcakes sound and look wonderful. I’m quite fond of tiramisu also!
    ~ingrid

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  26. Monica H says

    June 19, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    I think I’m in love. Seriously in love and in trouble. I could eat a whole dozen of these, and that is just plain sad.

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  27. Hannah says

    June 19, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    That is one incredible cupcake! So perfectly filled and garnished… Beauty and taste all in one neat little package.

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  28. Irene says

    June 20, 2009 at 12:10 am

    That looks freaking amazing. I like yoga, but more the relaxation kind, where you sit in a dark room and stretch for half an hour listening to birds chirping or whatever tape they put. It’s not exactly “real” yoga, but it works for me. 🙂

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  29. Melinda says

    June 20, 2009 at 1:28 am

    Those are gorgeous cup cakes! Wow.
    Brilliant idea.
    Being a traditionally built woman myself, I would enjoy a long walk so much more. I always feel uplifted and inspired afterwards. It is beautiful out here in the countryside.
    I would die in a hot room.

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  30. snooky doodle says

    June 20, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Ha you made me smile with the description of yoga class. I hate mirrors in gyms. These cupcakes though look heavenly. I adore Tiramisu , I m drooling right now.

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  31. Julia says

    June 20, 2009 at 3:27 am

    I have to admit, I’m eating spaggeti and meatballs here, scrolling through the yoga part of your post, not all that interested in yoga, or a post about it… and then the cupcake part starts and as soon as i realise it is tiramisu cupcakes you are talking about, well then i gasp and get all excited! No, i don’t exercise much, why do you ask?

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  32. HeartofGlass says

    June 20, 2009 at 4:38 am

    Last time I checked, most statues of Buddha don’t show him as a size 2 😉

    I loved yoga, but not for yoga itself, but because it did help what I really love to do, which is running. I would never do yoga for yoga itself, and find it weird when people say: “oh I don’t want to run/bike/play sports because it might mess up my yoga.” To me, yoga is a tool, and if it doesn’t work for you, try something else.

    The weight loss thing also perplexes me–I bet you burn more calories playing hockey by a long shot!

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  33. BMK says

    June 20, 2009 at 4:40 am

    Don’t worry, it doesn’t come naturally to all skinny people either! If I go to a yoga class, I will no doubt spend the entire class with the instructor trying to reposition me and will leave realizing I must be the most uncoordinated person on earth! I’d rather sit and eat the cup cake!

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  34. Amanda says

    June 20, 2009 at 8:19 am

    I love all of your cupcake recipes! These look delicious! Can’t wait to make them soon.

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  35. Dana says

    June 20, 2009 at 8:46 am

    As a former yoga teacher, I just wanted to give you a little warning about Bikram yoga. Bikram is how I started but now I would never do it and would never recommend anyone to do it. The instruction is all scripted – when you do a teacher training, you have memorize the script and never stray from it. Therefore no modifications are offered so the new people are doing things that they will not be able to do. Injury is highly likely.

    The other reason I say stay away is that the hot room gives you a fall sense of being “warmed” up. The third pose in the sequence is a back bend. There is no other type of yoga I can think of that would instruct you to do a backbend without proper warm up – and just being in a hot room is not enough. I hurt my back after a year of doing Bikram and it took me another year to heal it doing Ashtanga.

    If you are looking to break a sweat in a yoga class, try Ashtanga, or any Vinyasa Flow class. If you are looking to really get the basics and understand the poses, try an Iyengar class. Any good teacher will modify poses so ANYONE can do them. Good luck!

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  36. Jen, a priorfatgirl says

    June 20, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Can you tell me how to get to your house? I would like to invite myself over for breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner. Heck, any time your cookin’ or bakin’ – PRETTY PLEASE?!

    That cupcake looks devine!!!

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  37. Elle says

    June 20, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    Excellent use for leftovers! Very darling and that mousse sounds amazing! Yoga…requires more patience than I possess…but the clothes are cute.

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  38. Liz says

    June 20, 2009 at 10:50 pm

    well, basically you’re a culinary genius, so squishing or no squishing you’re improving the world besides. !!

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  39. Katie says

    June 21, 2009 at 12:46 am

    They look divine and so elegant. You are always so creative.

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  40. Debbie says

    June 21, 2009 at 5:04 am

    The recipe is one I will have to make! Those cupcakes look great and I love tiramisu. what a great idea!

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  41. Cricket says

    June 21, 2009 at 6:40 am

    Oh great, another delicious recipe that I will have to try. 🙂
    As for yoga, stick with it. Or as someone else suggested, try pilates. I have bursitis in my hip atm and I can’t do either. It’s killing me! But I do get to gain weight by trying out some wonderful recipes.

