TGIF! Last week I shared a recipe for the Churro Cupcakes I made for our Cinco de Mayo party. Today I wanted to share a quick tutorial on making tissue paper flowers which I used to decorate our front door. So fun and festive!
Pick 5-6 pieces
Fold them together accordion style.
Staple in the middle. Since I was attaching my flowers to the decorative wrought iron on my front door I also added a pipe cleaner.
Cut the ends to give the flower some shape, then fluff! Be gentle or the tissue paper will tear.
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| It’s not a party without a margarita! |
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| My neighbor always has the best hats! |
Who enjoyed some queso and margaritas on Cinco de Mayo? This girl!!! The hubs and I had a few people over for tacos and drinks. I’ll be posting more about that next week. In the tradition of Favorite Pin Friday, lets get right to it. Today I’m sharing the dessert we had at our party, Churro Cupcakes. I found the recipe at Lady Behind the Curtain and modified it to save time (aka used a box cake mix).
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| They smelled delicious while baking. |
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| STAND: Crate and Barrel |
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| The crunchy topping and cream cheese frosting were divine! |
Churro Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
1 box white cake mix
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
7 tbsp butter, melted
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
5 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tbsp milk (if desired)
Instructions
Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Follow directions on cake mix. Fill each cupcake liner (I use 1/4 cup per cupcake). Bake for 20 minutes.
Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. Once cupcakes have completely cooled, brush melted butter on tops and dip into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting:
In a mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended. Mix in vanilla and cinnamon; add confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time until combined. If the frosting is too thick, add milk a few drops at a time until desired consistency. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
Since I didn’t put a lot of frosting on each cupcake I could have easily cut that portion of the recipe in half. I’ve decided the leftover frosting will taste amazing on a warm bagel or homemade Belgian waffle! So this post is now a two in one lol Cupcake frosting+breakfast topping. You’re welcome đŸ˜‰
Until next post…xoxo Becca
Becca
born and raised Texan
Hi all and welcome to my cozy little place in the blogosphere. My name is Becca and I'm a born and raised Texan. After college I got married. Got a puppy. Got a house. And then I decided I wanted to share daily life, struggles, ambitions, and everything in between.
