Perfect Party Cupcakes

…resemble anything close to a Sprinkles cupcake. But hey, I tried. Perfect Party Cupcakes 1 1/2 c. Sugar 1 Stick Unsalted Butter 2 1/4 c. Cake Flour 1 T. Baking Powder 1/2 t. Salt 1 1/4 c. Whole Milk 4 Large Egg Whites 1 T. Pure Vanilla Extract Buttercream (recipe below) Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a regular muffin tin with cupcake liners. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, whisk to…

Purple and Pink Flower Cupcakes

…o this morning I got up bright and early and made two dozen of the Perfect Party Cupcakes and a batch of Buttercream Dream Frosting I blogged about awhile back. If you need a tried and true vanilla cake and vanilla buttercream recipe, try these two, they won’t ever let you down. Promise. These particular cupcakes are topped with purple sanding sugar and handmade, pink white chocolate daisies, thanks to my husband Jeremy. He is the artistic o…

July 4th Party Inspiration

…This morning I came across these photos from a July 4th party catered by Sweets Indeed. Their dessert stations are simply amazing! I can’t get over the creativity and cute details that went into every single dessert and table. Definitely gave me some more inspiration for this weekend! Click here to see all the gorgeous photos! Happy Friday!      …

Alphabet 2nd Birthday Party!

…rds and backwards way before he turned two. And boy themes are TOUGH…farm animals, cars, jungle, cartoon/tv shows…ugh. Not my style so much but the alphabet theme turned out cute! Here are a few pics from our fun day… It was a fun party with beautiful weather and awesome friends! And a certain two year old ate WAY too many chocolate letters off of the chocolate chip cookie bars while mom wasn’t looking but hey, it was his b…

New Year’s Eve Party Mini Desserts

…hocolate Covered Bacon Caramel Popcorn is dangerous. Dangerous I tell you!! And I am SO going to make it. These Mini Cherry Pies are just down right pretty. And begging to be eaten. I love the playfulness of this Gumdrop Fudge. Very festive and party appropriate. Not to mention easy. We like easy! Well, hopefully this gives you some inspiration for whatever crazy New Year’s party you may be hosting or attending. Tomorrow I’ll have my o…

Sparkle Princess 3rd Birthday Party!

…thday and honestly thought I’d have a couple of more years to decide party themes, but apparently not! I’m not upset though because doing a sparkle princess theme was actually a lot of fun and gave me a little challenge with the dessert table. I ended up doing Princess Popcorn, White Chocolate Castles, Crown Cookies, Royal Gumballs, Majestic Sixlets and Magic Star Fruit Wands! Oh and her cake was by Affordable Splendor Cakes and absolu…