I’m impressed by these creative and upcycled DIY Party Animal Candles. Jenny from Hank + Hunt posted the full instructions The Sweetest Occasion. She used gold spray paint to give the candle holders a uniformed appearance. I think they make perfect cupcake toppers for a child’s birthday party, maybe one that’s circus themed?
I found these fondant cupcakes on Pioneer Woman’s site and had to share. Using fondant seems like it would require lots of patience, but I love how Pioneer Woman outlines the process for us step-by-step AND with pictures. These are some amazing-looking cupcakes! The Wii cupcakes were made by Bakerella.
After noticing these by the checkout line at my local Wal-Mart I realized that filled cupcakes must be the latest trend in cupcakes. This is because Betty Crocker created these FUN da-middles cupcake mixes with filling. Four flavors are currently available including chocolate cake with vanilla filling, white cake with vanilla filling, and white cake with chocolate filling. These have come out at the perfect time with school starting back up these would be great to bring to a class room party, bake sale, or as a special after school treat!
Real Simple always has great ideas in their New Uses for Old Things section, especially when it comes to cupcakes! If you are looking for an easy solution for cupcake transportation why not try this DIY gift box cupcake carrier. Simple cut X’s into a shirt box and insert cupcakes.
One of our readers shared this idea with us. This cupcake balloon art would really impress guests at your next party. Looks like a lot of balloons to blow up, but totally worth the effort. I think these would make good picture backgrounds.
I went to Target today and saw these two cupcake notebooks in the seasonal back to school supply section. Since they are only $1.00 each they are hard to resist and are definitely not just for students!
Butter Lane Cupcakes in New York has given us the scoop on their banana cupcakes. Enjoy!
I am so excited that today I found these Cath Kidston cupcake liners at my local TJMaxx. I love TJMaxx just because you never know what you might find there and they always have something different. The pack of 100 liners, which includes four different patterns, are also available on the Chronicle Books website for $9.95. Or stop by your local TJMaxx and test your luck to see what cupcake find might be in store for you.
I love these trendy cupcake toppers by Fiskars. The bright colors make them really fun and after reading the directions they seem easy to make if you have the right tools. My favorite are the pinwheels although I know the mustache toppers are really popular right now.
Are you looking for new after-school snack ideas? Or maybe you’re just looking for an extra special treat for your kids’ first day back? Twinkle VanWinkle has the winning treat for such an occasion: PBJ Cupcakes! Not only do they have two all-time favorite kid ingredients (peanut butter and jelly), these cupcakes are also remarkably healthy. Whole-wheat flour in the cake adds an extra nutritional boost, applesauce cuts back on the amount of oil required, and they are dairy-free, which means they are lower fat. The filling is quite simple: cut a hole in the center of the cupcakes and add peanut butter. The frosting is buttercream made with strawberry preserves, which can be made healthier by using sugar-free preserves. And of course, add some colorful sprinkles and fresh, sliced strawberry to make this treat even more enticing (as if it weren’t already!).
If you are a cupcake baker, or just starting out in the cupcake baking world and are looking for a hand mixer, then I have found just the mixer for you.
Cupcake Creations Hand Mixer w/Decorating Kit and Case from Amazon.
This kit is great! It comes with a neat little case. And not to mention, everything below…
Just fabulous!
If I was a coffee drinker I would definitely make these caramel frappucino cupcakes that Sweet Tooth made for a friends’ birthday. These cupcakes consist of mocha cake filled with homemade caramel sauce, topped with whipped cream frosting then drizzled with more caramel sauce.
Chocolate and peanut butter is a winning combination in my opinion. These chocolate mud cupcakes have dark chocolate and espresso in the batter, and the peanut butter frosting is cream-cheese based. To top it all of are toffee peanut shards. Yum, yum, yum!
I don’t know about you, but once fall weather sets in, I enjoy grabbing a warm beverage and curling up on the couch to do a little knitting. Even though fall is still a little way away, the rainy weather and cooler temperatures this week have gotten me thinking ahead. I found this free knitting pattern, and it looks pretty simple. You could sew it onto a t-shirt as suggested, or you could dream up some other ideas for it.
