Beach Party Cupcakes

What you need:
Cake Mix
Brown Sugar
Frosting ( I use pastry pride whipped topping)
Mini Teddy Grahams
Life Saver Gummies
Sweet Tarts
Fruit Roll Up
Umbrella Picks
Palm Tree Picks
Blue Food Coloring

Directions:
First, I baked the cupcakes. I tried something a little different this time. I added some red velvet batter to each cupcake liner and then took a spoon and added some vanilla cake batter and placed it on top of the red velvet batter. Then, I took a toothpick and swirled them together. Then I placed them in the oven. When they were done baking I let them cool for about an hour.

Once cooled off I added some white frosting to a couple cupcakes and set them aside. I then took the remaining frosting and added some blue food coloring. I covered the rest of the cupcakes with blue frosting.

Then, I took some brown sugar and placed it on top of the white frosting cupcakes. I then placed all the cupcakes on a tray the way I wanted and began to decorate them.

To decorate the cupcakes I used the life savers as floaties, sweet tarts as beach balls, fruit roll ups as towels and float beds, and mini teddy grahams as the people. I also added some umbrella and palm tree picks to make it look more beachy.

The end result:

Graduation Cupcakes

What you need:
Cake Mix
Cupcake Liners
Frosting ( I used the Pillsbury easy frost in vanilla)
Candy Mold
Sprinkles
Black and White Candy Melts
Cupcake Pan

Servings: Makes 24 cupcakes

How to:
First, I take the cupcake liners and place them on a cupcake pan. Then, I place the batter inside the liners and bake them. Once they are baked I let them cool for at least an hour.

Once they have cooled off I take the frosting and frost all of the cucpakes. After the cucpakes are frosted I add some blue sprinkles.

Then, I take the candy melts and add the melted chocolate to the molds, if there are bubbles just tak a toothpick and press on the bubbles to get rid of them. Put them in the refrigerator and wait for them to harden. Once they harden pop them out of the pan.

Finally, top each cupcake with one of the chocolates and you're finished.

End result:

Jake the Pirate Cake

What you need:
Cake Mix
9 in. Round Cake Pan
12 in Round Cake Pan
Brown Sugar
Pastry Pride Whipped Topping
Blue Food Coloring
Yellow Fondant
Cake Toppers

How to:
First, I baked one 9 in. round cake and two 12 in. cakes and let them cool overnight.
The next day I took part of the whipped topping and added some blue food coloring and mixed it. On a separate bowl, I took the remaining of the whipped topping and added brown food coloring and mixed it together.
On the first 12 inch cake I covered it in blue frosting and then added the other 12 inch cake on top using lollipop sticks to hold it in place. Then covered the two cakes with blue frosting and added a small border around the bottom of the cake.
When that was complete I took the 9 inch pan and cut it in half. I took one half of it and placed it on top of the 12 inch cake and covered it with the brown frosting. I then placed the second half and placed it on top and covered it with brown frosting as well.
When the cakes were completely frosted I took some brown sugar and placed some on top and around the bottom cake. I then made some coins out of yellow fondant and placed them on top of the cake as well. Finally, I took the cake toppers and placed them as desired.
End Result:

Treasure Chest Cake and Cupcakes

 What you need:

• Cake Mix
• Loaf Pan
• Cupcake Liners
• Coin Chocolate Candies
• Pirate Candles
• Fondant (white, yellow, black)
• Chocolate Frosting
• Vanilla Frosting

How to:
First, I baked a couple cupcakes and the loaf pan cake, and let them cool overnight. I bought the cupcake liners at Big Lots.

Once they cooled off, I took the loaf pan and covered it in chocolate frosting. I then took some yellow fondant and wrapped it around the cake and added a lock to make it look like a treasure chest.With white fondant I made a skull and added a black background to place on the top center of the cake. I also added a map to the top.

Next, I took the cupcakes and frosted them with Pillsbury easy frost vanilla frosting.

Finally I added some candles that I found at Party City which went perfectly with the theme. On the rest of the cupcakes I added a skull made out of fondant, a map, a beer mug, and chocolate coins. I spread out the rest of the coins on the plate.

The end result:

Pirate Ship Cake

What you need:

• 8x8x2 Cake Pan
• Cake Mix
• Vanilla Frosting
• Chocolate Frosting
• Swedish Fish Candy
• Whoppers
• Licorice
• Pirate Pictures
• Toothpicks
• 6x2 Round Cake Pan
• Blue Food Coloring

How to:
First, I baked both cakes at the same time and let them cool overnight. Then, I took the vanilla frosting and put some blue food coloring and mix it. I then took the square cake and covered it completely with blue frosting.

When that was finished, I took the small round cake and cut it in half. On one side I covered it with chocolate frosting and added the other piece and stuck them together. I took some lollipop sticks and used them to hold the boat on the square cake so it didn't fall apart. Then covered the boat in chocolate frosting.

When both cakes are completely frosted take the swedish fish candy and add them to the blue part of the cake then add the licorice and the whopppers to the boat as well.

Finally, I printed out some pirate pictures from my computer, taped them onto a toothpick and placed them on top of the boat.
Final result:

Turtle Cupcakes

 

What you need:
Cupcake liners
Cake Mix
Peach Rings
Dots Candy
Wilton Sparkle Gel in black
Vanilla Frosting

How to:
First, I baked the cupcakes and once they were cool I layered some vanilla frosting on all the cupcakes. After that, I took two dots candy and cut them in half. I took one Dots candy and used it as the head of the turtle and once I place it, I put two eyes with the sparkle gel. Then I used another Dots candy as the shell and put a peach ring around it. At the end, I took the two Dots candy that I cut in half and used them as the arms and legs of the turtle.

The end result: