Check out these Christmas tree on-the-inside cupcakes from Cupcakeables!
And it’s not as hard as it looks! What’s the secret? A simple cookie cutter! Visit Michele’s blog for detailed instructions! Don’t have a cookie cutter? She takes orders! :)
Check out these Reindeer Cupcakes! Here’s the recipe! I think this one would be fun for the kids! You’ll just need some Tootsie Rolls, pretzels, M&Ms, mini vanilla wafers, and some patience!
Good Morning ATC Community! and welcome to the official start of crunch time. These are the days that we second-guess whether we did enough of everything and end up doing too much!
If you’re like me, you’ve baked a fair amount of holiday treasures.
But holiday week is a bit like a marathon and, in the home stretch, who isn’t looking for fresh ideas to keep inspired? The challenge I set to myself is whether I can come up with a week of images, recipes, and instructions to keep us all – myself included – at 350F from now through next Saturday.
These Baked Ideas images are cookies, but so fresh and original they will inspire your cupcake decorating ideas. Here’s a smorgasbord of cookie decorating ideas from “Baked Ideas” by Patti Paige, along with the Baked Ideas’ Facebook page and the video on the Baked Ideas mini gingerbread houses. 3,000 each season!
If you’re still looking for last minute gifts, Baked Ideas even sells yoga cookie cutters. How did she do that? Here’s her video on piping royal icing onto each one of the yoga posed gingerbread men and here’s the Baked Ideas gingerbread recipe.
Ah-ha! My Muse gripped that one!
Today, I’m going to springboard those Baked Ideas into spice cupcakes with yoga shapes drawn on the top, including some Sandskrit symbols, such as “Namaste.” And I know just who is on my list for these yoga cupcakes…
Now that’s what I mean about taking inspiration and giving yourself permission to be creative at the holidays! What’s your idea?
Countdown: 6 days.
I just love these Christmas tree cupcakes from Cupcake, located in Glasgow, Scotland! There is no limit to how you can decorate your cupcake tree.
This would even work great with a cupcake bar. Just give guests a Christmas tree cupcake and they can add the “lights” and “ornaments” and “glitter”.
Check out these cute cupcake jewelry options from SweetPetiteHI on Etsy! How about a scented orange cupcake necklace? Or red velvet? It’s hard to choose! Items are $12 each or you can get a set for $20!
Australians may be celebrating Christmas with barbeques, but they’re eating lovely snowflake cupcakes with their ribs and potato salad! Check out more lovely pics from Piggley’s Flickr photostream.
I’ve known Claire’s as a store full of bling for young ladies, but it wasn’t until I just took my daughter in for some Christmas shopping that I realized Claire’s is also a cupcake shopper’s paradise. (It also happens to be a Justin Beiber shopper’s paradise!) From jewelry boxes to cupcake lights to earrings, check out all these cupcakes from Claire’s!
I mean, every girl needs a cupcake-scented notebook, right?
As I was browsing Pier 1’s website, I came across some fun cupcake items that would be appropriate for a New Year’s Eve party. Both items are on clearance now; the wine charms are $3.98 for a set of 6, and the apron is $9.88.
Christmas stollen is such a favorite food at the holidays, who can resist the notion of converting it into a cupcake? 
Here’s one recipe for Christmas stollen cupakes from The Cupcake Project.
Raisins, dried cranberries, dried currents, dried cherries…we’ll let that negate the bit of pleasure we’ll take from a bit of cherry liqueur and brandy. And, of course, we’ll only pour those into the recipe, won’t we?
Just in case you have some cherry liqueur left over, here’s a companion recipe for Black Forest Cupcakes. Well, if I’m on that theme, let’s be sure to have on hand a recipe for White Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes.
Now there’s a cupcake trio that deserves a Ho-Ho-Ho!
Here’s an inexpensive (but awesome) cupcake gift for the cupcake lover on your gift list! (Or for yourself, of course.) This 140 page lined cupcake journal is now on my wishlist!
Find it at Barnes and Noble for only $6.71!
Congrats to our three Coco Levine, Cupcake Queen book winners! They are…
joy grubbs
aw this is quite a sweet looking book ! lol i would love to give it to my 5 year old:)
Ellyssa Leona
I would give it to my little cousin! Shes 7, for the past 2 years, before Christmas we would make cupcake ornaments!! While we do it, we dress up in cupcake aprons!! Its really fun, and she enjoys it just as much as I do! while we craft we listen to the “Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake” song! I love it! Strawberry shortcake is her favorite. It would be even sweeter, this holiday if we could do some new cupcake crafts!! This book is so cute, and I would love to see what crafts are inside!! What a treat hehe!
Melanie Cechman
I would give this book to my niece, who always loves helping me make cupcakes from my cookbook when she visits me! Then she would have a her own recipe book to work with at home :)
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Last weekend while doing some holiday shopping in one of my favorite gift shops, Paper Skyscraper I noticed this cute cupcake baby toy. It’s called a cupcake crinkler and it’s by Rich Frog Industries Inc. It’s available on their website for $7.95 along with a list of other animals and images. The photograph was taken with my phone which is why it is yellow in color.
Looking for a cupcake frame for your own little cupcake?! Look no further!
Target has them for only $12.99. Would also make a great present for a first birthday!
