Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Ta ta Thanksgiving, HELLO CHRISTMAS! Now that Thanksgiving and Black Friday have come and gone I think now we can officially start gearing up for Christmas!

In honor of this season's most anticipated holiday I present to you a special Christmas themed treat...Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting!

These ridiculously cute and delicious looking treats are brought to you by Bakers Royale! The recipe actually came about because of a disappointing Starbucks drink order, goes to show that the best inspiration really can come from anywhere!

I was a little taken aback by the idea of mixed lemon cream cheese with something as spicy as gingerbread but after reading why this was used, I have to say I'm more than curious to try out the recipe for myself. If you want to try this out as well, go ahead and check out the recipe here!

Fancy Frosting in Five Minutes

Courtesy of In Katrina's Kitchen

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you all are feasting on wonderful food while spending time with your even more wonderful families! Speaking of wonderful, I found a blog entry that can help you make your Thanksgiving cupcakes even more exciting!

Thanks to In Katrina's Kitchen for creating this super simple guide to creating multicolored frosting! Check out the directions on her site here!

Pumpkin Ale Cupcakes with Recipe Link

image courtesy of My Baking Addiction

Yes, I'm posting yet another "when worlds collide" type cupcake...this being alcohol and cupcakes meeting once again to become: PUMPKIN ALE CUPCAKES! The name alone makes it sound seasonal and fun, don't you think? I can only imagine the absolute hit these would be with all the guys at my Thanksgiving celebration!

This simple yet exciting looking recipe was created by My Baking Addiction. Check out the recipe here!

Pilgrim Cupcakes: Deconstructed

Hey there little pilgrim, how adorable are you?! There isn't an official tutorial on how to re-create these ridiculously cute cupcakes that I found so I'm going to attempt to de-construct them.

The cupcake looks like your standard vanilla or white...box cake mix perhaps? There's a blob of some sort of lighter colored frosting as the head and a face piped with black piping gel. The hat looks like the brim/foundation is an upside down striped cookie (like those keebler ones). The top hat part is what I believe is a chocolate covered jumbo marshmallow. The hat is also decorated with piping gel. The dark cupcake liner is a good idea to stick with, makes the pilgrim look even more authentic!

I hope this has helped you so you can create your own Thanksgiving Pilgrims!

Fall Cupcake Tower Perfect for Thanksgiving

Blogger, Pink Martinis and Pearls, has absolutely outdone herself again. Just look at the Autumn/Fall Cupcake Tower that she has created for the holiday season. What a lovely Thanksgiving centerpiece it would make! Be sure to check out her blog for a full tutorial and more gorgeous pictures. 

Turkey Cupcakes

Courtesy of Sweets by E.

Well these look fun! These Turkey Cupcakes were crafted by Evan of Sweets by E blog. They look perfect for any Thanksgiving celebration...and they seem simple enough to make! Check out the recipe and step-by-step Turkey assembly guide here!

Nutella Cupcakes with Triple Cream Cheese Frosting

Image courtesy of Goodlife Eats

Just the sight of the name of these cupcakes made my mouth water. That's an indication of one amazing recipe...wouldn't you agree? These Nutella cupcakes are topped with a triple cream cheese frosting. What's so triple about it you ask? Well, there's actually three separate cream cheese frostings. Chya. It's so serious. The frostings are: Nutella Cream Cheese, Almond Butter Cream Cheese and Vanilla Cream Cheese. Katie Goodman of Goodlife Eats is a cupcake genius for creating these. Check out the recipe here!

Banana Cream Pie Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Image courtesy of Joylicious.net

Oh my. This cupcake looks all kinds of a-mah-zing. Banana Cream Pie...cupcakes? Seems like a bit of a misnomer but if these cupcakes taste even half as good as they look then I'm sure my taste buds can excuse the confusion. 

This recipe was adapted from several sources and refined to create quite an irresistible cupcake. Kudos to Joylicious.net for coming up with such a fun cupcake idea! Check out her site and recipe here!

Chai Cream Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Yesterday, on my way to work, I drove through Starbucks for a well-deserved Chai Tea Latte (I had received a job offer the day before and decided to treat myself!) when I received my drink I was pleasantly surprised to be handed the coveted red holiday Starbucks cup...which everyone knows officially marks the holiday season!

These Chai Cream Cupcakes also remind me of this special time of the year! I think it's the cinnamon. These cupcakes were created by Baking Confessions. You can find step by step directions to create this spiced goods for yourself here!

Stout Cupcakes with Chocolate Covered Pretzels with Recipe Link

Somehow I managed to stumble upon another beer cupcake recipe. I'm still trying to get myself to indulge in such a sinful vice but have yet to bake up any alcohol based treats for myself. However, these beer-infused cupcakes created by Jamie of My Baking Addiction look too delicious not to at least try! I was particularly intrigued by these espresso stout based cupcakes because of the chocolate/coffee flavor mingling of it all. The kicker is the dark chocolate covered pretzels atop these little bad boys, because in her words, "what goes better with beer than pretzels?!" She created an easy to follow guide on her site so you can create these dude pleasing cupcakes for yourself!

