Our Tea Cup Moulds by Fred

Our Tea Cup Cakes Mould by Fred is now on clearance with very few left! I love mine for those little whimsical times in life

DIY Christmas TAGS and Cupcake Toppers

Tis the season to be Merry and also time for Sharing
These DIY Christmas tags are a fantastic evening project
Email me if you would like a copy sent to you
Happy Christmas from all of us at Sweet Cuppin Cakes

Holiday Cupcake Wrappers Santa Sleigh

Now available for Christmas our Holiday Wrappers!
Red Santa Sleigh. Reusable top notch quality manufactured in Australia.We are proud to offer you these.
Set of 12 $14.99

Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery and Cupcakery Supplies

Giving back something sweet!

Find out about the outcome of our awesome cookie drop off courtesy of Drop In and Decorate dot org.

www.swedersideoflife.wordpress.com

It was an AMAZING success!

Brides Pinks

Funnily after thinking that we would not complete the task of making 500 of these roses for our Princess White bridescakes I pulled it off! My thumb was so sore but it all ended well! After asking a lot of decorators about how to dry these roses of royal frosting, they were actually pretty much a hands off process. I had worried they would crack etc but no, all went remarkably well. Here is what I did, I piped them all on parchment squares and placed each rose on a square on a huge cookie sheet. I left each to sit and dry for 2 days and then flipped them upside down on the squares for 3 days ... They were quite hard and crusted by the time I used them a week later. I stored them in clean paper egg cartons which worked fab! So my friends now I am no longer leery to make royal icing roses that I hear can last decades haha! Cheers

Espresso Chip Brownies...have a great morning!

8 ounces of your favorite dark chocolate

1 cup of unsalted butter

5 whole eggs

3 cups white sugar

1 tablespoon Neilsen-Massey vanilla bean paste

1 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

1 tablespoon instant espresso granules

-Don't blink because it is very easy and the outcome is dense and velvety. Perfect for the holidays. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 13 by 9 baking dish.

-Place the butter and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on high until the chocolate is fully melted, about 2 minutes but watch carefully. Stir until fully blended.

-In a standing mixer with the paddle blade; place the eggs, sugar and vanilla bean paste. Mix on high for about two minutes. Then on a very low speed or stir setting, slowly add in the butter and chocolate mixture. Next add in the flour and beat on medium only until combined and then stop! Overmixing is deadly to brownie texture!

-Remove the paddle blade and grab a spatula. Pour the chips and espresso into the batter and fold them in by pulling the bottom batter to the top gently. You only want them evenly through the batter, you don't want to 'mush'.

-Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for about 35 mins. I love this because it is the perfect amount of time to make dinner!

Additional ideas: I poured a bag of marshmallows on top of the brownies this year and they were AMAZING!!! I have also added in dried cranberries or cherries. Get creative and play with your food. Enjoy!

Anita can sure decorate a cupcake

Happy Deepavali
Originally uploaded by Anita Jamal

These were submitted by Anita Jamal to our Sweet Cuppin Cakes Flickr Group which made me very happy! The reason I am so happy is then I get to share them with all of you.

I adore all the details on these and the colour work is fantastic. It makes me wonder what everyone else is up to in their kitchens and bakeries for this holiday season coming quickly upon us.

If you have something to show us, or you have someone you are so very proud of come join our group and hang out with a nice big mug of cocoa and be ready to be inspired to the point you will go bake I promise!!

Our crew also has a fan page where you can post just about anything you want, after all anyone doing sugar arts is a Celebrity in my eyes!

Happy Holidays and thank you again Sweet Anita!

Lemon Shortbread Cupcake Cookies A Recipe

 When it would happen I did not know. I knew it would happen though, so that is an intuitive A++ for me. Cookies! Well indeed cookies happened, but to find an actual cookie cupcake recipe! For reals you guys. This just sets my little shoppe into trendy trendy trendy avant-garde territory. Now I better tell you why. I had thought of the cookie project myself and played with recipes because after-all cupcake liners are finicky little papers whether we would like to know that or not. They are not all so conforming to some recipes as we have learned in some point of our baking careers.
After deciding brownies sucked in baking liners I moved on. So I go and order a bunch of my 39 size liners, a bunch and to get them made a have to wait quite a while not to mention all the bakeries we supply to gobbling them up. Okay on with it, I do have some in stock and waiting for you, how long I couldn't say But this recipe I just had to share because I love you.
Lynds

