Sorting Hat Cupcakes

We LOVE everything Harry Potter in our house. So, for my boys 12th birthday, we went to a Harry Potter Trivia Night with some friends. I mad...

Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes {Recipe}

Every summer, my family goes camping on the North Shore of Lake Superior... well, most of my family. I stay home. I am not a camper. So, I b...

MINI MOCHI CUPCAKES: MATCHA & CHOCOLATE

Basho's gone, but you can make these Mini Mochi Cupcakes yourself! Do you miss this tiny Japanese cafe on E. Hastings street?  Well, cry...

matcha yoghurt chiffon cupcakes

These matcha yoghurt chiffon cupcakes are put together with leftover egg whites from making some hollandaise sauce; the ever available low f...

Cake Decorating Classes in Minnesota

Join me for some fun classes this spring in Roseville , White Bear Lake , West St. Paul and Northfield ! Wild About Cupcakes Learn the basi...

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It's the time of the year again when I start to crave for holiday treats! Here's my first Christmas bake, a batch of simple wholemea...

Fall Cupcake Recipes, Ideas and Classes

I'm teaching a few of my favorite " Gourmet Cupcakes Made Easy " classes this month, and while we use cake mix for the base of...

Lemon Cupcakes with Blueberry Buttercream

Number 1 . I haven't been posting for a while. But I am still here, I am still crazy about super sweet pastry and I've missed baking...

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Icing {Recipe}

My boys harvested a truckload of carrots from our garden over the weekend. They immediately began planning for their "three-story"...

easy banana cupcakes

This must be one of the easiest banana cake I have ever baked. I adapted the recipe from a banana cake which I posted way back when I first...

Easy Cookies and Cream Cupcake Recipe

My family so loved the Cookies and Cream Cake I made them a few weeks ago, that I had to make it in cupcake form. The hardest part about th...

Easy Homemade Piggie Cupcakes

This little piggie went to a birthday party... These pig cupcakes are very easy, and require only three colors of icing, and two icing tips....

Chocolate Martini Cupcakes {Recipe}

Cupcakes and Cocktails. They go together perfectly. So, when I agreed to hold a little party to benefit my kids' school, I decided to ma...

'Tween Girl Birthday Party: Animal Print Cupcakes

One of the cake-y things I do is go to birthday parties and workshops in the Twin Cities and teach cake, cupcake or cookie decorating. I te...

Easy Monster Cupcakes - 5 Ways

I found some Candy Eyeball Sprinkles at the store this week... so, I had no choice, I had to make some quick Monster Cupcakes for Halloween...

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Pecans {Recipe}

Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting... nothing beats that! This recipe has a fluffy cream cheese icing, though, and it is so rich and ta...