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Champagne Cupcakes for New Years Eve

December 27, 2012 by Jenn

What is the best sound of the holidays? The pop of the champagne cork of course! Champagne has always been a traditional addition to New Years Eve celebrations in my family home growing up, and of course continues to be one now!

I am definitely not a champagne connoisseur, as you may be able to tell with my use of Yellow Tail Sparkling Wine in the video . . . why would I waste good champagne on something that is baked?!?! For cooking/baking purposes this brand is great . . . relatively cheap (not as cheap as Baby Duck!), has a definite champagne taste that stays throughout the baking process, and it doesn’t taste too bad when you drink the rest of the bottle when you’re done baking these cupcakes . . . using the bottle or a flute to finish it off works either way 🙂

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Poinsettia Christmas Cake

December 17, 2012 by Jenn

I’ve got one last Christmasy idea for you before the big day next week! If you’re one of our 11,000 subscribers on YouTube, you’ve already seen this (and thank you for subscribing!), but in the hustle and bustle of this fall, I am finally getting this up on the blog.

In this video, we are using Photofrost frosting sheets, and our Cricut Cake to make multiple layered poinsettia leaves. There are lots of steps to this cake, and it comes out stunning, and perfect for the holidays!

Photofrost contacted us about making a cake using their coloured frosting sheets, and knowing that we had Christmas videos to film, we brainstormed a cake that would work for both sides: a cake that would show off Photofrost’s product, and one that we could do showcasing our Cricut cake.

You can bake any cake for this one, what I did was bake three layers (two vanilla, one red velvet) of eight inch cake, to give the cake height in order to ensure that the poinsettia’s that border the bottom of the cake were not cramped along the bottom or too high to the top.

To make this cake, you will need: frosting sheets (red and green), 3×8″ cake layers, Cricut Cake (or flower tracer/scissors).

Have look-see of the video, and let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Holidays!

Filed Under: Cakes, Holiday Baking, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: Christmas Cake, frosting sheets, icing sheets, Poinsettia Cake

Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

December 11, 2012 by Jenn

I’m going to assume that anyone reading this post has seen the hands-down most fabulous Christmas movie to ever fill theatres and home TV screens . . . National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation! It is my number one favourite Christmas movie, and every year, I HAVE to watch it at least once. I am such a nerd and have watched it so many times, I can quote half of the movie, and my favourite quote is “Little full, lotta sap”. It kills me everytime I watch it.

This year, I am proud to say that my family is finally taking after the Griswolds. My sister-in-law posted this picture on Facebook with the caption “That went well.”

I had to share this with everyone because it is so funny. L’s losing his mind. E’s wanting off so badly. My brother’s trying to get out of the picture and Santa has no idea what is going on . . or he’s swinging at my brother!

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Filed Under: Cookies, Holiday Baking, Videos Tagged With: Christmas, christmas cookies, christmas tree cookies, royal icing, royal icing cookies, tree cookies

Flooding Sugar Cookies

December 11, 2012 by Jenn

Decorating with royal icing is a learned art. There are hundreds of blogs dedicated to cookie icing and decorating. I, by no means claim to be a master of royal icing cookie decoration, but I want to show you how easy it is if you break down the process. The most important element to master, and to remember before you start, is that the consistency of the icing is most important. If the royal icing is too thin, it can run off the cookie, blend with other colours etc, or if it is too stiff you won’t get the smooth, uniform appearance that a flooded cookie should have.

In this video, I show you how find the proper consistency of the icing for flooding, how to flood it, and how to fill in any gaps that might be left.

In the following posts, I will be covering three different ways to use royal icing to decorate the sugar cookies I showed you how to make in a previous post found HERE. How to make Royal Icing can be found HERE and you will need one batch of it, coloured in any colour that you want. If you intend to make the Santa belly cookies, you will need to colour your flooding icing red.

