Do you make cupcakes for New Years?  If so and you want some ideas, then Hoosier Homemade is the place to go, I was checking out the site today and she has quite a few different options, but my favorite are definitely these cupcakes in a glass!  They look so festive and would be awesome with a little cocktail umbrella lodged in top!

We are still determining what to do this new years, but if I happen to bake, I am going to do a trifle cupcake with cocktail umbrellas!  What are you doing for New Years? and are you Baking?

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Hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and Boxing Day and that if you visited the sales you didn’t get trampled!  On the news front there is not much happening, cupcake controversy seems to have gone on holiday for the week, and why not!  If you cannot take Christmas off, what day can you?  There is still vibrations about that Duncan Hines advert and lots of business promoting their wares, sales, and new flavors, but… after a lot of scrounging I did rustle up a these two news stories for the day!

Wednesday 22nd December 2010 – It seems Kelly Osbourne is dragging Miley Cyrus down, as the two star together in the upcoming movie ‘So Undercover’ reports Splash News Online.  But it is not too dark, in fact it is bright, colorful and frosted!

Wednesday 22nd December 2010 – First it was cupcakes verses cakes, then muffins, then macaroons challenged the cupcake, as are the pies, so what is next?  Could it possibly be… pancakes?  Tell me what you think?  Do you fancy a red velvet pancake with cream cheese syrup? Or do you prefer yours choc chip?  Apparently the gamble is paying off, but maybe only in Vegas? Report is from the Las Vegas Review Journal, and if you are out that way this holidays why not stop in at the Liberty Salonga and try them for yourself.

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With Christmas day past, you may today start thinking about how you will work your way through all the left over food that you have from Christmas day!  Already I have seen ideas in our local morning newspaper and another one on morning television this morning.  But these are always dealing with the savory items, such as your left over turkey, potatoes, vegetables, ham and for the Aussies, the left over prawns.

This got me thinking about the left over cupcake.  What do you do with those?  Though maybe no-one else has this problem?

Anyway for those of you, who like me have a stack of left over cupcakes, here is what you can do;

• Cake Pops – These are awesome, fun and make a great boxing day activity with the kids.  If your left over cupcakes are frosted you will need to take off the cupcake wrapper and using a sharp knife cut the top of the cupcake off.  Set your kids to crumbling the remaining cake.  Then the sky is your limit!
• Cake Trifle - Depending on the flavor of your cupcakes, you can also make a cupcake trifle, again you will need to remove the papers and cut off the frosting, then using any of that left over cream, those left over berries and of course plenty of your chosen alcohol, Kahlua, Baileys or Tia Maria.  Alternatively you could use your left over brandy custard!
• IceCream Bowls – Take your cupcake and cut the frosted top off, use a spoon and scoop the center out of your cupcake, then after your kids eat their greens, reward them with a cupcake cup filled with a big scoop of icecream!  Top with whatever they love!
• Chocolate CheeseCake – Again chop your frosted top off and blend the cupcakes, then use the crumbs to make your own chocolate (if you have chocolate cupcakes) crumb base for your next cheesecake.  Create as you would a normal cheesecake, it will be a lovely chocolate crust they were not expecting!
• Create an Upside Down Cupcake Tower – Then just top with chocolate, m&ms, cream, ice cream, and anything else you have on hand as per the Ayan n’ Mama blog! Picture shown here.
• Make Friends with your Neighbors - After all, who can resist cupcakes?

Of course, you can just eat them yourself!  :)

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What better way to finish off your Christmas Day, than with a mini figgy pudding, which is actually not figgy at all, but according to Bakingdom, they are delicious, quick and easy to make.  Plus we think they look fantastic!  Full details of how to create this gorgeous cupcake treat are contained on the blog.

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To all of you, from Party Cupcake Ideas and me (Sprinkles) I want to wish you all a most wonderful Christmas.  Whether you bake or eat, be it with family or friends, stay safe and have a wonderful, wonderful time!

Oh and I hope Santa brings you everything you wish for this year (unless of course you are wishing for world domination .  The cupcake below is from a company called Pink Frosting who sell these very cool cupcake wrappers!  Sometimes simple sums it up best.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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And all through the house there was a fit of baking!  Well at least that is what is going on here, I am just going through the recipes on here now to work out what flavor my Xmas cupcakes should be and then I’ll be back to it.

But here is an idea for you?  what about get your kids to help?  I am sure they would love to make some Christmas cupcakes, licking beaters and decorating cupcakes are great fun.  Plus you can leave a cupcake out for Santa!

So what better way to decorate them, but to print out your own wrappers?  Ziggity Zoom have three free printable wrappers for you to choose from, but don’t let it limit you.  Print out one and then use a piece of wrapping paper or scrapbooking paper (even better because its thickness) and trace your cut out design!

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These are my favorite five (what else given we are so close to the big day!) Christmas cupcakes.  Actually these are all recent additions to Flickr, so it shows you what is hot, in cupcakes, this Christmas!

First up I have Christmas gingerbread men as they play with a snowflake!  The workman ship in these is just amazing!  They are by Christine Hamilton (aka AbbieTabbie ) who we have featured before, on the count of her being amazing!

Next we have a simply but stunning cupcake from the aptly named Simply Cake who is run by Ratna Sutera.  I love the elegance of this cupcake.  Her snowmen cupcakes are also divine, but you’ll need to visit her Flickr account to see those.

Our third cupcake is beautiful.  We featured Christmas hydrangeas a little while ago, now here is a stunning red Christmas rose by Created by Diane.

Fourthly we have Maria Olenjniczak’s snowman.  I am such a softie for a happy well made snowman cupcake, aren’t you?

And last, but in no ways least, it just wouldn’t be Christmas without the big ol’ jolly fellow Santa!  I love this version created by My Delight Cupcakery.

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Well it is almost Christmas, and what would be better than eggnog to fit into your Christmas menu? But if you are like me and think the drink is so yesterday, then you need to try these eggnog cupcakes!  These are seriously good!

I was tempted to do the Wednesday five this week on eggnog, but because it is something you will either love or hate, I opted on the side of safety and decided just to go for this great cupcake recipe from Annie Eats.

If you don’t want to go full ball on the eggnog-iness, then you can always substitute the eggnog frosting for a plain cream cheese frosting!

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There are many options when it comes to winter cupcakes!  We have seen some very cool ideas and these ones from Clever Little Cupcake are no different!  Many of these you could attempt at home, though I am not sure that I would get quite as good results!  I am thinking though that the snowmen might be fun!

Christmas isn’t forgotten either in this group, there are presents and christmas trees!  I especially love the one with snow on it.  All in all, these cupcakes look way too good to eat! You can see more from Clever Little Cupcake on Flickr.

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I so heart Cakespy, and this Christmas even though there is heaps going on with her new store there are still regular posts with gorgeous images that make me smile!

This one I just totally adore!  If you haven’t checked out Cakespy yet, make sure you get over there!

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