Yesterday was my son Zach’s 25th birthday and so I decided to surprise him at work with some birthday cupcakes. This idea comes from the cookbook “Hello, Cupcake!” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. They have three cupcake/treat decorating books and if you’re into stuff like that like I am then I highly recommend them. … Continue reading
The Young Women were over at my house last night. We made jewelery holders and visited and ate cupcakes. I made lemon cupcakes from a box of lemon cake mix, topped them with the Lemon Truffle Filling from the Kneaders Raspberry Lemon Truffle Cupcake recipe, frosted them with buttercream icing dyed pink, sprinkled with yellow … Continue reading
Another recipe from the Kneaders cupcake class, this time for Bunco at my house last night hence the sugar cube dice on 1 of the cupcakes. I was running short on time so couldn’t make their from scratch recipe of the Lemon Chiffon Cupcakes (I’m sure I’ll get to it at some point and when … Continue reading
Courtney and I went to a cupcake class at one of our favorite local restaurants called “Kneaders” where we got to make 3 different kinds of cupcakes and this was one of them. Bob requested them for his birthday treat on Sunday. It was a little bit challenging and it was time consuming too! Their … Continue reading
These little beauties were for my little great niece Hannah who was turning 2! Courtney made the mermaid out of fondant (she did such a great job, the mermaid is so adorable!) and I made the seashells out of Wilton white candy melts then tried a little experiment and swirled in some with blue, some … Continue reading
All the Young Women were over at my house last night for our last camp activity of the year aka Camp Wrap Up. We had dinner, a short program, swimming, cupcakes and then watched our camp movie and a good time was had by all! It’s not a Young Women activity without treats so I … Continue reading
And now for my favorite part of any party or bridal shower as the case may be, the dessert! These are a Pampered Chef recipe from their cookbook called “Chocolate” of course! They were awesome, super sweet, just a warning and if that warning is coming from me then you know that they must be … Continue reading
Girls Camp is next week! I’m in charge of the food so I’ve been working on that all last week and now this week too. Last night we had our last camp activity before we actually head up to the mountains so I thought some S’mores Cupcakes were in order. I got these cute little … Continue reading
After my daughter’s wedding, I gave coupons to all the people who helped us out which were good for one free baked good – cake, cookies, cupcakes, you name it and so my friend Teresa texted me to cash in on her coupon for some cupcakes for her son Janson’s birthday. He likes sports, baseball … Continue reading
Friday was Courtney’s 21st birthday and I wanted to make her something fun! She and Jaren came over last night for a birthday dinner so I spent some time on Saturday making this birthday treat for her. The idea came from the book “What’s New, Cupcake?” by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. I made all … Continue reading
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