It’s my friend Gina’s birthday tomorrow so I used half of the cupcakes for the basketball cupcakes and then the other half to make this flower for Gina for her bday! I just rolled them all in decorating sugar – 1 in pink for the center, 6 in yellow for the petals and then 6 … Continue reading
The young women at church were competing this morning in the semifinals of their basketball tournament so I decided they deserved some basketball cupcakes because they are winners whether they win or lose! (They lost, bummer.) The cupcake recipe comes from a blog called “Tidy Mom”. I haven’t tasted one of these yet since I … Continue reading
And the last dessert from Courtney’s bridal shower, adorable little chocolate cupcakes. The recipe for the mini cupcakes comes from a blog called “Baking Bites” while the presentation idea comes from another blog called “Savannah Smiled”. I love the presentation with the mini cupcakes sitting in a plastic goblet on top of candies and then … Continue reading
On Wednesday it was “New Beginnings” for the young women at church which is our kickoff for the year. I wanted to make something special for them so when I saw this edible cupcake stand, the decision was easy! The idea comes from a blog called “Best Friends for Frosting” which you should check out … Continue reading
Can’t have a tea party without tea cakes so here are mine! I wanted a cake recipe that was a little denser so I googled and found this one on the eHOw website which worked out well and tasted great. I had a couple of pans that made small cakes and I wanted to make … Continue reading
I had a day of so I spent half the day on Thursday making these for my friends at work. I was going to make them all snowmen but the box needed some color so I added in some cupcakes with a bit of color on them. These are Red Velvet cupcakes; all I did … Continue reading
Treats for the girls at church today from Wendy Paul’s “101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes”. Just ate one and they are delicious! 1 box chocolate cake mix 3 eggs 1 cup milk 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup chocolate chips 1 – 2 cups miniature marshmallows 1 Mix together cake mix, eggs and milk. … Continue reading
This recipe comes from an article called “I Want Candy” in the January/February 2010 issue of The Food Network Magazine that gave recipes for cupcakes which mimicked the flavor of candy bars. This one was intended to taste like a Nestle Crunch bar. Bob had a work party today so I made these last night … Continue reading
Here’s a cute and pretty easy Halloween cupcake idea from the Ladies Home Journal website. These are for the Neighborhood Halloween party tomorrow night. 18 standard size cupcakes (I ended up with about 34 cupcakes, I used the “White Almond Sour Cream” cake recipe using a white cake mix and vanilla flavoring and then I … Continue reading
So happy to have a little bit of time off work so that I can have some fun in the kitchen! I found these adorable little heart containers on the clearance rack at this cool store called “Tai Pan Trading Company” and knew that I could have some fun with them so I baked some … Continue reading
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