This is the first cupcake recipe I am sharing from Sugarella's 1st Birthday Party. I scoured the internet for just the right looking Key Lime cupcake. There are a lot out there but I finally settled on one from Shirley at What About Second Breakfast because I really liked that she used Greek yogurt. Here is her recipe as originally adapted from Martha Stewart: Ingredients for Cupcakes: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 3 cups all purpose flour 4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup plain yogurt (I used 0% fat Greek yogurt) 1 tsp vanilla extract (I probably used at least a tbsp but I love vanilla) Zest and juice of 8 key limes (I used the zest of 12 limes because there were pretty small) 2 cups granulated sugar (I use baker's fine sugar) 4 large ... [Read More]
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Sweet Shoppe Cupcake 1st Birthday Party
I pretty much knew from the minute our little cupcake was born that her first birthday was going to be a cupcake theme. She was so tiny and sweet, she was the perfect little cupcake. After spending 9 years planning boy parties I was so excited to be able to put together a party that was ALL girl! It all starts with the invitation... One of my besties (who, if you follow me at all are well acquainted with) Tricia, came over and took some amazing photos of Miss Cupcake for her birthday photo shoot. You can view the photo here on her home page. After seeing the pictures I knew I had to use it for the invitation. I contacted Jeanne Carr of JCarrIllustration on Etsy last year about designing custom graphics for me. I told her my color scheme and the look I was going for and she ... [Read More]