Usually in May and June we share ideas for how to decorate cupcakes for high school and college graduates but the December graduates get left out! I am a December graduate so this got me thinking about cupcakes and graduation. I found this awesome picture of a graduate who decorated her cap with a cupcake! Hmm I wonder what people would think if I did this at my commencement ceremony on Thursday? I would definitely stand out but think I would rather celebrate by eating a cupcake!
I predict that many young ladies will be unwrapping comfy cupcake pants this year! I just found another pair, this time at Target, a steal for $8.99!
My husband’s aunts made these cool camouflage cupcakes for a birthday party recently. I love how these cupcakes allow you to make “ugly shades of cake batter”…what little boy wouldn’t love that? Plus, the shade can’t be messed up.
First, use brown and green food coloring to make the several ugly shades of cake batter and mix them together in cupcake liners.
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Once they’ve been baked, they’ll look like this:
Then make an ugly shade of buttercream frosting and top it off:
I think it is well established that we here at ATC love Johnny Cupcakes! I myself have at least four Johnny Cupcake T-shirts and am always tempted to buy another! The Johnny Cupcakes Boston twitter is currently doing holiday carol tweets replacing lyrics in the carols with the word “cupcake.” There are some really funny ones like “cupcakes rosting on an open fire. Frosting dripping from your nose” or “He bakes ’em while yr sleeping & bakes while yr awake U better B hungry on Xmas day so U eat a giant cupcake .” If you have your own ideas for some cupcake Christmas carols use the hashtag #cupcakecarols. Or check out their twitter page to put you in the holiday spirit!
Why make a special trip for a peppermint mocha when you can have these treats at home? These will last longer and will definitely cost less than a $5 coffee drink. They make my mouth water just looking at them.
What makes these special? Peppermint extract and espresso in the batter, and crushed Andes mints on top. Yum!
I have yet to delve into the addictive world of Angry Birds, but this Flickr photo almost convinces me. I know plenty of people who are addicted to the game, and that many people can’t be wrong, right? Right?
Most people I know decorate their trees with lights, candy canes, and ornaments. As we have already mentioned, some hang cupcake ornaments but hanging actual cupcakes on trees is new to me. Giver’slog offers instructions on how to make cupcake domes, the perfect way to present single cupcakes when giving them as gifts. They are also a great way to hang cupcakes one trees as unique presentation.
I am in love. I have just discovered the most fabulous cupcakery! My Little Cupcake (with locations in Essex and Burlington) specializes in mini cupcakes and big flavor. I was so impressed, and can’t wait to visit again. The cupcake menu included vegan and gluten-free options, as well as “Black Forest,” “Salted Caramel,” “Vanilla Heath Bar,” “Chocolate Sundae,” “Dirt,” “Neapolitan,” “Chocolate Mint,” “Apple Pecan Streusel,” “Red Velvet,” “Blueberry Lemon,” and “Chocolate Orange.”
My son was quite happy with the “Dirt Cupcake,” a chocolate cupcake topped with chocolate buttercream frosting, crushed oreos, and a gummy worm. And though the red velvet cupcake was as good as any I’ve ever had, with more frosting than cupcake, the first place ribbon has to go to the “Salted Caramel Cupcake,” a surprisingly decadent chocolate cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream frosting, caramel drizzle, and Mediterranean sea salt. With a welcoming dining area and t-shirts to take home, My Little Cupcake offers cupcake diners with the ultimate hangout. You can also visit My Little Cupcake on Facebook and Twitter.
Crate & Barrel has these lovely sleigh cupcake holders this season. They would be great to use at each guest’s spot at the dinner table. I love the simplicity of the design…perfect for showcasing some festive cupcakes!
Can someone please explain this to me?
I mean, I get it on one level. No, a cupcake is not a hat. But why is this tidbit of wisdom on a t-shirt? And why is it on a pony’s head? I don’t understand. Can anyone help? I don’t want to be in the cupcake dark. (T-shirt available from Hot Topic for $22.50.)
Right now I am really looking forward to the end of final exams when I can go home and spend time with my family baking and wrapping christmas presents! When I came across the Novice Chef’s blog I immediately wanted to bake everything and the delicious recipes only made me want to head home for the holidays sooner. It’s hard to choose just one cupcake recipe to share with you when there are several to choose from in the Novice Chef’s recipe archive. The first one that caught my eye was the Biscoff cupcakes with marshmallow frosting. My sister loves Biscoff! When we were in Belgium over the summer she went crazy for the speculoos ice cream so I know she would love these cupcakes.
I personally would like to try making the Samoas cupcakes. Samoas are my favorite Girl Scout cookie and I have attempted homemade bar verisons of the cookie but have yet to try making a cupcake version. The cinnamon vanilla cupcakes with candied ginger also sound perfect for the holiday season but what about something a little different? Continue reading »
So, I was recently shopping for yummy vegetables at Healthy Living in Burlington, Vermont, and of course, I was magnetically attracted to the cupcakes. The “Hummingbird Cupcake,” a heavenly combination of cream cheese frosting, chocolate, banana, and pecans, was AMAZING! You might not think of Healthy Living as a cupcake destination, but it is! While you are exploring Healthy Living, check out their recipe for Gluten-Free Chocolate Zuccini Cupcakes. Maybe a little bit healthy and a lot delicious? I’ll let you know!
