Welcome to the first ever Cupcake Tuesday Blog Carnival!
I’m so excited to have you join us for the party! If you would like to join in the fun, please visit the Cupcake Tuesday page for the guidelines.
Today, I’m sharing, what else? Party Cupcakes!
Last week, a good friend of mine asked me to bake a cake and some cupcakes for her Mother-In-Laws birthday party. The only request, purple or lavendar. Here’s a sneak peak at the cake, I will share the decorating details in another post. But, just had to show you how great it looked, especially with the pretty cupcakes.
But we aren’t here for cake, we are here for cupcakes!
I started with this yummy white cake recipe that I found over at Cooking During Stolen Moments. The cake is light and fluffy, and really moist. Part of the reason for that is the egg whites that are beat seperately till soft peaks form and then folded in.
These are the egg whites before beating them
and after. It only took a couple minutes and made all the difference in these cupcakes.
They would have been great plain, but I wanted to jazz them up a little for the birthday party. So I filled them with vanilla pudding mixed with whipped topping and a little strawberry preserves. To learn how to fill cupcakes, head over here.
I frosted them with Buttercream Frosting, some of them I used lavendar to match the cake.
And some I frosted with white Buttercream and topped with a strawberry that I dipped in chocolate.
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Thanks so much for hosting this fun event! Parties are always better with cupcakes.
cute cupcakes! they look very tasty!
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Oh yum!! Good luck with the Cupcake Tuesday! I hope you have lots of participants. I was just telling my husband how I love to click to your site for Tuesdays! LOVE to dream about your cupcakes. I am jealous your family gets to eat all the yummy cupcakes!!
.-= Lisa@Blessedwithgrace´s last blog ..Tempt My Tummy Tuesday…. =-.
@Lisa@Blessedwithgrace, Thanks Lisa! I will have to admit though, I think my family is getting tired of cupcakes
I end up sharing a lot with friends.
Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
Can you believe I’ve not yet made cupcakes in my entire life? I have made muffins (it’s not the same is it?) but not cupcakes.
I must do this.
These look fun. I bet my kids would be sooo excited!
.-= Jamericanspice´s last blog ..Chef Spice: Get Yo’ Man Chicken =-.
Yea for you cupcake TUESDAY!! Such fun. Remind me and next week, I’ll link up my cupcake wedding standing that my brother made…that would count, right?
These look fabulous!!
.-= Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam´s last blog ..Easy meal planning tips – 4 meals in 4 minutes =-.
Those are so cute, Liz! Love the chocolate covered strawberries on top and your yummy cupcake fillings! Great idea!
Those are absolutely beautiful cupcakes and cake! Great job!
Love the lavender frosting!
.-= Michelle´s last blog ..BBA – French Bread and a Delicious Brandy-flavored Crostini =-.
Those have got to be the prettiest cupcakes ever! And their even filled? Heaven!
.-= Phoebe @ Cents to Get Debt Free´s last blog ..Recipe: Banana Bread =-.
Those are beautiful! I’ve never made filled cupcakes before, but I like the idea.
.-= Linda´s last blog ..Cinnamon Bundt Cake =-.
I found your blog through Life as Mom. I LOVE the idea of Cupcake Tuesday!! I am a competitive cupcake baker and have MANY cupcake posts . I just might play next week because I have a challenge the coming Monday that I blog about on Tuesday:-)
.-= Susie’s Homemade´s last blog ..Tackling a New Indoor Garden =-.
@Susie’s Homemade, I would love to have you! Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
how very pretty
.-= angi´s last blog ..Banana Chocolate Mini Cheesecakes =-.
I love cupcakes! yum!
.-= michelle´s last blog ..Whopper Cookies =-.
http://cookingwithcarla.blogspot.com/2009/09/partridgeberry-muffins.html
I added my link, but I don’t see the rest of the links. Hmmm…..
.-= Carla´s last blog ..Partridgeberry Muffins =-.
@Carla, Hmm, did you click on the MckLinky, cause I see them, you are #13. Because I have WordPress, MckLinky has to open in a seperate window.
Thanks for visiting and linking up.
~Liz
I’m sorry I missed Cupcake Tuesday this week; I will try to be there next week for sure. I would love for you to join me for Crock Pot Wednesday at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com. Thanks for sharing all of your great ideas.
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@darnold23, Would love you have you! Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
wow!! these look and sound amazing!!! i am so gonna have to try making these!! thnx! and thnx for the link-up, too!!
.-= jsprik@blog-diggidy´s last blog ..Tempt My Tummy Tuesday (Pupcakes) =-.
Those look fun, cupcakes are so fun to serve.
.-= Brenda´s last blog ..Tri-tip Pasta Salad/TMTT =-.
You make some of the prettiest cupcakes I have ever seen and I just know they are Yummy. Thanks for sharing!
.-= Emily @ marvelous recipes´s last blog ..Slow-Cooked Cherry Pork Chops =-.
Looks just wonderful. What a great cupcake carnival and party, too.
.-= Joy @ Joy Of Desserts´s last blog ..Graham cracker cake recipe – 24th Vintage Recipe Thursday =-.
These are gorgeous, especially the ones with the chocolate-dipped strawberries. True art!
e-Mom @ Susannah’s Aprons
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@e-Mom, Thank you so much! And thanks for visiting!
~Liz
Hey,
It is snowing today. I thought I would try to make these cupcakes and everything was good until I did the icing. How do you get yours to come out like that? My icing was way to soft to try to decorate anything with. I used it to put a little icing on cherry turnovers, But I have a bowl full still.
Thanks
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@nancy, How much butter did you start with and how much powdered sugar? I add about 4 cups of powdered sugar for 1 cup of butter, a little milk and a little vanilla, maybe 4-6 tablespoons milk, a little at a time and about 1 tablespoon vanilla.
Let me know how it turns out.
~Liz