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I love goat cheese! I am constantly adding goat cheese to sandwiches, salads, pasta dishes and now that I have found Buttercream Blonde’s recipe for chocolate and goat cheese cupcakes, I think I will be adding goat cheese to cupcakes! These nontraditional cupcakes definitely sound like something unique food lovers will enjoy. The cupcakes are made up of three of my favorite things, a buttermilk chocolate cake, goat cheese frosting, and are topped with red wine reduction!
Here in the Windy City, with highs in the 80s today, it feels as if we are celebrating the first day of summer instead of the first day of spring. In celebration of the first official day of spring, warmer weather and blooming flowers, I thought I would post several flower cupcakes.
The Pompom Flower Extravaganza Cupcake from Wilton:
Pink Petal Cupcakes, also from Wilton:
Hello Flower Cupcakes from McCormick:
I am usually pretty good with not overspending on cupcake items but this cupcake Ferris wheel may break my budget! It is so beautiful but at $89.99, it would be a splurge. It only holds 8 cuppies and is available from Kohls.com. If you do decide to buy this, make sure you do a Google search for “Kohl’s coupon code” because you might be able to find a good discount first!
Have you jumped on the salted caramel bandwagon? I feel like everything is suddenly marketed as having salted caramel in it and honestly I am a fan! I love the salty sweet combo! I am very excited about this recipe for salted caramel cupcakes because the Cake website claims that it is the best cupcake ever. I think will have to make these cupcakes and see for myself if they are worth doubling the recipe as Paige of Style suggests. The best part is that the toppers, shown to the left, are included in the original blog post!
Here in the Midwest we are having unusually warm weather for March, so my mind is already thinking about summer. These banana cream pie cupcakes would make a delicious treat to usher in the coming spring and summer. I love the fact that there is not only a Nilla Wafer on top, but on bottom, too.
Are you a fan of Anthropolgie’s wedding collection, BHLDN? I think the line is filled with fun and unique items, some that are great for celebrations besides weddings. The versatile cupcake liners which come as a set of six for $22.00 would be great for birthday parties. The liners are 1.5”H, 2.75” diameter and are great for holding small items like candy or confetti. The website also offers paper cupcake liners, cupcake stools, and pennants.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Remember those breakfast cupcake posts? Similar to the cinnamon toast crunch and Cap’n crunch cookie cupcakes, today’s St. Patrick’s Day cupcake idea is inspired by breakfast cereal. Lucky Charm Cupcakes! As a kid I loved Lucky Charms, well I think I really liked the marshmallows, and now I can’t help but wonder if cupcakes that include the cereal are as magically delicious! I found several recipes for Lucky Charm cupcakes, two, shown above, called for vanilla cupcakes topped with frosting and then the cereal. These recipes included one from AMK Designs and Delights, the recipe calls for homemade vanilla cupcakes and a sprinkle of lucky charms. For those pressed for time, Betty Crocker’s recipe calls for yellow cake mix, lucky charms, and edible glitter.
For the bakers that take time to bake from scratch, Cupcake Project has a recipe for Lucky Charm Cupcakes using homemade lucky charms that are in the crust, the batter, and on top of the frosting! This, shown to the left, cupcake sounds more time consuming but also sounds like the true Lucky Charm cupcake!
It never ceases to amaze me what new cupcake items I will see every week. This week Facebook fan Sheila gave us a great tip that Michael’s craft stores has cupcake Duck Tape. It was regularly $4.49 for a 10 yard roll but of course I used my 50% coupon! They also had zebra striped, checkerboard, skulls and many other solid colors. I am not sure what I am going to do with it yet but I am first going to visit Duck Tape’s website because they have lots of fun project ideas. Do you know what a Ducktivity is? It is any fashion, craft or anything else made using Duck Tape!
Thanks again Sheila! Keep those sweet tips coming and make sure to “like” us on Facebook.
Here in North Carolina we have been having weather in the 80s! Which means these green ice cream cupcakes from One Charming Party would be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow! Using mint chocolate chip ice cream and green liners, these festive no-bake cupcakes are easy to make in advance, saving you time to celebrate the holiday!
As you all may know, I am all about DIY! It gives me the daily creativity that I need and I love being able to say, “Look at what I did!”
As I was searching for my newest DIY ventures, I found this amazing Cupcake Gift Box DIY from Sew. Craft. Create.
So cute & fabulous!
St. Patrick’s Day is only two days away! Are you baking cupcakes to make someone in your life’s day extra lucky? Anna and Blue Paperie’s website offers the cute, free printable download for cupcake toppers shown above. There are four topper designs on one sheet, these include a shamrock, the word “”lucky,” or the phrases “kiss me” and “Happy St. Patrick’s Day.”
