Cammo Cupcakes

In honor of the start of hunting season.... ha ha.... or for a little (or big) guys birthday party these are surprisingly easy and end up with a pretty great wow factor.  I thought they would also look neat in a bunt cake pan with a white glaze frosting on them. Just a thought. I m sure there are quite a few variations you could try.

Needed Ingredients:

A yellow or white cake mix

Black and green food coloring

Frosting of your choice- I did a plain vanilla and colored it green.

Cupcake holders- I have seen Cammo ones out there which would be neat if you were doing a themed birthday party.

Directions:

Simply mix up the cake batter following the instructions on the cake box. Then separate batter into 3 bowls. Leave one bowl white or yellow whichever cake type you chose. Color one of the bowls with black food coloring and one with green.

Place cupcake liners in pan and drop a tablespoon amount of black in each cupcake. Once each cake has black go back and add a tablespoon of green to each cup and finally a tablespoon of your original mix. 

Look over the cupcakes and see which needs more of what color and add accordingly until you are out of batter. 

Bake following the directions on the cake box. Frost as you'd like. 

Minnion Cupcakes

I absolutely adore children's movies. But not just any of them. They have to have a funny little animal or character or in this case a minnion.  I remember thinking the first movie was cute when it came out. I have yet to see the second movie but love the minnion craze that is happening at the moment. The little guys crack me up.

So in looking for a unique easy cake idea for my sisters birthday I knew I had to try these out. I saw something similar on Pinterest but had to adapt it for family cake preferences and the tools I had to use. They turned out pretty well. This would be a great cake for the kids to help you make. My younger sister got a kick out of helping make them.

Needed Ingredients/Tools:

• Cake Mix-I used a yellow box cake mix
• Frosting-Chocolate Fudge is what I used here
• Smarties
• Chocolate sprinkles
• Small Ziplock
• Twinkies 

Directions:

• Bake the cupcakes

• Frost the Cupcakes

• Cut Twinkies in half

• Put a tablespoon or two in a plastic bag in the corner and snip the corner off.

• Use a dot of frosting to stick two smarties on a half of a Twinkie. 

• Use the frosting again to outline the smarties and make the goggles/glasses and again for a mouth. 
• Add eyeballs with the frosting as well.

• Place the prepared half Twinkie in the center of a cupcake

• Place sprinkles on top of the Twinkie for hair.
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• Continue to decorate remaining cupcakes until finished. 

You are DONE!

Flip Flop Cake

Quick Summer Cakes

I'm more of a baker than a cook. At least I like to think I am. I really enjoy doing fun cakes for birthdays. Only trouble is most of the ones I want to do are so involved that I end up messing them up or am far to intimidated to try them in the first place. So I'm starting with simple and working my way up. I'm happy to say that this cake worked out the first try. Its very hard to mess up.

Needed Ingredients:

This is the perfect example of simple. All you need is the cake. Either make one from scratch or use a boxed cake mix of your choosing. Same with the frosting. Use home made or store bought. Then you'll need any type of small candy. I used skittles here but you could use M&M's or Reeses Pieces or Red Hots. Almost any small candy will work. 

How To:

Simply bake the cake in an 9 by 13 pan or any large flat pan. When the cake is out and cooled cut two flip flop shaped pieces. Cut them as large as you can so you can use as much of the cake as possible. Place them on a platter. Use a spatula or both hands to get them from the pan to the platter so they don't split in half. Frost them. Then add the candies to make the foot pieces. You can frost the entire cake or just leave the sides open. Whichever you choose. The excess cake can be eaten and/or frosted if you like. 

Fun for summer parties or any type of ocean themed party or shower. Good luck!

Number Birthday Cake

Birthday Cakes By The Numbers

This cake idea is great if you want to do something a little different but don't have a lot of time or cake decor skills. (My apologies for the blurry picture) Make the cupcakes of your choice and arrange them on a large platter or as seen here on a large piece of cardboard wrapped in wrapping paper. Then arrange as many of them as you would like in the number of your birthday child/adult. This cake was done for a 20 year old. Add sprinkles or any other toppers you would like. Easy Easy! Good luck!