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Just in at fancyflours.com! New brightly colored gingham print muffin cups – add a fun twist to an ordinary batch of cupcakes with these fun colored cups. These cups are made of Swedish Greaseproof paper and come in a package of 40 for $4.00. More than enough for your next cupcake baking spree!
Find these and a library of other fun muffin cup designs at www.fancyflours.com. Happy Cupcake Baking!
Hot off the press! New exclusive alphabet wafer paper & pick designs, by Sarah Berkheimer. These whimsical wafer paper cookie designs and make-your-own picks are a creation of adorable, lively animals perfect for creating cookies or cupcakes that are unique and fun! The picks are printed on cardstock – all you need to assemble are toothpicks and glue. Spell out your child’s name or a celebration with these cute and colorful letters. Or use the wafer paper designs with a batch of royal icing and affix to homemade sugar cookies for a real treat! Each set includes 156 pieces, three sets of uppercase letters and 3 sets of lowercase (either printed on wafer paper or cardstock) – plenty for numerous celebrations for years to come. Find these and other stunning wafer paper designs at fancyflours.com.
I don’t think cupcakes can get any cuter than with these adorable wooden bees playing their musical instruments! This set of handpainted wooden bee figures comes with 6 assorted designs and is now available at fancyflours.com. Paired with an array of colored Pisa style muffin cups and a dollop of brightly hued frosting these cupcakes are sure to be a favorite. In order to achieve the look:
1. Bake and cool cupcakes as directed. Use your favorite recipe or try out a new one!
2. You may either bake cupcakes in white muffin cups and then place into the Pisa muffin cups or bake in the Pisa muffin cups to begin with. Sometimes putting them in a double cup lets the color of the design show a bit more.
3. Use your favorite recipe for frosting and dye four or five different bright colors. Gel food colors work best to achieve bright, true colors. Using a pastry big fit with a large writing tip, carefully pipe a giant circle dollop of frosting onto each cupcake, varying the colors. A large zip-lock bag with a hole cut in the corner will also work to get a similar effect.
4. Top with sprinkles or quins if you like. When it is time for your cupcakes to be served, affix wooden bees into frosting – pushing into frosting if necessary to hold.
5. Store in an airtight container.
Get ready to head to the beach with these festive cupcakes that are perfect for summer.
Start with your favorite cake or cupcake recipe. Bake and cool as directed. Frost each cupcake with white frosting. Then sprinkle each with raw sugar (brown sugar would also work). Slightly pat the sugar into the frosting to ensure that is stays on the cupcake.
Top it off with a sugar whimsy piece from our Sugar Fun in the Sun Assortment to complete the look of these beach inspired cakes.
Store in an airtight container.
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Perfect for a 4th of July get together, this cupcake tower is sure to WOW any crowd.
You will need:
1 large styrofoam cone (at a local craft store) and around 24 3-6″ wooden dowels, plus several toothpicks for the fruit.
5 cups fresh fruit (red strawberries, raspberries and blueberries preferred)
Cupcakes can be baked and frosted as usual, however a more dense cupcake batter will work better for attaching to the tower. Try using a pound cake, chocolate cake or carrot cake for best results. Lightly frost with buttercream or cream cheese frosting using a star tip. The heavier the frosting, the more likely it will not stay connected to the tower as it will be side heavy.
Affix cupcakes to tower by first sticking the wooden dowels firmly into the styrofoam tower. Place them evenly apart, making sure to be able to affix fruit in between each cupcake. Attach cupcakes to wooden dowels by pushing cupcake onto dowel (you may need to cut a small hole in the bottom of the cupcake wrapper (or don’t use any wrappers to avoid this step).
Now poke each strawberry, blueberry or other piece of fruit with a toothpick and push toothpick into styrofoam, in between each cupcake. You can make fruit kabobs as well and place a few pieces of fruit onto each toothpick. Make sure to completely fill up styrofoam tower so there is no syrofoam showing. Add sprigs of fresh mint to complete the look.
