Happy Birthday Marlene! These are for you! Courtney and Courtney’s friend Jaren and I made these cupcakes for our friend Marlene who loves panda bears. (We made the panda bear graduation cake for her too.) The idea comes from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson’s cookbook called “Hello, Cupcake!” – love it! So much fun to … Continue reading
The blog has been a little quieter lately and that’s because I started working on a movie on Monday; it’s a movie for the ABC Family Channel and I’m doing wardrobe on this one from now until almost the end of March so posts will be a little less numerous for the next couple of … Continue reading
Here are the other cupcakes I made today – snowmen! This idea comes from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson’s other cookbook called “Hello, Cupcake!” which I also love. The cupcakes are vanilla using their “Perfect Cake Mix Cupcakes” recipe from the same cookbook; I used a white cake mix and added 1 tablespoon of vanilla … Continue reading
Today was Christmas cupcake day and a good day it was too! These cute little guys come from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson’s “What’s New, Cupcake?” cookbook which is awesome! I highly recommend it! Mine are a little different than theirs as I used pretzels for antlers in order to make it a little easier. … Continue reading
My friend Patty asked if I could make some favors for her family’s Thanksgiving Day dinner so this is the one she picked. These little guys come from the cookbook, “Hello, Cupcake!” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. I made enough for Patty and her family and then made enough for our family and the … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the January/February 2010 edition of “The Food Network Magazine”. It was part of an article titled “I Want Candy!” which had 6 cupcake recipes, all made to taste like a specific candy bar; this one tastes like Reeses Peanut Butter Cups (and yes, I do plan on making the rest of … Continue reading
I went to the dr with Courtney the other day and while we were waiting, I picked up an “Everyday Food” magazine (which is a Martha Stewart magazine) and I saw this recipe and wanted it and couldn’t figure out how to copy it until my genius daughter said to me, like I was a … Continue reading
So here are the Cupcake Haunted Houses that the girls made at Activity Night last night. They came out really cute! The idea and instructions come from the cookbook “What’s New Cupcake” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. The instructions are long, they take up 3 full pages in their cookbook, and I just don’t … Continue reading
I’ve got a quick and easy Halloween treat idea for you. I found these Reynolds shaped baking cups at either Target or Walmart; there are 24 of them and they are ghost shaped. Mix up a cake mix, any kind, (I did a yellow cake mix and mixed ghost, pumpkin and bat shaped sprinkles, which … Continue reading
These were for the girls in my class at church and they are divine! The recipe comes from “Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor” by Anne Byrn. cupcakes: 1 (18.25 oz) plain devil’s food cake mix 1 (3.4 oz) package vanilla instant pudding mix 1 cup whole milk (I only had skim so used that … Continue reading
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