Cupcake Packaging: Great For Bake Sales!

Hey all! So if you have not heard, or just do not have a Pinterest account, cupcakes are the new hit trend! People are even using them instead of large wedding cakes at their weddings!

This past weekend, my church had their Bazaar. Like I said in a previous post, I wanted to supply the bake sale with something! I made another batch of those delicious Butter Pecan Cupcakes and some just vanilla with fun orange colored icing!

Part of the reason why I wanted to make cupcakes was to try out this adorable packaging that I have seen all over Pinterest! It was easy and simple! Plus your cupcakes will not get smashed! Yay!

Supplies:

1. clear cellophane gift bags (found at the dollar store!)


2. ribbon


3. plastic tumblers

All you have to do is place your cupcake in the cup. (I found it easier to ice the cupcakes after placing them in the cup, so I would not mess up the icing!) Next put the cup in the gift bag. Finally tie the gift with ribbon.

This was a super simple project! They were easy to transport to the bake sale and looked awesome! Even the preacher told me my cupcakes were beautiful when I saw him in church the next day! Woohoo! Win for me! :)

Positive quote of the day:

"So keep your head held high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about."

-Marilyn Monroe

Brown Sugar and Butter Pecan Cupcakes

 

I have been messing around with a few recipes lately in preparation for the upcoming bazaar at my church. Almost every year, since I was quite young, I have made something to supply the bake sale with. Many of my contributions were totally from the amateur league of cooking. I am talking chocolate chip or sprinkle cookies here! By no means am I saying that those treats are not tasty, I just want to make something different and delicious!

Thoughts of cupcakes have been lingering in my head for a few weeks now, and I knew I need to check out some recipes! I could have stuck with the a go-to like chocolate with chocolate buttercream frosting, but I wanted a fall feel to these babies! After some searching, I found and altered a recipe for these brown sugar and butter pecan cupcakes!

These guys are very good, and I will be throwing together another batch for the bazaar bake-sale! I only got a dozen cupcakes out of the recipe I tried, but the one I will list on here will easily make 24 cupcakes.

It has been a while since I have picked up a piping bag, so please excuse my "not-so-perfect" frosting. Also, I had to rig a piping bag due to a blow out in my nice one. After scraping icing off everything, I just used a plastic bag and that did the trick!

Brown Sugar and Butter Pecan Cupcakes

Batter:

• 2 cups cake flour


• 2 cups self-rising flour


• 4 tsp baking powder


• 1 tsp salt


• 12 tbsp butter


• 2 cups brown sugar


• 1 1/2 cups half and half or whole milk


• 2 egg


• 2 tsp vanilla


• 1 cup finely chopped pecans

Frosting:

• 1/3  cup milk


• 2 cups brown sugar


• 1 cup butter


• 6 cups confectioner's sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350, and add cupcake liners to tin.


2. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.


3. In a mixer, add butter and brown sugar. Blend until light and fluffy.


4. Add egg and vanilla to brown sugar/butter mixture. Beat together until all incorporated.


5. Add half of the dry ingredients and half of the milk to mixer. Once this is blended, add the second half.


6. Fold in pecans by hand.


7. Fill cupcake tin about 2/3 - 3/4 up with batter.


8. Bake for 24 minutes. Allow cupcakes to cool before frosting.


9. In a saucepan add butter, milk, and brown sugar. Stir mixture frequently and bring it to a boil. Once it starts to boil, remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.


10. Sift 4 cups of confectioner's sugar into the lukewarm butter, milk, and brown sugar mixture. Mix together until smooth.


11. Once cupcakes are cool, frost them with the icing. You can add a pecan half to each cupcake for decoration. (I am thinking about making some cinnamon brown sugar pecans to top mine for the bazaar!)

Positive quote of the day:

"Each day is a gift. Don't send it back unopened."

-Unknown