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I don’t think you would want to get in a Snowball fight with these cupcakes … it may get a little messy! But if you happen to please let me know what the outcome was! :-)

Martha Stewart’s Snowball Cupcakes

I found these icy sweet gems in Martha Stewart’s Cupcake Section of her Website!

I think sticking Mini Candy Canes in there would look great as well.

Happy Holidays!

For those of you who are last minute shoppers, here are some cute cupcake gift ideas from some skilled Etsy sellers. Only 9 days left until Christmas!

Christmas Cupcake Bib 3 for $19.99

Cupcake Christmas Tree Ornament $9.95

Cupcake Christmas Earrings $10.20

In honor of National Cupcake Day (yesterday) I wanted to share with you my favorite cupcake recipe.  It comes from Hershey’s and is more often used for cakes rather than cupcakes.  However, Hershey’s does give you info on how to modify it for perfect chocolate cupcakes.   This recipe is also on the back of all Hershey’s cocoa containers.  I make them ever few months and have found that doubling the frosting recipe is much needed for the frosting addicts in my house.   

Hershey’s “Perfectly Chocolate” Chocolate Cake Recipe

Here’s my most recent batch.

If you have a favorite cupcake recipe we’d love to see it!  Leave a link to it in our comment area below or leave it on our Facebook fan page.

I have found these amazing cupcakes that Liis of  Tourtes.com out of Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean. I am just in awe of what she can do, it is amazing!

You can visit her Flickr Page as well.

And also check out her Christmas Section on the website, she is an amazing cake decorator.

Happy Holidays!

December 15th is officially National Cupcake Day.  Yes, there are other cupcake days, but they are centered around certain flavors:

National Chocolate Cupcake Day on Oct 18
National Vanilla Cupcake Day on Nov 10

In this spirit, I also want to share my favorite  Monkey Face Cupcakes.  I’ve had a blast making these with my kids, and they had a great time eating and playing with the fondant as if it was Playdoh.

Any cupcake cake or icing would be fine as the fun part really lies within making the monkey faces toppers; hoever,  if I were making this to impress, I would match it with this Banana Bread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.

For the topper itself, Aine explains the process:

Another option would be to not make an entire head, but just the face.  The face can then be applied on top of the cupcake and icing similar to these cupcake below from prettysweet boutique.

If you are looking for a unique gift for the cupcake lover you know, this customizable cupcake sign available from Three Potato Four might be just what you have been searching for.   You choose the between red, yellow, green and blue for the text color.  Then add the name, and the shop/service, as show in the picture above it is cupcakes! This vintage sign is approximately 24″w x 16″h and costs $150.00