Sweet Tooth Inspiration

So Simple - So True

Every now and then, I like to browse the pages of weheartit.com to find some delcious cupcake inspiration. Please enjoy today’s really sweet photo inspirations!

Sweet Sugary Stars

I just think these blue and yellow star cupcakes are so adorable. They would be perfect for a little boy baby shower! I don’t know why, but I love the combination of light yellow and pastel blue!

Simple and Elegant

Piping frosting in the shape of a rose is a classic! These cupcakes look so delightfully elegant with the pastel decorations on each of them.

Cupcake Garden!

I am officially obsessed with this idea! Baking chocolate cupcakes in little pots and using frosting or fondant to make little sprigs of grass and leaves. It is just too adorable!! I’m making these ASAP!

Breakfast Cupcakes

These cupcakes give me a legitimate excuse to eat cupcakes for breakfast! Come on, you know you still love Fruit Loops, putting them on a cupcake is nothing short of genius!

Cookie Dough Deluxe

This reminds me that I still need to post the recipe for cookie dough frosting….I’m warning you, it’s highly addictive. I’m talking so addictive you might not get to frost your cupcakes because you ate it all. Wait..I didn’t do that

Well that’s all for today my sweets. Hope you are all having a fabulous Tuesday. Stay Sweet!

xoxo, Jill

Let’s Get Nutty!

Photo by Elinor Carucci

I’m in the mood for something nutty and delicious. I’m thinking a butter pecan cupcake would be the perfect treat right about now! But since my chances of having a cupcake magically appear next to me are pretty slim, I will share this recipe with you instead. Talking about cupcakes is almost as good as eating them..right?

This recipe is simple and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

Ingredients for the Cupcake (makes 12 cupcakes):

1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbsp butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
½ of a well beaten egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup of milk
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.
Combine your flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
Cream together the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer.
Beat in the egg and vanilla into your creamed butter.
Mix in half of the flour mixture, followed by ½ of the milk.
And now the rest of the flour, mix well.
Add the rest of the milk, mix well.
Fold in the pecans.
Fill your cupcake liners and bake for 24 minutes.

Now, for my favorite part of this cupcake…Honey Brown Sugar Frosting! I recently came up with this recipe and LOVE it – it’s such a nice change from the traditional Vanilla Frosting.

1 stick (1/4 cup) of Butter
2 tbsp milk
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup icing sugar
2 Tbs of honey
Pinch of cinnamon

In a saucepan on medium heat, bring the butter and milk to a boil.  Slowly add in the brown sugar, honey and cinnamon.  Reduce the temperature to medium low. Stir frequently so your brown sugar doesn’t burn on the bottom. Let boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm temp.

Whisk the icing sugar into the lukewarm mixture. Keep stirring until smooth and desired consistency is reached.

If your icing is too thin, just add some more icing  sugar.

Frost your cupcakes and enjoy! You can add some chopped pecans to the top of your cupcake for a perfect garnish!

Til next time, stay sweet!

xoxo, Jill

Pineapple Whip Frosting

Delcious box of treats!

I have yet to find a better summer time frosting than this Pineapple Whip frosting! It is perfect on-top of angel food cake, white cake, lemon cake, strawberry cake, vanilla cake – and pretty much anything else you want to put it on! Best part…it is so easy! Who wants to spend all summer in the kitchen? Not me! That’s why this is my favorite, “go-to” frosting recipe for those hot summer days!

Pineapple Whip Ingredients:

• 1 tub of Cool Whip – thawed
• 1 small can of crushed pineapple – partially drained
• 1 box of instant vanilla pudding

Directions:

In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together the entire tub of cool whip and the package of dry vanilla pudding mix. Drain the juice from the crushed pineapple – do not drain completely though, you will want to keep 3 to 4 tbs of juice. Gradually add in spoonfuls of crushed pineapple, mix with spatula until fully combined. Let chill in fridge for 15 minutes.

There it is – only 3 ingredients and about 5 minutes later – you have a delicious topping for your summer cupcakes. I like to add a slice of strawberry to each cupcake – the pineapple and strawberry flavors compliment each other well!  Enjoy!

Til next time, Stay Sweet!

Xoxo, Jill

FREE Printable Cupcake Toppers

Cute Cupcake Toppers - for FREE!

I used to think that cupcake toppers were unnessecary. I used ot think that if you took the time to put something on a cupcake, it should be edible. But…I have changed my mind. I’m a female, so I’m allowed to!

I have slowly grown to love the idea of cupcake toppers. Mostly for their versatility in design and simplicity in execution.  Cute little designs glued back-to-back with a toothpick stuck in the middle – such adorable finishing touch to any cupcake!

Cupcake toppers are great for personalizing birthday parties, office parties, and holiday parties. Here is a collection of FREE cupcake topper cut-outs. All you have to do is print them, assemble them, and use them!

I recently used cupcake toppers for a little girl’s 2^nd birthday party I catered– they were pink and blue with baby elephants! The toppers really did add the perfect finishing touch to the cupcakes. Enjoy the freebies, and happy decorating!

• Easter Theme
• Hearts and Cupcakes
• Mustaches and Comment Bubbles
• Adorable Pink Owls

Stay Sweet!

xoxo, Jill

Coupon Code to Cure the Monday Blues!

Monday's are hard....eat a cupcake!

Happy Monday!

I have exciting news, and a perfect way to start off your week! I have a very special coupon code for Stay Calm Cupcake blog readers only! I recently found a great shop for some  cupcake shipping supplies. It’s called  “My Happy Store“, and they are giving us a discount!

Coupon Code: HAPPYCUPCAKE good for 10% off your entire purchase!

“My Happy Store” is an adorable Etsy shop filled anything you need to decorate gifts and packages. The items are perfect for shipping a box of sweets, or decorating for a birthday party! Here’s some of the products I really like:

Happy Face Treat Bags

Perfect for giving away your yummy baked goods!

How cute are these!! They each say “Because I want to see your face with a smile!” I think these would be so cute used as goody bags at a birthday party or filled with colorful sugar cookies and given to my friends. They are self sealing and are sure to keep the sweets inside fresh! You get 20 bags for only $2.80 plus shipping!

Gift Tags

Get Creative and personalize these!

These tags are just waiting to be decorated and personalized. I think they are great for gift giving and attaching to any type of sweet you decide to bake up. These would be perfect for a birthday party or holiday party. You get 50 for only $3.50 plus shipping!

Ribbon

I <3 Ribbon!

I love the HUGE selection of ribbon that this shop has to offer. I use ribbon for every single cupcake order that I ship out, so I cannot wait to browse all of her ribbon and pick out some to purchase. Seriously, who doesn’t love ribbon??

Make sure you stop by MyHappyStore and browse through all of the great products. The coupon code is good for 2 weeks. Make sure you come back and tell me if you order anything!!

Stay Sweet xoxo

Jill