Cake and ice cream is a staple of almost every birthday party from childhood to adulthood. But keeping the two separate always seems to slow down the eating. I always seem to eat the cake BEFORE the ice cream makes it’s way around the room. Here is an easy and fun way to combine…
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How Green is Your Cupcake?
Using food coloring – liquid or gel – is somewhat of a guessing game. Not enough and you end up with a mint or pastel color. Too much and it just looks, well, like too much. Luckily, the folks at McCormick came up with this handy table to show us how to successfully mix food coloring…
Valentines Day Cupcake Cones for Kids!
We know….cupcakes + kids = messy. Crumbs. Leftover cupcake wrappers. How about baking cupcakes in ice cream cones instead? No wrappers to throw away and it will seem like eating ice cream cones for the kids. A win-win! This recipe from House of Hepworths uses the kid size ice cream cones for a smaller sized, kid…
Sweeten Your Valentine Cupcakes With These Decorating Ideas
Cupcake decorations don’t always have to include lots of frosting. Get creative and have some fun with paper, flowers, and hard candy. These ideas are great for kids to wild and decorate cupcakes for friends and classmates. Scroll to the bottom for a gallery of some of our favorite cupcake decoration ideas for kids and…
Cupcake Decorating Tips for Beginners
There are so many beautiful cupcake decorating ideas to be found but actually being able to reproduce the results on your own may seem a bit daunting. The directions may even be a bit, well, confusing unless you understand decorating terminology. With a little know how, the right tools, and a lot of practice, you…
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…
Snowmen Cupcakes
Somehow it is December already and Christmas is just a heartbeat away. Not sure how that happened, seems like it was Labor Day just yesterday. Getting old I suppose. There is no real recipe to go with the picture, I just thought these were the cutest thing. You can use any flavor of cupcake…
More Halloween Cupcake Decorating Ideas!
Just in case you are still looking for Halloween cupcake decorating ideas, we have a few more! Sometimes all we need is a little inspiration or in my case, a lot of inspiration and detailed instructions. And speaking detailed instructions, we have included a video from Martha Stewart on How to Make Halloween Cupcake Critters….
Frog Cupcakes
How fun are these cupcakes from Parenting? I decided to leave the birthday designation out because sometimes you just need a fun cupcake for kids (or adults!). Feel free to use any cake recipe that you like as long as you use green wrappers. Or why not use a white cake mix with green food…
Halloween Cupcake Decorating Ideas!
Wow, how can it be almost mid September? Halloween is only six or so weeks away! Now is the time to start planning for your Halloween party and all the decorating. We included some pictures of cupcake decorations below to get those creative juices flowing! Photo Credit: Cupcakes by Dana Photo Credit: Cakes By Occasion…
Christmas Cupcakes – Santa Claus, Christmas Tree, and Holly
Take frosting and cupcake decorating skills to a whole new level this Christmas. You won’t want to eat these cupcakes once you’re finished decorating them. Thanks to Cupcake Diary in Spain for this tutorial! The cupcakes that illustrate are no new recipe, are the vanilla and cinnamon cupcakes I made some time ago and they are a…