Happy Birthday Lane!

I want to wish my sister-in-law a very Happy Birthday !

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Happy 75th Birthday Elvis!

Blue Suede Shoe Cupcakes

 from the SweetToothFairy in Provo, Utah

via Flickr

Neff Cupcake Beanie

I wanted a crocheted cupcake hat to wear snowboarding and I have finally found the perfect one (OK - I know it is knitted).  The Neff Cupcake Beanie is available in three delicious flavors...chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. 

Puerto Vallarta Cupcakes

I was in Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) last weekend and tried to find cupcakes for sale.  There were delicious pastries on every corner, but these were the only cupcakes I could find. The Mega supermarket chain had these for $5.50 pesos each. 

Not to worry....$5.50 pesos is only $0.43 USD. 

Epiphany (the Twelfth Day of Christmas)

Epiphany is the climax of the Advent/Christmas Season and the Twelve Days of Christmas, which are usually counted from the evening of December 25th until the morning of January 6th. The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany on January 6. It is known as the day of the Three Kings (wise men/magi) - Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. On the night Christ was born, these three kings saw a bright star, followed it to Bethlehem and presented Him with gold, frankincense and myrrh.

We three kings of Orient are

Bearing gifts we traverse afar,

Field and fountain moor and mountain,

Following yonder star.

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain;

Gold I bring to crown Him again.

King forever, ceasing never,

Over us all to reign.

Celebrating the Christmas Star

Betty Crocker recipes

Camo Cupcakes

These camo cupcakes are dedicated to the many hunters in my family!

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from cakecentral

Delicately Delicious via Flickr

LoveysConfections via Flickr

Cupcake Soap

These soaps look good enough to eat!

created by soapylovedeb via Flickr

created by KcSoapsNmore via Flickr

Recipe of the Week - Easy Black Forest Cupcakes

Week 25

Start with a dark chocolate cake mix. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. For a nicer textured cake, sift the ingredients in the box into a large bowl. Mix all the wet ingredients- water, eggs, oil, in a separate bowl. Add 1 teaspoon almond extract to the wet ingredients. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry cake mix & blend until smooth.

Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full.  Bake 15-18 minutes.  Cool completely.

Frost the cupcakes with your favorite buttercream or canned Fluffy White frosting.  Put one tablespoon of cherry pie filling on top of the buttercream frosting & garnish with shaved chocolate.

Google Andoid Cupcake

This giant version of the Android mobile phone platform mascot sits outside a Google office building. "Cupcake" is the code name of the latest Android software release.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

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