Easter cupcakes

They boys had many, many cupcake requests for Easter so of course I made some. It seems at this point I'm willing to find any excuse to make cupcakes. Plus, you can really have some fun with the Easter theme!

I bought a new cupcake book from Better Homes and Gardens that had some really cute ideas and delicious recipes.

Like these Orange Cream-sicle cupcakes.

And yes, they taste exactly like the popular frozen treat.

Jackson really, really wanted bunny cupcakes so I made these:

Coconut cupcakes with white icing rolled in coconut and topped with two little candy bunny ears.

And the last ones are cute little bird's nest cupcakes with Robin Eggs:

The boys especially loved those!

Very cherry cupcakes

Another entry into the Allison's cupcake adventures.

This mini-cupcake thing is getting a little out of hand. If I keep posting so much about cupcakes eventually I'm going to have to add "cupcake creator" to the title of my blog. Out of pure boredom, and a recent viewing of Cupcake Wars, I decided to make these little cherry topped cuties.

Cherry chip cupcake + cherry almond icing + a cherry on top = awesome! 

I cheat when I make cupcakes. I go for quick and easy with box mixes and pre-made icing. It's kind of like using a sketch for scrapbooking. I have a starting point and then add some different flavors and details.

The sign that they tasted good? Finding ten empty cupcake liners hiding in Drew and Jackson's book shelf. (and Jackson's pink lined lips)

Next up in my cupcake adventures: Mickey Mouse cupcakes for Jackson's 3rd birthday party. I've researched. I've planned. I will conquer.

I might have cupcake fever.

It's all my mom's fault. We had an emergency "have to make a bajillion mini-cupcakes in one night" for an event at the store. I had a blast coming up with different flavors and studied up on how to make the cute little swirl of icing on the top.

I have cupcake fever. And it's spread into my scrapbooking and sketches too. Last week at Sketch Support we worked with a cupcake add-on sketch. Now I have "making cupcakes with scrapbooking supplies" fever. See below.

I figure if I love how my kitchen looks, I'll love cooking in it. I love baking. Cooking dinner? Not so much. This cupcake frame is the first addition to my super plain kitchen. The boys don't like this in our kitchen. They want to know why I'm wasting time on paper cupcakes when I could be making edible ones like on my layout below.

On this layout you'll see some of my favorite cupcakes I've made.

Chocolate lovers. Chocolate, topped with chocolate, topped with chocolate. What better to top chocolate with, than more chocolate?

Lemon supreme. My favorite lemon cake recipe from my Grandma transformed into a cupcake and topped with a little bit of lemon glaze and lemon icing. (These are my favorite!)

Red velvet Valentines. Red velvet cupcake with butter cream icing and heart sprinkles.

My Mind's Eye cupcake. Stitched cupcake liner and punched patterned paper circles topped with paper sprinkles. Easy to make and calorie free! Which makes it my favorite one on the layout.
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