Mini Bundt Cakes #EasterSweetsWeek

Welcome to this year's #EasterSweetsWeek event hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife.
We’re so glad that you’ve joined us for this week long event of Springtime and Easter
dessert recipes! We're sharing tons of treats this week plus a few fantastic giveaways!
You’re going to love what we have in store for you.

Cute & Easy Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Hello sweet friends!

I can't believe I have made four different types of cupcakes in the past six days.

It seems like I was on a long cupcake making break and it felt good cover my counter top
with cupcake liners and sprinkles again.

Paint Chip Heart Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Over the weekend Madison and I went to Lowe's to pick out paint for her bathroom.
It was time for a makeover and she wanted to get rid of the outdated wallpaper.

While browsing the paint chips looking for the perfect shade of gray, I noticed how pretty
the pink samples were.  As our paint was being mixed I picked out a few of the pink and
red paint chip to take home.  I had an idea :)

Cinnamon Bun Mini Cakes

When I was little I asked Santa for a Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas.
I wanted that little oven so badly!
Mini boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix and tiny cake pans - I would have been in heaven!

Santa was good to me that year, but he never did come through with that Easy-Bake Oven.
My mom said I should just learn how to bake in a real oven and so I did.  Thanks mom :)
I cranked out cookies, brownies and cakes for my brothers and they were happy, but deep
down I still longed for that little oven that baked cakes with a light bulb.

University of Tennessee Graduation Party Cupcakes & Free Printable

Over the weekend I had to pleasure of making cupcakes and a dessert for a friend's
party she was hosting for her daughter's high school graduation.

Morgan will be attending the University of Tennessee this fall, so the party theme was
orange and white for the Tennessee Volunteers.  I made red velvet cupcakes with cream
cheese frosting and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.  Keeping with the party
theme I decorated the cupcakes with Tennessee logo toppers and washi tape flags.

Popsicle Cupcake Minis

Summer is my fave!
Flip flops, evening bike rides, garden fresh veggies, pool time and popsicles.
Yay summer!

I decided to make mini cupcakes to celebrate the warmer temperatures and I have to say I think
these may be the cutest cupcakes I have ever made!
I love them!

To make the popsicles I cut toothpicks in half and stuck them into Mike and Ike candies.
The Tropical Typhoon colors are perfect for summer.

I would not recommend serving these to children, but if you do, make sure to remove the toothpicks first.

Popsicle Cupcake Minis

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line a mini cupcake pan with liners.

Make your favorite flavor of cupcake using a box mix or homemade.
Bake cupcakes for 10-12 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

Vanilla Buttercream

3 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 cups confectioners sugar
1 T milk or heavy cream
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

In the bowl of your stand mixer add butter and beat for about 1 minute.

Add confectioners sugar one cup at a time.
Add milk and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy, about 4-5 minutes.
Place frosting into a piping bag and pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.  
Top with sprinkles and a candy popsicle.

Enjoy your spring and summer my sweet friends!

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