Lemon Shortbread Cupcake Cookies

2 cups all purp flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup confectioners sugar
3-4tbsp finely shredded lemon peel (you can add orange here too)
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (real lemon juice)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp vanilla and please use real vanilla too I like Neilsen Massey Vanilla Bean paste for this recipe
Lemony Glaze
Oven temp 300 degrees. 24 mini cupcake liners neatly set into your wee pans.
Stir together flour and cornstarch set aside a bit
Put your confectioners sugar in a bowl and the lemon peel (this step makes a huge difference) then push that lemon peel through and through until your sugar is fragrant and yellow Oh YUM.
Then in you mixer beat the butter until almost white (yes it does) Add sugar mixture and then flour mixture. Perfect
Now roll into 24 equal balls (I use a small ice cream scoop (disher) for this)
You can also use a scale but use something.
Now press your perfect little balls into your pretty pans lined with festive paper.
Bake gently at 300 for 20 minutes they will be only very very light brown
Now to glaze:
Do not do this in advance or your liners will fall off! When ready to serve beat up in a wee bowl 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, 1 tablespoon of milk, 1 tablespoon of corn syrup (I like the golden) and 1 1/2 - 2 tsp finely shredded lemon peel and finally 1 tbsp of vanilla bean paste. Perfect (it will be a little thick) Por your glaze into a squeeze bottle (yeah I am gonna say it Wilton) and gently squirt the glaze on your cookies Let stand a bit and serve!

Oh yeah you can freeze those cookie cupcakes for a month without the glaze. Alternatively you can decorate these cookies with glaze and royal frosting flowers or what have you!

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An easy and sweet way to spread love!

A few weeks ago, Lyndsay shared a beautiful link that caused me to take action.

http://www.dropinanddecorate.org/

It is a simple idea. Make some cookies, decorate them and donate them to food pantry, soup kitchen, shelter or any other agency that feeds those in need. The great thing is the reaction you can get for such a simple act of generousity. You can teach your kids the act of giving. You can get that warm, "I just did a good deed" feeling. And the most important, someone that really needed a smile gets one.

I decided to make it a Thanksgiving mission. I called Minot Area Homeless Coalition and asked them how many families they serve for the holiday. I found out they help 30-60 families, based on reservations and last minute additions. Simple math provided me with 15 people needing to bake 4 dozen. That is very easy, even for a beginner. You can buy 4 packages of break apart sugar cookies(SUPER EASY), you can make up a large batch of sugar cookie dough and divide it up for your friends to bake(Easy for the home-baker) or you can get crazy creative and bring the most gorgeous cookies your hands can make(easy for the greatly skilled artists on this site). Does not matter how you get it done, just have fun! I shared it as an event on Facebook, before I knew it I had a great surprise.

I had 30 bakers! 30 bakers making 4 dozen cookies EACH! I am able to provide all the cookies needed for both the Domestic Violence Crisis Center and the Minot Area Homeless Coalition. Amazed.

So now I have a dare. Can you out bake me for your town? Can you provide baked yummies for your local soup kitchen or charity? I DARE YOU! Then let this lovely lady know on her website! Take pictures, share your event with friends. You can even turn it into a new tradition for a holiday. If you take up my dare, leave a comment. I would love to see what special yummies you can come up with also.

I can't wait to show you my progress! Thanks, Lyndsay. I can feel the love already.

Fun Cuppies for kids and parents too... Carmel Apple cake with Carmel on the top, perfect for Harvest parties and trick or treat.

