Rainbow Unicorn cupcakes

Sometimes, life hands you the tools to make multi-colored cupcakes with rainbow buttercream.
And on those days, if you're not happy,
something is wrong with you!!

This summer, make berry tarts!

People get intimated by the unknown. If you don't know how easy (and fun) building a fruit tart is, you may never get that joy of putting the last piece of fruit and looking at your masterpiece with pride! 

Hopefully, this berry season will inspire you to have fun with fruit tarts. You can either buy pre-made pie shells, or you can make your own pie dough, roll it out, fill tart shell tins, bake and then fill with your favorite custard recipe, or even cheesecake filling (#yum).... 

Behind the Apron TIP: While it can be very pretty to place your berries in a circular pattern, you can choose to group like-berries together like in the above picture! 

Go 'nuts for these donut cookies!

Cookies are high on the LP hierarchy. 

Make that cookie look like a donut and you're speaking our language! 

Anatomy of Easter Bunny (Butt) cupcakes

Easter Bunny cupcakes are adorable and easy to DIY. Follow these steps and you will have an adorable dessert at your Easter table. First thing's first, you need white, pink and green frosting! A grass tip or shredded coconut is necessary for the hole, or you could use Oreo crumb! Have fun with it!

Step 1:
Pipe grass in the form of a circle (using a grass tip)

Step 2:
Squeeze a blob for the body

Step 3:
Squeeze a smaller blob and drag towards the center

Step 4:
Repeat step 3 on opposite side

Step 5:
Pipe a smaller blob on center and dip in non-pareils

Step 6:
Pipe pink pads on feet

If you like it then you should have put a (diamond) ring (cookie) on it...

If diamonds are forever, how long is a yummy diamond ring cookie?? 

St.Patrick's Day cupcakes make Irish eyes smile...

March is almost over. That doesn't mean lucky shamrocks aren't as lucky. But a buttercream shamrock on a delicious cupcake means you've found the treasure at the end of the rainbow!

These St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are adorable and make us want to eat them (and some corned beef and cabbage!) 

FACT: Cupcakes cure the Winter Blues

What's not to like about life imitating art when it's in the form of cupcakes?! The swirls remind us of the swirl of the wind and all it's winter glory. 

 Old Man Winter has nothing on the blues of these cupcakes!

Behind the Apron Tip: White non-pareils are a great match to blue frosting for a fun snow effect! 

Monster Cookies

They did the mash....

... They did the "Monster Mash"!

Monster cookies are so fun because
they are gender neutral, great for birthday parties, baby showers, or just for fun!

Be creative!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hearts, sprinkles, and heart sprinkles. 

The word "sprinkles" is even fun to say :) 

FACT: It's hard not being happy while making it rain red heart sprinkles over red velvet cupcakes.

If only Valentine's Day was everyday!

Eat Your Feelings: Valentine's Day Cookie Edition

Nothing like hearing the words “eat your feelings” when it’s Valentine’s Day. It is best to eat your feelings during the month of February. February has the holiday for lovers. Lovers of chocolate. Lovers of sweet and tangy. Chocolate covered pieces of sweet. Chocolate covered this, pink and red that. 

This time of year, conversation hearts are the perfect opportunity to give and eat what you feel. Remember, if you get what you give, give yourself or your special someone a plate of conversation heart cookies. Grab a “big daddy” or “love stinks”. 

But remember: focus on you and you will certainly receive!

Rose Cookies for Valentine's Day

Look twice at these cookies....

These rose cookies are really upside-down bells! 

Inspired by You Can't Judge A Cookie By It's Cutter, these cookies have another use for the traditional Christmas bell!

Do you dream in cookies and cream? + Oreo Buttercream RECIPE

Raise your hand if you love 

all things cookies and cream?! 

Okay. Put your hand back down and keep reading. 

Valentine's Day is all about getting smothered in favorite flavors. Whether you are smothering yourself, or the one you love, cookies and cream cupcakes are a splendid idea!

Behind the Apron Tip: 

Oreo buttercream is super easy to make at home. First, follow our favorite buttercream recipe. Then add your favorite cookies into a food processor. 

(Don't worry about pulverizing too many, 

you can use it as garnish!) 

Add cookie mixture into the finished buttercream and mix until combined and you're satisfied with the chocolate cookie flavor.

Happy February!

Roses are red, 

Cupcakes are pink. 

Sugar around cupcakes make them oh, so sweet!

Gender Reveal Cupcakes

Dear baby, 

Are you a boy? Or are you a girl? 

The blue and pink baby feet are an adorable addition to these gender reveal cupcakes!

Behind the Apron Tip: What makes these cupcakes gender reveal cupcakes is that they are filled with buttercream that is tinted in either blue or pink, indicating the gender of the baby! Have you ever been to a "Gender Reveal Party"?