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How to Make Minion Cupcake Toppers

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With the new Despicable Me movie out, I started thinking about re-sharing (on social media) some of my old Minion posts. When going through them, I realized I never posted a a tutorial for How to Make Minion Cupcake Toppers.

That wouldn’t be a big deal except I shot this tutorial back in 2014. Ya’ll. I’ve had it sitting on a hard drive for 3 years. What in the world?! Anyway, it took me a few days to finally get all the pictures edited and now I have a tutorial for you.

So here we go.. How to Make Minion Cupcake Toppers.

Here are the supplies you’ll need to make these cucpake toppers:

Yellow, Black, White and Gray fondant (I use homemade marshmallow fondant for all colors except black and there I use Satin Ice)
Rolling pin
Round cutters (various sizes)
Mini Cutters
Ribbon cutter
Food markers
Sugar glue
Small Paint Brushes
Xacto knife or scalpels

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Kitchenaid Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Today I want to share with you a delicious simple Kitchenaid Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream recipe. There are two reasons I made this ice cream. First, for my birthday in May my hubby bought me a new Kitchenaid Ice Cream Maker attachment. Sadly, I’ve only gotten to play with it a few times and that’s just a shame.

Second, it’s been around 100°F every day here in Mississippi for at least a week (maybe two?) and homemade ice cream is the BEST way to remedy stifling heat. Nothing will cool you down faster than a creamy bowl of homemade ice cream!

Speaking of creamy – this ice cream is the creamiest of creamy. It’s rich with sweet vanilla flavor that I’m in love with. In addition to all this goodness, it’s also eggless or egg-free and it requires no cooking.

I know those things aren’t a dealbreaker for everybody, but if you’re dealing with an egg allergy and can’t have custard-based homemade ice creams, this is a great solution. Or if you don’t want to bother with cooking your ice cream then having to cool it before freezing – you’re in luck with this recipe!

I think one thing that really gives this ice cream a little extra vavoom is the fact that I usually use homemade vanilla extract. There’s just nothing better. But if you don’t have any homemade, I also love this Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla. Using a high quality vanilla really takes the ice cream to the next level!

My only problem now is trying to figure out many miles I need to walk so that I can justify eating the whole Kitchenaid bowl full! 😉

Kitchenaid Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Okay – are you ready for the recipe? It’s just below! And if you’d like some more ice cream recipes – scroll down to the bottom and I have some of my favorites linked up!

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Mosser Cake Stands at Zulily | They have Cobalt Blue!!

Happy Friday friends! Are you ready for the weekend? I wanted to pop in and tell you about the Mosser Cake Stands at Zulily 🙂

I’m planning a very relaxing few days with some downtime to celebrate my husband’s birthday! I took off a couple of weeks from cakes to just relax, let my hands feel better, and soak up some family time. If only it weren’t over 100°F this week, all would be good!

Anywho… while I’m kicked back trying to stay cool, I was browsing the interwebs and of course, made my way over to Zulily to see if they had any new cake stands. Lo & behold – they’re having another Mosser Glass sale (those are some of my favorite stands of all time) but this time they have Cobalt Blue!!

I can’t recall ever seeing a Cobalt Blue stand and quite honestly, I’m obsessed. Like, I can’t even imagine what kind of cake I’d put on it, but I must have the stand anyway. Right?!

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Fruit Salsa with Fresh Whipped Cream

I have to tell you – I can’t take credit for this new recipe. This Fruit Salsa with Fresh Whipped Cream recipe was all my husband’s idea. I was on my way to the store when I called Richy and asked him what we could make for dessert – something new that would work for a summer cookout.

For the past few weeks, he’s been making a lot of fresh salsa out of our garden (it’s ah-mazing), so he had the idea to switch it up and make fresh fruit salsa instead. We both named off a few different fruits for me to add to my grocery list and voila – this light, refreshing, easy dessert was born!

Our tiny hometown grocery store doesn’t always have a huge variety of fresh fruit so I had to go with what was available. We ended up with apples (two kinds), peaches, strawberries, and blueberries.

The beautiful thing about this recipe is you can change up the fruit based on what’s in season or available where you live. I would’ve loved to maybe add a kiwi, some grapes, and maybe raspberries had there been any available. Continue Reading ▶

3 Tips to Price Your Cakes Better

Hey friends! I want to welcome my friend Rebekah, from Angelfoods.net, to Rose Bakes. today. She’s a dear friend, a fellow blogger & cake decorator, a great encourager, and a wealth of information! She also has a beautiful Australian accent – which I love!! One of my most popular posts on this blog is How to Charge for Cakes and today I’m excited for Rebekah share a new perspective on this: 3 Tips to Price Your Cakes Better!

Take it away, Rebekah!

The question ‘how to price cakes’ is the #1 most asked question and topic in the cake and baking industry. It is popular because of how important it is to price correctly and so many people struggle with it. Continue Reading ▶

(Ended!) Local Only Giveaway: Enter to Win Cupcakes!!

The giveaway has ended! Congrats to ~~Dawn R. (entry #32)~~ Melanie H. (entry #21) – you’ve won a box of cupcakes!!I haven’t done a local giveaway in quite awhile and well, since I just looooove my local customers, I figured I needed to show a little appreciation by spreading some cupcake LOVE!