For fans of something with more color, Modern Moments also has a free printable download for cupcake toppers, shown to the right. The Modern Moments rainbow toppers read “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day,” “Lucky You,” “Kiss Me,” and “Luck of the Irish”
Ahem, cupcakes anyone? In case you’re in the market for some cupcake lingerie, here are some offerings from Purrfect Pineapples, whose slogan is “fabulously naughty.” The cupcake corsets are custom made to fit you purrfectly! Have fun! (wink)
Another week, another trip to Target. And another cupcake hunt too! This week I found this adorable felt cupcake Easter basket for only $2.50. I also discovered that there is a small version to the large cupcake bucket I posted last week. The large is $8 and the small one is only $5. It’s going to be a cupcake filled Easter at my house this year!
Bed Bath and Beyond has these cupcake shaped containers of Easter candy. I have no idea what the flower candy inside the package tastes like but it definitely looks in the cupcake container! The candy costs $2.99 so it’s the perfect addition to any Easter basket or package.
Got a little man in your life who wants to have some cupcakes for his special day (or just because)? Cupcakes don’t have to be limited to girls! You should check out the selection of cupcake decorating kits at Williams-Sonoma. They have a wide selection, from Star Wars to Spider-Man to soccer to Peter Rabbit. Each kit comes with an assortment of liners and toppers.
Remember those cupcake shaped Easter eggs from Walmart that we shared with you? Well Target has Easter eggs that are decorated to look like cupcakes! I really like these eggs because they still have the traditional egg shape but are fun colors!
Target had some other cupcake products worth sharing like this cute cupcake pillow with a matching four piece toddler bed set. The pillow costs $14.99 and is fun even without the matching bedding!
Up and coming author, Meg Donahue’s debut novel, How to Eat a Cupcake comes out today! In honor of her and her novel we are doing a giveaway . One of our fabulous ATC readers will get their very own autographed copy of How to Eat a Cupcake.
To enter this giveaway, click on the comment area below and tell us how you eat a cupcake. One winner will be picked at random a week from today.
Here is a bit more about the book …(description taken from Meg Donahue’s website)
Free-spirited Annie Quintana and sophisticated Julia St. Clair come from two different worlds. Yet, as the daughter of the St. Clairs’ housekeeper, Annie grew up in Julia’s San Francisco mansion and they forged a bond that only two little girls oblivious to class differences could—until a life-altering betrayal destroyed their friendship.
A decade later, Annie bakes to fill the void left in her heart by her mother’s death, and a painful secret jeopardizes Julia’s engagement to the man she loves. A chance reunion prompts the unlikely duo to open a cupcakery, but when a mysterious saboteur opens up old wounds, they must finally face the truth about their past or risk losing everything.
You can purchase How to Eat a Cupcake from Indie Bound
Over the weekend I looked at the Easter items at Harris Teeter, the local grocery store. I spotted these purple and blue decoration cupcakes for $5.99. Does your grocery store have any fun cupcake items for Easter?
My stand mixer gets quite a workout, and doesn’t have much time to collect dust, but I’m still tempted to pick up one of these cute cupcake stand mixer covers from Etsy seller PlayingWithDolls. The covers sell for $18 each and 10% of each sale goes to support Volunteers in Medical Missions, an organization that provides free medical care to people in developing countries.
Last year I found these cupcakes after St. Patrick’s Day so I was too late to post them but I figured I would save them for this year. As I have said many times, I love simple, tasteful designs and that is why I love these Lucky Vanilla Cupcakes by Sprinkle Bakes. The cupcakes are a vanilla cake with honey cream cheese frosting that is topped with ground pistachios which is mean to look like a grassy knoll for the simple chocolate horseshoe to sit atop. These cupcakes are a fun twist on the traditional St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes which are usually green with shamrocks or leprechauns.
Magnolia Bakery’s cupcake of the month is currently the pistachio cupcake. These little green nuts make the perfect St. Patrick’s Day treat. Take a look at these lovely cupcakes, topped with pistachio meringue buttercream, and if you live close by, try one out for yourself!
Do you know a cupcake fan who’s birthday is coming up? Does that cupcake lover also happen to be a fan of Taylor Swift? Then Taylor Swift’s line of cards through American Greetings has the perfect card for you! I looked through the line of cards at my local Joann Fabrics and spotted the sparkly cupcake card shown above. The card reads “a sparkly cupcake…for a sparkly girl. Happy Birthday” and is reasonably priced at $3.49.
This is one thing that I never ever thought that I would see adorned with cupcakes, FALSE EYELASHES!
Would anyone out there wear these? I am not sure if I would be able to pull them off.
You can get these False Eyelashes at 15 bucks a pop from the Etsy shop EyelashJewerly .
When I go to an event, people expect me to bring cupcakes. Well, for last night’s event, I was pressed for time, and just didn’t think I had any fondant leprechauns in me. So, I tried to make things simple. I picked up some St. Patrick’s Day cupcake liners at the local craft store. I used a white cake mix (didn’t tell anyone) and some green food coloring for the cupcakes. Then I simply piped on some shamrocks, added some green sparkles for good measure, and called the job done. And guess what? People raved about them! Who would have thought? Happy St. Patty’s Day to me!
