After the brilliant fireworks display provided last night at Sodus Point, NY, I thought I’d search out some fireworks cupcakes for your Fourth of July.

Here’s a nifty 3 minute video from Kitchen Daily, if you’re looking for a last minute idea this morning.  The start can be boxed cake mix and purchased frosting.  The ingredients suggested to decorate the tops are ones that you are likely to have around your kitchen, if you have kids in the house.  Easy!

Wilton's 4th of July cupcake tree

Here’s another quick tip from Wilton decorating supplies.  Vanilla cupcakes, iced in white, with little red, white, and blue toppers, stacked on a cupcake tree.  Festive!

One more quick tip?  How about using your thin push frosting in a drapped fashion?  This Food Snots blog photo is a third, super-quick, company’s-coming, and what-am-I-serving tip for the Fourth.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!

Okay, I admit it — I’m kind of a hippie, and I’m kind of raising a hippie daughter, which is why I am so inspired by these “tie-dyed” (air-brushed) cupcakes from Simply Sweets!

These baby rattle-shaped cupcakes look like a perfect treat for your next baby shower.  They are sure to impress your guests but are relatively simple to make (how-to video and instructions here). Other than cupcake mix and a tub of frosting, you will need gumdrops, lollipop sticks, ribbon, tubes of decorating icing and sprinkles.  Of course, if you have a particular cupcake or icing recipe that you really love, then you could use that instead of a store-bought mix.  What a cute  and fun idea!

I was so excited to discover this cupcake kit that I couldn’t seem to come up with blog post title of reasonable length. I cannot wait to play with this kit, and make my own cute little yummy cupcake-cheeseburgers. The kit, available from Cupcake Crafts, contains all you need to decorate like a professional: papers, icing tubes, tips, spice drops, taffy, sesame seeds, sprinkles, toothpicks, and pastry bag. And of course, you get comprehensive instructions! The kit comes in two sizes and if you opt for the “Full Meal Deal” option, you get cake mixes too!

The Sweetest Occasion has really great party inspiration from guest bloggers like these edible cupcake toppers from Hank + Hunt.  I love combining bakers twine which is so popular with Fruit Roll-Up pendants.  For those with more patients the edible flowers are more time consuming but look great on top of cupcakes! Last time Hank + Hunt guest blogged on The Sweetest Occasion they shared a tutorial on how to crate Pom Pom Heart Toppers.  While checking out the site be sure to look at the printable protest cupcake toppers.  I think my favorite is the one that says “You can work it off tomorrow.”

Happy Father’s Day to all the cupcake loving dads!  Do you need a last minute Father’s Day cupcake idea? How about these lawnmower coconut cupcakes that Kiss My Spatula tweeked from Martha Stewart.  Made from died coconut and a variety of candy you’ll be able to easily find the ingredients at your local grocery store.

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It’s graduation season which means you might be looking for a fun way to decorate the grad in your life’s cupcakes.  How about these fun Jumping For Joy cupcake toppers from Queen Bee Inspiration’s Etsy shop.  The set of 12 is only $8.00 and you choose from either the guy or a girl.

Cupcake Invitations

Are you planning your child’s next birthday party and feeling like you’re running out of creative party ideas?  Why not follow the cupcake trend and throw a cupcake-themed celebration?  Cupcakes are a staple at birthday parties these days, and you can extend the cupcake-theme to the invitations, decorations, and games, too! Read the rest of this entry »

 Are you planning a party this summer?   How perfect would these liners be for your next occasion? 

  A baby shower for a baby girl?

A jungle themed birthday party?

  Or maybe a black-tie only gala?

All of these liners are made by ATC sponsor Simply Caked and they come in perfect packs of 75 liners for only $7.25.

I have quite a collection of cookbooks, specifically cupcake ones but one that I do not have Fun Stuff Cupcakes.  The cookbook is available from amazon for only $9.98 and is the original source for this colorful cupcake caterpillar recipe.  The Two Savvy Sisters made this caterpillar and were kind enough to share the recipe.  Check out their original post to see the instructions.

 These Marilyn Monroe Cupcakes from Jo’s Cakes just make me smile.

Monday is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer, especially here in North Carolina where it’s been over 90^oF all week!  Our annual neighborhood party is this weekend which means I have been flipping through all my cupcake books, magazines, and bookmarked links, trying to find a cupcake that will top last years big hit, S’more cupcakes! Everyone loved Bakerella’s version of s’more cupcakes that I made and I loved how easy they were, the more messy, gooey chocolate the better with these cupcakes!

My challenge now is to come up with something to bring that will go over as well.  Right now I’m thinking about making lemonade cupcakes, the perfect summer drink turned cupcake! I have found two recipes that I’m debating between; The first option is Pink Lemonade Cupcakes which are a semi-homemade version by Real Mom Kitchen.  As always, the semi-homemade option is always great since it saves time. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh my gosh, these are so cool! Edible Butterflies! Turn a simple cupcake elegant!

