happy little donut cupcakes!

these cupcakes are way too cute and sooooo good! this idea cam from animated cupcakes. i made these for a birthday breakfast and they made everyone smile. 

cupcake recipe:

adapted from cupcakes from the cake doctor 

1 box cake mix

1 cup sour cream

3 eggs

½ oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract     

directions:

mix up all the ingredients and bake according to the directions on the box. allow cupcakes to cool completely.

make a hole in the middle of each cupcake (I used the bottom of a frosting tip but i think you can make a hole with a small spoon too)

cupcake glaze recipe:

from  recipezaar 

½ cup butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla

4-6 tablespoons of hot water          

directions:

1. heat butter in saucepan until melted

2. remove from heat

3. stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth

4. add hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until it reaches the consistency you want

    (i actually used 7 tablespoons of water because i wanted the glaze to be thin)

dip cupcakes into the glaze 

and immediately decorate with sprinkles!

wrap them up and give them to someone to eat! 

happy little flower cupcakes

lemon cupcakes with whipped frosting and pretty little flowers.

here's how i decorated them... 4 bowls of colored sugar sprinkles

just roll the edge of the cupcake into the sprinkles

opps! careful not to drop the cupcakes like i did!

i love these spring colors!

carefully add a few colored sprinkles to make the flowers.

all packed up and ready to go to my husbands work!

have a great easter!

happy little birthday cupcakes

i made these birthday cupcakes for my dad! reading left to right they say, "happy birthday" in hiragana.

i used the simple vanilla and agave nectar cupcake recipe from vctotw (if you preview the book on google you can find the recipe or find it here). i had some fresh blueberries so i added them to the batter too. i've made the agave nectar cupcakes 3 times now, once with chocolate. i think they taste ok but i don't really like the way they smell after they bake. my dad and my husband love them and they are usually not into healthy stuff so i make the cupcakes for them.

i really wanted to make the super natural agave nectar icing to top the cupcakes but i could not find soy milk powder anywhere! so instead i just applied a really thin layer of melted chocolate on top of the cupcakes (not great for a diabetic, but it was his birthday). my dad loved them of course!

more cute cupcakes...

valentines cupcakes! made with the same type of "hostess" cupcakes... decorated with love.

put candy melts in a plastic piping bag and microwave at 50% heat for 20 second intervals until melted.

pretty v-day colors!

print out image or draw, cover image with wax paper, trace image with candy melts

after image cools apply to cupcake!

happy little homemade "hostess" cupcakes

homemade "hostess"cupcakes!

bake some chocolate cupcakes

squirt some frosting in the middle of each cupcake 

cover the top of the cupcake with melted chocolate. 

smooth the chocolate on the top.

make a little squiggle with candy melts

i used baker's dipping chocolate for the tops and candy decorating pens for the squiggle.

here's the inside!