When I first saw this “football” I thought “wow, that has to be complicated!”. Imagine my surprise when I saw it took only three – THREE – steps to create! Use your creativity with the toppings to fit your decorating theme. Think about using food coloring to tint vanilla frosting for the decorative piping around…
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Easy Valentine’s Day Cupcake Ideas for Kids
Wow, with all the talk about the upcoming Super Bowl, almost forgot Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! These easy decorating ideas will get kids into the act. Kids LOVE to take cupcakes to school for their classmates so it’s only fair that they help make and decorate them. And don’t forget to…
Easy Cupcake Color Ideas
There are hundreds of beautiful (and cute) cupcake decorating ideas out there but sometimes we just don’t have the extra time needed to bake from scratch, make the toppings, and then make it look pretty. We have families, jobs, and other responsibilities. It’s not easy to find the time to bake, let alone go crazy…
Cream Filled Chocolate Football Cupcakes
Only one week left until the big game! This recipe will take a bit more time, but will be worth it. The mini football decorative topping are truffles made from cream cheese and crushed Oreo cookies. What’s not to like? Make some extra for your friends and family to snack on during the game! …
Football Cupcakes
With the Super Bowl fast approaching, it is time to start gathering the supplies you will need to make what is sure to be the hit of your pre-game party spread – the cupcakes. No party would be complete without a scrumptious dessert! We have some creative and easy decorating ideas that will be fun…
Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Its not a myth – vegans love chocolate too. Unfortunately, vegans can’t enjoy the chocolately goodness at most bakeries. This cupcake recipe offers vegans solace, thanks to Christine Agro. Ingredients: 1 Cup of Almond Milk 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 3/4 cup pure maple syrup 1/3 cup 2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons of unsweetened applesauce…
Light(er) Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Cupcakes
Ok, so the recipe still calls for sugar but there is no oil or butter. Sally’s Baking Addiction substitutes banana (very ripe) and 0% plain Greek yoghurt to make a moist but lower fat cupcake. The peanut butter chips and chocolate chips are optional if you would like to reduce the sugar a bit more. Chocolate…
Chocolate Banana Zucchini Cupcakes
Ah….summer….the season of fresh vegetables. For some reason, there always seem to be more zucchini than people can possibly eat. So instead of giving the extra away how about these yummy chocolate flavored cupcakes from Give Recipe with, you guessed it, zucchini! Oh, and banana. Wait, that means a cupcake with a fruit and a vegetable as…
Chocolate Chunk Blueberry Cupcakes
If a cupcake has fruit in it, can it be considered healthy? Fruit is good for you, right? And so is dark chocolate so I vote healthy. Then again, I may be biased. This recipe from Love Bug Blog has lots of blueberry flavor in the filling and the blueberry buttercream frosting. Think chocolate covered blueberries….
Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Cupcakes
I seem to be on a peanut butter kick lately, not exactly sure why. When I saw this recipe from Plating Pixels I might have started to drool a bit. Rich and creamy peanut butter cheesecake on top of an Oreo cookie crust topped with chocolate ganache. All of my favorite things in one small…
Kit Kat Cupcakes with Caramel Buttercream
Ah….another candy bar inspired cupcake! Chocolate Moosey came up with this recipe for a chocolate cupcake stuffed with a piece of a Kit Kat bar (surprise!). You might want to warn people that there will be a crunch when they bite into these delectable cupcake or else, well, they might think you did something horribly wrong….
Salted Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Sweet and salty go together like hmmm…..chocolate and peanut butter? Like bacon and eggs? Like peanut butter and jelly? Whichever term you like, it’s just perfection. These cupcakes from Gimme Some Oven are extra special because of their rich chocolately cake and dark chocolate ganache frosting. This, THIS is the cupcake for diehard chocoholics! Salted Dark…