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  42. Kevin says

    June 21, 2009 at 8:35 am

    Those look so good! Tiramisu cupcakes are a great idea!

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  43. dawn says

    June 21, 2009 at 9:46 am

    yep, totally been there. I am a chunky girl myself and tried to do the skinny people’s yoga. nope. but I do love yoga, so I do the yoga for weight loss, mmmmmuch easier. and I can eventually work my flexible way towards the skinny people’s yoga, because I want to be more flexible since I am getting to be such an old fartknocker.
    (the dvd is called “Yoga for Weight Loss” by susanna deason–in case you asked)

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  44. Lisa says

    June 21, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Now I just can’t imagine that class smelling very April fresh. :/

    I lurve tiramisu and think cupcake form is excellent! Just another Gracie recipe to put on the pile. 😀

    Oh! And happy 37th just in case I lose my mind and forget to stop by on the 2nd. Love you!

    xxoxoxoxoxoxox

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  45. Lynn says

    June 21, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    yikes…staying in a hot room on purpose is beyond my ability. hehe so why i decided to work in a country where the summers are humid and gross…is something that makes me ponder my sanity during 5 months of every year. Plus the humidity ruins everything i bake. 🙁 so i will have to wait to try this recipe when the cool air decides to come back.
    and i agree with the mirror thing, no one (including myself) needs to see what my booty looks like from 50 different angles.
    being chunky in japan makes for some interesting times when everyone and their mother (no joke) is a third my size. hehehe
    give me a year, i can fix that with these cupcakes. muahahaha
    take care!!

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  46. Cakelaw says

    June 21, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    These cupcakes look delish – love the mousse centre. I’d be happy to sculpt my waistline with these.

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  47. Lynn says

    June 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    I love the flexibility that comes with yoga, but you’d have to hold me at gunpoint to get me to do it in a room full of size 1 yogabots. And a heated room? Just no way. The cupcakes? Way!

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  48. Claire says

    June 21, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    What’s funny is that my mom basically said the same thing about riding a bicycle! We saw someone riding a bike and she said she has always thought that would be fun (and I then agreed) and then she said that it made her stomach hurt because when she bent over to grab the handle bars it was in the way. I had to laugh! 🙂 These cupcakes are so pretty…I love the lightness AND density of the cupcakes. Yum!

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  49. Wendy says

    June 21, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Those cupcakes look and sound delicious.

    And as much as I love yoga, I have to other exercise to keep the weight off!

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  50. Jill says

    June 22, 2009 at 6:26 am

    Sometimes when I am in plow pose, I am literally suffocating in my boobs. It sucks.

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  51. Joelen says

    June 22, 2009 at 7:52 am

    Gah! Why is it whenever you post something I have this urge to lick the screen?! The cupcakes look fantastic! I have no shame in admitting I’d rather indulge in your cupcakes than sit in a yoga class. Life is too short – lol!

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  52. Tiina says

    June 22, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Oh my godness! That is the king of all cupcakes! Lovely!

    Greetings,
    Tiina

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  53. Nutmeg Nanny says

    June 22, 2009 at 11:25 am

    Yummy on the recipe and totally agree on the Yoga…it’s not for me or my stomach! I’m going to stick to my Sweatin’ to the Oldies…hehe:)

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  54. Margaret says

    June 22, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    I love yoga and I like sitting in a sauna. Doing yoga in a sauna…I don’t think so.

    Also, Espresso Chocolate Mousse and Mascarpone Frosting – sounds divine. Now I have a three-way tie for what I want my birthday “cake” to be.

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  55. Mary says

    June 22, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    The cupcakes look delicious!
    And I happen to be a fat girl who loves yoga. I don’t think it changed my life, but I like the stretching. 🙂

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  56. Cathy-wheresmydamnanswer says

    June 22, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Yoga was tough for me I am not flexible at all and have decided to stick to spin and pilates. I applaud you for going for it!

    These cupcakes though are not going to do any of our waistlines any good!! HA HA – Really these look so DAMN incredible!

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  57. Katie K says

    June 22, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    I’m delurking to say that I am speechless 🙂 Those look just so unbelievably good.

    And I’m also delurking to say that I am a squishy girl (in the tummy as well) and I’ve loved yoga and hated it. For me it was all about the teacher. And a room that wasn’t 100+ degrees–you’re a brave soul for trying Bikram!

