*NEW* Fall Floral Cupcake Class Pre-Sale!

Who’s excited for Fall?! Let’s get ready with these gorgeous floral cupcakes! 

I just opened up the presale for this NEW online class. In it you will learn how to create warm colors of buttercream, hand-pipe a variety of delicate flowers and arrange them into delicious edible bouquets. 

Baking them in tulip liners and wrapping a little ribbon around them make them look like mini floral bouquets fresh from the market!

Enroll during the presale to save over 10%. Class will officially launch on the first day of Fall, Wed. Sept 22nd! The class will be pre-recorded so you can take it whenever you want with unlimited access. Enroll HERE.

DIY Beach Cupcakes

 
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This post is sponsored by The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel. All opinions shared here are my own.

Bring the beach to your kitchen any day with these DIY cupcakes! These sweet treats are as fun as the beach itself and will transport you to the sunny shores of Fort Myers and Sanibel. This week kicks off the beachside bites theme for Beach Ready Spirit Week so join me in creating these yummy cupcakes!

These cupcakes were inspired by my favorite thing to do at the beach, which is looking for seashells. There’s always such a variety and each one is so unique, just like these cupcakes. Using crushed graham crackers as the sand, blue frosting as the vibrant sea, bubbly little sprinkles and colorful fondant seashells these cupcakes will give you all the beachy feels! 

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Let’s dive in! Here are a few things you will need:

  • 1 Batch of cupcakes

  • 1 Batch of frosting 

  • Blue food coloring

  • Crushed graham crackers

  • Round white sprinkles in various sizes

  • Blue and white chocolate pearls

  • Fondant, candy or chocolate shells

  • Icing spatula

Feel free to use boxed cake mix and pre-made frosting to make this project easy breezy but if you want to give it a try from scratch, I share the recipes for both vanilla cupcakes and frosting at the bottom of this post.

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Follow these few easy steps to make these beach-themed cupcakes:

1.     Bake up a batch of vanilla cupcakes. 

2.     While the cupcakes are cooling, make a batch of frosting.

3.     Add a few drops of blue food coloring to half the frosting.

4.     Spread white frosting on half of the cupcake.

5.     Spread blue frosting on the remaining half.

6.     Cover the white frosting with crushed graham crackers.

7.     Place a mix of small and large white sprinkles on the cupcake.

8.     Nestle some shells, sand dollars or starfish in the sand.

9.     Finish off with some large white and blue chocolate pearls.

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Use colored fondant and a silicon mold to make your own shells or substitute with shell-shaped candy or chocolates for a similar look.

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How easy was that? Go ahead and bake up some beach vibes with these fun cupcakes! Make sure to share photos of your Beachside Bite using #BeachReadySpiritWeek. When you’re ready, the sandy beaches and blue waters of Fort Myers and Sanibel will be waiting for you!  

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Vanilla Cupcakes

Makes 24 Cupcakes

Prep time: 20 mins

Bake time: 18 mins

 

Ingredients:

½ Cup Unsalted Butter, softened (1 stick)

2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil

1 ½ Cups Sugar

3 Large Eggs

2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

2 Cups All Purpose Flour

1 Tablespoon  Baking Powder

½ teaspoon Salt

1 ½ Cups Whole Milk 

 

Procedure: 

1. Bring all ingredients to room temperature and preheat oven to 350 °F. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with cupcake liners. 

2. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

3. Combine butter, sugar and oil in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat for a few minutes on medium-high speed with the paddle attachment until light in color and fluffy.

4. On medium speed, add in the eggs one at a time. Then, mix in the vanilla extract. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl.

5. On low speed, add half of the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Then slowly pour in all of the milk. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. 

6. Once again, scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix on high speed for 3 seconds to make sure everything is fully incorporated.

7. Pour batter evenly into the lined muffin pans. 

8. Bake for approximately 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes come out clean. 

Buttercream Frosting

Prep time: 10 mins

 

Ingredients:

2 Cups Unsalted Butter, softened (4 sticks)

8 Cups Powdered Sugar (2 lbs.)

3 Tablespoons Whole Milk

2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Pinch of Salt

 

Procedure:

1. Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Place the butter in the bowl of a mixer and beat on low speed until it is smooth.

2. Slowly add in the powdered sugar. 

3. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add in the milk, vanilla extract and salt.

4. Mix on medium speed until everything is smooth, fluffy and fully incorporated. 



Online Buttercream Flower Cakes Masterclass

If you are looking to learn how to pipe gorgeous buttercream flower cakes, check out my online class here. I’ll teach you how to create beautiful colors, pipe 49 different flowers/fillers and arrange them onto cakes and cupcakes. There are also recipes, lessons on constructing a layered cake as well as different ways to coat a cake. Every section is full of comprehensive photos, videos and text so you won’t miss a detail. Once you enroll the class is yours forever, can be accessed across all your devices and you can learn at your own pace. Also if you ever have any questions, there are discussion capabilities so I will always be there to answer and help. I hope you enjoy this class and I can’t wait for you to learn!

Pretty In Pink Buttercream Flower Cake

Pretty in pink! This little birthday cake was all about the pinks. It had sprinkles along the bottom so to bring together the overall concept, I used sprinkles inside the center of the camellias. There are also chocolate pearls from Sugarfina scattered in the arrangement to make it a bit more fun!

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Mother's Day Floral Wreath Cake

If you’re looking for the perfect Mother’s Day cake, here it is! This is a 6” cake decorated with an edible wreath and topped with hand-piped buttercream flowers. It will surely make any mom happy. I’m taking preorders now until May 5th so place your orders here.

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Valentine’s Day Cupcakes

Sprinkles always add fun to the party! It’s so easy to get awesome sprinkle mixes now days. Even the grocery stores carry what used to be considered gourmet/specialty sprinkle mixes. It’s such a quick and fun way to dress up your cakes and cupcakes!

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Buttercream Puppy Cupcakes

I seriously love how versatile buttercream is. From piping flowers to puppies, buttercream can do it all! I used a grass tip to pipe these furry cupcakes and made the accents out of fondant. I’ll share a video tutorial soon but til then, enjoy these adorable pups. 🐶

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