Thank you all so much for your help on deciding which cupcakes to make for the cookout I attended. You guys gave some really great ideas that I wish I had had the time to make. Although I didn't make them this time, there are some that I want to try eventually like the apple pie cupcakes! They have fruit and frosting in a lattice design on top to make it look just like a fruit pie! So cute!!!
I ended up just making my lovely buttermilk cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes and topping them with tinted buttercream. I added raspberry extract to the blue icing and strawberry extract to the red icing. I left the white icing vanilla. They were simple but oh so delicious!!!!
I also made tinted fondant stars to arrange on the cupcakes. I tinted some white fondant blue and red, rolled it out and cut different sized stars out and voila! Very easy but really cute!
Of course I also made the yummy chocolate covered pretzel sticks that were a huge hit at the party. I posted about them on Misty's blog, The Queen Of My House. Click here to see that post!!
I've been on a cupcake making frenzy lately and am excited about trying new decoration techniques too. I made some buttermilk chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter frosting the other day and I can't wait to show y'all those!! I've got red velvet cupcakes coming up for a birthday and I'm going to try out a cute fondant monogram decoration for them. I'll keep y'all updated!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!
Gorgeous!!!! You did an amazing job! I keep forgetting that I need to get a bigger tip - the last batch of cupcakes I made looked weird because the tip was too small. Everytime I see yours I remember that I forgot to get it lol!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these are the cutest things ever! I am going to have to buy a cupcake kit so I can learn how to make mine have cute icing!
ReplyDeletecan i please come to your house and bake with you? i just haven't been able to master the whole baking thing....and cupcakes are my favorite. maybe i just need to suck it up and try again! love these for sure! xoxo happy friday!
ReplyDeleteButtermilk cupcakes - yum, yum, yum! Unlike the PP, I don't want to come to your house and bake, I want to come to your house and EAT!
ReplyDeleteYou are so talented. Those look like something straight out of an upscale bakery. You must tell me what piping kit you use. I've also been dying to try fondant. So it's easy?
ReplyDeleteI am going to be making your Root Beer Float cupcakes today. It took me a couple of days to find the vanilla bean paste, but alas I did. I will let you know how they turn out! :)
You are super talented! Those buttermilk cupcakes look so yummy. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteSuch awesome looking cupcakes! I can't wait to see the peanut butter cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteLook at you! I'm so jealous! You're like a younger Martha Stewart ;-) But seriously, anyone who uses fondant to make their cupcakes fancier is fabulous in my book! Love ya dear!
ReplyDeleteI love the simplicity of those cupcakes - even though there's really nothing simple about them I'm sure! Where do you buy your raspberry and strawberry food coloring? I would love to make red velvet anything but I refuse to use the chemical red food coloring.
ReplyDeleteThey look so professional...and yummy! Good job!
ReplyDeleteThose are so cute!! You should be a professional baker! They look amazing
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty cupcakes! They almost look to pretty to eat...almost :) I actually made pretzels like that a few 4th of July's ago and they were very yummy! Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteSeriously? I really do wish you lived closer to bake cupcakes for GG's birthday. Those are amazing...lovin' the fondant stars! You should think about a side business.
ReplyDeleteSee ya soon, yippee!
Yum! Those look great! Good job with the fondant stars! And, i love those chocolate dipped pretzels! I made some for Valentines day & they were a hit!
ReplyDeleteThese cupcakes look so pretty and there is nothing better than a cupcake made from scratch! The buttermilk cupcakes sound sooo good. The little fondant stars are really pretty and were such a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteYou should open some sort of cupcake Etsy shop! The pretzels look awesome too.
They look like these were done by a professional high-end baker! I am so impressed with your skills! I wish I lived nearby so I could grab one :).
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
xo Marcie
Oh my goodness how adorable do those look! I am absolutely loving them! You are insanely creative...love it! I really want to make pink lemonade cupcakes and see how they'll be... I kind of want them for my wedding.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous weekend girly!
xo
Adorable cupcakes!!! I love them. They look delicious too. I think I'm going to go eat the cupcakes I made yesterday :) This post made me hungry!
ReplyDeleteI AM A CUPCAKE FANATIC. I know I am late on commenting because it is like, um, after the 4th of July. But I want these. Now. -Meg @ oisme.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCuteness!! :o)
ReplyDeleteWow, those look awesome!
ReplyDeletethose look great! excellent job!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute cupcakes!! I love the festive touches :)
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