Goofy Monkey Cake

Goofy Monkey Cake
Originally uploaded by ziggiau

I feel like this on many days haha Thanks for the idea!

monkey cake

monkey cake
Originally uploaded by Karen Portaleo/ Highland Bakery

The Perfect Autumn Monkey

Mini Monkey and Flowers Cupcakes

Mini Monkey and Flowers Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by jdesmeules (Blue Cupcake)

We are going bananas for Monkies and for Buddy Valastro all month we will look for the bestiest monkies. Lyns

Rose Cupcakes

Rose Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by katiskupcakes

Happy Pinktober the 17th Thank you to Katis Kupcakes

Face of Opportunity Entry:

Face of Opportunity Entry:

PLease click the link above and vote for one of my most inspiring sugar artists. You will be glad you did and so will I xox

I NEED TO STUDY THE PASTRIES OF VIENNA

I HAVE HAD MY OWN CUSTOM CAKE DESIGN BUSINESS, COLETTE'S CAKES, SINCE 1989. I HAVE APPEARED ON THE FOOD NETWORK IN NUMEROUS COMPETITIONS AND SHOWS, AND HAVE MADE CAKES FOR THE PRINCE OF GREECE, HAVE DESIGNED CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, APPEARED ON THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, AND HAVE MADE CAKES FOR MANY CELEBRITIES, INCLUDING WHOOPI GOLDBERG, THE ROLLING STONES, KENYE WEST, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, TO NAME A FEW. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING MY 6TH BOOK ON CAKE DECORATING. ALL OF MY OTHER BOOKS HAVE BEEN HOW-TO'S AND THEY HAVE ALL BEEN VERY GOOD SELLERS, BUT THIS TIME I AM WRITING A BOOK ABOUT INSPIRATION FOR CAKE DECORATING AND I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE VIENNA AS AN INSPIRATION FOR THE TASTE AND APPEARANCE OF MY CAKES. THE ARCHITECHTURE OF VIENNA WILL BE A MAJOR INSPIRATION TO THE DESIGN OF THE CAKES, USING THE GILT BUILDINGS, THE ORNATE PLASTERWORK, AND THE BEAUTIFUL ART DECO AND ART NOUVEAU IN MY CREATIONS.I HAVE BEEN LONGING TO GO TO VIENNA FOR THE TYPE OF INSPIRATION NEEDED FOR MY BOOK AND THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY! THANK YOU! COLETTE PETERS

My Friend Manuela and her Inspiring Blog Passion 4 Baking

Today I have taken this from my friends blog, Manuela as she has to be one of my most inspiring friends and she is kicking off an International Breast Cancer Awareness month. To support Manuela's efforts we are introducing you to her with this post and also sponsoring some of the giveaways on her blog. Please leave us a comment here as well on how you can help in the Pink month of October to find a cure. Do not forget to visit her blog ... You will be glad you did xox

Angel Food Cupcakes

Friday, October 1, 2010 8:28

Kategori: Cupcakes

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 Hei, alle sammen!  
 Endelig er oktober her. La oss gjøre det beste ut av denne måneden.  
Gleder meg til å vise alle dere trofaste lesere en ny måned med nye oppskrifter på både mat, kaker, kjeks, cupcakes og mye mer.  
Husk å klikke dere in på hvem som er dagens sponsorer og vær med å vinne fine premier nesten hver eneste dag.  
Mitt håp for oktober er at dere alle sammen har en passion4giving til alle de som trenger det …..om det så er et smil til en du ikke kjenner … av og til kan det oppmuntre ett menneske veldig mye og det kan faktisk gjøre dagen lettere…  
 Dagens oppskrift er helt enkelt en Angel Food Cupcake. Jeg  valgte denne oppskriften fordi jeg liker navnet og syns den passer bra til å starte passion4giving-måned her på passion4baking. Dette fordi jeg vet at det finnes mange engler der ute som gir andre en hjelpende hånd.  
 
Denne lette cupcake er  en oppskrift som kommer fra min svigerinne i USA . I denne oppskriften trenger du Cake flour…… viser dere lenger ned hvordan du lager det.  
 Cake flour lages av mel blandet sammen med maismel  
 Cake flour  

• 110 g mel
• 2 ss maismel

Bland begge ingredienser  godt sammen så har du Cake flour.  Nå trenger du ikke så mye denne gangen men du kan legge bort resten til en annen gang.  
  
   

Angel Food Cupcakes:

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

• 60 g  cake flour
• 75 g sukker
• 30 g melis
• 1/8 ts. salt
• 4 store egghviter
• 1/2 ts. vinstein eller noen dråper sitronsaft
• 3/4 ts. vanilla essense
• Ovnen på 190 C           

Dette blir cirka 12 medium muffins   
Bland sammen mel med maismel i en liten bolle…..dette kalles i USA for Cake flour.   
   
