Cupcake Crazy!

I didn’t think it would happen, but I have fallen in love with the cupcake craze! I was at a party early last year and a friend of mine was talking about cupcakes and how crazy she is about them. Not only the actual cake-like replicas, but anything and everything cupcakes. I thought it was kind of funny at the time, but I have since joined the cupcake craze. Is that crazy?!?

I really enjoy baking (when I have time) and have found that baking cupcakes is a really fun creative outlet. You can create many flavors and varieties in one batch and you can decorate each cupcake any way you want to. I find it very satisfying to be able to make such a wide variety without making multiple batches of cake mix. Could you imagine the mess if you made six cakes in one day all because you wanted to decorate six different ways. Or, maybe you couldn’t make up your mind on cake flavor and fillings, etc. I don’t know how things are at your house, but people get grumpy at my house if there are too many sweets sitting around. So, I try to be respectful of everyone’s waistlines and experiment several different ways with one batch of cupcakes. My favorites are the jumbo cupcakes. Due to their size, they allow for a lot more room for creativity.

I recently discovered this cool super duper cupcake cake pan. I’m definitely going to buy it because it’s just too darned cute to pass up. Once in a while you just have to go for it and make a full-sized cake, right? So, why not make one that looks like a cupcake?!? It’s too perfect, really.

Outside of baking cupcakes, I found this really cute cupcake necklace that I’d love to have. It’s too bad I didn’t find it before Christmas. I could’ve put it on my Christmas list. That’s alright, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! I’ll just email it to my Sweetie so he doesn’t have to guess what to get me. I wonder if I’ll have to spell out that this is what I want for Valentine’s Day. Yep, I better label it just to be sure.

So what about you? Has the cupcake craze hit your or is it just a passing fad that you’re going to let pass? I’m totally on board and having fun baking crazy creations! Whatever your passion, I hope you have lots of fun with it.

Happy Searching/Shopping,
Payton