A Day in Princeton

  

One of my favorite places to visit is Princeton, New Jersey. This adorable little town is filled with so much character and amazing scenery [not to mention GREAT shopping too! ;) ] So for Mother's Day this past May my Sister, Mother, and I decided to take a girl's day trip to Princeton! We spent the day walking down Nassau Street, shopping, and taking a little detour through the beautiful campus of Princeton University. To top it off, we ended the day with some sweet treats from The Bent Spoon - one of my absolute favorite places to get cupcakes [of course :) ]. 

xx,

katie

mint chocolate oreo cupcakes

All Photos © Cupcaque 2012

One of my major obsessions is mint chocolate flavored things. Junior Mints, Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies, ehh... pretty much mint everything! So I decided to bake Mint Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes using the New Duncan Hines Frosting Creations. These Frosting Creations are AWESOME. You choose a "Starting Frosting" + a flavor packet to mix together ---> There are 12 flavors including: Bubble Gum, Caramel, Cherry Vanilla, Chocolate Almond, Chocolate Marshmallow, Cinnamon Roll, Cotton Candy, Mint Chocolate, Mocha, Orange Cream, Strawberry Shortcake, and White Chocolate Raspberry... {ahhh I want to try them all}! I decided to go with the Mint Chocolate flavor and it turned out ah-ma-zing. I paired the icing with Betty Crocker's Super Moist Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake mix + a Mint Chocolate Oreo at the base of the cupcake. To top it off I garnished the icing with a little leftover crushed up Oreo crumbs and these babies turned out SO decadent! Below are a few pictures of these amazing cupcakes. Seriously though, If you like Chocolate Mint things you will definitely LOVE these cupcakes!

XO

katie

 

All Photos © Cupcaque 2012

cupcake & cupcaque

Cupcakes have been something that I've always loved. Something about these tiny/individual cakes bring such happiness and joy to life {well, at least they do for me!}. Cupcakes actually inspired the name of my blog: "cupcaque" ---> which is pronounced "cupcake" {I just made the word look fancier ;) } With all the different kinds of cupcakes out there, its so hard to choose my favorite.. But I would have to say Red Velvet cupcakes are in my top 5! For this years' SuperBowl I made these NY Giants inspired red velvet cupcakes {shown below} with homemade cream cheese frosting... YUM!

What type of cupcakes are your favorite?

xo

katie