PLUS – I’ve added a new email list ONLY for local peeps. Since some of you don’t see my sales on Facebook, I thought it would be great to be able to email you directly when I’m doing a sale, a giveaway, or anything else that would be strictly for local friends.

So, here’s the deal. Tomorrow (Tuesday, July 11, 2017), I’ll be giving away at least 1 box of cupcakes! There might be more than one winner, but for now I’ll say at least one.

I don’t know what flavor they’ll be yet – but they’ll either be wedding cake, Italian Cream, red velvet, chocolate, or a combination of those!

If you’re local to me (in Meadville/Bude, MS) or willing to drive over here to Meadville/Bude, please fill out the form below to get your entry in!! I’ll close the giveaway around 1pm (Tuesday, July 11, 2017) and deliver them sometime in the afternoon (probably 3-4pm). Please note: Facebook comments do not count and please only one comment per person!

By entering your email on the form, you will be added to my Local Friends email list (you can unsubscribe at any time)! I will never SPAM you or use the email for anything other than announcing sales, giveaways, or special offers from Rose Bakes.

Winners will be chosen at random and I’ll contact you vie email/Facebook/or text to set up delivery/pick-up (I can deliver to Meadville/Bude or meet you there).

To enter, fill out the form below!

Want an extra entry? Share this giveaway (just “share” my Facebook post with the picture) and come back and leave a comment telling me you shared!!

Thanks so much everybody!!

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Happy 4th of July – Last Minute Dessert Ideas

I’m stopping in for like 2 seconds (in between cleaning and prepping for a little family get-together tonight) to wish you an early Happy 4th of July and link up to all of my 4th of July content and give you some last minute dessert ideas. Just in case there’s anybody out there still scurrying around for a recipe!

Are you ready? First, I’ll give you a quick review of the things I’ve shared here on Rose Bakes. The most recent and popular thing I’ve shared is this Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake!

You can literally put it together in 10 minutes tonight and have a fantastic, cool dessert for tomorrow!

Next up, if you can run by Walmart or a craft store today, you can make these cupcakes without any cake decorating skills at all! Just frost your cupcakes, add some sprinkles then pop on the Easy DIY Firecracker Cupcake Toppers: Continue Reading ▶

Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes for an “I do!” BBQ. It’s been almost 3 years since I made the cupcakes and cookies for the “I do!” BBQ (way back in 2014). But something got me to thinking about them recently, so I had to look up the pictures. Then when I realized I’d never shared them at all. And with the 4th of July just around the corner, I had to share 🙂

It didn’t help that when I saw the pictures of the Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes – I became obsessed with making them again. So I did. Twice 😉 These are rich Chocolate Cupcakes topped with Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream , then a piece of candied bacon and drizzled with pure maple syrup. The perfect combo of salty and sweet – creamy and crunchy.

I shared the Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream last Friday and then the Candied Bacon on Monday and finally, I’m sharing everything put together. Before you get too far into this post – let me convess that I don’t have any of the recipes in this actual post – but they are linked up at the bottom!

I considered putting all of these recipes in one post, but it would’ve been a mile long so I decided instead to share them separately. If that annoys you, I hope you’ll forgive me.

When I looked back through the pictures from 2014, I was sad that I only took a handful of pictures and none with the cupcakes and the “I Do” Pig cookies together.

At first, I wondered why I took so few pictures, then I looked through the folders for that day and the day before… and now I know why. I had quite the busy weekend back in 2014: Continue Reading ▶

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake (Perfect for a Crowd!)

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake. Do you ever have a dessert once and never forget it? Even for years? Well that’s what happened with this Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake.

I have no idea why it took me years to make it – this dessert only takes about 10 minutes to put together, it can be done in a disposable pan, and it’s perfect for 20+ guests. And considering that our exteneded family is huge, we always need BIG desserts.

So obviously, if you need a delicous, cool dessert to take to your upcoming 4th of July party – or just a family get-together for the summer – THIS is it!

And if you’re looking for other 4th of July Dessert ideas? Check out this post with 27 Delicious 4th of July desserts and if you want something easy and cute – check out this tutorial for Easy 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers!

For the record, you can make smaller version of this, in a smaller pan, and you can even change up the flavors of your ice cream, your ice cream sandwiches, your toppings, etc. and make it your own dreamy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake – however you want! Continue Reading ▶

Easy DIY 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers

I’m cutting it so close sharing this tutorial for the 4th of July. I had hoped to post it last week, but it was such a busy week, I just never got around to it.

But the good news is, everything you’ll need to make these Easy DIY 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers can likely be found at your local craft store, Walmart or even a dollar store.

I have been thinking on these for a couple of weeks… wanting to come up with a patriotic idea for cupcake toppers for the 4th of July – something anybody can make. No special stills or tools required. And these cupcake toppers are exactly that. I dare even call it a tutorial – it’s so stinkin’ easy.

I did pipe on some pretty buttercream (I have a tutorial for that here), but even if you just spread on buttercream with a spoon and add some colorful sprinkles (I did below!), I still think the addition of the “firecrackers” would make them super cute and festive. And it’ll look like you exerted way more effort than actually required 🙂