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  58. Julia says

    June 22, 2009 at 5:52 pm

    OMG!!! I made these over the weekend and they were amazing! I didn’t have lady fingers, so I put garnished with choc shavings. I thought they were going to be pretty complicated but they came together much easier than I thought (and I’m not an experienced baker). They may not have been as pretty as yours, but they looked AND tasted pretty darn good. Thanks so much.

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  59. Shandy says

    June 22, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    I love your blog! You are so personable when you write and just suck the reader in! I have envied people who can do the yoga stances and I am not one of those people either. I think each person has to find what fits for that individual. I am forcing myself to treadmill, and I have to say I really dislike treadmilling!

    Your tiramisu cupcake looks simply delicious! I use Gale Gand’s recipe for a tirmisu that uses 10 double shots of espresso, my first tiramisu experience ever =), and fell in love. Your cupcakes rival Gale’s recipe.

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  60. Eva says

    June 23, 2009 at 5:02 am

    Ah, the best part of going to any exercise class – the dessert afterwards that feels slightly less naughty! These look delicious – have copied down the recipe – as does everything you post here (have been lurking for about a year. It’s time to come clean!).

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  61. Eliana says

    June 23, 2009 at 6:17 am

    These cupcakes look picture perfect. You are incredibly talented.

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  62. Sara: Our Best Bites says

    June 23, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Oh this post cracked me up because I just tried yoga this week and HATED it! There’s no way it makes you thin- thin people do yoga because they don’t need to sweat! lol

    I’d much rather run a few miles so that I can enjoy cupcakes like these every day 🙂

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  63. Elizabeth says

    June 23, 2009 at 7:37 am

    Yum. That looks great! You are a great writer:)

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  64. Lindsay says

    June 23, 2009 at 8:22 am

    You just spoke my thoughts when I am in yoga class. 🙂

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  65. stephanie says

    June 23, 2009 at 8:47 am

    First of all, the cupcakes look fantastic and am going to trying them out when I get to work.

    Secondly, I think your friends need to better educate themselves on health. Yoga isn’t going to make you thin. What it will do is greatly improve your balance, posture, and flexibility.

    I personally don’t like going to the classes because of the mirror thing so I got myself a video and do it at home. I really hope you stick with it, you will have more positive results if you put yourself in a more comfortable environment. Good luck 🙂

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  66. Jelli Bean says

    June 23, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Wow! Those look so good that I’m almost tempted to run into my kitchen and bake myself a dozen or two. I am sitting here in my workout clothes ready for some strength work, so I probably should wait until tomorrow, bake them for Husband to sell at work, and sneak myself a couple.

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  67. DeliciosoMama says

    June 23, 2009 at 10:07 am

    I like yoga.
    I like these cupcakes better.
    Workout (NOT yoga, more like 30 minutes of cardio + 1 cupcake (or two, but we’ll say it was one) = one HAPPY tummy 🙂
    Tummys rock!!!!!!

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  68. Irmata says

    June 23, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    Ugh, yoga :{
    Bellydancing > yoga! Fun, fit, flexible, body-friendly + COSTUMES!!!
    Just a thought ;D

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  69. Jackie @ PhamFatale.com says

    June 23, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    beautiful creation, as usual. THe result looks divine, I love all the details about it, especially the crunch of sprinkled ladyfingers on top

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  70. Patricia Scarpin says

    June 24, 2009 at 11:02 am

    These are quite a treat, Pea! Love the whole combo – filled cupcakes are so much fun!

    I tried yoga and pilates a couple of times, but it did not work out (I could not bend even a little for the life of me)…

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  71. Dutch girl loves2bake says

    June 24, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    Oooh my I have to try this one! Absolutly mmmm

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  72. anna maria says

    June 24, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    oh good grief! I consider this sabotage and serious temptation!

    As far as yoga goes, I’ve tried it several times and quit several times. I feel like a wreck afterwards. If I do it on a Saturday morning I’m done for the rest of the day. I know it’s not supposed to be this way, but that’s how it works for me.

    Don’t know if you remember me – I quit blogging about 1 1/2 years ago and recently picked it up again. I’m so amazed at how all my favorites I used to visit kept it up so diligently. Not fickle wimps like me!

    Your blog looks beautiful and delectable.

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  73. Aparna says

    June 25, 2009 at 4:42 am

    That cupcake (especially the cross-section) is very tempting though my waist could do without further altering! 🙂

    I don’t know if yoga can help you lose weight, but it can certainly improve muscle tone and flexibility. And in India, you can find plenty of plump {I like this word better ;)} people in yoga class.

    And this is the first I’ve heard of “hot” yoga, though the temperature and humidity you’ve mentioned is what the weather here is close to, in summer!

