Kinley Turns ONE!!!

 

My stinkin' cute niece, Kinley, turned ONE this weekend!

She's a little Easter baby!

I had the pleasure of helping out some with her party. 

Mainly these little pretties...

I made white and chocolate cupcakes and topped them with pink buttercream frosting.

These cupcakes were YUMMY, if I do say so myself.  Super moist and fluffy!

Stay tuned to the end of this post for the super simple recipe!

My sister-in-law, Kindi, you may remember her from the Thirty-One giveaway awhile back.  She did some bartering with Thirty-One products to get Kinley's smash cake.  BARTERING is key, people!  If you can trade services to help cut costs on your parties, DO IT.

 

 {Seriously... So.Stinkin'.Cute}

Great job on the party, Kindi!  Everything was so cute!  

You and your mama are a GREAT team!

Super Moist White Cupcakes

Courtesy- Sara Banze

Ingredients:

One white cake mix - I used Pillsbury

2 C. milk (room temp)

2 egg whites (room temp)

1/4 C. oil 

1 small box vanilla pudding

Directions:

Mix together all wet ingredients.  Add cake mix and pudding and mix until combined.  Do not over mix!  Bake at 350 for 16 minutes or until they spring back when touched.  As soon as you take them out, pop them into the freezer for 15 minutes.  Top with your favorite frosting.  

YUM. 

White Cupcakes - #4

For Dacey's Ladybug Party I made Martha's White Cupcakes with my own buttercream frosting. Pretty easy to make, but will not be doubling the recipe again in my Kitchen-Aid mixer. It was FULL. And it was hard getting 10 egg whites to form a stiff peak, even with the help of Brock & Jillian, my little helpers. I thought they were good, not too sweet. TJ thought they were dry, so of course that put me in a panic because I don't want to serve people dry cupcakes, so I resorted to a Betty Crocker white cake mix in a box I had in the pantry. Whipped those up around 11 pm and what do you know... he thought they were dry, too!

A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I guess Betty is just as good as Martha in this case. It's hard judging plain, white cupcakes after having such intricate other cupcakes, but oh well. Next time I'll try the swiss meringue buttercream as it may hold the grass up better.