Monday, January 23, 2012

Easy Dessert Garnishes

A cupcake can go from homemade to gourmet in seconds if you know how to use candy melts.

An effortless, inexpensive way to make your cupcakes look expensive & bakery-bought ~~~ it can be done in 3 easy steps!



Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Cake Pops

Chocolate, Chocolate Coconut, Chocolate Sprinkled, Strawberry, Strawberry Coconut, Strawberry Sprinkled, Strawberry - Vanilla Doubled Dipped, Vanilla, Vanilla Sprinkled and Vanilla Coconut Cake Pops.


Easy to Follow Recipe for Cake Pops


YOU WILL NEED:

1 baked cake, plain
1 can of frosting OR 1 batch serving of our favorite homemade buttercream frosting, which can be found here.
2 bags of Wilton Candy Melts OR chocolate chips
Cake pop sticks (available at Michael's)
Styrofoam board
Cookie sheet, tray or other flat surface
Wax Paper

Rose Frosted Cupcakes






This post is less recipe, more technique.

In fact, you can use just about any cake/frosting flavor or recipe you'd like for a rose cupcake. The most important thing to consider is that no matter what recipe you choose, the frosting needs to have a thicker consistency for better shaping.

Nutella Cupcakes Recipe (Vanilla)

I have previously posted the recipe for Milk Chocolate Nutella Cupcakes here.

For Vanilla Nutella Cupcakes, follow the same exact recipe except substitute the Milk Chocolate cake mix for any Vanilla cake mix.

This is what the Nutella Center looks like.






Both are insanely delicious.

Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe






Easy to follow recipe for Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Vanilla Butter Nut Frosting. 

Nutella Cupcakes Recipe (Milk Chocolate)


Everybody loves Nutella. The creamy, chocolaty hazelnut spread clearly came from heaven. So what could be better than a cupcake that is almost doused in Nutella? Well, nothing.

I made these Nutella cupcakes for a professional event and I had so many rave reviews. In fact, I had several people ask me if they can special order cupcakes from me in the future.

This recipe is simple and easy to follow.

YOU WILL NEED:

For the Cake