Merry Christmas from Maddie Cakes!

I've had a very busy week of baking! Check out these adorable Christmas cupcakes and festive fruit snacks!

Pac-man cupcakes!

My handsome son just turned 11! He celebrated his birthday at an arcade with all original video games from the 80's! How fun was that for me…. a child of the 80's! I had a blast making these adorable pac-man cupcakes and check out the little pac-man cake! 

Spongebob Birthday Cake!

 I always look forward to my nephews birthday! He has the greatest sense of humor and therefore loves spongebob! I was so excited to bake him a simple spongebob birthday cake. He loved it and was a huge hit with all the party guests!!

coconut cupcakes!

fan or not a big fan of coconut?! these cupcakes are sure to please even if you just like coconut a tiny bit!

recipe from Martha Stewart Cupcakes!

may I please have s'more!

Teacher appreciation week is being celebrated this week at my daughters school. Parents were asked to bring in a dessert for the teachers luncheon. I went back and forth with what to bring in!! I finally decided on these s'more cupcakes! If you have thought about or never thought about making these… GO, NOW, RUN make them! you will not be sorry! They are my new favorite!!

a bit time consuming but that's ok! first add a graham cracker crust to the bottom of the cupcake liners and top it with some chopped chocolate.. fill the liners 3/4 full with your favorite chocolate cupcake batter and top with a sprinkle of graham cracker and chopped chocolate.

 bake for 22 minutes! you end up with these.. good enough to eat without the marshmallow frosting!

now make your marshmallow frosting and swirl!

add a piece of Hershey's chocolate and sprinkle with a tiny bit of crushed graham cracker!

package them up and send them to school for all the teachers to enjoy!

recipe inspired by: martha stewart cupcakes

strawberry cupcakes with strawberry buttercream!

strawberry season is here!!  and what better way to use fresh sweet strawberries then to bake them in cupcakes! I've been wanting to try the recipe from Martha Stewart's Cupcake book. Well, I did it and I'm so happy with these cupcakes! These are soft, fluffy and full of strawberry flavor! I used my own buttercream recipe and added in 1 tablespoon of fresh strawberry puree. 

cupcake recipe from: Martha Stewart Cupcakes

Birthday cakes!

My daughters birthdays are both in April and 6 days apart!  It's been a crazy cake baking week! I'm loving every minute of it! The first cake is a triple layer vanilla and chocolate cake with a layer of fudge filling and vanilla buttercream. The 2nd cake is a chocolate cake with a fluffy whipped peanut butter filling.