Ed Hardy High-Energy Snacks: Yum, Trendy, and Super-Caffeinated

Trendsetting Ed Hardy high-energy snacks are part of a creative empire which fashion and lifestyle products are created and produced under the name of tattoo artist extraordinaire Don Ed Hardy, and with his "loud" and mega-famous tattoo designs.



The high-energy snacks, also known as Ed Hardy caffeine candy, are offered in various kinds of portable non-liquid caffeine. For those of you who haven't and are now feeling the urge to try these snacks yourself, you can buy from Ed Hardy shop online.

And yes, in the picture above, Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic is visibly showing us how super-caffeinated and how delicious Ed Hardy snacks are.

Ed Hardy fashion and lifestyle products are part of Iconix Brand Group, which is "the second largest licensing company in the world and growing", and which "has a diversified portfolio of fashion, home, and character-based brands." The company owns Peanuts Worldwide. And some of their other brands are: London Fog, Candie's, Badgley Mischka, Material Girl, Mossimo, and Cannon. For a brief overview of Iconix, watch this video.





As for Ed Hardy caffeine snacks, with attributes such as ...
1. high-caffeine content
2. quick high-energy effects
3. deliciousness
4. convenient and portable non-liquid caffeine
5. reasonably-priced
6. cool, stylish, edgy package designs
7. cool product names e.g. Chocolate Rocks and Coffee Rocks
... these products certainly offer high-energy thrills to everyone who stays energized with caffeine.

Cupcakes for Party was offered a delectable chance to try the products. Apparently we could not resist caffeine temptations. If you cannot either, be sure to visit us again next Thursday, you will enjoy a very thorough product review.



~ Text: January Asia. Copyright © January Asia & Steven Hui. All rights reserved.
~ Photos Copyright © Ed Hardy Snacks. Published with permission. All rights reserved.

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Hamburger Cupcake Decorations: Bright Colors

Everyone is always on the look out for hamburger cupcakes decorating ideas. This one you are seeing features bright colors with a hint of retro style.

You like everything about these mini hamburger cupcakes, right? Buttercream fillings in red -- for ketchup, and in green -- for lettuces. Butter cupcakes for hamburger buns. Burger meat patties are made from chocolate cake. The shape and the size are just simply perfect. It is hard not to like these "little babies" (as the bakers called them.)

The hamburger cupcakes were made and photographed by Flickr user erin leigh mcconnell. Her friend and another Flickr user ashley helped making the cupcakes. (For detailed credit, further links, and photos Terms of Use, see end of post.)

These are cupcakes to please and delight a crowd -- grown ups and kids. Serve the cupcakes at any occasion, and you will not see an unhappy face.









~ Cupcakes made & photographed by Flickr user erin leigh mcconnell. Photos: altered versions of this photo, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
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Valentine's Red Velvet Cupcakes: Super Indulging

No, "indulging" wouldn't be enough for Valentine's Day; let's all get super indulgent. You are gonna love the red velvet cupcakes in this post.

Picture shows a red hot velvet cupcake. The cupcake is of red velvet flavor, topped with "red hot" luscious cream cheese buttercream frosting -- with cinnamon in it, of course, and decorated with a red white chocolate heart and red sugar crystals.

The cupcake was made and photographed by Flickr user Sugar Daze. (For detailed credit, further links, and photo Terms of Use, see end of post.)

For more of Valentine's very, very indulging red velvet cupcakes, here are certain ideas and recipes from around the Internet ...

RED VELVET CUPCAKES 5 RECIPES & DECORATING IDEAS: SUPER INDULGING
1. Red hot velvet cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream frosting, decorated with cinnamon imperials candies and red white chocolate hearts — Oprah

2. Red velvet stuffed cheesecake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, topped with butter sugar toasted pecans — Duncan Hines

3. Red velvet cupcakes with a Hershey's Kiss inside and cream cheese buttercream frosting, decorated with red heart sprinkles — Woman's Day

4. "Red Velvet Sins": red velvet chocolate chips cupcakes with cream cheese buttercream frosting — White Apples

5. Red velvet cheesecake "cups" with a heart-shaped bulls'eye pattern and cream cheese filling — Cookie Madness

~ Cupcake made, baked, decorated, & photographed by Flickr user Sugar Daze. Photo: from this photo, used under a CC BY-ND 2.0 license.
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Valentine's Red Velvet Cupcakes for Chocolate-Lovers

We will begin with the pictures — red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese buttercream frosting; each cupcake is topped with a hand-piped chocolate heart. These cupcakes say "Happy Valentine's Day" to everyone; and scream "yummy" to all of us who happen to be forever in love with cupcakes, all things red velvet-flavored, and all things chocolate.

The decorating idea brings out deliciousness of the aforementioned things and serves the purpose of celebrating the occasion. Of course, we admire the idea for these elements.

The cupcakes were made and photographed by Flickr user vmiramontes. (For detailed credit, further links, and pictures Terms of Use, see end of post.)

Does seeing these pictures make you crave for more red velvet cupcakes with chocolate components (that are more than just the usual cocoa powder ingredient in the cupcakes)?

