Cupcake Fondue? What brilliant mind thought of this? Amanda Kreuger of Bake It Pretty, as described HERE at Pint Size Social and featured on Cupcakes Take the Cake. That’s who. Now, please someone host a cupcake fondue party. And invite me.… Read More ...
The Secret to Baking Moist Cakes
We can all heartily thank Gail from One Tough Cookie NYC for this brilliant, precise method of baking cakes so they stay moist. I won’t even share it here, it feels so top secret. Find the secret HERE.… Read More ...
Mini Snowmen Cookie Pops
Everything about these cuties is cute. Mini sandwich cookies? The pop sticks? The candy buttons and nose? Everything. Learn to make mini cookie dipped snowmen pops HERE at Make and Takes.… Read More ...
DIY Sour Patch Cupcakes
Four cupcakes, four flavors, all matching Sour Patch Kid
s. Oh so very wonderful. Find tips on making them HERE at Ingredients of a 20Something.… Read More ...
Spiderman Cake and Cupcakes
Oooh, check out this awesome Spiderman cake and cupcakes Monica of La Cocina del Goblin Gloton sent me. Find it HERE.… Read More ...
Fancy Cupcakes
Ooh la la. Find a roundup of oh so fancy cupcakes HERE at Martha Stewart, including these rose cupcakes, chocolate faux bois cupcakes, and baked meringue bouqet cupcakes.
Cookie Cake Cupcakes. Yep.
And speaking of Confessions of a Cookbook Queen (I did, at the bottom of this post), cookie cake cupcakes. I need say little else. But I’m going to. Cookies? Cake? Cupcakes? All in one! It’s like the turducken only way way better. And sweeter. Learn to make them HERE.… Read More ...
Snowball Cupcakes
As I sit here in the coffee shop (my power is out and my kid’s at school) awaiting the flakes of snow foretold by my local weather guy, I feel these lovely snowball cupcakes from TidyMom are quite fitting. Perhaps I should suggest to the barista that Starbucks start carrying these snowy wonders. Find the how-tos HERE at TidyMom. … Read More ...
DIY Cupcake Stands
Learn how to easily (and cheaply) make these cute cupcake stands HERE at The TomKat Studio.… Read More ...
Recipe Tuesday: Green Tea
1. Green tea mochi from Tea Recipes.
2. Green tea and Tamarind-marinated tofu with veggies from Food2.
3. Scallop tea rice from Bon Appetit.
4. Green tea poached pears with pistachio brittle from Martha Stewart.
5. Green tea ice cream from Gourmet.
6. Green tea mojitos from the kitchn, adapted from Organic, Shaken and … Read More ...
Milkshake Cupcakes (and a Straw Contest)
Learn to make these adorable milkshake cupcakes HERE at bakerella and enter her fun contest to win these classic paper straws from Bake It Pretty.… Read More ...
Superhero Cupcakes
My first thought when seeing these Superhero cupcakes from Sugar Swings! was how very much my Superhero-obsessed brother, turning 40 in a couple weeks, would appreciate these. Find tips on making them (with candy melts! So easy) HERE at Sugar Swings!.… Read More ...
Party Monday: Cotton Candy
1. cotton candy. Have a cotton candy machine
. Or, learn to make your own on the stove-top with this video from Food Network.
2. favors. Did you know they have cotton candy Pop Rocks?
3. supplies. Find the cones here
.
4. centerpieces. Make pop up tissue paper ball centerpieces from Martha Stewart… Read More ...
Hogwarts Cake
Please, please go check out this awesome (because that’s the best word for it) Harry Potter birthday cake created by Cosmo Cookie. It’s a gingerbread Hogwarts atop a chocolate cake. There’s even a hut for Hagrid.
Are you hosting a Harry Potter party? Check out these DIY Harry Potter crafts on Craftbits.com that we made and take a look … Read More ...
Tutorial: Camouflage Cookies
Oh my goodness, two of my favorite bloggers in one place? Couldn’t be. But it is! Learn to make camouflage cookies HERE at Sweetopia with this tutorial from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle.… Read More ...