Lucky Vanilla Cupcakes

The other night Ali from the Petite Parisian and I got together to do a little cupcake making.  I have been meaning to post this since Monday night...it is now 11:59 on Wednesday night, I am dead dog tired, but I have to get this up so you can all make them!!!  We decided to try Sprinkle Bakes' Lucky Vanilla Cupcakes...So cute, if you have not been by her blog you should check it out!

Here is your line-up! (I found the adorable little ceramic milk carton at Michaels for $2)

Start by mixing your butter and sugar

Perfect...

Add your eggs one at a time...not quite sure why but that's what the recipe says and who am I to argue!

Next you have to empty the vanilla bean into the vanilla...I totally love vanilla beans!

splat!

Can you see the bee-oo-tiful little flecks in there???  If not look harder, they are totally there!

Okay what happened next is a little embarrassing...I saw something sparkly and forgot to take pictures of the remaining steps of the batter.  Ali got her shipment of disco dust on Monday and at this point she was doing our golden horse shoes...I LOVE LOVE LOVE glitter...and this is edible glitter, so I don't think that I can really be held accountable for the missing pictures...you will be able to figure it out!!!

Anyways once you get them in the oven you can start on your icing...

line up...

cream your butter and cream cheese together...

add the honey and mix again

Add your icing sugar...the recipe calls for between 3 an 4 cups, we found 3 to be just perfect!

Next you need to grind up some pistachios...

before

after

picture perfect!

And here are our little beauties all done...

Click HERE for a link over to Sprinkle Bakes for the recipe!

ps it is now 12:08...quickest blog EVA!!! hahaha

PINK sparkling champagne cupcakes!

So with a title like PINK sparkling champagne cupcakes, how could you go wrong...let me tell you...YOU CANT'T!!!  This recipe first entered my life just before new years and I have been looking for a reason to make them ever since!  Heather from Sprinkle Bakes is a genius for coming up with this recipe! One of my friends is having a birthday party this Saturday and my first response to the invite was "is anyone making cupcakes???"...turns out cupcake were already taken...luckily it was my good friend Ali from over at the petite parisian!  And do you know which cupcakes she was planning on making...that's right, great minds think alike!  We decided to divide up the work, and then join forces to put these little darlings together!  We had a blast deciding which sprinkles to use and how to place them for pictures.  Ali's husband was watching tv nearby and I am sure he thinks we are crazy...maybe we are...but just the appropriate amount!

Anyways here are the pictures of our beauties!

Not only are these cupcakes Be.freaking.utiful, they are also to die for delish!  We used the recipe from Sprinkle Bakes but substituted pink champagne...and added a little pink food colouring gel to make them even pinker!

I can't wait until the party tomorrow so I can eat a full one of these (Ali and I split one tonight...we just couldn't wait!!!), and because we have found a new stash of drink sparkles!!!  If you are not up to date on drink sparkles click here for Ali's passionate post!

Halloween Breakfast!

What better way to start of halloween morning than a pumpkin cream cheese danish...or two!  I found the recipe on sprinkle bakes (awesome website!) awhile ago and have been waiting for the perfect time to make them!  I have never really taken pictures of baking before so bare with me, I am sure they will improve as I get farther into this new blog!

The cream cheese and sugar mixture...in my opinion this may just be the most delish combo EVER!!!

 All the ingredients just waiting to get mixed in!

 Baking up in the oven!

 YUMMY!!!

 All packeaged up and ready to deliver, I had to get them out of the house or I would have eaten them ALL!

For the recipe visit Sprinkle Bakes!