Santa’s Belly Sugar Christmas Cookies

Christmas Tree

Reindeer Sugar Cookies

Filed Under: Cookies, Holiday Baking, Videos Tagged With: cookie decorating, flooding royal icing, flooding sugar cookies, royal icing, royal icing cookies

Eggnog Cupcakes

December 10, 2012 by Jenn

Eggnog is a treat that has always signified Christmas to me. I can remember from a young age as soon as the eggnog came out, Christmas had begun! Yes, it’s full of fat, and if you make it from scratch it has raw eggs in it, but just ignore those small, insignificant details :). Now, as an adult (really? How did that happen?) I love it with a little shot of spiced rum, on ice, and it’s heaven in a cup. I do have to admit that as much as I love eggnog, I find it extremely “commercial” that it is now coming out in grocery stores immediately after Halloween. Seriously, do we really need the indulgence of eggnog for two months instead of one?

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Holiday Baking, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: Christmas Cupcake Decorating, Christmas Cupcakes, eggnog cupcakes, how to video

Cupcake Eating Contest at Sam Steele Days

November 15, 2012 by Jenn

Feeling hungry for some cupcakes? How would a cupcake eating contest work for your pangs of hunger?

What? You already feel full? I don’t blame you . . . I was glad that I was the organizer of the contest, not in the contest! Since I’m WAY late on putting this up, I’ll just let you watch and enjoy!

If you would like to enter next year’s contest, 2013, please contact us!

We will also be looking for sponsor’s for 2013 as well! Our sponsors for 2012 were amazing, and we can’t thank them enough! Denham Ford, Williams Mortgage, we appreciate you hopping on with your Tier One sponsorship 🙂

Chris Nault

Mayor Wayne Stetski

Lana Kirk and Patricia Whalen

Mayor Wayne Stetski congratulating Chris Nault

Cupcake eating contest winner Chris Nault

Filed Under: Cupcakes, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: Cupcake Eating Contest, sam steele days, Taste of Cranbrook

100th Video Contest!

November 12, 2012 by Jenn

I am super excited to announce that we have reached ONE HUNDRED videos on our YouTube channel, CupcakesandCardio! I can hardly believe that we have worked this hard, and reached this milestone.

We are successfully running a cake/cupcake company focusing on custom orders, weddings and Farmer’s Markets, while I continue to teach full time Kindergarten (and occasionally update my blog)! It is taking a lot of hard work, long hours, but with our YouTube channel being instructional, I feel it is a natural jump from my day to day job. Reading and hearing from the viewers and fans is awesome, and makes it worthwhile!

Some of my favourite comments have been from the younger crowd who say that they are using the videos to bake with their mom/dad and that makes me super happy as that is how my roots in baking began. My personal favourite videos that we have done over the last 100, was the one with my mom when we baked a recipe of my Grandma’s Chocolate Dream Bars , and the one that we did as a surprise for Payten, Birthday Cake Surprise!

If you would like to enter the contest, head on over to our channel, and leave your comment which video is your favourite! The winner will be chosen on November 30, 2012, at random! If you leave a video response, you get a double entry.

Thank you to all of our viewers for making the hard work worthwhile!!

xo Jenn

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How to Make Ketchup Cake

November 11, 2012 by Jenn

Ketchup chips, yes.

Ketchup and fries, yes.

Ketchup and eggs, yes.

Ketchup and cake? NO! Oh, yes, definitely yes!

I know it’s not your average vanilla or chocolate cake, but this cake deserves attention! It is rich in spices, which will remind you of carrot cake, and rich fall flavours found in pumpkin and apple cakes.

The ketchup is not an over powering flavour in the cake. It’s almost like an after taste. Be sure to pair it with cream cheese icing!

Ketchup Cake Recipe:
2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) cinnamon
1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground ginger
1/2 cup (125 mL) tomato ketchup
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
2 tbsp (30 mL) red food colouring
3/4 cup (175 mL) butter, softened
1 1/2 cups (375 mL) packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs

For procedure, check out the video . . . enjoy!

Filed Under: Cakes, Tutorials, Videos Tagged With: Ketchup Cake, Make Ketchup Cake

Champagne Cupcakes for New Years Eve

Poinsettia Christmas Cake

Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies

Eggnog Cupcakes

Cupcake Eating Contest at Sam Steele Days

100th Video Contest!

How to Make Ketchup Cake

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