You too can make Amy Sedaris' cupcakes

by Bob Sassone, Posted Jun 9th 2006 @ 10:01AM

Those of you who read our TV Squad blog know that I have an ~~obsessive, unhealthy need to keep track of everything that Amy Sedaris is up to~~ completely normal respect for Amy Sedaris' work. Not only is she independent, only taking the roles and working on stuff that she wants to work on, how many fairly well known celebrities do you know that still wait tables? (I also happen to find her very cute, but that's a different post for another day.)

And there's another reason to love her: she runs a small business out of her apartment, making cheeseballs and cupcakes for New York City bakeries and shops! Here's the recipe for her cupcakes, from the new issue of Venus magazine:

Amy Sedaris' Vanilla Cupcakes

In a large bowl, cream together:
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1 3/4 cups of sugar
Add in:
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
Alternate:
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups of milk
Stir until batter is smooth. Fill cups, bake in a preheated, 375F oven for 18-20 minutes.

For the frosting, whip together 1 box of confectioners sugar, 1/4 cup half and half, and 1 tsp pure vanilla until smooth and fluffy.

Filed Under: Pop Food, Magazines, Television/Film, Ingredients, How To, Methods
Tags: amysedaris.com, baking, cheeseballs, colbert, comfort food, dessert, letterman, pop food, strangers with candy, StrangersWithCandy, venus mag, waitressing

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6-09-2006 @10:14AM Betsy Wasser said... I love her, too. But if you've ever seen her on Letterman, I don't think anyone could love Amy as much as Dave.
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6-21-2006 @2:49PM Mark Hawley said... Amy is one of a few people I would love to meet. She's like someone I would be friends with. Long awaited movie is finally coming.
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6-22-2006 @8:26PM Joe O. said... I heart all things Sedaris, including Amy. I can not wait to try one of her confections, and I hope to google map stumble upon her sometime while I am in the village enjoying an icey glass of iced tea. She seems so down to earth and friendly, AND she can cook. What could be cuter?
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6-22-2006 @8:56PM Sara O. said... I WILL get an *~*~Amy cupcake*~*~ one day, if it means I have to sleep on Joe's doorstep until the sweet, sweet day when she appears with a tray of her ethereal confections. My. Gaaawwwwd. :) I am tallying up the non-vital organs Id trade for one as we speak.

~Sara
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6-22-2006 @9:34PM Sara O. said... P.S. I realise now that her recipe has been published that I could very well make my own, but alas...it is missing some vital ingredients:

1) A hair from Dusty
2) Amy run-off
3) a humorous cupcake poke

There's just no duplicating them. :(

~Sara
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7-19-2006 @10:20PM gailkerr@sbcglobal.net said... I need to buy one of Amy Sidaris's cupcakes for my friend Dave's 53rd birthday. Can anyone help??? Thanks... A BIGGGGG FANNNN of Strangers with Candy and Amy Sidaris.
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