For my son’s daycare class, the Monkeys, I decided what better birthday theme to go with than – monkeys. My son loves them, and what 3 year old doesn’t? I scanned monkey cupcake images on the internet and chose to use Wilton’s idea as my guide. I printed and cut out the template shapes on … Read more
I got this idea from the other monkey cupcakes on this site. To make it my own I made a few little changes. I used M&M’s for the eyes, cause who doesn’t like M&M’s and they add a little bit more color. I used vanilla wafers for the nose/mouth piece. I cut the tip off … Read more
I like to bake but do not know how to decorate. I tried decorating for the first time when I made a pull-apart tortoise cake for my son’s 2nd birthday last year, and I must say it turned out quite nicely but the glaze icing was way to sweet (I had no idea about the … Read more
My daughter’s First Grade class was learning about frogs the last half of the year. I thought what a cute way to end the year with Lilly Pad and Frog Cupcakes. These are very simple as you can see! Prepare the cupcake using the directions on the box. I colored the frosting blue to look … Read more
I saw these baby shower cupcakes in the Wilton 2006 yearbook and thought it would be a great cake for an upcoming baby shower. I bought the pre-colored pastel rolled fondant pack to save time for the blankets but still needed a small batch of skin tone for the babies’ heads and bodies. I used … Read more
Bake per box instructions. (I used white cake mix and stirred in four tablespoons of red/white/blue decorating sprinkles as cup cake decorations.) Make butter cream icing and tint 1/3 royal blue/, 1/3 white, and 1/3 red. Using decorator # 33, pull out blue “fireworks” around outside edge. Then do a circle of white. Finish with … Read more