• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…