Easter cupcakes in recycled egg cartons

How cute are these? These recycled egg cartons filled with Bliss Bake Shop cupcakes and Inkberry toppers at Fancy That (located in Bliss Bake Shop) in Portland, Oregon. Via Facebook. See blisscupcakeshop.com and shop-fancythat.com for more information.



Fancy That also sells these treat cups.

Awesomeness alert: Easter cupcake kebabs with Peeps and Rice Krispie treats!

Firstly, let me say that this week I discovered the blog Warm Sugary Goodness, and will be posting more from them soon, and that made me happy, and now they've taken cupcake kebabs to a new level with their Easter cupcake kebabs which include mini cupcakes, Peeps and Rice Krispie treats! So much fun on a stick. Love these. Also, they seem relatively easy to make (I've never made cupcake kebabs, though I have eaten my fair share) and so adaptable to whatever you have handy and want to include.

A twist on the Easter cupcake: chow mein noodle twigs for bird's nest cupcakes

Here's a twist for your next cupcake topper: chow mein noodles used as twigs as part of bird's nest cupcakes! These Easter (or spring) cupcakes are by Better Homes & Gardens, who tell you how to make them. Via Lilsugar.

Stop everything and check out these rainbow hi hat cupcakes

These are some of the coolest cupcakes I've ever seen! They're by blogger Craftstorming, who has the recipe and writes: "Below the white chocolate shell is a fluffy rainbow of marshmallow icing and hidden below that is a pot of ‘gold’ caramel. Continuing with all things Irish the dark chocolate cupcakes contain whiskey." Wow!! Via Flickr.





and what they look like on the outside:

Want a free St. Patrick's Day Jameson infused frosting shot today? Head to Swirlz in Chicago

And if you're there from 12-1 you can join our cupcake meetup, where Swirlz (705 W. Belden, Chicago) is serving up 2 dozen free cupcakes! They have vegan and gluten-free cupcakes too! Our next meetups are March 25th in Brooklyn at Baked and April 7th in Seattle at Trophy Cupcakes. Visit swirlzcupcakes.com and Swirlz' Facebook page for more information.

Happy St. Patrick's Day chocolate mint cupcakes

Happy St. Patrick's Day! These cupcakes are by IrishMomLuvs2bake on Flickr.

Extreme cupcake cuteness: Bird's nest lemon Easter cupcakes with chicks hatching out of them!

These cupcakes deserve some sort of prize for internet cuteness! They're bird's nest lemon cupcakes with chicks hatching out of Easter eggs, and you can find out how to make them, including recipe and instructions, over at The Southern Institute, in a post by Jenn from Rook No. 17. Via Craftzine. Love love love. Happy baking and decorating; I don't see how you could make these and not smile.



From the post:

Atop a tender mini lemon cupcake(with coconut cream cheese icing)sits a nest of toasted coconut,gently cradling a tiny speckled chocolate egg.

Shamrock mint, pot o' gold, Lucky Charms and Guinness chocolate Irish whiskey ganache cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

You can get these special St. Patrick's Day cupcakes as well as their other special March flavors below are for sale at St. Louis, Missouri cupcakery and Cupcake Wars winner Jilly's Cupcake Bar. Photos via their Facebook page, where you can get details about what's in each of them. Visit jillyscupcakebar.com for more information.

Bailey's Irish buttercream St. Patrick's Day cupcakes, plus mudslide and butterscotch cupcakes at Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique

I'm heading to Chicago this weekend for my cousin's wedding, an am looking forward to trying cupcakes I can't get at home. I like the cupcakes at Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique, and the fact that they offer mini cupcakes along with regular size, and I especially like that they rotate their flavors so there's always something new on the menu. Right now, through March 19th, they've got dark chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with Irish Baileys buttercream topped with shamrock sprinkles. Then from March . They've got locations downtown at 115 N. Wabash and in River North at 509 N. Orleans. Visit sugarblisscakes.com for more information and to sign up for their newsletter, and check them out on Facebook.


