Twinkie Sushi!Many people are happy to welcome Twinkies (no affiliation) back to the stores this summer. With tender sponge cake surrounding sweet creamy filling, what's not to love? Well, they have a lot of sugar and plenty of chemicals, but what the heck--they're Twinkies! In celebration of the return of Twinkies here are some ideas for a Welcome … [Read more...]
Trend Watch: Designer Doughnuts
It took me a while to understand why cupcakes were so popular in the past few years. After all, a slice of cake can be just as wonderful. Now I get it. A cupcake is a smaller portion size, but it includes more of the goodies than a piece of cake. It often includes specialty frosting and bits of candy arranged so carefully it resembles art. So … [Read more...]
Hanukkah Cupcake Ideas
It's no secret that cupcakes are great for Hanukkah parties. You can use foil cupcake holders and even make blue cake inside (just add plenty of blue food coloring to white cake batter.) For a ton of ways to decorate your Hanukkah cupcakes click here. For more Hanukkah ideas click the labels below this post. Have fun! … [Read more...]
Halloween Bat and Spider Decorations, Treats that Are Easy to Make
Bats made with painted pumpkins and hairy Daddy Longlegs cupcakes with licorice legs are just part of some very cool Halloween decor and treats you can make. (To make the spider cupcakes look more scary use red hots for eyes.)How about a Tootsie Pop as a venomous spider? The wrapped pop forms the abdomen and you leave a bit of the paper wrapper … [Read more...]
American Flag Cupcakes for 4th of July
Love cupcakes? How about a little American flag on the top of a cupcake? Very cute.Just frost any cupcake or muffin with while frosting, smoothing it out as much as possible. Then put some small blueberries to be the stars. Be sure they are dry when you put them on so they don't make a little puddle in the icing. You can make 3 rows of 3 … [Read more...]
Cookie Monster Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
This cupcake actually has chocolate chip cookie dough in it! It would be easier to just buy chocolate cookie dough ice cream to serve with cupcakes, but that just would not be as awesome! lolYou can decorate these cupcakes any way you like, but I love the pictured version. It just seems so appropriate to have some chocolate cookies coming out of … [Read more...]
Getting That Perfect Frosting Color, Easter Egg Color, or Cake Color
Bakeries know how to get just the right colors for all their masterpieces. Now you can too with this cool color wheel from McCormick, the maker of food colorings and colored sugars. All you do is move the indicator to the color you want & they will show you the recipe for getting that particular color. They'll tell you how many drops of each … [Read more...]