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By Robin Marie


Cute Birthday Cupcakes

Easily Decorate The Cutest Birthday Cupcakes Ever

Create the cutest birthday cupcakes ever using candy, frosting, boxed cake mix, and a little imagination.

Find the information and inspiration you need right here to help you easily decorate delicious homemade cupcakes that they will be talking about for weeks after the party.

 


Better than Cupcake Boutique Cupcakes

Cupcakes are all the rage in birthday party desserts right now. They're easy to serve, and carry, making them the top treat at school functions and for birthday parties celebrated outside the home.

Because birthday cupcakes have become so trendy, Cupcake boutiques are popping up in cities all over the country. Why pay exhorbitant boutique prices for sweet litlle somethings you can easily make yourself?

With the right products and a little cupcake know-how you can create beautiful birthday cupcakes at home that look just as good as boutique cupcakes without the high prices.

Warning: Cute birthday cupcakes are fun to make and cupcake decorating can become addictive!

Read on to find the best birthday cupcake recipes, awesome cupcake decorating ideas, the best cupcake baking products and inspiration for creating adorable bithday cupcakes they are sure to love..


Easy to Make Cute Birthday Cupcakes

Pink Flower birthday cupcakes
Pink Flower birthday cupcakes
Homemade chocolate topped Spa cupcakes
Homemade chocolate topped Spa cupcakes
Girl's Birthday Cupcake
Girl's Birthday Cupcake
Jungle Cupcakes
Jungle Cupcakes
Happy Faces birthday upcakes
Happy Faces birthday upcakes

Easy to Make Cute Cupcake Decorating Tips

There is no right or wrong way to make cute birthday cupcakes and trust me, even if you aren't an artist, your children will absolutely go nuts for cupcakes baked and decorated with love by you.

Simple designs are best for the new birthday cupcake baker.

For candy topped cupcakes, start by frosting your cupcakes the way you usually do and add candy decorations on top.

You can use store bought decorations or make your own unique candy decorations using melted chocolate and candy molds. (See spa cupcakes)

A simple but spectacular approach to decorating cute cupcakes is to draw simple designs with decorator tips and different colored frosting as demonstrated by the Happy Faces photo .

Another great simple birthday cupcake design is to use a decorating kit to pipe your frosting on to the cupcakes as shown in the pink flower and jungle cupcakes photos.

You'll notice that each of these designs are very simple to do and yet make a dramatic cupcake presentation.

Each of these design techniques can be used in many different wonderful and unique ways to add character to simple homemade cupcakes.

You may want to do a few practice runs before you settle on a design idea for the big day.

Have fun! And remember, even if you mess up a little, they'll still taste great because nothing beats the taste of a home baked cupcake!


Adorable Cupcake Dolls

Adorable Cupcake Doll
Adorable Cupcake Doll

How to Make Cupcake Dolls

Your girls are going to love these! Just be sure to tell them that the dolls are not edible.

What you need:

You'll need to buy undressed craft dolls small enough to fit into your cupcakes (approximately 4 inches tall) at your local craft shop. One for each cupcake you plan to serve.

Homemade unfrosted cupcakes.

Enough frosting to cover all cupcakes and to decorate your chosen amount of dolls.

Small doilies to use as a base.

Easy Directions:

Place an unwrapped cupcake upside down onto a doilie on a plate or platter. Carefully insert the doll into the middle of the cupcake.

Frost the cupcake with a thin (crumb catching) layer of frosting.

Starting with the bottom layer, use a medium sized flat-type frosting decorator tip to make ruffles to form the doll's dress. Work using a slight zig-zag effect and by making a full circle around the bottom of the cupcake.

Continue doing this up the cupcake until you reach the doll's belly.

Use a small tip to decorate the doll's dress bodice as shown in the photo above.


Famous Birthday Cupcakes

Barack Obama gives Joe Biden cupcakes the day before the Vice President-elect’s 66th birthday.
Barack Obama gives Joe Biden cupcakes the day before the Vice President-elect’s 66th birthday.

Cute Birthday Cupcakes in the News

  • Birthday cupcakes put on an edible happy faceDetroit Free Press2 days ago

    Many smart parents today are forgoing the traditional birthday cake and making cupcakes for children's birthday parties. They are easier for little hands to handle and mean less waste with automatic portion control.

  • Sheila’s Out Shopping: Taking the cakeNaples Daily News6 hours ago

    Cupcakes not only take the cake, but seem to be taking over. Naples now has three cupcake bakeries and while shopping in the stores I found items decorated with or made into a cupcake.Nordstrom has pink flannel pajamas ($48) by PJ Salvage with an all-over cupcake design and a cupcake charm by Juicy Couture ($35). Journey Kidz has a cupcake beanie for little girls ($25). All the items are ...

  • Cafe lets customers dress naked cupcakesGalveston County Daily News31 hours ago

    For some, the word cupcake, is attention-grabbing enough. But toss in the word naked, and its sure to cause a buzz.


Tell Us About Your Favorite Cute Birthday Cupcakes

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maia  says:
13 months ago

thier splended

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Geordae  says:
13 months ago

Simple yet effective, wouldn't mind giving this a try sometime.

Nice hub you have here!

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Lgali  says:
11 months ago

good ideas

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Amanda Severn  says:
11 months ago

These lool like fun to make with the children. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for posting.

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kristinemac  says:
11 months ago

Nice! I love to decorate cupcakes :D

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KCC Big Country  says:
11 months ago

Very cute idea with the little dolls. I've seen bigger cakes made that way, but never cupcakes. Very cute. (You can buy the dolls that are only a torso.)

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jim10  says:
9 months ago

You found my weakness. I love cupcakes.

CupcakeIdeasForYou | Tonya  says:
9 months ago

Its hard to find really cute cupcake ideas for boys. I have seen a few that were amazing like a lion, a guitar, thomas train and a few more.

tapper  says:
8 months ago

they look so creative

munirat  says:
4 months ago

great ideas!!!

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indanila  says:
4 months ago

Very Informative!!

Olivia Lilly May  says:
3 months ago

Yeah Easy !

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BevsPaper  says:
2 months ago

Cupcakes are the greatest! Love that they have become so popular and people are actually making them into edible pieces of art.

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Sage Knowles  says:
6 weeks ago

adorable, i love the photos

Clare  says:
4 weeks ago

Cute cupcakes :)

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