Bailey's Irish cream cupcakes


mudslide cupcakes (dark chocolate cake with Kahlua buttercream) for sale from March 19-25


butterscotch cupcakes (vanilla cake with butterscotch buttercream) for sale from March 26 to April 1


spring cupcakes for sale from March 20 to April 8

Shamrock baked inside a cupcake for St. Patrick's Day

Shamrocks are definitely the hot cupcake item of the week, with St. Patrick's Day coming up tomorrow, whether it's shamrock sprinkles, shamrock cupcake toppers or shamrocks baked inside cupcakes!

Here's another fun way to show your St. Patrick's Day cupcake love with a surprise in the middle for the lucky cupcake eater. Find out from blogger Kelli's Cakes/Come Join Me In how to go from this:



to this:


via Flickr

Irish cocktail whiskey chocolate ganache cupcakes in jars for St. Patrick's Day

Blogger ever clever mom made Irish cocktail cupcakes in jars for St. Patrick's Day! She's got the recipe and writes:

Serving the cupcakes up in jars means the frosting can be creamier and I added a lot more of that whiskey chocolate ganache this way. I love the way they turned out in the glass with the frosting on top... almost like little pints of Guinness.

Gold coins and rainbow St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

Beautiful shiny and pretty and colorful cupcakes by Bits of Splendor, where you can get the cake mix recipe! Hint: lots of food coloring is involved.

5 green velvet St. Patrick's Day cupcakes plus green velvet cake pops

St. Patrick's Day is this Saturday, March 17th, and there are so many shamrocks we almost can't keep up. Here are 5 green velvet cupcakes to get you in the holiday spirit.


by Patty's Cakes of Fullerton, California


by Real Mom Kitchen


by A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe


by Snappy Gourmet - these green velvet cupcakes have cream cheese frosting and are dipped in candy melts! Click through for the recipe and instructions.


Green velvet cupcakes topped with green macarons by The Boogie Blog


by Jeanne Benedict

And last but not least, green velvet cake pops by custom cupcake baker Amanda Cupcake in Waupaca, Wisconsin, via Flickr. Stay tuned: we have an interview with her coming up!

Beautiful St. Patrick's Day shamrock cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and recipe link

These beautiful St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are above and beyond your typical shamrock! They're made with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and blogger Pink Martinis and Pearls has the recipe and cupcake decorating tips. Happy, boozy cupcake making!







From the post:

These friends play together beautifully and are three of the five ingredients in the espresso martinis that I love.

Bailey’s is creamy goodness. Frangelico is hazelnut-flavored liqueur and Crème de Cacao has a light chocolate flavor.

For the cupcakes, I substituted the liquid ingredients in the batter with two espresso martinis. Texturally, the recipe works but the intensity of the alcohol needs some refining but what I came up with for the icing is absolute perfection and I’d like to share the Irish love with you and how to decorate the shamrock cupcakes.

Hidden gold inside St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, a must see

You won't have to search far for the gold in these St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, just bite in! They're by blogger Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, who has instructions on making your own.

St. Patrick's Day shamrock cupcakes, plus daises and raspberries

These festive and fun St. Patrick's Day and spring daisy and raspberry cupcakes are by The Sassy Cupcake, based in Eugene, Oregon, via their Facebook page. Contact them at melissa at thesassycupcake.com and find out more at thesassycupcake.com.

Easter cupake cuteneess, or Peeps=fun!

Peeps. I love them! I don't tend to eat too many because one goes a long way but I like looking at them and think they make a perfect cupcake topper. See more Easter cupcakes like these at Food Network.

How to use fondant to make pot o' gold St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

Talk about clever and fun! Blogger Miss Make made pot o' gold cupcakes using marshmallow fondant and has detailed step-by-step instructions and photos so you can make your own! Happy decorating.





And if you like marshmallow fondant, Miss Make has also used it to make edible button cupcake toppers!