I know it does.

I have searched the Internet and selected five recipes for you. We will go with the sophisticated yumminess of white chocolate is all I say.

Check out the recipe links after the two pictures below.





RED VELVET CUPCAKES 5 RECIPES FOR WHITE CHOCOLATE-LOVERS
1. Rachael Ray's Red Velvet Beet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting — Taste and Tell

2. Red Velvet White Chocolate Chips Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting — Epicurean Mom

3. Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Filling and Mascarpone Buttercream Frosting — Better Homes & Gardens

4. Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting — Peanut Butter and Julie

5. Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting — Tiny Test Kitchen





~ The cupcakes in the photo above were made, baked, decorated, & photographed by Flickr user vmiramontes. Photos: altered version of this photo and this photo, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
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Valentine's Pink Champagne Cupcakes

If you always feel it's not Valentine's without some champagne and sweet, lovely cupcakes, you are definitely not alone. This post brings you divine ideas and recipes which combine those two yummilicious things into one.

Picture shows a pink champagne cupcake, topped with different shades of pink-colored white chocolate and raspberry buttercream frosting in the form of a swirl rose, and garnished with fondant hearts and silver-colored beads. The cupcake has a little extra surprise: a sweet red strawberry baked in at its center.

The cupcake was made and photographed by Flickr user Sugar Daze. (For detailed credit, further links, and photo Terms of Use, see end of post.)

And for other decorating ideas with recipe links, here you go ...

PINK CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES 5 DECORATING IDEAS & RECIPE LINKS
1. Decorations: romantic fun pink-colored champagne buttercream frosting, garnished with pink decorating sugar and edible pink pearls — Betty Crocker's recipe

2. Decorations: subtly romantic rosy pink-colored champagne buttercream frosting in the form of a swirl rose — Baking Junkie's recipe

3. Decorations: romantic retro pink-colored champagne buttercream frosting in the form of a swirl rose — Baking Mad's recipe

4. Decorations: romantic vintage pink-colored champagne buttercream frosting in the form of a swirl rose, garnished with edible tiny white pearls — Love & Flour's recipe

5. Decorations: sophisticated romantic beige-colored champagne buttercream frosting in the form of a swirl rose, garnished with edible tiny beige pearls — Eats Well With Others's recipe

~ The cupcake in the photo above was made, baked, decorated, & photographed by Flickr User Sugar Daze. Photo used under a CC BY-ND 2.0 license.
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Recipe: Valentine's Red Velvet Cupcakes with Amaretto

Instead of a normal red velvet version of cupcakes, go for this amaretto-added option. The flavor of amaretto pairs so well with red velvet.

And of course, no cupcakes are complete on Valentine's Day without adorable Valentine's Day sprinkles.







Red Velvet Amaretto Cupcakes with Amaretto Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting
INGREDIENTS
for the red velvet amaretto cupcakes
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon amaretto
1 1/2 tablespoons red food coloring

for the amaretto cream cheese buttercream frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon amaretto
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Beat the sugar and butter together. Then, beat in the eggs. Set the bowl aside.

In a small bowl, combine milk and vinegar. Let sit for 10 minutes.

In another small bowl, combine the cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and flour.

Add amaretto and food coloring to the milk mixture.

Take approximately 1/4 of the cocoa powder mixture and fully incorporate into the sugar mixture.

Then, add 1/3 of the milk mixture and fully mix into the sugar mixture.

Continue with the dry, wet pattern into the sugar mixture, ending in dry ingredients.

Spoon into greased cupcake tins and bake for about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Meanwhile, make the amaretto cream cheese buttercream frosting. Beat the butter, cream cheese, and amaretto until fluffy. Then, add the powdered sugar, incorporating a little at a time (about 1/4 cup). Beat until desired texture and flavor.

Frost the cupcakes when they are cooled. Decorate as desired.

Makes 24 cupcakes.



~ Text, recipe & photos: altered version of  "Red Velvet Cupcakes", a post by Danielle of  "The Growing Foodie", used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
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Recipe: Valentine's Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

A quick and easy recipe from scratch for berry shortcake cupcakes. Yet the classic yellow cake batter can be substituted with a yellow cake mix or a butter cake mix. Likewise, the fresh whipped cream can be substituted with store-bought whipped cream. That makes these cupcakes as fastest and easiest as you need them to be for Valentine's Day dessert.

Shortcake Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling and Fresh Whipped Cream Topping
INGREDIENTS
for the shortcake cupcakes
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup low-fat milk

for the strawberry filling
1 cup strawberries, frozen or fresh
2 tablespoons sugar

for the fresh whipped cream topping
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons sugar

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Whisk together the flour and baking powder. Set aside.

In a bowl, beat the eggs and sugar about 2 minutes, until light and foamy. Gradually pour in the butter and vanilla while mixing constantly.

Slowly add half the dry ingredient, and stir until just combined.

Add all of the milk mixing until just combined.

Last, add the rest of the dry ingredients, being careful not to overmix.

