Unicorn cupcake toppers hand piped with royal icing make the perfect addition to any unicorn birthday party! Last weekend, I had the opportunity to make cupcakes for my niece’s birthday. We were traveling a couple hours to get to the party and so I knew my cupcake toppers had to be sturdy for the trip. While I love the unicorn … Read More
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cupcakes
Chocolate peanut butter cup mini cupcakes have a mini peanut butter cup baked in a vanilla cupcake and swirled with chocolate peanut butter frosting! Chocolate and peanut butter-winning combination in my book. My boss loves these cupcakes and asks me to make them whenever he’s needing some cupcakes to gift someone. Sometimes I make them full size, but that’s almost … Read More
Whole Wheat Blackberry Mini Muffins
These little guys beg the age old question: when do you call it a muffin and when do you call it a cupcake? They are packed with whole wheat flour and no frosting so I believe they sit firmly on the side of muffin, but Martha Stewart disagrees (maybe it’s all the sugar??) At any rate, these whole grain … Read More
Black Bottom Cupcakes
Black bottom cupcakes are the perfect combination of chocolatey cupcake and decadent cheesecake topped with a swirl of fudgey buttercream. I seem to have a real problem with the concept of en mise. For those of you not familiar, en mise is the French cooking term for “everything in place.” Basically, it means, get all your crap out on … Read More
Football Cupcakes
I made these a few weeks ago for my brother-in-law’s birthday. My brother-in-law loves both football and strawberry rhubarb so I thought I might try and combine them in one place. And since last year he got a watery mess of a strawberry rhubarb pie, I thought that place should be cake. My brother-in-law is a good guy, a wonderful … Read More
Fishing Cupcakes
Easy to make “fishing” themed cupcakes made with Swedish fish and pretzel rods. Make your own or simply decorate store bought cupcakes. I recently got to make these super cute, super easy cupcakes for my little cousin Foster’s third birthday party. The party was fishing themed and his mom saw these cupcakes on Pinterest and asked me to make … Read More
Sunflower Oreo Cupcakes
Even though as I sit here writing this post there is snow on the ground, we are past the first day of spring. And spring means…flowers! My aunt posted a picture of these cute cupcakes on my facebook page awhile ago and I thought this weekend would be the perfect time to try them. I believe the picture that she … Read More
Rainbow Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Buttercream
Rainbow swirl cupcakes are the perfect way to easily add color to cupcakes without having to mix a million colors of frosting! I have been wanting to try this swirl technique for awhile, but was a little bit intimidated. I thought that it would be much harder than it actually was. It was actually quite fun. Each cupcake turned out … Read More
Ultimate Oreo Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
Oreo cookies and cream cupcakes are chocolatey cupcakes with an Oreo cookie baked right in! Top with a creamy white chocolate cream cheese frosting studded with more Oreo’s for the perfect “cookies and cream” experience! My baby sister calls one day and tells me of this dreamy cupcake a co-worker brought in to work. She said it was a moist … Read More
2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins
These 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins are the easiest treat you’ll make all fall. Feel free to turn them into cupcakes with a little cream cheese frosting! For me, October kicks off the beginning of the holiday baking season. The weather has finally cooled down to a temperature where you can tolerate turning on the oven and cute, cozy recipes are … Read More