Mini Candy Cane Cupcakes

Check out these adorable mini cupcakes I made for Christmas! Chocolate cake..


...with peppermint buttercream! Mini cupcakes are my new favorite thing.


I used a pastry bag, filled one side with red buttercream and the other side with white buttercream to create the swirl affect. I love love love how they came out.

Just look how cute the liners are...

little bitty snowmen! ahh!







I even added some red sparkling sugar to some of them!

I wanted to share these with my co workers so I stuck them in one of my new cupcake carriers I got for my birthday.




SO CUTE! I cant even take it!


Peppermint Buttercream

1 cup (2 sticks) butter
5-6 cups powdered sugar, sifted (use more or less depending on the consistency you want, please note this buttercream is rather "runny" if you use less then 6 cups)
1/4 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract


Beat Butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar, milk, and peppermint extract, beat until combined.


Note: I always stick a knife in the buttercream and pull it out quickly, if peaks are formed then you know your buttercream is the right consistency for piping!

Enjoy ♥ ♥

Christmas Cupcake Pops!

Merry Christmas! This is only 1 of many Holiday treats I will be making this December, I have so many ideas swirling around in my head so stay tuned for many more delicious sweets!

How adorable are these Cupcake Pops??


Some with Red M&M's....


Some with Green M&M's....


Even White ones...


I even made a few Cupcake Bites!



SO CUTE!


I stuck them in treat bags and tide them with a adorable red ribbon (and some green too!). Who wouldn't love getting these in their stocking this Christmas?





Merry Christmas!

Hot Pink Cupcakes!

For Black Friday, we decided to have a "Wear It" weekend at the store. A "Wear It" weekend is when all employee's wear a certain theme of clothing. This time around we choose Hot Pink and Black to match our store's decor. Of course I had to make some delicious cupcakes to match! (Sorry about the differnt tint's of the photo's some of these were taken at work.)




Chocolate Cupcakes with Pink Vanilla Buttercream decorated with Hot Pink sanding sugars. Eeek! SO cute!



Then I used one of these to make little black fondant toppers. I pressed
nonpareil pearls onto each of the edges. Make a small circlular indent (I used a lollipop stick). Then fill the indent with a small dot of cooking oil so that the pearl sticks. Next, carefully place the pearl in the cooking oil indent.







Vanilla Buttercream


1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
2 tablespoons milk


Cream shortening and butter in a large bowl, Add vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Add milk and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.

Icing can be stored for up to 2 weeks before using!

Pumpkin and Apple Pie Bites!

I love Fall. What's my favorite part of fall? Well besides of the leaves and weather...its the Fall Baking. Yep, warm pies, cookies, breads. Ahhh I love it. Bakerella kicked off her Fall baking by making Pumpkin Pie Bites. Mmm. Just saying it makes my mouth water.

I couldn't just sit there and stare at the computer screen drooling. I had to bake these. And its true they are incredibly easy! Using "Ready to Roll" Refrigerated Pie Crust makes it super quick!

I made my way to the store to buy my supplies and a pumpkin shaped cookie cutter. (You really want to make sure you use this size cookie cutter. The first batch I made I used a smaller "cheaper" cutter. After baking they didn't look much like Pumpkins.)

Mmmm....they are soo delicious! Best Pumpkin Pie filling ever! Take a look how they came out.....









SUPER CUTE!

It doesn't stop there... I also made some APPLE PIE ones...!

Before baking I add a little bit of milk and sugar to the tops of the unbaked pies.









Apple Pie

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (Depending on how cinnamon-y you want your pie filling you can alter the amount)
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
5 cups diced peeled apples (for regular apple pie I just slice these, you need smaller chunks to fit in these small pies)


Mix Flour, Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, & Apples in a large bowl.
Stick in the refrigerator for about 1 hour. (This way all flavors combine a little and your mixture settles and gets juicy.)
While your filling is in the refrigerator, cut your ready to roll pie crust using a medium sized round cookie cutter.
Press them into a mini muffin pan.
When your filling is ready fill the dough with the filling, top lightly with milk and addontial sugar.

Bake in a oven heated to 425 Degrees for about 10-15 minutes or until juice is bubbly.


ENJOY!

Visit Bakerella and make her Pumpkin Pie Bites! NOW! :)

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Peanut Butter Cup-cakes!

Who doesn't love Peanut Butter and Chocolate?! I made these Cupcakes for my friend's birthday, and boy were they a BIG HIT! They are a scrumptious Chocolate Cupcake topped with Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream.


Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream

1/2 Cup Vegetable Shortening
1/3 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
4 Cups Sifted Confectioner's Sugar
5 Tablespoon's Milk


Thoroughly combine Vegetable Shortening and Butter. Once combined you can add Peanut Butter and Vanilla.




Next add Confectioner's Sugar 1 or 2 cups at a time. This is where things get a little messy for me. After i'm done with this I have sugar EVERYWHERE! And I always seem to be wearing black...hmmm.


After you've added all the sugar...your icing will be dry.



Whip in 5 Tablespoons of milk and your done!



If you want you can store it in the frig for up to 2 weeks! Just make sure you re whip it before you use it After your Chocolate Cupcakes cool...get your decorating bag and a 1M Tip...your ready to decorate! I find its easiest to stick your decorating bag in a tall glass and cuff it down the sides. It will now be so easy to fill the bag with icing!!!! Swirl your icing on top!


Aren't they adorable?! I topped them with little chocolate sprinkles...


...and little mini peanut butter cups!









mmm delicious!!!!
ENJOY!


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Visit wilton.com/recipes/ for This Buttercream Recipe and other Baking ideas!

Cupcakes to 'cake' off the season.

My boyfriend's birthday was on September 2nd and for his birthday he asked me to make him cupcakes in his favorite college football team, Louisiana State University's colors. Take a look at how cute they came out!!


I made a delicious Purple Vanilla Buttercream and swirled it atop extra moist vanilla cupcakes and finished with some yellow nonpariels.



Since Football's his favorite and their first game is this Saturday night I made small football's out of brown fondant.


I also made a few cupcakes that looked like footballs.


ADORABLE!









Geaux Tigers!!!


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A Beary Happy Birthday

My Poppy, he loves bear's & he loves baseball. His Birthday was on August 11th and for the second year in a row we had a big shin-dig at our house for him! I spent days thinking of a cake to make him. When I visited my new favorite store and saw this pan I new exactly what to do.

So I wanted to share with you some pictures from his party!


Isn't he cute?!



I made him a cute little fondant yankee hat to match my Poppy's.
See...


I even made him a flag to hold.


Look at this litte bear paw.


He was a scruptious chocolate cake with the Chocolate Buttercream from my last post.



Poppy had such a great time...
And boy was he happy when he saw his cake...



♥ ♥ ♥ cupcake