Our niece turned three this month, and my sister-in-law and I continued with our wonderful tradition of making homemade birthday cakes for the kiddos. This year, the birthday ninja-princess chose a party theme of ‘baby animals’, and honed in on hedgehog cupcakes for dessert! Of all the different cakes we’ve made over the years, these…
Category: Cupcake Decorating Ideas
Steampunk Cupcakes
When my husband’s aunts asked me to make cupcakes for my husband’s cousin’s bridal shower, I immediately agreed to it – I’m never one to turn down an opportunity to bake, and I’m certainly not going to turn down an opportunity for extravagant cake decorating! I will admit, however, that once I found out that…
Honey Bee Cupcakes
Are these not the cutest cupcakes ever? When my sister in law said that she wanted to do a Winnie the Pooh theme for my niece’s birthday, I knew honey bees had to be a part of it, but since we were already decorating a cake, we went a little simpler with the cupcakes… Thankfully…
Extra-Dark Chocolate Low Carb Cupcakes (Gluten Free)
When we were celebrating my nephew’s birthday this spring, I didn’t want to leave my in-laws out of the dessert fun, and surprised them with a small batch of low carb cupcakes for a rare sweet escape! These are extra dark chocolatey and I’m a dark chocolate lover, so although I am not paying attention…
Boston Cream Cupcakes
Omigosh you guys, it feels like it has been an eternity since I’ve made cupcakes. In reality it has only been like two months, but, let’s be honest – that’s two months too long! I baked these for an office birthday when I felt the urge to do something a little different. Chocolate cupcakes are…
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
You’d be hard pressed to find a bad chocolate cupcake. Well, unless of course you’re talking about vegan cupcakes. Even those styrofoam Hostess ones are somewhat palatable, but vegan cupcakes taste like sawdust! 😉 …. just kidding, of course! I made these for a neighborhood dessert potluck, and was faced with a dilemma – they’re…
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting
So, you may remember that last year I crowned my Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Frosting, like, the queens of fall. The end-all be-all of autumn related cupcakes. The autumnest of the autumn. The epitome of fall in a paper wrapper. Well, as it turns out, I was wrong. I know. How…
Giant Cupcake Smash Cake and First Birthday Party
If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that my beautiful niece (aka my birthday buddy) just turned one! My sister-in-law and I continued our tradition and baked a cake together to mark the occasion. We waffled on the theme a little. At first we wanted to do strawberries in honor of the…
Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes
We had another office birthday last week, and I had a strong urge to bake cupcakes, as I hadn’t really made any since Halloween! (What is this world coming to?) I didn’t have any specific requests from the birthday girl, so I figured I’d hit Pinterest and look for inspiration. Just a few scrolls in…
Floral Pink Baptism Cupcakes
The cupcake version of my niece‘s baptism cake are basically the cake in easy mode – they’re just as cute, with the same little flowers, but by skipping the torting and filling of a full cake, you can shave hours off of your assembly time. Much like the cake, these are some of the easiest…
Halloween Graveyard Cupcakes
We’re headed out to a Halloween Party tonight and were told to bring whatever we’d like. Of course, I immediately gravitated toward cupcakes because they’re the perfect party treat in so many ways – single serving, easily themed, universally loved, friggin adorable…… I scoured the web for ideas last week, and this idea for graveyard…
Candy Corn Halloween Cupcakes
Searching for a cute last-minute treat to take to a Halloween party tonight? Look no further! Unless you’re picking up something pre-made from the grocery store, I promise that it can’t get much easier than these festive Candy Corn Cupcakes. We’re headed out to a party tonight, so I made these last night as a…
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Icing
You guys. It’s the second most wonderful time of the year! PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON Last year I bought the Costco pack of organic pumpkin puree, and based on how September has gone thus far, I’m going to need to stock up again this year. I know a lot of folks think this whole pumpkin spice…
Speckled Egg Easter Cupcakes
Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous holiday – here in Minneapolis we’ve been greeted with sunlight(!!) and 65 degrees, which is a wonderful treat! This lovely weather combined with great food, time with family, and the fun egg hunt MIL did for our nephew is making for a really memorable and…
Bird’s Nest Easter Cupcakes
OK, I’ll share what I’m cooking up for Easter this year shortly, but I know some of you are still planning for Sunday, so I thought I’d share one of my creations from Easter 2011 to help get those creative juices flowing! I love these because they’re super easy…. and because they give me a…