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  74. Darnold23 says

    June 25, 2009 at 8:52 am

    I just wanted to let you know that I am making your Camping Key Lime Pie for Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum. I have credited you for the recipe and photograph. I just love your blog by the way:) Thanks so much for sharing all of your terrific thoughts and recipes.

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  75. Diane says

    June 25, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Peobody, where are you?
    Come out, come out, wherever you are!

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  76. Jodye says

    June 25, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Wow, these look amazing!

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  77. Juliana says

    June 25, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    The tiramisu cupcakes are terrific…would love to have a bite…yummie!

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  78. Risa says

    June 25, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    These look incredible! You know..I have never been a fan of yoga. Perhaps it is the little extra weight that makes me avoid it.

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  79. alauna says

    June 25, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    wow. these look SO good. i’m adding the recipe to my soon-to-make (me chunkier) cupcake list.

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  80. Chef Fresco says

    June 26, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    This thing looks pretty awesome, nice cup cake. I read your post a couple of days ago about continuing to blog. Do it because you enjoy it forget how popular you are or how regularly you post. This is a hobby that’s meant to be fun — remember that. You get burnt out — take a break — focus on whats important, then return. Cheers.

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  81. Julie says

    June 26, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Seriously yum! I know those are way too complicated for me, so I will just have to drool from afar. As far as yoga goes, the only yoga I’ll be doing is with the wii fit lady 🙂

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  82. Sarah says

    June 27, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    Cupcakes are a much better form of meditation than yoga, I’m just sayin’…

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  83. Monique says

    June 28, 2009 at 6:44 am

    These look incredibly beautiful and delicious~

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  84. Lucy says

    June 28, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Ahh I tried yoga but was far too self-conscious to get the whole clear-brain thing. Maybe I should try again too and hopefully reach the life altering stage 😉 ? But hot yoga sounds so plain uncomfortable!
    As for the cupcakes: there’s absolutely nothing wrong with over the top in my mind 😀

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  85. Lorelei Craig says

    June 28, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Simply amazing – so glad you didn’t quit.

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  86. Dolores says

    June 29, 2009 at 10:09 pm

    I’m going to bake a batch of these for my personal trainer and my yoga instructor… muuahhhahhhaa!

    I’m another… generously endowed woman that occasionally dabbles in yoga. I’ve experienced the uncomfortable “squishy”… but once I find my balance I do a pretty respectable “tree” pose. And the warrior is GREAT for fatigued hip muscles.

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  87. Kassie says

    July 1, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    I just ran across your website, and these cupcakes look DEELISH! Definitely the next cupcake recipe I try! Thanks!

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  88. Amanda says

    July 21, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Hi! I have been a long time lurker here, but coming out to say 2 things. First, omg, these were amazing. I mean, really, really good. I got about 2 dozen out of the recipe, kept 6 for my family and gave the rest away. I have gotten a ton of calls and texts today from the recipients telling me how delicious they were. I referred everyone to your site, of course. The second thing is, after reading so many food blogs for so long, I finally started my own. I used these cupcakes in my first post. I shared my own pictures, and linked your site for the recipe. Hope that’s ok!

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  89. Avi says

    September 9, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    Pardon if this is a silly question, but does this recipe yield 24 cupcakes? I was just wondering because I volunteered to bake dessert for an Italian-themed dinner for about 30 college students, and I figured that this would be better than, say, a 9″ round version of tiramisu.

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  90. muniera says

    August 11, 2012 at 10:20 am

    hi… could someone pls tell me how long in advance could i make these cupcakes?

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    • Peabody says

      August 11, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      I wouldn’t make them more than a day in advance.

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  91. Gabby says

    December 31, 2012 at 10:01 am

    Hi! These cupcakes look delicious, but how many does the recipe make?

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    • Peabody says

      December 31, 2012 at 2:32 pm

      Been awhile since I made them. I would guess 16.

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  92. Cathy says

    January 9, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    I made these and got 22. I tasted each of the 3 parts, (Cake, frosting and mousse) and each was amazing on their own. So I couldn’t wait for the complete cupcake to be finished. The consensus from half of the folks who had one, they were just too rich! I put about the same amount of the mousse as your photo. Next time, I will only put about half the quantity of mousse in the cupcake, as that mousse is extremely rich! And I had more than half of the mousse leftover. Thanks for the recipe.

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  93. Alex says

    October 4, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    Where can I get mascarpone frosting? Help plz!!!! :”)

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    • Peabody says

      October 4, 2016 at 2:24 pm

      You make it…it’s listed in the recipe.

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