Make super cute chick cupcakes with chocolate chips and sanding sugar, from Bird on a Cake

Easter = time for cute chick cupcakes! Blogger Bird on a Cake (what a perfect name for this post!) shows you how to use chocolate chips for the eyes and pipe on frosting for the wings, beak and feet!

Fun with farm and other animal cupcake toppers

Animal cupcake toppers! By Top The Cupcake, via their Facebook page.

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.

Cuteness alert: cake pop caterpillar!

I guess the only thing cuter than caterpillar cupcake cakes would be this caterpillar "cake" made of cake pops! It's by Just a Bite Cake Pops in Orange County, California, via Facebook, and you can find out more about them at http://www.justabitecakepops.com/.

Smiling strawberry ladybug cupcakes with peppermint patties, plus recipe link

What cute cupcakes! It's amazing how the little smile on the ladybugs makes a huge difference. And strawberry plus peppermint patty? Count me in. Get the recipe at Tutus and Tea Parties, in a guest post by Pamela of Pamela's Heavenly Treats.

Chocolate lab dog cupcakes. You're welcome.

How sweet are these chocolate lab cupcakes? They're by blogger Munchkin Munchies, who brought us those beautiful rainbow cake pops, and were inspired by their dog, Riley, seen below, using the cookbook Hello, Cupcake! by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. From the post:

*I used fondant (colored with gel), instead of candy, for the ears, nose and tongue. I also added black gel coloring to the chocolate icing(from "Hello Cupcake") to match Riley:)

5 groundhog cupcakes for Groundhog Day!

Happy Groundhog Day! Here are some cute groundhog cupcakes to celebrate.


by Hallee The Homemaker


by Sweet & S'Morsel's Cakery


by Wannabe Crafty via Flickr


by Confectioneiress Cupcakes & Sweets in Zionsville, Indiana via Flickr


Find out how to make these groundhog cupcakes at Kiboomu

Cupcake topper spotlight: dinosaurs, aliens, robots, monsters, burgers and hot dogs, owls, monkeys, zebras, caterpillars, planes and more by Pinwheel Lane Parties

Pinwheel Lane Parties sells all sorts of cupcake toppers in their Etsy store. Here are some of my favorite. They can be reached at Pinwheel.Lane at gmail.com and you can also find them on Facebook and Pinterest. I included owl toppers in two color schemes because they're so cute!