valentine's day How to deliver the key to your heart valentine's day cupcakes with gold leaf - a how-to tutorial by Sweetopia

The site Sweetopia has an extensive tutorial posted about how to make these key to your heart cupcakes using gold leaf! There are tweezers (!!) and paintbrushes involved. I love how much effort went into these - it shows. They are beautiful and would make a gorgeous valentine's day cupcake gift. Do check it out. You can also find Sweetopia on Facebook and @sweetopia on Twitter.

valentine's day Hearts baked in a cupcake

Bake It in a Cake has done it again with these cupcakes perfect for valentine's day !  These hearts baked inside a cupcake are so darn cute!  I want to rush to my kitchen and make them today.

Check out Bake It in a Cake for a tutorial on how to make these, plus a recipe for a Laffy Taffy buttercream! Yummmm!!!

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valentine's day VIDEO: How To Pipe Two Tone Cupcake Icing

Sarah of Blue Door Bakery gives a quick and easy tutorial on how to pipe two tone icing using a Wilton 1M tip from Wilton 2104-6667 12 Piece Cupcake Decorating Set.
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valentine's day Cupcake fondue tutorial by Amanda of Bake It Pretty!

Two words: Cupcake Fondue. That is really all you need to know to get you to click on over to Pint Size Social where Amanda Krueger from Bake It Pretty is interviewed and tells you how to make this delicious-sounding treat. Here's one of the instructions:

3. Pour frosting into the fondue pot. There’s really no need to heat the mixture, but you can keep a small tea light or very low flame underneath just for looks! Display sprinkles and toppings in small ramekins or portion cups and arrange around the fondue pot. Skewer cupcakes in the side and dip the top half into the fondue, then flip the cupcake over and the frosting will drip nicely down the sides. Sprinkle liberally with your favorite toppings.

Wow wow wow wow wow is all I have to say. This sounds so fun!




images via Pint Size Social

valentine's day Mini Cupcake Stand Tutorial by The TomKat Studio

I just saw this tutorial for mini cupcake stands in my RSS blog feed and I seriously feel the need to rush to the craft store to buy supplies to make these!! SO CUTE and SO EASY!!

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Photo by The TomKat Studio

The tutorial for these cute mini cupcake stands are by The TomKat Studio and can be found here!

Make sure to check out The TomKat Studio's blog or visit their Facebook page.

valentine's day New Years Ball Drop Cupcakes

Oh. My. Goodness.  These are the most perfect cupcakes for New Years!!! Confessions of a Cookbook Queen (my new favorite baking blog) has put together this awesome tutorial to make these festive little beauties!!  Run over and check out her website.... NOW and make these for your New Years party!

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valentine's day New Years Cupcake Tutorial by "i am baker"

"i am baker" has made these beautiful New Year's Eve cupcakes and what's even better.... she's shared a tutorial on how to make them!!  She says in her blog that you're only limited by your own imagination for these little cuties! 

Check out the "i am baker" blog for all the details and step by step instructions on how you can make these New Years cupcakes yourself! 

Photos courtesy of "i am baker"

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valentine's day Freaking Fantastic Steampunk Cupcakes!

I'm in love. So genius.




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I'd like a dozen, please.


Beautiful shot by Bakingdom, using Tootsie Pops! Top-notch tutorial here.

valentine's day How-To Make Your Own Cupcake Ingredients

With the Holiday Season in full swing,  I'm sure you've got your baking lists ready and plenty of holiday cupcakes to bake!  What better way to make your cupcakes then with a few homemade ingredients!

Brown Sugar - light & dark
Ryan from Ryan's Baking Blog recently posted a recipe on how to make your own brown sugar.  Now, if I knew this was this easy... I would have been making this a long time ago!

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Awesome picture, Ryan! Thanks for letting us use it!

Vanilla Extract

Several months ago, Betsy from JavaCupcake.com, shared on her blog a recipe for making homemade Vanilla Extract. This extract takes a few months to really be good, but it's so worth in the end.  The picture is from Tracy from Sugarcrafter.

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Buttermilk
Joy the Baker has a few amazing homemade recipes for baking.  Buttermilk is one of those ingredients that sometimes you just don't always have in your refrigerator.  Joy the Baker has several suggestions on how to make your own or what substitutions you can use for buttermilk.

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Thanks for letting us borrow this picture, Joy the Baker!

Cake Flour

Recipe calls for cake flour?  Do you have no idea what the difference is between all-purpose flour and cake flour?  No problem! Joy the Baker can solve that problem for you!  Check out her recipe for cake flour and all your problems will be solved! 

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Another awesome pic, Joy! 

Chocolate Curls

Need to embellish your cupcake with some chocolate curls? The Pioneer Woman has a fantastic recipe for homemade curls!  No more buying them in the store or online! 

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Thanks for letting me use this great photo, Pioneer Woman! 

Pumpkin Pie Spice
I know... Thanksgiving is over, but really... Pumpkin Pie Spice is used is so many recipes, that it's just great to have on hand year round!  Why buy it when you can make it?  Joy the Baker is at it again with this great how-to on putting together your own Pumpkin Pie Spice.  Thanks Joy!

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This picture comes from Joy the Baker! Thanks, Joy!

valentine's day Turkey Cupcakes - with Tutorial!

Check out this absolutely gorgeous photo by Kitchen Corners - what a great shot of a great looking cupcake!

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(awesome) photo credit: Damaris of Kitchen Corners

Visit Kitchen Corners to see the simple tutorial on how you can make these turkey cupcakes part of your own Thanksgiving dessert spread.