Archive for November, 2009

5 Minute Cupcake …

By on Thursday, November 12th, 2009

One of my friends sent this to me Via email …

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.  Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well…
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again..
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

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I was thinking you could disperse this into a few smaller teacup mugs and make sort of a cupcake! I don’t think you would have to microwave it for 3 minutes, but this is something you would have to test out. Unfortunately we don’t have a microwave as my place so i cant experiment! But someday I will!!

Twitter Cupcakes

By on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

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i love your blog and i wanted to share some cupcakes i made recently for a friends birthday. vanilla cupcakes with butter cream frosting..the birds are  marshmallow fondant and the clouds are large sprinkles. they turned out really cute and then i couldn’t get anyone to eat them!

thanks!
amanda kirk

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Beautiful work Amanda. The details on the decorations are very impressive! They remind me of these Twitter Cupcakes.

blue twitter cupcake

Cupcake Tea Towel on SALE

By on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

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Quick! Hurry! This Cupcake Tea Towel is available on 3Potato4 for $8.00.  It comes as shown, white with green stitching and includes the sewn on loop so it can be hung as pictured.  There’s also a tea cup one on sale as well.  Hurry and get yours before this cute deal sell out!

Barfing Cupcake And Flower Tattoo

By on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

This week we have some non-traditional cupcake tattoos! They look fantastic.

Barfing Cupcake Tattoo

Here is a tattoo someone got of my barfing cupcake.  You can also buy a barfing cupcake button (cuter than it sounds…) that i designed from this website.

thanks!
amanda kirk

Flower Vine Cupcake Tattoo

I love your site! It’s so fun to go to. When ever I feel down I look on it and it makes me happy.
Erica

Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes!

By on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

This weekend my best friend Heidi and I made some yummy cupcakes! I wasn’t too sure about what kind to make, but my mom spoke up and said she wanted Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes and Mom’s always get what they want. :-)

Off to the store Heidi and I went to get the ingredients …

  • Yellow Cake Mix, Crushed Pineapple, Cream Cheese, Flaked Coconut, & Confectioners Sugar

And you can grab these items from your fridge and cupboards at home…

  • Vegetable Oil, Eggs, Butter, & Vanilla

And GO …

Drain the crushed pineapple and save the juice.

Follow the directions on the box of cake mix … substitute the water for pineapple juice (if you don’t have enough juice, just use as much juice as you have and use water for the rest).

Once you have filled the cupcake liners with the batter spoon crushed pineapple into each liner on top of the batter, make sure you start off with a little at a time because you want to be able to get it into all of the cupcakes. If you have more after all are filled disperse to your hearts content into the rest of the liners. ( Psst … you can also save some to throw into the frosting)

Throw em’ in the oven and bake according to box.

While those are cooking you can go ahead and start on the frosting. Make sure that the butter is  at room temperature (if you take it  right from the fridge you will have a hard time mixing the frosting).

Mix together one 8 ounce package of cold cream cheese , 5 tablespoons butter and 2 teaspoons of vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups sifted confectioners sugar.

Once you have mixed this all together gently fold in about 3/4’s of a cup of Coconut! (if you want to add crushed pineapple in you can do it at this time)

Once the cupcakes have come out of the oven and have cooled all the way through you can go ahead frost and ENJOY!

My family LOVED these cupcakes! They gave em’ and A+!

Here are a few photographs (sorry they aren’t the best, they were from a camera phone)!

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(I am the one on the Left)

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Porcelain Cupcake Containter

By on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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This porcelain cupcake container is by kgrandey and available via etsy for $35.00.  According to the description, the cupcake container is slightly larger then an actual cupcake.  I think it’s great for holding small things like hair ties or the buttons that come with clothes that you never know what to do with but are afraid to throw out.

My Little Cupcake!

By on Monday, November 9th, 2009

My best friends baby girl, Elodie recently turned a year old and being the cupcake queen that I am I bought her Cupcake Clothes!

I don’t get to see her much so when they came to visit me her mom dressed her up in the clothes that I bought her.

Here are a few pictures of this precious little girl & her cute clothes!

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You can get these Cupcake Jeans at Gymboree!

And the Cupcake Shirt at Kohl’s!

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