Bland så cake flour sammen med sukker og salt i en bolle.   
   
Til denne oppskriften bruker du kun eggehviter….  beste måten til å fjerne eggeplomme fra eggehvite på,  er å bruke en egge-skiller   
   
I  mikseren heller du i eggehviter sammen med vanilje og vinstein (eller sitron )   
Miks det godt sammen.   
   
Etter 30 sekunder tilsetter du melis   
   
Så mikser du videre noen minutter til.   
   
 Denne marengsen skal ikke  overmikses. Du ser på bildet sånn cirka det skal se ut.   
     
Bland nå forsiktig mel blandingen inn i marengsen  i 3 omganger til alt er godt blandet.   
     
 I dag bruker jeg disse flotte cupcake former som Cacas selger i sin flotte ny-lanserte nettbutikk.   
 Rosa sløyfe-muffinsformer til inntekt for rosa sløyfe aksjonen.    
Muffinsformene selges i perioden 15. september – 15. oktober.  For mer informasjon om dette kan du lese her  
Du kan også laste ned en Rosa Sløyfe hefte med masse spennende oppskrifter her  
   
 Fordel røren i 12 muffins former.   
   
 Stekes i cirka 15-20 minutter på 190 C   
Så ser de ut ….luftige og fine Angel food Cupcake   
    
La cupcake hvile i 5 minutter før du tar dem ut av formen.   
   
Sånn……. her er de kjempegode Angel food Cupcake!   
   
Denne cupcake passer ypperlig sammen med litt vanilje krem som jeg blander sammen med kremfløte….   
   
 ….og litt ferske  bær……jeg elsker smaken av jordbær sammen med disse cupcakes.   
   
Jeg varmer jordbær lett i en panne med litt sukker og sitron noen minutter.  
Ble en ekstra god å deilig frisk smak.  
  
En liten marsipan Rosa sløyfe for anledning  
  
Og her har du en myk og deilig cupcake.  
  
 Det var det hele for i dag.   
 Ønsker dere en fantastisk helg alle sammen,  så ses vi igjen imorgen.   
Takk til Trude for redigering av teksten.   
  

Big Pink Cake

Big Pink Cake
Originally uploaded by two parts sugar

I love the Suessness of this cake by Monica Serratos!

Bubbly Bear Bath Cake

Bubbly Bear Bath Cake
Originally uploaded by kelannfuller

I need a nice bubbly bath like this. Happy Sunday

Cupcake Frosting Bear

Cupcake Frosting Bear
Originally uploaded by violetpie

I love this little bear! Happy Day to you all

Random Acts of Cupcake Kindness

Hi there cupcake lovers, my name is City but I'm better known in the blogging world as the NZ Cupcake Queen! Lyndsay kindly offered for me to guest blog so I thought I'd share a little post on the joy of sharing cupcakes as random acts of kindness!



Since I started baking cupcakes 6 years ago, I've come to realize that most of the joy I get from my baking comes from sharing it with other people and I'm guessing this is something that most cupcake bakers share. Baking cupcakes is fun, frosting and decorating them is fantastic but nothing beats watching the look of pleasure on a customers face as they bite into one of my cupcakes or how excited a friend gets when I give them a cupcake for no special reason at all!

Whether I'm baking cupcakes for an order or a friends birthday party, I always try to make some extras in the batch, so I can share them with other people, especially people outside of immediate family and close friends. Some days I drop them off to my downstairs neighbors or to the lovely old man who runs our local dry-cleaners or I give some to my boyfriend to share with his co-workers or take them in to share with other students and tutors at my art school or offer one to the plumber who is working in the house.

You could see cupcakes simply as tasty, yummy treats but I guess I tend to view them as little random acts of kindness too. As long as I keep sharing the cupcake love then I never get tired of baking cupcakes. And part of the fun of sharing the cupcakes is sharing them with people who might not normally get to try something so delicious! Lets face it, the families and friends of anyone who is a baker are pretty lucky people, but there are people out there who never get to eat home made treats. I've been thinking a lot lately that I'd like to share extra or left over cupcakes with a few of the homeless men who live near my apartment and see if it might bring a smile to their faces.

I'd love to know other peoples thoughts on cupcakes and their power as little random acts of kindness in cake form! Do you share your cupcakes with strangers or people you don't know very well? Who do you love to give cupcakes to outside of your family?

