I {heart} cupcakes

Cupcakes are quite the trend now a days and I love it! There are so many cute toppers, wrappers and ways to frost that have me amazed at some of the talent out there! Its no secret I am not the best baker in the world (not even close) but even a cupcake novice like me can enjoy and appreciate the art of a cupcake.

Last week I tried my hand at baking some cupcakes with the kids and it was a blast! First, I did an extensive search online and came up with a bazillion ideas to try. I think I gained 19lbs from all the cupcakes we made that day, but every pound was worth it! This post will highlight some tips and trends I found in my online cupcake search. Enjoy!

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Cupcake Liners

Cupcake liners even make my cupcakes look appetizing!!! 

Look at how fun these leopard print liners are:

I used these liners for my carrot cake cupcakes.(A Box from Betty Crocker! Just being real!)  I frosted them with my SIL's cream cheese frosting and they looked great but tasted even better! 

 *Dip your cooled cupcakes into melted icing to get the smooth finish*

Cupcake Wrappers

 Cupcake wrappers are taking cupcakes to a whole other level!!!

Here are some vanilla cupcakes the kids and I made:

The liner was pink, but after baking it looks blah. 

Enter darling cupcake wrapper and some frosting...

TaDa! So much cuter!!!

I got these wrappers from Marie Lucille, a darling company that has so many varieties!

I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the Bella Cupcake Couture wrappers. They have over 25 prints!

Cupcake Ideas

 There were just too many cupcakes I wanted to feature. Seriously, do a google search for cupcake images and you will be overwhelmed!!! The cupcakes I chose to feature here are ones that were linked up to one of the Strut Your Stuff parties, or they were found before I got too overwhelmed in my google search!  

Pigs

Elmo

Cookie Monster

Scottie Doggy

Root Beer Float

Popcorn

Monogram

Cupcake Bouquet

Cupcake Sites

I could have done an entire feature post on the following sites because their cupcake content was fantastic!

 Cake Journal

Home of the tutorial on how to make the perfect dome cupcake

Joy of Baking

Home of the best vanilla cupcake recipe

Cupcake Carnival @ Attempting Creative

Guest Bloggers showing off their cupcake best!

The TomKat Studio

Party ideas, cupcake toppers, the whole 9 yards

Bakerella
The queen of all things baked. Nuff said. 

One Pretty Thing
Best Archived site I have seen with tons of cupcake ideas!

Cupcake Fun

  Here are some more random cupcake ideas:

 Cupcake pillow from Jen @ Tattertots & Jello (as seen on Attempting Creative)

Put a cupcake in an icecream cone with this easy tutorial

Put your cupcakes in cute paper cups

Make your own treat box

Cupcake Toppers

  These can add some fun flair to any cupcake. There are a bazillion printables in blog land, but here are some cute free ones that I found:

 Any occasion toppers

Luau party toppers

Vintage toppers

Yummy toppers

Cupcake Shopping

I had so much fun finding cupcake ideas for this post! I have added several fun cupcake related items to my OpenSky Shop. Take a look and click on the pictures to purchase them:

Thanks for browsing! Now go make some cupcakes!!!