Spoon the batter into greased cupcake tins, or tins lined with cupcake liners.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until the centers of the cupcakes are clean when poked with a toothpick. Let cool.

Meanwhile, let the strawberries come to room temperature if frozen. Either using a food processor, or a sharp knife, cut the strawberries into very small pieces. Top with sugar, and set aside.

When the cupcakes have cooled, use a sharp knife to cut a cone-shaped hole down into the cupcake, removing the center; being careful not to cut the bottom. Continue with each cupcake.

Fill each cupcake with the strawberry mixture, and place in the fridge until serving. Do not let the cupcakes sit longer than half an hour because the juices will soak right through.

Using an electric mixer, mix the whipping cream and sugar until soft peaks form.

Top each cupcake with the whipped cream. Serve immediately.

Makes 24 cupcakes.





~ Text, recipe & photos: altered version of  "Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes", a post by Danielle of  "The Growing Foodie", used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
~ Cupcake batter adapted from this recipe.
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Recipe: Valentine's Chocolate Heart Cups on a Spoon

Mini Chocolate Heart Cups on a Spoon
INGREDIENTS
- dark chocolate (I used 75g per silicone mould but really, it all depends how large your mould is)
- mini marshmallows

DIRECTIONS
Find gorgeous teaspoons you plan to give to your closed ones as Valentine's Day gift. Next, find silicone heart-shaped mini cake moulds.

Break the chocolate up into pieces, and fill your silicone mould with it until it's almost full, but not with chocolate poking out over the sides.

Place chocolate filled silicone thing into the microwave on the outside of the spinning plate, and cook on high for about 40 seconds. Do keep watching it as all microwaves are different in power, and you don't want to end up with burnt chocolate.

Open the microwave and have a little poke about with a wooden toothpick. If the chocolate has melted down and left room for more chocolate, then add some more, and give it another 30 second blast.

Repeat the step in the paragraph above until the mould is full yet with about 3mm at the top of the mould free of chocolate.

Carefully remove the little silicone mould from the microwave — remember it could easily wobble and spill your molten chocolate. Leave on a plate, chocolate still in mould, to cool slightly.

When the chocolate is starting to re-set, pop your teaspoon into the middle of it and leave to fully cool and set at a 90 degree angle. If it's solid enough at this point then you won't have to hold the teaspoon up.

Pop some little marshmallows onto the top of the almost set chocolate. Leave to completely set until rock solid, at room temperature. Then remove from the silicone mould and wrap in cellophane packaging.

Write a little label with the suggestion that a gift receiver swirls the chocolate on a spoon in scalding milk until dissolved, and then drink until feeling very content.





~ Recipe & photos: altered version of  "Hot chocolate on a stick", a post by Holly Bell of  "Recipes from a Normal Mum", used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
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Recipe: Valentine's Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red velvet cupcakes might sound difficult to make, but in reality they are not.

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
INGREDIENTS
for the red velvet cupcakes
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 tablespoons red food coloring

for the cream cheese frosting
1/4 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Beat the sugar and butter together. Then, beat in the eggs. Set the bowl aside.

In a small bowl, combine milk and vinegar. Let sit for 10 minutes.

In another small bowl, combine the cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and flour.

Add vanilla and food coloring to the milk mixture.

Take approximately 1/4 of the cocoa powder mixture and fully incorporate into the sugar mixture.

Then, add 1/3 of the milk mixture and fully mix into the sugar mixture.

Continue with the dry, wet pattern into the sugar mixture, ending in dry ingredients.

Spoon into greased cupcake tins and bake for about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Meanwhile, make the cream cheese frosting. Beat the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until fluffy. Then, add the powdered sugar, incorporating a little at a time (about 1/4 cup). Beat until desired texture and flavor.

Frost the cupcakes when they are cooled. Decorate as desired.

Makes 24 cupcakes.



~ Text & recipe: altered version of  "Sassy Sweets: Red Velvet Cupcakes", a post by Danielle of  "The Growing Foodie", used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
~ Photos: altered version of this photo and this photo by Flickr User rottnapples, used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
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Super Bowl Cupcake Decorations: Elegant Fun

How amazing can one be for making, baking, and decorating cupcakes for a Super Bowl party? This idea shows us all.

Everyone can tell that the decorations concept and idea is "playing it straight and true." The style and all components and details capture and represent the essence of American football and Super Bowl.

These cupcakes are by Flickr user Cupcakes & Dreams. (For detailed credit, further links, and photos Terms of Use, see end of post.)

We can't help loving the green-colored flat fondant "disks", each of which is topped with a cute and yummy looking chocolate American football, accentuated with white icing. The cupcakes themselves are buttery looking. And all in all, the glimpses of the white swirl buttercream frosting between a cupcake and a fondant disk make sure these cupcakes are eye-catching and that everyone will love them and will never be able to forget them.



With its elegant fun and semi-formal style yet can be featured at any casual party, this idea of cupcake decorating suits every Super Bowl party everywhere in the world.





~ Cupcakes made, baked, decorated & photographed by Flickr user Cupcakes & Dreams. Photos: altered versions of her original photo, used under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
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