Baby girl turns 1 in three months and two days.
‘scuse me while I recover from the whiplash of THREE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS. Who gave her permission to grow up? To walk around furniture, crawl on all fours, say da-da, try to clap and feed herself?
While at some moments I want to cry over the pace of her first year, (I assume the next three months will go as rapidly as the first three), I also want to throw her a kick ass first birthday party!
There will be presents. There will be lots of hugs and kisses. There will be a super sweet outfit with adorable shoes (duh). And, there will be cupcakes.
Sunday, I started my quest for the perfect cupcake recipe with a lemon cupcake with cream cheese frosting mentioned by Beth Anne on Twitter and then sent to me by Mrs. Lusher. (Who says Twitter is a waste of time??) The cupcakes were tasty. Light, citrusy and refreshing. Perfect for a summer picnic for grown ups. But for baby’s first birthday party? In late September? I’m not so sure.
So, my search continues. And this is where you come in. I’m asking (pleading, begging) for you to send me your favorite cupcake recipes. I have three months to try them out, while trying not to gain 12 pounds. So, send me your best cupcake recipes. Difficulty level should be easy. If it involves a double boiler, I’m in trouble. You can leave them in the comment section or send an email to notmommyoftheyear@gmail.com.
Keeping in line with the summer picnic theme of this week’s Momma’s Munchies tour, this recipe is perfect for a backyard BBQ or 4th of July party. I did not do the lemon curd part (remember – double boiler stuff intimidates me), instead I did a lemon cream cheese frosting, mixing together 1/2 a stick of softened butter, a block of softened cream cheese, 4 cups of powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice.
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Okay, you must, must, must get the book Hello, Cupcake. MUST. It will teach you everything you need to know about how to make ADORABLE cupcakes that are PERFECT for a birthday party. AND there are recipes in the back of the book.
I know it’s not difficult at all or mind-blowing or what-have-you, but I really like Funfetti cupcakes for birthday parties. They are festive and fun.
OR, you could jazz up a box mix by separating out the batter and using food coloring to dye the cake mix to colors corresponding to the party and then alternate the frosting. Like, turquoise cupcake with light pink frosting and pink cupcakes with lime green frosting.
And now I’ve talked WAY too much about cupcakes for 8:00 a.m.
I love cupcakes and I love lemon desserts. I’m so making these….and who says you can’t have them at a September birthday party?? I would do an assortment. Red velvet, vanilla, lemon…you get where I’m going with this?!?! Lots and lots of cupcakes!!!
What about a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, but do them as cupcakes instead?
Lemon cake is my fav–and cupckase? Even better! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Lady. I have 2 suggestions…one of which was already suggested, so that means it’s pretty valid, right? Ha! We did carrot cake cupcakes for Ry’s 1st b-day (I can’t believe your little one is almost there!). I just used a from-scratch recipe and made them into cupcakes instead of a cake. Second suggestion…the “Cake Doctor” series of books has a cupcake doctor too. Very easy, very yummy stuff…all from cake mixes to start out! Seriously check her website out: http://www.cakemixdoctor.com/cakemixblog/index.php
Hope this helps!!
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