Red Velvet Cupcakes

This long weekend I thought of getting a little constructive on the "home front".. specially with the holiday season setting in..

So here is what I ended up with.... Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting...

Here is what you will need...

1) 1/2 cup butter

2) 8 oz cream cheese 

3) 2-3 cups powdered sugar  (I used only 11/2 cups) 

4) 1 teaspoon  vanilla extract

Get all your ingredients ready... toss them together in a bowl and blend.  Once you have a smooth paste ready, transfer it to a freezer ziploc stash away in the refrigerator. 

Next, lets get the supplies for the cupcake batter...

Mix up he ingredients into a smooth batter and pour them into the cupcake tray with liners...and let them bake at 375C for 20 minutes. 

So these are ready....now wait about 30-40 minutes till  they are completely cooled off..

Then start icing..there is a little trick for that...just cut off a little edge of the ziploc that's in the fridge ( it forms a cone and is easy to dispense...with no mess) ....taaadaa..

Took them to my work place today..friends loved them.... :D..

Images @ Shaz Originals 

Cupcake Toppers

 I absolutely love baking cupcakes and my favorite part is decorating them.  I have tried different recipes and patterns for icing , but what I am going to share with you today is the epitome of cuteness. 

I recently came across this super creative blog as I was looking for dessert recipes.  Having a keen eye for pretty things I could not resist posting these.

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Have you ever seen anything cuter and tinier. These cupcake toppers are created from gumpaste. It is easily available in the markets or you could make them at home using this recipe.  

Look at this adorable teapot topper with hand painted pumpkins to match the Fall theme.

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....and tea is served with yummy sandwiches . Note the details on the cutlery and china ..how pretty..

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 And finally ready to go on the cupcakes and served. These edible decorations are so cute, that I wouldn't have the heart to eat them....I am definitely tyring this at the next tea party at home.

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Fall season brings with it all that has pumpkin....although my pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks is an all time favorite, I am eyeing the try this vanilla pumpkin spice cupcakes recipe this Fall with these super cute toppers. 

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 I bet you are in love with these as much as I am....

You can go over a detailed tutorial of these at this blog.

 Happy baking folks....!!

Images @ here and here

Preparing for X-mas...

The best part about festivities and holidays... is yummy food..!!!..I wanted to make something that had red in it.......WHY??... just goes so well with Christmas.... right?!  So while I was going through some wonderful inspirations for the same and came across these creations. 

1) Santa hat brownies

I read about them at Daisy's world.  Check out the recipe here ....sweet eh???

2)  Red velvet cupcakes

These are so beautiful and healthy too.  The recipe was simple to follow...read it here.

3) Fruit cake

 

What a lovely little holly on top.  This is so festive... wanna try it out??... read it here

4) Snowman cookies





I found this very innovative...and did you see how each snowman is different.  So cute :)
Find the recipe here.

I will definitely try out the Santa hat brownies... what are you gonna try??

Have a great weekend guys... xoxo

Picture source@ Daisy's world, the cupcake recipes, TLC family, Cutest food