Strawberry Banana Orange Smoothie Cupcakes

My fellow CTTC Contributor Betsy, and I were part of a Cupcake Couture Blog Party that went live yesterday. We were sent fabulous cupcake wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture and were asked to create a recipe based on the design we received.

I received these gorgeous Hannah wrappers decorated with a Pink and Citrus floral design. For some reason, these wrappers just brought me into a Summer state of mind which got fruit on my brain which made me think of smoothies. I wanted to see if I could get those same bright, fresh fruity flavors from a smoothie into our favorite portable dessert and it was actually a great success!

These are also semi-diet friendly and totally semi-homemade, but you wouldn't be able to tell that these cupcakes started from a box and a can of frosting. The recipe is super easy to follow and you can find it on my blog, Chronicles of a Foodie, here!

PS. Don't forget to enter the Cupcake Couture Blog Party giveaway if you haven't already!

Cupcake Couture Blog Party

Your Cupcakes Take the Cake Correspondents Betsy Eves & Ashley Khawsy, along with 18 other bloggers have joined together with Carrie Middlemiss of Bella Cupcake Couture to bring you the Cupcake Couture Blog Party!

This sweet party features 21 blogs,  20 cupcake recipes,  20 party displays and a Prize Pack worth $565!

Make sure to visit all the blogs and check out the cupcakes and displays!

An American Cupcake in London 

Bella Cupcake Couture 

Chronicles of a Foodie 

Crazy for Crust

Creative Food 

Cupcakes Take the Cake 

Diary of a Mad Hausfrau 

Eat Your Heart Out 

Haniela's 

Hoosier Homemade 

In Katrina's Kitchen 

Inside BruCrew Life 

Java Cupcake 

Love From the Oven

Make Bake Celebrate 

Not Just a Mommy 

Sugar Daze 

Sugar Swings! Serve Some 

The Baked Equation 

The Baking Cup 

The Decorated Cookie

Thanks to our amazing Prize Pack sponsors for their generous donations! Please, visit their websites to see more of their fabulous products!

  Bella Cupcake Couture

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Sweets & Treats Boutique

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 Contest opens 21May13 at 0700 PST and closes 27May13 at 2359 PST.

 One winner will be chosen and announced within 24 hours of the contest ending. Winner will be contacted via email to claim their prize. This contest is open to residents of the USA and Europe only.

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Pirate Cupcakes

Arrgh! These are great cupcakes for a birthday party.

Pirate Cupcakes, originally uploaded by Julycupcakes.

Via JulyCupcakes in Russia:

Donald Duck Cake Pops and Cupcakes

Donald Party, originally uploaded by All you need is Cupcakes!.

These are super adorable for a party. We see plenty of Minnie and Mickey Mouse, but I love Donald Duck. Via All you need is cupcakes

Rosy Wedding Cupcakes By Little Paper Cakes

Are you guys familiar with the jewelry company, 1928? These rose cupcakes from Little Paper Cakes reminds me of some rose stud earrings that I wore in grade school.

Neapolitan Cupcakes from I am Baker!

One of the very first blogs I started following after I began blogging was I am Baker. She loves Neapolitan desserts and is always coming up with new Neapolitan creations, like cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and bars. These Neapolitan Cupcakes are chocolate with vanilla buttercream and strawberry chocolate coating. The strawberry coating can also be adapted to almost any flavor and color! Check out the whole post here!

Chex Mix Cupcakes

What do you get when you mix Chex Mix and cupcakes? The perfect sweet and salty dessert! Cupcake Project developed this recipe that you can use nearly any type of Chex Mix for! She does mention to keep things balanced, make sure you use a frosting close to your Chex Mix of choice to play up the flavors. You can even get the Chex Mix flavor in each cupcake by substituting the crushed snack mix for some of the flour in the recipe. Check out the recipe here!

Howdy Partner! Cowboy Cupcakes

Cowboy Cupcakes, originally uploaded by Victorious Cupcakes.

Get off yer horse and eat a cupcake - It's cupcakes of the week!! Check out good to know recipes new step by step guide to making them. They are MUCH easier than you think.
www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/538271/cowboy-cupcakes

The cowboy clear stamps are from Purple Cupcakes here:
www.purplecupcakes.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2347712-impressittr...

Peppa Pig Beach Cupcakes

Peppa Pig Beach Cupcakes, originally uploaded by The Clever Little Cupcake Company (Amanda).

Via Flickr:

These Peppa Pig cupcakes are bright neon cupcakes in chocolate with white chocolate buttercream.

www.facebook.com/cleverlittlecupcake

Today's your last day to get cupcakes at Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique in Houston

Sad cupcake news: Sugarbaby's Cupcake Boutique in Houston, Texas (3310 S. Shepherd) is closing after six years. They are having a sale (via their Facebook page:

Sweet Goodbye Sale! RETAIL/GIFT items have been marked down 50% or more. Priced as tagged. All sales FINAL in AS IS condition. No returns or exchanges. Love our decor? For design pieces & fixtures, please inquire in-store or by email info@ilovesugarbabys.com

In their newsletter they said they're closing due to "pressing family obligations" and went on to say:

With almost 6 wonderful years of memories in our hearts, we have been truly blessed to be a part of this community, and it has been our absolute please to serve, chat, laugh, entertain, and share our time and dessert passion with each and every one of you - whether you visited us just once or once a week. Because we are not ones for long, sad goodbyes, we are announced this week that we will be closing the doors and turning of our ovens this Saturday, May 18th at 5pm.

strawberries and champagne


caramel delight


banana split