Red Velvet Winter Cupcakes

Hey everyone! For this post I decided to try something a little different. I made a video! I made a batch of red velvet cupcakes and decorated them for winter. I decided just to use cake mix and frosting from the store so they wouldn't take quite as long to make. I hope you enjoy!

Instructions:
1. Make the batter from scratch or using a mix. Put into cupcake tin and bake, following instructions for your recipe or mix.
2. Frost with swirls using icing of choice. You can use any recipe or store-bought frosting. Click here to see my favorite buttercream frosting recipe.
3. Melt white chocolate either on the stove with a double-boiler, or in the microwave. To microwave: Put chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds at time, stirring between each 30 seconds.
4. Sprinkle silver luster dust in snowflake mold. This is the one I used, but any mold will work: Snowflake Mold
5. Put chocolate into mold and freeze. The amount of time it takes for the chocolate to set will vary depending on the type of chocolate and the size of the mold you use. Mine took about 10 minutes to fully set.
6. Remove snowflakes from mold and add to cupcakes. Be careful not to handle these too much. The warmth from your hands can melt the chocolate and you need to be careful not to leave fingerprints in the chocolate, either.

Fall Flavors Cupcakes

Hey everybody! Wanna spice up those plain old vanilla cupcakes? Today I have another original recipe for ya! You can add spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin spice, and apple pie spice to regular vanilla cupcakes to add a little bit of fall flavor.

I stirred up a small batch vanilla cupcake recipe I like that makes 2-3 cupcakes
 and added 1/2 tsp of apple pie spice, 1/2 tsp of nutmeg, and 2 tsp of cinnamon. I would of added some pumpkin spice, but I didn't have any.



Of course, you would add more of each ingredient if you made a larger batch. Just add however much you think it needs. I didn't decorate these real fancy, but if I made these for a party or some other occasion, I would decorate them using some of the ideas from my post: Fall Cupcake Decorating Ideas.

Fall Cupcake Decorating Ideas

Happy Fall Everyone! I am super excited because fall is my favorite season! In the weeks to come there will be loads of new fall stuff on my blog, including new recipes, ideas, and more! Today I have some fall cupcake decorating ideas for you.

How about pumpkins? Pumpkins, along with falling leaves and cool weather, are the very essence of autumn. I love the idea of using pretzel sticks for the stems of the pumpkins. This can be done in such a large variety of ways. I think this would be best with pumpkin flavored cupcakes. This could also be done on cake or cookies.

http://cutestfood.com/8038/pumpkin-cupcakes-2/

Acorns! This would be super easy to make. Instead of trying to make acorns out of frosting, you can just use Hershey's Kisses, Nilla Wafers or mini Nutter Butter Cookies, and small chocolate chips or a little bit of frosting.

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Finally, the thing most people think about when they think of fall: Falling Leaves! These would be a little bit more difficult than the others, but totally look cool enough to be worth the extra effort. I like the way the first tree looks better but I like the idea of adding some leaves to the tree in the second one. I think it's really cool to use leaf shaped sprinkles, too. You could also just use frosting and a small leaf tip.

http://www.cakechooser.com/james-e-marcia/ 

http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2010/09/chocolate-fall-trees.html

I hope you enjoyed seeing these ideas I found. Tune in on Thursday for my new cupcake recipe which incorporates classic fall flavors.

Father 's Day Cupcakes

Hey everybody! Sorry there haven't been any posts in a while. I've been pretty busy. Anyway, Father's Day is right around the corner and what's the best gift for a Dad? One he can eat of course! So here's some ideas to get you started!

http://www.cupcakedecoratingideas.org/cupcake-decorating-ideas/father%E2%80%99s-day-cupcakes



http://todaysmama.com/2012/06/fathers-day-cupcakes/

http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/06/fathers-day-cupcake-roundup.html

http://www.familyholiday.net/cupcake-cake-ideas-for-fathers-day

http://dessertdiners.com/fathers-day-lawnmower-cupcakes/