it's 5 o'clock somewhere margarita cupcakes.

i wanted to make cupcakes for my friends birthday, but i wanted to do something different than the usual "birthday" cake/cupcakes.. she is a fan of tequila lol.. and margaritas, so i came up with the idea for margarita cupcakes!

i used a white cake mix, lime zest, lime juice and sweetened lime juice.. along with adding some jose cuervo tequila, i tinted the cupcakes green. after they baked and cooled, i dipped the tops in more tequila and piped them with a homemade buttercream frosting.. also with lime juice, lime zest and you guessed it, more tequila! haha. i think they were pretty drunk at this point. ;) i sprinkled some sugar crystals around the sides to look like the salt around the glass and garnished it with a gummi lime wedge. to add something more, i cut the bendy straws and inserted them into the cake!

voila! it's 5 o'clock somewhere! ;)

sweet almond cupcakes.

i used a white cake mix and white canned frosting (with some confectioner's sugar in the frosting as well) but added several teaspoons of almond extract. i love almond and it made them soo moist and yummy! :) i garnished them with an almond so my co-workers would know they were almond flavored. ;) they were a pretty big hit!

valentine's day cupcakes.

for these, i just used a pillsbury strawberry cake mix and pink icing from a can.. i piped the frosting to make it pretty and added heart confetti. :)  

a few of those in the picture are red velvet with cream cheese frosting.. again, just from a box mix/canned icing.

just getting started...

my name is natalie and i love cupcakes. :)

i'm starting this to keep track of the cupcakes i make and hopefully expand to a cupcake shop.

let's see how this goes!