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
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
Last night my girls from church came over for a Christmas party so I thought a craft would be fun for the party and since I am the food lady I thought this cupcake ornament was just perfect! And while it isn’t a food item with a recipe like I usually do on this blog, … 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
It was Bob’s birthday yesterday so I made him these cupcake instead of a cake. I found this recipe on a website called “Bakers Royale”, here is the link: http://www.bakersroyale.com/cupcakes/toffee-crunch-cupcake/. They looked spectacular; if you go to her website you’ll notice that her cupcakes have frosting on them in addition to the chocolate/toffee topping but … Continue reading
We had some friends coming over for treats last night so I thought about this recipe that I’ve been wanting to try and it seemed right since summer is here (or is here and gone, here and gone, due to the unpredictable weather!) It’s a Pampered Chef recipe and usually those are a guaranteed success, … Continue reading
I got a new cookbook called “The Cupcake Bible” which is full of awesome cupcakes recipes but I thought I’d try this one first since we got some blackberries in our Bountiful Basket. The original recipe is called “Tangy Raspberry Minis” but I had blackberries and wanted to make full size cupcakes instead of mini … Continue reading
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