sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

Rainbow Bright Cupcakes March is here and this weekend I thought I would work on something cute and sweet for St. Patrick’s Day. Shamrocks, leprechauns, pots of gold, [...] Tuesday, March 5, 2013

More Minis Puppy Love … mini cupcakes decorated with pink and red heart sprinkles for little ears and noses. I love using sprinkles and candies to make faces. [...] Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Itty-Bitty Bat Cupcakes These are cute little guys. Bite-size! When I made homemade kitty cat oreos the other day, I thought the set of cutters I used might come in handy again. [...] Monday, October 15, 2012

Festive for the Fourth Here’s a quick and easy idea for the Fourth of July. Like super easy. And a fun little way to make your cupcakes look extra special without too [...] Monday, June 11, 2012

Snow Cones These snow cones won’t melt. Nope. They’re not icy… but they are frosted. They’re snow cone cupcakes and they were a lot of fun to [...] Monday, May 21, 2012

Easy Little Pandas I made some cute chocolate cupcakes for you today. And they’re mini, too. It’s hard to tell in this picture I know. But because the cupcakes [...] Monday, April 23, 2012

Butterfly cupcakes and some fun news Is it too early for spring? I hope not because I want to tell you about these cute butterfly cupcakes. They’re decorated with candy coating and a [...] Monday, March 5, 2012

Black Bottom Cupcakes Chocolate and banana cupcakes with a cream cheese banana topping. Yum! And with lots of chocolate chips mixed in, too. But anything with chocolate chips [...] Monday, February 27, 2012

Cookie Molds I ordered some cookie molds a while back. Like two years back I think. And this weekend I finally used them. I didn’t use them to imprint the [...] Monday, January 30, 2012

Cupid’s Arrow Cupcakes I was in the mood to make some red velvet cupcakes this weekend. Red velvet cake is so pretty on it’s own, you really don’t need to do much [...] Monday, January 16, 2012

Sweet Shops Remember the other day when I showed you guys inside Miette? Well, as I was digging up those photos from last Fall when I was on the book tour, I found a [...] Monday, August 1, 2011

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes I had a package of Oreo cookies that I have been waiting to use for a while now. I think since February. I know. I know. Unheard of. But, I was planning [...] Monday, July 25, 2011

Paper Straws I bought the sweetest pink striped paper straws the other day and I couldn’t wait any longer to play with them. Every time I see striped straws [...] Sunday, January 9, 2011

Hi Hat Cupcakes I did it. I finally made them. Hi Hat Cupcakes have consumed my cupcake thoughts since I first saw their tall chocolate dipped tops online after I [...] Sunday, September 19, 2010

Lei Time Just thought I’d say hi with a few Aloha Cupcakes. Hi there. Hello. Howdy. How ya doing? These are Pineapple Mango Cupcakes. All tropical like. [...] Monday, July 26, 2010

Howdy! My name’s Mater. Tow Mater to be exact. I’m kind of a celebrity. You see, I was in this little movie about cars a few years ago. Yeah… that [...] Monday, June 14, 2010

Red Velvet Revisited I wanted to try this Red Velvet recipe from the other day again for a few reasons: I had green food coloring and figured it would be fun for St. [...] Thursday, March 11, 2010

Are you ready for some footballs? Okay, so I realize it’s almost too late to post something Super Bowl related and all – seeing as how the big game is tomorrow night. But, I found [...] Saturday, February 6, 2010

S’more or less S’mores equal ooey and gooey and yummy. To make them, all you really need is some marshmallows and melted chocolate to sandwich between a couple of [...] Sunday, January 10, 2010

Candy Cane Christmas Tree Cupcakes I went to a Christmas party last weekend that ended up being the inspiration for these decorated cupcakes. The home of the party was filled with sugar [...] Sunday, December 20, 2009