princess cupcakes

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

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.

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.

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!

clown cupcakes

here's my clown cupcakes i made for my little boys' circus party! i found the plastic shoes and clown heads online...

they were super fun...

to see more of my circus party go here {you can also see my popcorn cupcakes and snow cone cupcakes below}...

{photo's courtesty of my awesome photographer, lyndsey @ http://www.seenboxphotography.blogspot.com/}

juicy couture cupcakes!

my sister in law has a collection of 'juicy couture' handbags & loves the brand, 'juicy' so i decided to try and come up with some juicy couture cupcakes for her birthday!

i made some jumbo peanut butter chocolate cupcakes to begin with {they were yum!}...

then piped on some raspberry cream frosting i made with a jumbo #1c tip {the frosting tasted EXACTLY like cream savers!}...

and as for the cupcake toppers:

i found some wooden shapes at the craft store {crowns, hearts, royalty symbols} that worked perfectly! i got so excited when i found them! i revised them a bit and then matched the colors in photoshop and made some 'juicy couture' logos {gotta love google images}...which i printed, cut, and glued onto the crowns etc. i then painted some regular kitchen skewers and glued them to the backs of the shapes...and walla!

elmo cupcakes

my son turned two today! and although we're having a big circus birthday party for him & his brother {they're both june babies} in a few weeks, we celebrated today as well. he loves elmo...so i decided to make him some elmo cupcakes! i've seen a lot of different ideas floating around the web for elmo cakes/cupcakes etc. here's my own version of them.

how i made them:

i piped red frosting on using a grass tip to make the red elmo fur
used oreo cookies for the mouths
used orange gumballs for the noses
and used white candy melts for the eyes

my little guy LOVED them! these would be perfect for any elmo/sesame street themed party!

snow cone cupcakes!

Yes folks, these are actual cupcakes..not snow cones made out of ice!

So I'm planning a big circus birthday party....and the other day I was thinking about snow cones. I thought they would be fun for the whole event but didn't know if I wanted to stand behind a snow cone machine making them throughout the whole party. I sat there thinking for a bit, and suddenly came up with the idea of 'snow cone cupcakes'!!! I don't know why I didn't think of them earlier! Just use snow cone papers as cupcake liners and there ya have it!

I made some tester ones tonight :). I want the final ones to be more rounded on top but here's my quick go at 'em. Cute, huh?!

I just filled the snow cone papers with batter..baked them (now that was the tricky part..but guess what, the snow cone holders you see above are metal...so I used them! I was originally going to use chicken wire over a deep pan, which I think would work as well)..and covered the tops with frosting and bright colored sprinkles! I'm so excited about them! I've never seen anything like them. I'm patting myself on the back right now..hehe.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

road sign/car cupcakes

i made these cupcakes last summer for my little boy's car themed birthday party. they were a huge hit..& lots of fun to make. i made the black frosting really runny to try and imitate 'tar' (which worked out great...it started dripping down the sides of the cupcakes & really completed the 'tar' look). i cut orange licorice for the road stripes, and got marshmallow cars and road sign suckers for the cupcake toppers.

ice cream cone cupcakes

i'm sure many of you have seen these before, they're just too darn cute to pass up though! yup, the cones i made aren't actually 'ice cream cones' they're 'cupcake cones'. and for toppings-coconut frosting with chocolate or strawberry syrup and rainbow nonpareils. kids love these bad boys!

monkey cupcakes

i made these monkey cupcakes for our nephew's birthday today. i used frosting, vanilla waffers, chocolate chips, and brown sprinkles :)..

swirly fun cupcakes

i made these with fondant (that i dyed pink), green frosting, & yellow nonpareils :). fondant definitely doesn't taste the best, but i just love the look of it..all smoothe! i do have a recipe for a marshmellow fondant that's suppose to taste good..i need to try it!

princess cupcakes

my friend jamie asked for some ideas for princess cupcakes. i've been thinking about what would be cute ever since i read your comment this morning jamie :). i came up with this cupcake while my boys were napping today. it was really fun :). i cut two stars from some scrapbook paper...hot glued a sucker stick & some wrapping paper ribbon inbetween the two to make a princess wand...then cut a large circle out of pink tissue paper and hot glued it to the cupcake wrapper to add some spice :). i had some princess ribbon lying around (i have tons of ribbon bc i used to make things & sell 'em on ebay) that i glued to the outside of the base. oh, and the cupcake is just regular chocolate with strawberry frosting and fun pink sprinkles :). man, i need a little girl or something :).