This made me laugh out loud. These parrots were created by Krazy Edible Creations of Muskegon, Michigan. They are a brand new mother and daughter cupcake team. Look for a website soon!
I love these skeleton cupcakes from MyRecipes.com. The little hat wearing skeletons made from frosting, m&m’s, mini jelly beans, mini cupcakes, and chocolate wafers! These look like the perfect Halloween cupcake recipe to make with little kids!
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I especially love seeing all the different, creative cupcakes people come up with. My favorite Halloween cupcakes this year are the Kawaii Halloween cupcake toppers by Next to Nicx. Instead of going with the traditional scary halloween monsters and ghoul, she chose to create really adorable little monsters, bats, and ghosts! The Next to Nicx website features detailed picture instructions and the downloadable template.
Owl cupcakes are always a good option this time of year. This recipe suggests using store-bought chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and using oreos and m&ms for the eyes and beak. I don’t think it gets much easier than this, and your cupcakes are sure to be a hoot with all your friends.
Today is the last day of the Raleigh, North Carolina State Fair. My parents went to the fair earlier in the week and brought back some amazing cupcakes! Neomonde, a local Lebanese and Mediterranean Cafe and Grocery, had a booth at the fair where they were selling cupcakes. I had no idea that Neomonde which normally only sells baklava in the cafe, also makes cupcakes to sell to restaurants and hotels! My parents bought two festive flavors, sweet potato and pumpkin (shown to the left), both of which were delicious!
The second cupcakes my parents bought were from BlueBird Cupcakes located in Raleigh, North Carolina. These cupcakes were also new to me and we also delightful! My parents picked an apple caramel cinnamon, a s’more, and a crumb coffee cake cupcake. Each cupcake, shown to the left, was better than the next! BlueBird Cupcakes doesn’t have a store front but they do deliver for free to the Triangle area!
These made me laugh out loud. Who wouldn’t spend big bucks on a Coach cupcake? These cupcakes are courtesy of Lanett Cakes of Baton Rouge. Lanett is one talented lady!
Over the past few weeks I have shared with you some of my favorite cupcake jewelry finds. I’ve shared a cool bracelet and a sweet pendant and this week I am moving onto rings! It was way to tough to just pick one so here are two fabulous finds. This unique silver & brass ring is from Etsy seller Angela Gomez Jewelry and is a great price at $28. I am also loving this pretty and yes a bit kitschy cupcake ring from Kelsea Echo Studios. It is a steal at $7.50! And as icing on the cake (pun intended) they are donating 100% of their revenue to the American Heart Association until October 19th. Two very sweet rings!
Needing to go dairy-free for your Halloween cupcakes? These sound very tasty. I have always loved the chocolate-orange combination, and orange and black just so happen to be Halloween colors, so this works wonderfully.
Now that’s just crazy enough to work. What a perfect way to get that salty sweet fix! These popcorn cupcakes were created by Angelina Cupcake of Towcester, Northamptonshire.
I love these Daddy Longlegs cupcakes. The only extra ingredients you’ll need are mini marshmallows, chocolate chips, black licorice, and chocolate sprinkles.
Imagine a rich chocolate cupcake with a coconut ricotta filling! Mmm … Visit Taste of Home for the recipe. Use applesauce and fat-free ricotta and you can have two!
The Two RAs in front of their masterpiece
Last week I had the awesome chance to see a real Periodic Table of Cupcakes. Some of my friends are dorm parents on the University of Chicago campus, and the RAs in their house went all out to make one for their weekly study break. Not only were the cupcakes delicious (pretty important in my book), but there was lots of thought given to each cupcake.
This Periodic Table included vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting, red velvet cupcakes with nutella frosting, oreo-infused cupcakes with oreo frosting, peanut butter cupcakes, carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and funfetti cupcakes with vanilla icing. All of these were made from scratch.
Each group of elements on the Periodic Table was represented by a different type of cupcake. For instance, the transition elements (the largest group of elements) were represented by the red velvet and nutella cupcakes because nutella is such a popular item among the students .
Way to go, guys! Inspiring, indeed!
Students Coming to Eat the Cupcakes
A close-up look at the cupcakes
Maple Nut Goodies are an important food group in this household, so I’m not sure why I haven’t put them in cupcakes before now. But now that I have, there’s no going back, because these cupcakes were a HIT! I’m not sure I’ve ever received such rave reviews.
