4th Of July cupcakes

Red,white, and blue cupcakes are a  neccessity for the 4th of July at any picnic.  Perfect for everyone to have a treat without alot of mess.  Unless you have dogs that think the papers are a real treat like ours. lol.    They are chocolate cake with red,white, and blue buttercream icing.   Sprinkles and a chocloate star add the sparkle.

Sweet potato cupcakes

I've always heard of sweet potato cupcakes, but never made them before. They will be one of my top 5 cupcakes now.  Lots and lots of flavor. They smell delicious when they are baking. Lots of spice.  Just the cupcake is good for me, but I know everyone likes frosting too.  I frosted them with brown sugar buttercream.  Pretty good.  I may search for another recipe to see if there is any difference. I know alot of people like cream cheese frosting, but I'm not a fan.

I saw cupcakes photgraphed like this on pinterest and thought it was such a cute idea.  Of course, you can't really see the cupcake, so here is another pic.

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Chocolate covered oreo's

I have been doing alot of chocolate covered oreo's lately .  I love the watermelon's.  It's alot of chocolate.

And who doesn't like ladybugs?

And finally. Graduation

Birthday cakepop cones

This  order for 30 cupcake cones is for a  little girls birthday celebration at preschool. Her mom wanted the cakepop cones. They are perfect for 4 year olds. Just a few bites of cake.  And what kid doesn't like an ice cream cone? Plus, no mess.  Yellow cake, icing, and covered in white chocolate with sprinkles.  I hope her class enjoys them.

All packaged and ready to go. 

The kids probably won't know they are cones.

Sno-cone cupcakes

I saw these cupcakes on Bakerella.com and knew I had to make them.  She comes up with such great ideas. And, who doesn't like sno-cones?  Especially red,white, and blue ones.  My fave was always the blue  raspberry flavor. I will admit that it has been a long time since I had one though.

I didn't have as much luck with putting all three colors in the nut cup type cupcake paper.  She taped the 3 colors in plastic bags,cut the tips off, then put the batter in the cups.  I wasn't getting the colors in evenly, so I did it one at a time. I just put the cup in a pan that was resting on a towel, so it was tilted. I put the blue in first in the lowest corner, then I added the white. Then I turned the cup around, and added the red.

If you are very neat and tidy, you won't want to try these. lol.  They are a bit messy

But, they are really cute after they are baked.

I put icing down into the cupcake where the crack is. I just used white icing on the first one, then used blue, red, and white sparkling sugar.

The sparkling sugar....

I wish I had been a little neater with the sugar, but, what can you do? lol.  I'm going to try using red, and blue icing on the next one.  I'll post that pic later.

I used a glove spritzed with some water to round off the icing.  It's a bit easier than trying to round it off with a knife.  I hope you will visit http://www.bakerella.com/ and see some of her other great ideas.  She is the 'cakepop' queen.

Sweet hamburgers

The perfect dessert for you Memorial day picnic, or any picnic, is a hamburger cupcake.  The cupcake is halved with a brownie for the burger. Condiments and lettuce are icing, then it is sprinkled on top with raw sugar.  Gotta have those sesame seeds on your bun.

Watermelon Cupcakes in a Jar

Whats better than a cold slice of watermelon on a hot summers day?  A watermelon cupcake of course. It won't drip down your chin when you bite into it. lol.  Green icing on the bottom, watermelon flavored cake, then watermelon flavored icing.  Chocolate chips are the seeds.