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Mama Cupcake
I can’t believe it. I am about to be a first time mom. I am 37 weeks pregnant with my little baby cupcake!This pregnancy has been a blur. While growing this person, I’ve grown as a person (and not just my belly either).♥ My hubby and I got married in September 2016 and now we are due with a baby girl June 12, 2017! WEDDING NIGHT BABY! SURPRISE!!!!♥So then…we moved into our first home.My pretty white kitchen! The possibilities!!! I’ve been on bed rest the last week-ish, due to my heart rhythm going a little wild from all the crazy changes to the circulation in my body (afib/high blood pressure episodes). I just say…
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What Miracles Taste Like ♥
Did you know that a herd of unicorns is called a *Miracle*? This blog entry is dedicated to what I think *miracles* should taste like.If you didn’t already know this… I’ve been this wild unicorn of a woman for years now.♥ So, of course when I saw that Starbucks came out with a Unicorn Frappe, I was a little disheartened. Because more than drinking the drink..I would have loved to be a part of that product development team! After all, I have years of expertise in the tasting of glitter & unicorn rainbows. And an actual degree in product development. Starbucks…why didn’t you call me? I am pretty sure that if I was involved…
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Sunshine Filled Lemon Poppyseed Cupcakes!
My mom was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about 8 years ago now and was one of the biggest reasons I moved back to Wisconsin from my dreamy life in Southern California. ♥ This last January – very suddenly – we almost lost her. It was truly one of the hardest things I’ve ever been through. I think what made it even harder is that I am pregnant with my first baby girl. And maybe in my own fairy tale mind, I’ve always dreamed of sharing this moment intimately with my mom. I just didn’t know that I would need to share my baby bump with her to give her motivation to live. ♥…
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Baby Cupcake!
SURPRISE! I’m having a little cupcake. My Mister Cupcake and I had a magical enchanted fairytale wedding in September. The wedding day was so magical in fact, that we conceived our first baby on our wedding night! ♥ Since my pregnancy is considered “geriatric” now that I am over 35 (sigh that word, geriatric, though), Kyrik and I found out the gender very early (around 9 weeks). A DNA test revealed she was a very healthy baby, no genetic problems. And it also revealed her gender! It’s a girl. Since I love all things glitter and I still have plans for the revamping of my cupcake brand, I am super excited that my first baby…
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My GLITTER filled DISNEY inspired WEDDING day!
A little over a year ago I decided to stop mass manufacturing my cupcakes and start focusing on the part of Amanda Cupcake that I love ♥. Oh goodness, I still have these WILD dreams of opening up a cupcake mansion with glitter walls and all things fantastical, I’d even love a chain of them like Starbucks! Those dreams will never go away. But what I did know is that I’d never accomplish those dreams going at the rate that I was. This cupcake queen was staying up all night almost every night for a little over 4 years, baking up a storm for big box retailers. My problem wasn’t…
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Baking with Mrs. Doubtfire
When I made these cupcakes, I laughed and cried. After I heard the tragic news about the death of Robin Williams, my intuition told me I needed to collaborate with Robin Williams in the kitchen. So I invited one of my favorite ladies from my childhood (Mrs. Doubtfire) and her swirls of grey curly hair, oversized grey glasses,to my kitchen. And the cake scene, oh of course the famous cake scene was re-enacted in our baking collaboration. (upper left cupcake) Something told me that even in the darkness, people needed to chuckle a little bit. There have been many words said, many tabloids posted, they won’t stop. But the echoes of my…
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Cupcake Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Baking and decorating isn’t the same if I don’t step on sprinkles of crunchy rainbows that fell on my kitchen floor tiles, find frosting in my curly hair, and wonder if I should ever wash my pants again, because smears of glittery frosting on my pants from a fun night of baking looks so pretty! For those that prefer sugar cookies but love frosting swirls, I made sugar cookies that are inspired by cupcakes, layered with sprinkles, white whipped buttercream frosting, and topped with a bright red sparkly cherry! My cupcake sugar cookies resemble the cupcakes I made last year (they were filled with sprinkles)! This was really easy. You push a hole down…
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Spiked Rumchata Egg Nog Cupcakes Heal Hearts
Spiked Rumchata Egg Nog Cupcakes.I ditched my little tutu and unicorn horn for a day, and I spiked my cupcakes with some 21+ flavor! The Innocent Egg Nog batter was just sitting there, so lonely. So I poured Rumchata into the batter (and the frosting, oh my!) Now that’s just what the Egg Nog needed…..a Caribbean Friend!A holiday party inside of (and excitingly swirled on top of) a cupcake. I sprinkled edible gold glitter on top of each cupcake to resemble nutmeg. (The nutmeg is already in the frosting, so I figured that glitter is more shiny and fun than the act of sprinkling the cupcake with nutmeg). I delivered a Rumchata Egg Nog Cupcake gift to my friend who came home from the hospital after…
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Mountain Dew Doritos Cupcakes & Cake Pops♥
I visit kids all over Wisconsin on a mission to teach cupcakes. The last two places I taught cupcakes to kids (young and old) were the New London Middle School and the McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids! Kids inspire me. And when I teach them cupcakes, I remind them to value their imagination forever. It is probably one of the most valuable gifts every single one of us is born with. My imagination is how I came up with this cupcake: Mountain Dew Doritos Cupcakes and/or Mountain Dew Doritos Cake Pops! ♥Mini bite sized Dorito/Mountain Dew Cupcakes. I like these because you get the flavor in your mouth all in one pop. Inspired by all…
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Fantasy Vanilla Almond Rainbow Cupcakes ♥
A true story & recipe by: Amanda Cupcake One Starry Starry Night while everyone else was dreaming, I swirled fantasies on top of cupcakes. Little fantasies that tasted like vanilla almond rainbows. At the first warm & colorful bite of my rainbow cupcake creation, I “remembered” that I had “forgotten” a wild food fantasy from the days before anyone ever called me Amanda Cupcake. ♥ Back in my angsty teen days, I was a painter. Art was my favorite class, painting was my outlet. Even back then though, my instincts yearned for something beyond paint. I wished that I had the tools to create *edible* art that had never been seen before.…
