5 Lucky Charms cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day plus recipe links and cereal history facts

With St. Patrick's Day coming up on March 17th, and being that Lucky Charms is one of my favorite cereals (though I tend to pick out the marshmallows and eat them first), here are 5 Lucky Charms cupcakes to get you in a celebratory mood.




Magically delicious sparkly gold flake and green velvet Lucky Charms cupcakes by Saucy's Sprinkles - click for recipe


by Cupcake Project made with homemade Lucky Charms - click for recipe


by blogger Mrs. Fox's Sweets. From the post:

The icing is homemade buttercream. The cupcakes are topped with a little green sugar and then, of course, the Lucky Charms! From reading the reviews on the Betty Crocker website, I already knew that the cereal will quickly go stale if not served immediately. I tried using meringue powder in the icing and a layer of green sugar on top of the icing to possibly help prevent this, but no luck. The cereal did stay crunchy for an hour or two, but after a couple hours the cereal and marshmallows did get soft. They still taste great, but it is just as easy to put a handful on Lucky Charms on top right before serving. They are definitely best with that nice crunch on the top!

Double rainbow cupcakes by Clutzy Cooking


Last but not least, the very awesome With Sprinkles on Top has a Lucky Charms cupcake recipe and news about where you can buy just the marshmallows (from a site called, appropriately enough, cerealmarshmallows.com, via CHOW) and fun facts about Lucky Charms gleaned from Wikipedia, including:

• The original cereal contained pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers.
• Blue diamonds were introduced in 1975, purple horseshoes in 1984, red balloons in 1989, rainbows in 1992, pots of gold in 1994, leprechaun hats in 1996, orange shooting stars in 1998 (other colors of shooting stars were added in 2011), and an hourglass in 2008.
• Older marshmallow shapes were gradually phased out; the pink heart is the only shape to survive since the beginning.
• Limited edition marshmallows were also added over the years — including a whale in 1986, pine trees in 1990, a red balloon with a gold star in 1991, and a sparkling rainbow in 2000.

How to make tie-dye Easter cupcakes baked in Easter eggs

Yes, Yoyomax12 has another timely cupcake baking and decorating instruction video for you (Easter is April 8th), this time for tie-dye Easter cupcakes baked in Easter eggs! How's that for a surprise?



The video was inspired by these Easter egg cupcakes at the blog Cupcake Project!

12 margarita cupcakes for a Happy Margarita Day!

I know it's early, so I'm not necessarily suggesting you drink a margarita at 9 in the morning, or whatever time it is when you are reading this, but I did want to highlight 10 colorful, fun margarita cupcakes for National Margarita Day (today, February 22nd). Enjoy!


Recipe Girl isn't messing around: she's added a shot glass to her margarita cupcakes! Her recipe can be found here - it uses tequila and Grand Marnier.


Margarita cupcakes by Robicelli's, via Pink Memo (Robicelli's fans, don't forget, you can learn from their master class on baking cupcakes August 19-26 on our Cupcake Cruise to Bermuda!)


Margarita cupcakes by Brown Eyed Baker, where you can get the recipe. From the post: "They are definitely not innocent. They are all things tequila and lime. The cupcakes are buttery and moist. The frosting is velvety and buttery (more butter!). And there is a prevalent lime/tequila taste throughout."


Margarita cupcakes with Swiss meringue buttercream by Sweet Tooth, who has the recipe


Margarita cupcakes with lime curd filling and tequila-lime buttercream by Veggie by Season, who has the recipe


Margarita cupcakes with colorful flags - get the recipe from Cupcake Project


by Bunny's Warm Oven - click through for the recipe




Lime margarita cupcakes and strawberry margarita cupcakes, by Cake Dulce, who do custom cakes and cupcakes in Bowie and Silver Spring, Maryland, they can be reached at akedulce at gmail.com or 240-257-CAKE (2253).


by Domestic Pursuits using margarita mix, tequila and triple sec


Lime curd filled cupcakes plus lemon/lime buttercream with a big splash of tequila by A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe in Mount Holly, Vermont


Last but not least, but a fitting ending, The Angieriver Show takes the Recipe Girl recipe at the top and puts the cupcake in a margarita glass!

Egg Shell Cupcakes

I know what you're thinking..."WHOA! This can't be real! It's totally photoshopped!" But, dear Cupcakes Take The Cake readers, I can assure you it's not! Cupcake Project created this amazing tutorial on how to create these magic treats at home! Though they include a cake recipe to use for this project you can in fact use any cake you'd like! I feel like funfetti would be fun if you were using these for Easter!

Parmesan Sour Cream Cupcakes with Raspberry Whipped Cream

Interesting....

Made by Stef at the cupcakeproject.com.
I may have to try these babies out just to see what they actually taste like! It sounds like a Cupcake Wars ingredients challenge!

For the full recipe, click here!