15 Sweet Treats For Your Memorial Day Bash!


Updated 05/23/12 11:09 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Memorial Day Cupcakes and Cake Pops

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and whatever your weekend plans entail, we can't think of a better way to celebrate than with a special sweet treat. Whether you prefer a classic patriotic theme or want to get inventive with cupcakes that look like they just came off the grill, stock up on some sugar, heat up the oven, and get baking! Read more

What's It Going to Be: Gender Reveal Parties Announce Baby's Sex


Updated 04/13/12 3:41 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Gender Reveal Party Cakes

It's not all about the 20-week ultrasound anymore! More and more parents are planning gender reveal parties to find out their baby's sex and share the excitement with family and friends. While some mamas-to-be wait until the child debuts to find out if they should buy pink or blue, others embrace the excuse to party before delivery! Some moms and dads have the ultrasound technician write the Read more

Shower Her With Sweetness: Baby Shower Cupcake Inspiration


Updated 04/09/12 6:45 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

Baby Shower Cupcake Inspiration

Since baby showers are often afternoon affairs, sweet treats aren't just a nice touch, they're a necessity! If cupcakes are your sugar fix of choice, you're in luck. We've uncovered some of the prettiest, most creative, and covetable cupcake ideas out there. From the simple to the super-involved, you're sure to find inspiration for your baby shower bash right here. Read more

Easter Cupcakes So Easy Your Kids Can Make Them!


Updated 04/06/12 4:05 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Make Easter Cupcakes

Candy and cupcakes and treats, oh, my! In the hierarchy of holidays designed to give tots a sugar high, Easter must claim one of the top three spots. A holiday where candy is strewn about the yard? Sign me up! So when Jelly Belly teamed up with Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, the authors of the new Cupcakes, Cookies, & Pie, Oh, My! and the inspiring What's New, Cupcake?, for an evening of Read more

Drink Your Dessert: Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes


Updated 03/18/12 11:59 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

If you went to college or lived near a campus bar, you're undoubtedly familiar with a drink called the Irish car bomb. It's similar to a sake bomb or cement mixer in that it requires choreography: one shot each of Baileys Irish cream liqueur and Irish whiskey are dropped into a pint glass of Guinness stout, and some poor soul downs the entire concoction before the drink can curdle, often while Read more

Double Chocolate Cupcakes With Gooey Peanut Butter Center


Updated 02/14/12 12:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Double Chocolate Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Center Recipe

Pretty much any chocolate and peanut butter concoction means heaven to me and my sweetheart, so a double chocolate cupcake stuffed with a peanut butter center is a must make. These decadent cupcakes are light and moist with a perfect creamy peanut butter center. The sweet can actually be served with no frosting — they're already that delicious — but to take it to the next level, invest a Read more

Sisters of DC Cupcakes Share Valentine's Day Baking Tips and Chocolate Ganache Recipe


Updated 02/13/12 3:20 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Georgetown Cupcake Chocolate Ganache Cupcake Recipe

What's sugar and spice and everything nice? Cupcakes! And no one knows more about our obsession with the lil confections than Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis, co-owners of Georgetown Cupcake and stars of TLC's DC Cupcakes. The sisters, who learned their kitchen skills from their grandmother ("We followed her around the kitchen and always begged to help"), have been known to bake up to Read more

Shadow or Not, These Sweet Treats Will Help Tots Celebrate Groundhog Day


Updated 02/02/12 7:10 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

Sweet Treats For Celebrating Groundhog Day

While it may not be the most widely-celebrated holiday of the calendar year, Groundhog Day (Feb. 2) is a tradition that dates back to 1887, and acknowledges that it is a fun way to add some excitement to your lil one's week. Check out these five sweet treats to celebrate the coming Spring (or extension of Winter). Fun fact . . . Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil has moved into the 21st century? Read more