High Heel Cupcakes

I love the unique cupcake decoration ideas people come up with. A family member passed along this photo of these high heel cupcakes. They are made with Ladyfingers and Pirouette wafer cookies and the usual cupcake makings. 

Puppy and Polar Bear Mini Cupcakes from Bakerella

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 Bakerella never stops with the cute cupcake and cake pop ideas. She makes decorating look so easy, even for someone as artistically challenged as me. She did it again with mini cupcakes! Check out her tutorial on decorating puppies and polar bears.

Cupcake Decorating Tips

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As much as I LOVE cupcakes, I actually don't bake them as much as you'd think. So any time I see baking tips, I pay close attention. Bakers Royale recently had a guest post by Created by Diane, which detailed cupcake decorating tips. I've never attempted to frost a cupcake with anything but a butter knife. And you can guess how that turns out. Using her tips, I might have a chance to make some pretty cupcakes. You can read the whole post here.

SusieCakes Offers Cupcake Decorating Classes

During the month of April, SusieCakes is offering cupcake decorating classes at three of their locations. The class is $75 and you get to take home the dozen cupcakes that you design. Call the bakeries directly to book your spot.

Brentwood - April 10
Newport Beach - April 17
Calabasas - April 24

Family Visit to Sweet Spot

Saturday was my sister-in-law's birthday. We celebrated by eating dinner at the Irvine Spectrum. After dinner, we all headed over to SweetSpot Baker's Workshop for cupcakes. The kids all decided to make their own cupcakes and they had a blast. They definitely used enough candy to get their money's worth.

My niece Niki chose a white cupcake with purple buttercream frosting. She decorated it with sprinkles, red licorice, and Fruit Loops cereal.


My niece Alex used a white cupcake and chose pink as her frosting color. She decorated with sprinkles and blue frosting.


My nephew Dane had quite the time decorating. Actually, he didn't really care about the decorating, just licking the frosting off the cupcake. He used a red velvet cupcake and topped with blue frosting (as if you couldn't tell from his face what color his frosting was!). Dane topped his cupcake with red licorice, shamrock sprinkles, and gummy worms.



I opted out of making my own and instead bought a Marble Swirl Cupcake. The cupcake was made of white and chocolate cake and was topped with cream cheese frosting and a chocolate fudge swirl. The cupcake was pretty decent, but not too exciting.