Hmmm, dare I declare a trend? I shall: Tiny little bunting. I remember seeing bunting at the celebration shoppe to adorn a cupcake stand and the image has stuck with me. When I happened upon this cake bunting at Design Sponge, well…I’d say a second sighting is enough for a trend. The cake bunting, made from vintage and reused … Read More ...
Food Photography Tips: Aperture
Good food photography is essential for a good food blog. And hence, good food photography is my greatest struggle. I am not a natural. So I snap a million pictures hoping for one at least minimally suitable to post on my blog. And I devour tips from other bloggers, like this lesson in aperture from Zoom Yummy. Find … Read More ...
Candied Hazelnut Cupcakes
Check out this eye candy from La Mia Vita Dolce. Click HERE to learn how to make these Candied-Hazelnut Cupcakes (with the caramel dipped hazelnuts), originally from Martha’s Cupcakes. And if you like these, check out here and here.
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DIY Jumbo Frosted Animal Crackers
As I have exactly this same bag of frosted animal crackers in my snack drawer (or at least I did before the 2 year old demolished them), I was smitten by these jumbo DIY versions at Bake at 350. Find the recipe HERE.
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Top 40 Cupcake Frosting Combos
Check out this list on The Stir of the proclaimed 40 best cupcake frosting combos. Makes me want to try a Guinness cupcake with Bailey’s cream frosting or Earl Grey Cupcakes with lavender frosting.
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Chocolate Mustaches
As is now well documented (see here) mustaches as party decor are rather big now. And what a perfect treat for a boy baby shower. Learn how to make these HERE at Prudent Baby.
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Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest
Jif Peanut Butter is hosting their Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest. CLICK HERE for details to enter for a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship fund. Check out previous winners HERE.
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Carousel Cakes and Cupcakes
Every morning my daughter wakes up asking to go to the carousel. (Literally, every morning. She does go pretty frequently, too.) So in honor of her obsession, some carousel cake and cupcake ideas and how-tos:
Find carousel cupcakes HERE at Ladies Home Journal.
Find a carousel cake HERE at Wilton.
Find Pillsbury’s version of the carousel cupcake HERE… Read More ...
Freezing Fruit
Find great, succinct information about how to freeze fruit HERE at Chow.
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Paper Candy Dish
I love this throwback to childhood-turned favor idea from Martha: a fortune teller candy dish. Find the how-tos HERE.
[tags]wedding, parties, favors, candy, paper, dish[/tags]… Read More ...
An Ice Cream Cone Study
Which is your favorite? Waffle? Sugar? Wafer? Check out this study of your options, complete with advantages and disadvantages of each, HERE at CakeSpy.
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Food on a Stick
It’s well documented that I’m a sucker for food on a stick. Any food on a stick. So I was a sucker for this spread at Sweet Paul. Check it out HERE, created for a Food on a stick magazine spread for Parents magazine.
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Seashore Sweets
A round up of recipes and how-tos for sweets inspired by the shore…
1. Rose water Madeleines from Martha.
2. DIY fondant shells from My Romantic Home.
3. Make your own sea glass candy from Intimate Weddings.
4. Starfish cupcakes from the cupcake recipes, via Frost Me.
5. Shells and pearls cupcakes from Martha.… Read More ...
Glow Cups, Glow Sno-Cones
How ridiculously genius is this idea from Giver’s Log? Glow rings inserted between plastic cups and filled with sno-cones. Perfect for an evening outdoors party. Find the how-tos HERE.
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Eye Candy: Cartoon Cupcakes
Check out Cupcakes Take the Cake for a roundup of cartoon-themed cupcakes from their flickr pool. Shown are Adult Swim cupcakes by death by cupcake.
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