Skeleton Cupcakes: A Deconstruction

Found on weheartit.com

Hey Mr. Bones! Lookin' spooky! Unfortunately, there isn't a recipe attached to these Halloween cupcakes so I decided to try to figure out how to make them based on the picture. Personally, it looks like the hat is made of an upside down mini cupcake and some sort of chocolate wafer or candy. The eyes look like m&ms, black licorice pieces for the nose, maybe piping for the teeth? I think those could be substituted with tic-tacs. The skull is a little more tricky, from this angle it looks like it's made out of a blob of frosting...which would make sense since there isn't a definitive frosted top on these cupcakes. Hope this helped for those of you who might want to try these out!

Blue Moon Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Lately I've been seeing more and more alcohol based cupcakes. Now I haven't had one myself but I occasionally like to partake in spirits and I do love cupcakes, so I see no reason why these two worlds shouldn't be combined to create some epic treats...and the site, Miss Make, figured out a way to do just that. The recipe looks pretty easy to follow, you can check it out here!

Broken Glass Cupcakes with Recipe Link

How gruesomely amazing are these Broken Glass cupcakes by Martha Stewart! The cupcake consists of a spice cake topped with a cream cheese frosting garnished with strained cherry preserves and sugar glass. The even more amazing part about these spooky treats is that everything is made from scratch! If you're willing to put in the time to make your Halloween cupcakes extra special then check out the recipe here!

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes with Recipe Link

To anyone who has ever had someone tell you "cake is not breakfast" obviously has never seen these sinfully delicious looking Cinnamon Roll cupcakes. Created by Darla of the site Bakingdom, these cinna-licious delights are topped with a coffee icing...told you they qualify as a breakfast food! Interested in trying these out yourself? Then check out the recipe here!

How To Decorate: Marshmallow Frankenstein Cupcakes

Dr. Frankenstein himself would have been impressed with these spooktacular cupcakes by Better Homes and Gardens! These aren't only cute, they are super simple to assemble too!

To make these cupcakes, follow these steps:

1. Spray frosting and a marshmallow with green spray icing.
2. Break a pretzel stick in half; press pieces into each side of the marshmallow to make neck bolts.
3. Stick marshmallow on the cupcake for the head.
4. Pipe on black frosting to make the hair, eyes, and mouth.

Zombie Cupcake Kit

Decorating cupcakes for Halloween couldn't be any easier thanks to this all inclusive Zombie Cupcake Kit by Layer Cake Shop! This kit has almost everything you need to craft the spookiest looking cupcakes around...just add your favorite cake!

The Layer Cake Shop Zombie Cupcake Kit belongs in the kitchen of every cupcake lover! Give the gift of zombie cupcake baking to yourself or that someone special! Loaded with 73 pieces, you'll moan with zombie fright as these festive cupcakes roll out from your kitchen! The Layer Cake Shop Zombie Cupcake Kit contains:

• 24 assorted zombie cupcake toppers...a mix of eye balls, green fingers, zombie hands, gravestones, graveyard fences, bats, grass, trees, bugs, hatchets, shotguns, revolvers, and daggers
• 24 assorted black and lime green baking cups
• 1 ounce of white bone sprinkles
• 24 royal icing eyes

Description courtesy of Layer Cake Shop

Caramel Apple Cupcakes with Recipe Link

With Fall in full force it is the perfect time to bake up some Caramel Apple Cupcakes! A food blog by the name of Craving Chronicles has created a fantastic looking recipe adapted from Annie's Eats and Flor Child.

The recipe seems kind of intimidating but some of the components can be made ahead of time. Plus, by the look of the end result it seems well worth the effort! Check out the recipe here!

How to Decorate: Skeleton Cupcakes

Can you handle the cuteness that are these Skeleton Cupcakes? I can't. But, with these simple to follow directions from Better Homes and Gardens you can create your own adorably delicious skeleton treats!

To make the cupcake, follow these steps:
1. Place a large candy mint on top of a chocolate frosted cupcake; decorate face with icing.
2. Arrange licorice pastels to make arms and legs.
3. Place small mints at the bottom of the legs for the skeleton's feet.
4. Use white sprinkles to make the skeleton's ribs.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes with Recipe Link

With Autumn finally upon us and those highly sought after holiday Starbucks cups on the way, stumbling across a recipe for Pumpkin Spice Latte cupcakes was indeed a lucky find!

Annie's Eats posted a delicious looking recipe for this guilty holiday season pleasure. Now you can enjoy this Fall season delight year-round!

You can find a complete tutorial on how to create these sweet treats for yourself at Annie's Eats.

Collegiate Cake Pops with Tutorial Link

Talented blogger and baker, Pink Martinis and Pearls, shares a tutorial on how she made these spirited collegiate cake pops. While you're there, be sure to check out her other inspiring baking creations!