rose cupcakes

i made these cupcakes this morning for my little niece who's turning one! we're having a little family get together tonight that i'm bringing them to.

i piped the frosting on with a wilton #123 tip...and added crystal sprinkles. i think they turned out pretty cute!

princess cupcakes

i made these princess cupcakes last week for my cousins little girl. her favorite colors are purple and pink :).

princess and the frog cake

i made this cake for a friends little girl last week. i know it's not a cupcake, but i still decided to post it :).

i used a heart shaped pan to bake the cake layers. i cut the tip off the heart shaped cake pieces to make the cake look like a lily pad. i covered the cake with light green fondant and brushed on some edible shimmer dust to add a nice glittery princess shine. the flowers are fondant and frosting. my friend bought the characters at the disney store.

white baptism cupcakes

i made these over the weekend. so white and delicate. the frosting and sprinkles remind me of lace. i used a mini star tip, crystal sprinkles, and large pearl nonpareils.

monster cupcakes

i made these monster cuppies for a monster bash i hosted a few weeks ago {to see the party go here} :). i used white chocolate candy melts, marshmallows, & black gell icing for the eyes. fun, fun! the little party goers loved them.

blue sprinkle cupcakes

i made these yesterday for my friend who was having a matilda jane trunk show. she wanted them blue to match matilda jane's new 'gypsy blue' line. fun, fun! i hope you liked them, cori!

guitar cupcakes / guitar cupcake cake

i made this guitar cupcake cake for my bro in law's 19th bday. he loves playing the guitar...so this is what i came up with. i was looking through my house for something that would work as guitar strings, and found these retro candy dots..they were perfect! i then found some yellow spree's & put them on for more added fun. the lightning bolts are even edible {i used a lightning bolt cookie cutter and chocolate candy melts}. if you look close the ribbon says "rock king" {i got it at michaels last year along with the silver "rocker" letters}.

pink flag cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my sister's birthday. i think they turned out pretty cute. the flags were so easy to make. i just cut up little pieces of scrapbook paper and attached them to toothpicks. fun and PINK!

transformer cupcakes

i made these cupcakes a few weeks ago for a little guy who loves transformers, the color blue, and the color green :). i made the transformer pops out of white chocolate candy melts dyed yellow {and soap molds}. the letters are chocolate too! i used some adorable letter molds.

shark cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my friends little boy, kai. he had a water/pool themed birthday party.
i made the shark fins out of card stock.
and as for the cupcakes..they were pretty yummy! pina colada!

here's the cupcake recipe...

ingredients:
1 package yellow cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding and pie filling mix
3/4 cup Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut
1/2 cup white grape juice {or rum, if you drink alcohol}
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can crushed pineapple, well drained
1/2 cup shredded coconut

preparation:
preheat oven to 350°. in a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, 3/4 cup cream of coconut, 1/2 cup white grape juice, oil, and eggs. beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in drained crushed pineapple & shredded coconut. divide into cupcake liners. cook for 15-18 minutes.

chocolate glaze cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for my niece's birthday party. we dipped the tops of the cupcakes in a chocolate glaze {my niece helped} and then added strawberry slices to finish them off. the glaze is really easy to make...

CHOCOLATE GLAZE FROSTING {dries smooth, hard, and shiny}

6 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

1-Melt your butter.
2-Add all other ingredients.
3-Stir until well mixed and smooth.
4-Add more water if you want it thinner at this point.
5-If using as icing and you think it's too thick just let it sit for a few minutes.

chocolate banana cream daisy cupcakes

i made these cupcakes last weekend for a benefit bake sale. they were chocolate cupcakes with banana cream frosting! i came up with the frosting on my own, although i know there's a lot of banana cream frosting recipe's out there.
here's my recipe:

BANANA CREAM FROSTING
1/2 cup butter {1 stick}, softened
1 8 oz package of cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
1 small package of banana pudding mix

beat the butter, cream cheese, & vanilla together. add the powdered sugar and banana pudding mix and beat until well blended.

tool man cupcakes

i made these cupcakes a few weeks ago for my brother in law's birthday. we can all be a kid at heart, right? :)

i made the saws and hammers out of candy melts {and a soap mold}. the frosting was my own creation....mint chocolate {i put brown sprinkles on top}. it was yum!
here's the recipe:

MINT CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1/2 c {1 stick) butter, softened
2-3 cups powdered sugar {depends on how thick you want the frosting}
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp mint extract {or add more until you get the desired flavor, it also depends on how strong your mint extract is}

mix well :)

pinkalicious cupcakes

i made these darling little things for my niece's birthday last weekend. can i just say that i LOVE pink?! i'm also lovin' the dainty cupcake liners i found on bake it pretty.

the cupcakes~ the birthday girl loves chocolate, so of course, CHOCOLATE

the frosting~ made my yummy cream cheese frosting with a touch of pink food coloring gel

the sprinkles~ mixed together a bunch of different types of pink, crystal, and white sprinkles

happy birthday sweet kiriauna!

cat in the hat cupcakes

here's the final dr seuss cupcakes i made for my friends baby shower a few weeks ago. to see more of the fun shower go here.
the toppers are supposed to be the cat's HAT'S. i made them out of white chocolate covered oreo's {i used wilton's candy melts and a cookie mold}, cherry life savers, and mint savers {stuck together with white frosting}. i made the actual cat in the hat toppers out of magnets.

cub scout cupcakes

i made these cupcakes for a boy in our neighborhood who's birthday fell on the day we had scout pack meeting. i made the scout badge cupcake toppers in photo shop {thank you google images}.

it turned out that the birthday boy's family took him camping, so he wasn't able to make it :). oh well, everyone enjoyed the cupcakes just the same. happy birthday isaiah!

strawberry shortcake cupcakes

here's some more strawberry shortcake cupcakes i made for my nieces strawberry shortcake birthday party! i made them just like the cupcakes below {aug. 5th post} but added strawberry shortcake toppers {found them on ebay} instead of strawberry gummies :). to see more of the party click here.

strawberry shortcake cupcakes

i made these cuties for my nieces strawberry shortcake party {to see more of the party go here}. they were quite simple actually...i piped strawberry frosting onto each cuppy and added a gummy strawberry to the top.

thing 1 and thing 2 cupcakes

and here's the last, but not least, cupcakes i made for the dr seuss baby shower! i got the idea from kitchen doughdough! thanks lyndsey! aren't they SO cute?!
i used blue cotton candy for the hair, and created some thing 1 & thing 2 tags in photoshop. LOVE THEM! {to see more of the shower go to my party site, www.karaspartyideas.com}

key lime cupcakes/ green eggs & ham

here's the second batch of cupcakes i made for the dr. seuss shower {to see all pics of the fun shower go here}. i made the toppers out of magnets!
key lime definitely isn't green eggs or ham, but they were still green, and that's what i wanted :).

here's the yummy recipe...

KEY LIME CUPCAKES
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk

FROSTING
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

CUPCAKES

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.

FROSTING
Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.