Swiss meringue buttercream is a silky icing that uses egg whites, sugar and butter. It's not too sweet, and perfect for piping and frosting cakes and cupcakes. Here, you'll learn how to make this silky frosting, heating egg whites and sugar in a double boiler, then adding butter to the meringue. ...
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Easy Easter Bunny and Baby Chick Cupcakes
Make these sweet Easter bunny cupcakes, and the adorable baby chick cupcakes for your spring festivities. You can bake your own cupcakes, and make your own frosting, or use store bought! I'll teach you the tricks below. There are no complicated directions or hard-to-find ingredients; ...
Easy Marshmallow Flowers Cupcakes
Marshmallow flowers on top of cupcakes, in mini terra cotta pots (so cute!), are easy when you use store-bought cupcakes. A great cupcake idea for flower pot cakes. It's so easy to make marshmallow flowers, and even easier to add them to the top of store-bought cupcakes to make a special ...
Marshmallow Cupcakes
Towering peaks add real drama to tiny chocolate desserts. Bake mini chocolate cupcakes from a mix or your own recipe. Prepare Marshmallow Topping. Fill a large piping bag fitted with a Wilton 1M open-star tip and pipe marshmallow onto cupcakes, pulling piping bag straight up to ...
Creamy Caramel Icing
Creamy Caramel Icing makes spice cake sing, chocolate cake a dream and cupcakes do the happy dance. It's a vintage recipe that should become one of your new classics. The first thing you need to know about this glorious frosting is that it is vintage. It is! That doesn't mean it's old and moldy, it ...
Pumpkin Marshmallows on Cupcakes
Pumpkin Marshmallows on Cupcakes are fluffy, sweet, Halloween treats. Mini marshmallow pumpkins replace a traditional frosting and make these little cakes unique. Halloween is here again! These mini pumpkin marshmallows sit on cupcakes and tease me with their soft, pillowy sugaryness. A ...
Polka Dot Halloween Cupcakes
Halloween cupcakes get topped with chocolate candy polka dots for tasty cuteness. Easy to make with pantry ingredients, you'll be the hit of the costume party! These Halloween cupcakes can be your October go-to party dessert. They are a cinch when you use cake mix and one of my easy frosting ...
Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes | Recipe Mashup
Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes combines the perfect chocolate cake with my creamy caramel frosting. The flavors make for a great recipe mashup. • • • This recipe takes two favorites and creates a mashup that you'll want to make again and again. I teamed up with Kate from the Instagram @sweetkatebake to ...
Eerie Eyeball Cupcakes
Eyeball cupcakes check out everyone that walks by your Halloween treat table. Grab one before they LOOK away! Mini cupcakes make the perfect canvas for creepy, delicious Halloween eyes. I love having a big platter of these lookers on my treat table! A few simple candies and frosting is all ...
Extra Rich Milk Chocolate Frosting
Milk Chocolate Frosting makes the perfect chocolaty swoops and swirls on your cakes and cupcakes. I've got a tip that will guarantee a rich chocolate flavor every time! I love chocolate. It happens to be an integral part of my favorite food: Chocolate Chip Cookies. So, naturally, when it comes time ...
101 Ways To Love Bacon
Oh, bacon! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways! No really, let's count them. Just when you thought you couldn't love bacon any more than you already do, here are 101 ways to enjoy this delicious meaty treat. HINT: It's not just for breakfast anymore. Bacon is meat candy. Admit it, ...
Spring Cupcakes | Tara Teaspoon
Spring cupcakes bring sunshine and smiles. The little flowers and eggs are made with delicious candy on top of fluffy vanilla frosting. Seriously these spring cupcakes make me so happy. How can you not be completely joyful just looking at them? So sweet for any spring event or Easter treats. I used ...
Vanilla Cupcakes | Classic Recipe
The best homemade vanilla cupcakes recipe you will ever make. They're easy and delicious with any frosting. Basic recipes are the bomb! You know just what to make when the occasion arises--no sifting through cookbooks or pins. These vanilla cupcakes will be your go-to for every shower, school ...
Crazy For Candy Cupcakes
These are impressive bombs. You put them on the table and BOOM! Everyone is instantly impressed. With piles of delicious buttercream, and loads of Halloween candy, you can't go wrong. Make them ahead too! This meringue buttercream holds really well. *One little hint: if you're not a huge frosting ...
Candy Corn Twist Cupcakes
I know people who like candy corn. I try not to judge them, and just love them for who they are--but it's hard. For those of you in my camp who don't love the wonderfully iconic Halloween candy, but, like me, survive off of several sugar fixes a day, I created a solution in the form of a ...
Black Cat Cupcakes
Black Cat Cupcakes are chocolatey from bottom to top. They are festive and easy to decorate; you can never go wrong with a cute black cat! These Black Cat Cupcakes are the perfect dessert for any Halloween party! Not to mention, they are fun and easy to make with kids. If you need a school treat ...