Easter Cupcakes

This is the story of my weekend adventure, culminating in the eventual consumption of cupcakes.

It all started when I went grocery shopping and saw the cake mix on sale at Safeway. I purchased one box of white cake mix and a little tub of white buttercream frosting. (This is the part where you figure out this blog post is not going to be an instructional recipe on how to make cupcakes.)

When I got home that evening, I mixed up the cake mix, recalling from previous experience that I should mix the liquids together first, then slowly stir in the cake mix and only reach for the blender once every bit of powder has been mixed in with liquids so as not to end up with powder all over the kitchen. Shortly thereafter, my cupcakes were in the oven.

I removed them from the oven, let them cool, then covered them in plastic wrap and then proceeded to play Lord of the Rings Online, achieving level 20 on my Warden named Eivalyn. I figured I could wait until Saturday to frost the cupcakes.

On Saturday I managed to score a nice new dining set on Craiglist for an unbelievably low price which could be equivalent to 95% off retail. Craigslist is the way to go if you know a nice guy with a truck.

How does this fit in with the cupcake story? Well, obviously I need somewhere to put my cupcakes and a nice new dining table is the perfect place to sit down and do some frosting.

I found a "Neon" food coloring set, which was perfect for Easter colors.

I split the buttercream frosting into a few bowls and put different colors in each. I had a lot of pale blue candy sprinkles left from baby shower cupcakes so I put those on top!

The End!

Cupcakes with Heart

Everyone loves cupcakes!

But no one likes writing mushy valentines to everyone they know, right? So what's the solution? Make cupcakes instead! Even without words, they say Happy Valentine's Day to someone you care about and can be as romantic OR platonic as you want them to be.

For these cupcakes I bought the mix, wrappers and heart toothpicks from Target, and just... put them together. Ta da! ZERO creativity required.

If you have more time on your hands and want to get fancy you can always (1) make frosting and cake from scratch, and/or (2) buy some toothpicks and design your own paper toppers based on whatever special occasion you need the cupcakes for!

Fudgey Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

Cupcakes are way more fun to make than big cakes. Plus, they are totally cute!

I made this batch of cupcakes for a baby shower. I made the cake and the icing from scratch. I found the recipes online.

The icing ended up being very thick and hard. I used a chocolate topping recipe but messed up on the ingredients and ended up mixing in a ton of extra dark chocolate chunks. As a result I ended up with dark chocolate fudge on top of cake. No complaints here!

I found the gold foil cups at a craft store as well as the light blue sprinkle balls. For winter I think I will make some white-frosted cupcakes and use the blue sprinkles for a festive snowy look.