Madie's Kitchen

Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes

April 20, 2014 Posted in Bacon, Cupcakes, Dessert

My mother in law saw a recipe in Allrecipes.com for Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes. She pulled out the page and gave it to me. My husband’s best friend’s birthday was coming up as well as Easter so I figured I would attempt to make them with a few minor changes...

Cake, Cake, & More Cake

March 18, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Cupcakes, Dessert, Entertaining

Cakes, cakes, and more cakes. YES, I love to bake. I also like surprising friends and family with making them their own special cake or cupcakes for their birthdays. Here’s just a glimpse of the many different cakes you will find on my food blog. Most of these are simple and not time consuming whatsoever.

Barbie Doll Cake & Ken Doll Cake:

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BEST Cream Cheese Frosting

March 18, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Cupcakes, Dessert

For The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting EVER:

1/2 cup butter, softened

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

3 cups of confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)

1 tsp. of vanilla extract

Optional: Add a ½ teaspoon or full teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa to give your frosting a chocolate beige coloring...

St. Patrick’s Day Cauldron Cupcakes

March 16, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cake, Cupcakes, Dessert, Holiday

Ingredients for Cupcakes:

1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Butter Yellow Cake Mix, 15.25 oz.

Cake mix requires: 3 eggs, 1 cup of water, and 1/3 cup of butter

Ingredients for center filling:

1 cup of sour cream

1 cup of white sugar

1 cup of sweetened coconut

Ingredients for frosting:

6 oz. Ghirardelli Dark Melting Chocolate wafers

6 oz...

Cupcake Recipes & Decorating

February 17, 2014 Posted in Birthday, Cupcakes, Dessert, Entertaining

Please take a look at my page for creative cupcake ideas with recipes and decorating techniques. ENJOY!

For The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting EVER:

1/2 cup butter, softened

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

3 cups of confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar)

1 tsp. of vanilla extract

Optional: Add a ½ teaspoon or full teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa to give your frosting a chocolate beige coloring...

Rainbow Cupcakes

April 9, 2013 Posted in Birthday, Cupcakes

I saw these super cute cupcakes on Pinterest made by Day Dream Kitchen. They made them on cupcakes so I decided to make them on brownies for a friend’s birthday. They came out super cute.

Ingredients:

One box of Ghiradelli brownie mix or cupcake mix

Favorite cream cheese frosting recipe (see below) or buy 2 tubs of cream cheese frosting already made from grocery store

1-2 packages of XTREMES Rainbow Ber...