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…
Banana Bread Cupcakes with a Surprise!
There’s a lot going on with these cupcakes from Dreamy Blog. So much going on that it wouldn’t all fit in the title. Banana bread cupcakes are pretty awesome to start with but add some chocolate peanut butter frosting AND a pretzel “crust” and it’s a party for your taste buds. Salty, sweet banana goodness…
White Chocolate Oreo Cream Filled Cupcakes
Rose Bakes had me at Oreo cream filled but then – THEN – I was over the top when I saw the recipe calls for Double Stuf Oreos. And cream cheese. And then these bad boys are topped with a cream cheese buttercream frosting. Oh my. A must for all Oreo lovers! White Chocolate Oreo Cream…
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…
Cinnamon Sugar Swirl Cupcakes
When I was growing up, breakfast consisted of toast and maybe some cocoa. On rare occasions, my mom might have made some eggs. On special occasions, I would sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on the toast just for some extra zing. Maybe that’s how the sweet tooth started? But now eating sweets with cinnamon and sugar…
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cupcakes
It’s time for a little decadence, or maybe a recipe that just sounds decadent. White chocolate has a light creamy texture of something different and special. Add some macadamia nuts and you have an unexpected treat! This recipe is courtesy of Love and Olive Oil. Ingredients: For cupcakes: 1 cup milk or soy milk 1 teaspoon…
Cookie Butter Cupcakes
If you’re like me, anything with “butter” or “cookie” in the name is automatically good. It’s no surprise that “cookie butter” is amazingly addictive, like a cookie flavored Nutella. Tutti Dolce‘s recipe includes a surprise cookie butter filling in the cupcake AND cookie butter in the frosting. Total yum. Cookie Butter Cupcakes Makes about 24…
Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
‘Tis the season for pumpkin spice, right? Of course, we had to jump on the bandwagon because you NEED pumpkin spice cupcakes to go with that pumpkin spice coffee. We know you do! And these cupcakes from Organized Island are super easy! You can’t go wrong with a spice cake mix and cream cheese frosting. Enjoy!…
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…
Blackberry Malt Cupcakes
Sometimes I am the victim of a sort of fresh fruit syndrome – I feel like I have to buy ALL the fresh fruit when it’s in season. That’s not such a bad thing, except then I have to binge eat it before it spoils. I recently found a local fresh fruit and vegetable store…