Funfetti cupcakes and recipe link!

Get the recipe for these these funfetti cupcakes at The Whimsical Cupcake!

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!

How to make St. Patrick's Day very bright rainbow cupcakes with buttercream shamrocks: video, plus Cadbury Creme egg, Glee and Beatles cupcakes

This is a detailed 12-minute video about how to make very bright rainbow cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day, by blogger Jennifer Johns of Cupcakes, Cookies and Cardio (what a great name!). She also has her own business, JJ's Custom Cakery, so if you don't want to make them, you can order your own in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada by contacting jenn at jjscustomcakery.com or 778-517-1415. You can see more photos on Facebook. (They also showed us how to make the popular Valentine's Day heart cutout cupcakes in a video)



This is how bright they are, at least when made by JJ's Custom Cakery (and you, presumably, if you use the right amount of food coloring):





More about JJ's Custom Cakery:

JJ’s Custom Cakery is the East Kootenay’s newest and most professional bakery. We are a home based business, offering clients all over the Kootenay’s the tastiest and most beautiful cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other baked goods. JJ’s started in March 2011, and has loved serving the East Kootenay’s since! We bake out of a health certified kitchen so you can be assured that your cake was made in the hands of a Food Safe baker, and in an inspected environment.

While I'm posting about them, here are a few other cupcakes, Easter cupcakes (including a Cadbury Creme egg cupcake!), a cupcake bouquet that would be great for Mother's Day, more rainbows, hi hat cupcakes because I can never resist them, and the same goes for the Glee and Beatles cupcakes, all from their Facebook page.

Some of the most beautiful flower cupcakes I've ever seen

I feel like I should be jaded about flower cupcakes by now, after probably seeing hundreds, if not thousands of them, but I'm not, just as I'm not jaded about real flowers. This flower cupcake bouquet is stunning, with creativity and color and pop. Made by blogger I Bake Cupcakes for her mother's 60th birthday!




Orange candy clay daisies, mini yellow candy clay flowers and red gum drop roses.


Pink candy clay flower, red gum drop roses and green licorice stems.

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!

Pretty rainbow cupcake plus recipe link

Want to know how to make these rainbow cupcakes, for St. Patrick's Day or otherwise? Head on over to food blog The Curvy Carrot for the recipe! She writes:

As far as the cake goes, use your favorite white cake recipe, divide the batter into several small bowls, and color each bowl with your desired food coloring gels. I decided to try a white cake recipe from King Arthur for this recipe, but, in all honesty, I will most likely go back to my favorite from Baking Illustrated (see the recipe here) because I like the spongy texture (and the more potent almond flavor.) better. And for the frosting? I was running low on vanilla extract, so I threw in some butter flavoring instead. Holy moly. If you want a buttery buttercream (and who doesn’t, really?), try this if you happen to have some on hand. It’ll knock your socks off.

Bubblegum confetti cupcakes and a box of amazing looking ones from Brandon Cakes

Bubblegum confetti is a flavor of cupcake I've never heard of before, which is saying something! These are all by custom cupcake company Brandon Cakes, based in Kailua, Hawaii, via their Facebook page. Oahu cupcake bakers: I am missing your island and plotting my return in the fall, so when I need a little of the aloha spirit, I look up the bakers I met on my trip and you never fail to impress me. Call or text 808-780-3505 for orders and questions and visit brandoncakes.com for more information and full flavor listings.

Amazing rainbow cake pops inside and out and recipe link

Talk about colorful and over the top and awesome! Blogger Munchkin Munchies is determined to cheer you up with these extra bright, bold and fun rainbow cake pops, and has the recipe. So fun! There are candy melts and marshmallows involved, too, along with (obviously) food coloring, and she promises that they taste as good as they look.

Mini rainbow cupcakes on top of rainbow cupcakes

Blogger Crazy for Crust has gone crazy for rainbow cupcakes! She tells you how to put your food coloring to good use with these adorable mini cupcakes plus big cupcakes plus a cake!

Green Lucky Charms St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

In honor of St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) and all things green, blogger My Own Ideas baked these Lucky Charms cereal cupcakes that are green inside with "Lucky You" toppers, and tells you how to make your own! Via Edible Crafts.

Pretty Mardi Gras cupcakes with cinnamon frosting

The Mardi Gras cupcake love continues; these colorful Mardi Gras cupcakes are by blogger Erica at Sweet Tooth, who shares her cake mix recipe, and used the cookbook Hello, Cupcake! as inspiration and adapted the Fake Ginger recipe for her cinnamon frosting. Erica writes:

They were extremely festive -- I love the vibrant colors of mardi gras and I was able to dump a whole lotta food coloring into the batter so that they baked brightly. Everyone was completely stunned how I was able to make the 3 colors so distinct, but all it took was a few spoons and a little finesse. Cupcake batter is not that runny, so when you spoon out a bit into the liner, it'll hold its place as long as you move quick to put in the next color. The result is so fun -- the possibilities of color combination make them perfect for just about any occasion.

Lemon nutmeg cinnamon white chocolate whipped cream King Cake cupcake!

Here's an interesting take on the Mardi Gras cupcake, by Sugar Mountain Bake Shoppe in Rochester, New York: "King Cake: Lemon nutmeg cinnamon cake filled with white chocolate whipped cream, topped with lemon/white chocolate cream cheese, rolled in Mardi Gras color sprinkles." Via their Facebook page. Find out more at sugarmountainbakeshoppe.com.

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Colorful rainbow birthday party cupcakes:

I love the soft pastel tones. Not sure if it's a trick of the Instagram or the way the cupcakes were actually frosted. But so sweet!

Pretty picture courtesy po1yester.

8 push pop cupcakes by Push Up Cupcakes

Push Up Cupcakes in Saint Cloud, Florida, specializes in push pop cupcakes; their tagline is "cupcakes without the crumbs!" As you can see below, they also make cupcakes, and do custom orders only, including alcohol flavors. I love how fun the decorations are, like the flowers on top. And that you can switch up the colors and add candy.

All images via their Facebook page. Find out more on their website, and they can be reached at brande@pushupcupcakes.com or 321-228-3052.


as a chocolate and peanut butter fan, this one's my favorite looking! From this post:

I made devil’s food cake in the mini muffin tins. Then I whipped up a creation for the frosting of Jif Chunky Peanut Butter, Confectioners Sugar, Butter, Milk and Vanilla. I chose to use the crunchy for a little bit more texture but creamy would work just fine! Instead of using a piping bag and tip (because of the chunks) I put the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the end off. It worked great!

To get the chopped up Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, I used the minis. Stick them in the freezer for 10-15 minutes so they are easier to chop.

colorful mix and match push pop cupcakes


Boston creme "donut" push pops






red velvet with whipped vanilla frosting






ice cream sundae cupcakes


Martha Stewart's "broken glass" cupcakes