Here’s what I did:
I used a white cake mix (don’t tell!). The mix called for 1/3 cup of vegetable oil, which I replaced with real maple syrup, straight out of the tree. (Okay, not straight out of the tree.) This made the cupcakes a bit sticky, but the stickiness is well worth it.
I also plopped a Maple Nut Goodie right into each cupcake before baking. However, these sank to the bottom and caused the cupcakes to stick to their wrappers, so next time, I will cut the goodies into bits before putting them into the mix.
I baked as directed. In the meantime, I crushed up some salted peanuts and purchased some bottled caramel. For the frosting, I beat together 1 stick of butter, about 2 cups of powdered sugar, about a half cup of maple syrup, and a splash of half and half.
After the cupcakes cooled, I piped on some frosting. Then I sprinkled on some crushed peanuts. Then I drizzled on some caramel. Then I plopped another Maple Nut Goodie on top. And voila! The perfect sweet and salty Maple Nut Goodie cupcakes. Trust me. These are worth the effort!
Earlier this week I shared with you my favorite silver cupcake necklace I found on Etsy. Well, now I am in love with this peace, love and cupcakes cuff made by crafter CrowStealsFire. It is cool and sweet at the same time and at only $22, it is a great price too! And with over 300 amazing and beautiful jewelry items in their shop, I may have to purchase more than one piece!
These are too almost beautiful to eat!
The sparkles are a nice touch. Anyone know how they did the feathers on his head?
This mini monster hardly looks like a cupcake, but it is! This monster’s blue hair might disguise the cupcake, but it sure is a treat for all you icing lovers out there! Just grab some round candies, red licorice and some circus peanuts and you have everything you need to put these little creatures together.
Since it’s October and the weather is starting to feel like fall, I think now is the perfect time to make caramel apple cupcakes! When I think of fair food I think of caramel apples along with anything fried so these caramel apple cupcakes are the perfect cupcake to make! If you live in North Carolina and are getting excited for the North Carolina State Fair, which is just 10 days away, these cupcakes will definitely help get you in the fair food mood!
I am such a sucker for sterling silver. Earrings, bracelets, rings, charms and, of course, necklaces! My most recent favorite silver find is the perfectly sweet handmade pendant from Etsy seller, Jodi Spade. I just adore the pink Swarovski crystal cherry on top! It is $38 and comes with an 18″ chain. Make sure to check back here to ATC this week for my fav bracelet find too!
In much of our world, hunting season has officially begun. For some of us, reason to groan. For others, reason to celebrate. For all of us, reason to cupcake. Here are some pin-worthy camouflage cupcakes from Crafty Mama. Visit her very crafty blog for complete instructions!
Okay, now these are cool. My kids and I are going to give these a shot!
Here are the instructions that come with this Pinterest photo: Use white cake mix. Then divide batter into several containers. Add food coloring to each container. Then put some of your colored batter in each cupcake wrapper. Then drizzle other colors into the wrappers. Bake as directed!
We’re getting closer to one of cupcakes’ favorite holidays–creepy crawly time! So today, courtesy of Little Birdie Secrets, we bring you icky looking but likely delicious spider web cupcakes! The pictured spider isn’t edible, but you could probably find some spider candies somewhere if you really needed an edible spider to make your Halloween party complete!
I am not a seamstress at all, so I am always on the look-out for Halloween costumes that require little to no sewing skills. I would definitely give this one from the Food Network Magazine a try, but I’m not too sure how my little boy would feel about being dressed as a cupcake.
A cupcake in a cupcake. Ingenious. Cupcakes perched atop other cupcakes. It’s cupcake chaos. And I love it.
The genius behind this cupcake madness is Nina’s Little Food Blog. Visit for recipe and decorating instructions. (You’ll probably want to hit the Google translate button.)
Seriously. Could it get any better than this? These delicacies are courtesy of My Delight Cupcakery of Ontario, California.
Caution: do not visit their website if you are hungry. Delightful indeed! And dangerously delicious!
My Delight Cupcakery is the creation of Melinda and Naomi Moreno, a talented and inspired mother-daughter team. Visit them on Facebook and Twitter!
Halloween is coming up, and so is the fall camping season! Both are a perfect excuse to make these “Just Bugging You” cupcake cones from the Betty Crocker website. You can use the ideas pictured, or you can choose different types of bugs or outdoor creatures to make.
