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A few years ago my sister, Michelle, introduced me to this recipe for homemade hostess cupcakes that she found on Betty Crocker's website. I tried it out when we had some friends over and, even though there were only 6 of us there, we somehow managed to put away all 24 cupcakes! Ever since then my husband (who isn't very big on desserts) always asks me to make them. •••Hostess Cupcakes••• Cupcakes: • 1 box cake chocolate cake mix (or your favorite cake … [Read more...]
Two years ago, I asked Brandi to put together a cupcake workshop featuring basic cupcake decorating techniques and her ideas just blew me away! It is still one of my favorite series of all-time, and for those of you who didn't get a chance to see it, I'm rescheduling it to publish each Sunday in August. You are going to love this! . . . . . Hi everyone, I'm Brandi from Tweedle Dee Designs and I am honored to be your "cupcake expert" for the Cupcake ♥ Love Workshop Series. Throughout this … [Read more...]
One of my favorite links from our link party last week was this Pink Ombre Mini Cupcakes post from Baking with Blondie: Today I'd like to share some of the creative cupcakes that have been linked in my past link parties and others I found online. Gone Fishing Cupcakes from Nothing but Country Monster Cupcakes from Helping Little Hands Frog Cupcakes from The Seven Year Cottage Slumber Party Cupcakes from The Girl Inspired Rose Cupcakes from Vintage Rose Garden Push Pop … [Read more...]
In my last guest post we talked about baking and frosting cupcakes! Today, we're going to combine all of your royal icing (recipe) experience with those simple cupcake techniques to make some royal icing cupcake garnishes. People might think you got these from the nearest fancy bakery. But nope, you made them yourself! (Well, you're about to...) You can make your own templates on the computer or just by tracing some basic shapes. Then you place a piece of parchment over the template … [Read more...]
Last year I shared these Red, White and Blue Cupcakes that were a hit with my kids. I used the same technique for Ethan's cupcakes for his Army party. He thought I was pretty much the coolest mom ever. 1. Make your chocolate cake mix and your white cake mix in separate bowls according to the package directions 2. Combine 1/3 of the chocolate mix and 1/3 of the white mix, then add several drops of green food coloring and mix well 'til you get the army green color you are looking … [Read more...]
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