And if you haven't had the pleasure of sharing a cupcake with a person you might not normally bake for, why don't you go and drop a cupcake or two off to that neighbor that you have only ever said a polite "hello" to in the morning, or drop off some to your mechanic next time you get your car serviced. I think you'll soon find that the power of sharing the cupcake love to more than just our family and friends gives you warm fuzzies and makes the world a sweeter place!

love and cupcakes,

City
the NZ Cupcake Queen

Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery and Kerry Vincent Guest Judge

Our Kerry Bear Contest is quickly coming to a close. If you have not got your edible teddy bear photo in for the contest now would be a good time to get ready set go and get your best bear to us! We would love to see your artistry. To find out more about my cake crew competitors and to enter the Kerry Bear contest or just to have fun watching please visit our Fimo Fondant blog. You will find a TON to do there as well.
Kerry Vincent Judge from Challenge on Food Network is our guest judge! The prize: A Kerry Vincent Chef Jacket SIGNED! 
Our other sponsors for this contest are Sugar Veil and Cake Journal! You really need to do this, you will be glad you did! Registration dates have been extended.
Good Luck
Lyns

Watch for our Autum Ann Clark Cookie Cutters

Lemon Cookies

Ingredients:

Instructions:

Makes about 18 cookies Processing the lemon zest with the sugar helps distribute the lemon flavor. Process together in a food processor about 15 seconds: 2/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon freshly grated lemon zest Beat with an electric mixer 1 cup unsalted butter, softened Lemon sugar from above Add and mix: 1 large egg 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Whisk together, then add and beat to incorporate: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill until firm. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough out on a lightly floured counter to 1/4 inch thickness and cut with your favorite Ann Clark cookie cutters, then transfer cookies onto cookie sheets taht ahve been lined with parchment paper ro silicone liners. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until very lightly browned around the edges. Let cookies cool slightly on cookie sheets, then transfer to a wire rake to cool completely. Decorate, if desired, before serving. Lemon Icing Melt 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, mix with 3 cups confectioners' sugar, 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and a pinch of salt to smooth. Enjoy!

White Chocolate Passion Cupcakes

White Chocolate Passion Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by CupcakesByTara

Tara won the magic box cupcake challenge this month so will look forward to receiving a prize pack from us! Congrats to you!

Zebra Cupcakes

Zebra Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by Brenda's Cakes - Ohio

Love these cuppies by Brenda again! <3

Ice Cream Cookies

Ice Cream Cookies
Originally uploaded by Brenda's Cakes - Ohio

I love Brenda's work so here I must share it again. Happy Thursday! Royal Frosting is so perfect to add that extra depth on your cookies! Brenda is truly a master at using buttercream, fondant, and royal frosting to create the perfect cakes and cookies! Do visit her flickr stream

Baking Bears

Baking Bears
Originally uploaded by Brenda's Cakes - Ohio

I adore these little bears by Brenda from Ohio, are these just not the cutest little bundle of bakers you ever saw?

Looking for a fun cuppie to bake? Try these out!!

Banana Cuppies with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting with Nutella, so yummy and great anytime of the day with coffee or late tea..

The other cuppie is a super fresh raspberry cuppie, I used local raspberries from a farm close to my home, if you can use local fruits and veggies when you bake and cook it makes your creations even yummier!! The frosting is the same as the banana cuppie but topped with homemade raspberry sauce and a sweet raspberry.. Have fun.

Hedgehogs and Mushrooms

Hedgehogs and Mushrooms
Originally uploaded by Three Honeybees

As I was checking out the amazing sugar artistry in my web groups I came across my 2 most favourite things. Hedgehogs and mushrooms. To me they are the first thing to creating a magical tale of fairies and castles with trolls and gnomes and journeys that take us to the happiest places we could ever imagine.
Who wouldn't want a plate of these?
You can now get all these cutters and more in my little Webbie Shoppe Sweet Cuppin Cakes. Thank you to Three honeybees for these lovely photos.
Don't these make you smile?

Ices San Diego Vendor List 2010

Need to find something cake? Here is a list of vendors from the ICES show this year,
I hope you enjoy as a go to resource but do not forget our little shoppe Sweet Cuppin Cakes because we would love to have you!