valentine’s day cupcakes

Feb 14, 2015

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Wishing everyone a fun Valentine’s Day today. What will I do when my pink week is over? I’ve loved it all – the color combinations, the sprinkles, the hearts and flowers…

…sending little Valentine gifts out to baking buddies and thinking of them while I tied the ribbon on the packages.

Today isn’t just Valentine’s Day but my big brother’s birthday as well. I always enjoyed the spill-over effect of this growing up as it made Valentine’s Day a little extra special and today is no different as we’ll get together to celebrate.

Today doesn’t have to be elaborate. One of my favorite memories was decades ago when I was in college and having dinner at my then boyfriend’s house. At each place setting, around the table, his mom placed red envelopes for everyone in the family and on top of each envelope was a single pink marshmallow heart. It was a simple gesture that I wasn’t expecting and I was touched by the thoughtfulness to be included. For me, that’s what makes Valentine’s Day special, just that little bit of unexpected thoughtfulness.

I hope you find that in your day today. Have a sweet one!

Feb 9, 2015

Make-Ahead Frozen Buttercream Cake Decorations

As a Wilton brand Ambassador, I’m most fortunate to be able to try new products and create projects with existing ones. For Valentine’s Day, I was sent Wilton’s Decorator’s Icings in pouches accompanied with sprinkles. Remembering when my guys were little and to my room-mom days, I would have gladly welcomed the ease of ready made tinted icings since decorating cupcakes for the class party was usually done late the night before. One thing you can do to save time… [Read More]

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Jan 25, 2012

Mini Boston Cream Valentine’s Day Cupcakes!

Three words… Begin with the cutest mini cupcakes wrappers ever by Meri Meri. They are part of the give-away I’m hosting that ends on Friday. Fill them with your favorite vanilla cupcake batter. My recipe is at the end of this post, hot stuff. While the cupcakes baked I made Julia Child’s recipe for pastry cream. And just like Julia, I made it thicker and added a little cream after it completely cooled to thin it out. As Julia said,… [Read More]