I have this cupcake book of labels by Gailson. It’s great when you need to write a small reminder note and don’t want to use a whole post-it note. The book that costs $5.00, consists of 80 labels in two different sizes and eight different patterns. The line offers other cupcake products including a magnetic pad, mini sticky notes, a mini journal 6 pack, or gift notes and thank you notes.
I always love flipping through an issue of Real Simple magazine. They always have great ideas for making life simpler, and it turns out they also know how to simplify cupcakes. These Short Stack Cupcakes are made by simply slicing a cupcake into 3 layers, adding whipped cream between each layer, and topping it all off with your favorite berries.
One year for my sister’s birthday she had a boston cream pie cake from the Cakery in San Luis Obispo, California. Her cake was so good it makes me think these Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes by Sugar Plum would be a delicious mini version.
Having recently feasted on a Cumbs Bake Shop “Almond Bliss” cupcake (pictured), I thought to gather some almond cupcake recipes for you.
How about a Vegan Chocolate Cupcake with Almond Buttercream and Raspberry Glaze? The “Oh She Glows” blog site has both the recipe and fantastic photographs for step-by-step instructions, including a video to guide you through piping.
Or, how about Honey, Lavender, and Almond Cupcakes, complete with the directions for making your own lavender milk for the frosting? The recipe from Lily Vanilli in England is in metrics, but worth the math exercise to get you there!
Finally, from the Love & Olive Oil site, let’s go for the Vanilla Almond Cupcakes with Blackberry Buttercream Frosting. This yummy recipe includes almond extract, vanilla bean seeds, and coconut milk.
This cupcake carrier carousel is designed like a giant cupcake that stores 24 cupcakes (3 stacking inserts hold 8 cupcakes apiece). The inserts can also be used as serving stands. This would be a great and compact way of taking cupcakes to a party or other event.
Well, we didn’t have quite the amount of entries that we thought so here are our 2 winners for the week! They earn a code for three weeks of use of Sugar Coded Apps’ Kitchen Decoder. Please email us at [email protected]. Thanks again to Sugar Coded Apps!
Alicia I love the walt disney world acronym decoder!
Seini I love the kitchen decoder. I love to cook or bake whilst we’re overseas – genius
One of my all-time favorite desserts is a Mississippi Mud Cake. It’s hard to beat chocolate, pecans and marshmallows, all in the same dessert. I found this recipe on Southern Living’s website, and it sounds delicious.
I’m not the biggest fan of sushi, but I could definitely go for these sushi cupcakes. They are vanilla cupcakes cut into balls, iced, and rolled in white sprinkles. Fondant was used for the fish, wasabi, and ginger.
Disney has some of the cutest cupcake ideas! I know we recently blogged about Disney’s Family Fun Cupcakes but another Disney creation has caught my eye. Remember squirt from Finding Nemo? Well these Squirt Happy Turtlecakes look as cute as the turtle in the movie! Made from candy, listed below, this cupcake is completely edible and kid friendly. For the four step instructions head over to Disney Family!
- Cupcakes
- Frosting
- Sour Peach Gummi Rings candies
- Gumdrop candies (red and green)
- Spearmint Leaves candies
- Mini chocolate chips
- Wooden kitchen skewer or toothpick
Drink your booze and eat it too — in your cupcakes! Think of all the different liquors and beers there are out there. Now think of all of the cupcake flavors out there. Put them together and the recipes are endless.
Pastry Artist Kate Legere’s passion for baking lead her to experiment with cupcakes and liquor – which lead her to constructing this cook book!
Intoxicated Cupcakes: 41 Tipsy Treats from Amazon.
Down here in the South, we had a record-breaking high of 110 degrees today. With the scorching heat, an evening cup of coffee didn’t sound particularly enticing tonight, but these espresso-laden ice cream cupcakes from Everyday with Rachael Ray sure would hit the spot!
Finely ground ice-cream cones and butter form the crust, and chocolate, almonds, coffee-flavored ice cream, and chocolate-covered espresso beans make up the filling. The topping is a smooth mixture of whipping cream, confectioners’ sugar, and chocolate shavings.
One cool (no pun intended) thing about these cupcakes is that they can be frozen for up to three days, so if you are making them for a party, you can do all the work ahead of time. Or, if you’re just making them for yourself, you can enjoy them for several days (that is, if you can keep yourself from eating them all at once).