I am a huge fan of Real Simple since they always have great recipes, tips, and ideas.  I love this simple cupcake decorating idea where the cupcake is topped with cotton candy and called a sticky fingers cupcake!  Such an easy idea that takes a basic frosted cupcake to the next level.  Real Simple suggests a vanilla cupcake but you could always go for the extra sweetness and make a cotton candy flavored cupcake! Don’t forget to look at the 9 other ideas including S’more and PBJ!

No longer does the cake pop have to take side stage to the mother of cakes (i.e. the standard every day cake), nor does it need to step aside for it’s biggest brother (the cupcake) or it’s big sister (the mini cupcake).  No, finally, today is the day that cake pops can take centre stage. Their very own multi layer cupcake stand!

Check these cupcake tower’s out!  They are so so versatile you can go all pops as shown here, or if you check out the other pictures you can see how you can combine cakes, cupcakes and cake pops.

You can of course find these awesome stands at the aptly named ‘The Cupcake Tower’.  So do the Monster mash and check out more of the pictures below!!!!

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Have you ever wanted to create cupcakes for a special occasion that really seem to celebrate the recipient?  I can think of many birthdays and celebrations where I have wanted to really give a personal touch to my cupcakes, but sometimes you just don’t have time to cut up 2-3 dozen pieces of cardboard, then inner cardstock and finally creating and cutting up those photos as well!

Well if you are in this situation, or just want to create something professional, then these toppers from Diva Entertains are seriously worth checking out, inexpensive and customizable, what more could you ask for?  Okay, ready cooked cupcakes wouldn’t go astray, but hey, that is where you can add your signature stamp!

How will you be celebrating  April 29th for the royal marriage of Will and Kate? If you are not sure yet then I may have just the thing for you.

Royal Wedding Cupcakes  from Disney Family.com

Fun, easy and kid friendly!

Spring is here and it is in full bloom! Just walking out of my apartment and walking to my car I see tons of different types of flowers. This got me thinking, why not make my own flowers that I  don’t have to wait for them to grow — Flower Cupcakes.

Here a few fabulous recipes and how to guides to help you make your own fantastic flower garden of cupcakes.

Mum’s the Word Cupcakes

Flower Cupcakes

Fields of Flowers Cupcakes

Hydrangea Cupcakes

House 8810 has some awesome products, especially for cupcake lovers!  I personally like the Happy Birthday Apron that is covered in polka dots and a cupcake and reasonably priced at $20.00.  Matching the apron are a set of four fun colored towels for $30.00.  The table cloth that comes in blue or pink is one of my favorite items in the collection.  For $25.00 you could quickly brighten up any birthday table.  As if these items weren’t enough there’s a set of six drawstring treat bags for $15.00, each bag a different print.  Finally there are napkins that come in the same blue and pink that the table cloth is shown in.  And don’t forget the birthday hankie cards to send as thank you’s! Each of the six cards in the $28.00 set includes a unique hankie.

This is so smart! I just found these adorable Easter critter cupcakes at CantonRep.com. Who knew that a donut hole could double as a cute bunny head or chick head? Brilliant! For full decorating instructions, visit the article: Easter Treats: Bunny Cupcakes and Chick Cupcakes.

I just found the coolest blog! The Mommy Blogger behind Kaitlyn’s Korner is a talented cupcaker! As with all of my favorite decorating ideas, these monkey cupcakes are smart and easy! Thank you Jenee for your cupcake brilliance!

My daughter is 3 and is obsessed with Dora the Explorer. Unfortunately, whenever her mother tries to create Dora decorations, Dora comes out looking like a bloated alien with a bad haircut.

While searching for inspiration, I found this photo on Flickr. Sigh. They make it look so easy …

Why do I love this picture so much? Because it’s cute, creative, festive … and EASY! Pick up some candy eggs and then pipe on some grass, and voila! You’ve got photo-worthy easter cupcakes! Brilliant, and way easier than the bunny heads I was trying to create. I found this awesome idea and photo at Toronto Sweet Cakes. Visit their website for more mouthwatering ideas!

Easter is upon us and we are all trying to figure out how to incorporate all things Easter with our cupcake making. Well, if you haven’t figured out how you are going to do it then look no further. I have found exactly what you need.

I found these great Easter Cupcake items at Chef Tools. They are all items from the amazing stationary company Meri Meri.

Easter Bunny Cupcake Kit

Easter Bunny Cupcake Holders

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I saw these on TasteSpotting and was immediately attracted to the bright colors, which are perfect for spring!  Love From The Oven created these peep cupcake push pops after seeing CupKate’s Event Design’s version.  CupKate’s Etsy page is also where you can purchase the disposable push pop containers for $0.95 each.  With Easter just around the corner and peeps coming in every color I think these cupcakes would be great for school parties!