everything cupcake

i was looking on etsy and there are lots of cute things if you search cupcakes. heres just some of them

aren't they all just do adorable?! i love the mustaches! :)

back again....

hello i am back once again. so busy. well not really just relaxing over the summer. and for some reason i have time to post during the school year. what? :) well i just wanted to share a recipe with you guys, its lemon cupcakes with blackberry butter cream. mmmm.... so good. heres the recipe:

lemon cupcakes and blackberry butter cream:

ingredients:

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
  
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup low-fat milk (or whatever kind of milk you want. wink wink) ;)
• 1 lemon, juice and zest
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar same thing)
• 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam

 directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
3. Cream sugar and 1/2 cup butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and mix 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract into mixture with the second egg.
4. Beat in flour and baking powder until thoroughly combined; beat in milk, lemon juice, and lemon zest to make a smooth batter.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until cupcake edges are slightly golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely.
7. Beat 1 cup butter with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and salt until smooth and creamy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, to make a creamy frosting. Beat in blackberry jam. Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes.

enjoy! ;)

ice cream cone cupcakes

i think these cupcakes are so cute! i so wish i could make them! :) what do you think about them?

welcome!

Hello and welcome to my blog! i am so excited to start posting more! as you can tell i love cupcakes. on this blog i will post about different cupcakes, recipes, lots of sweets, contests and other little odds and ends. i would really love it if you followed me, or left a comment on one of my posts. :) i really hope you'll enjoy my blog! :)