10 Awesome Cupcake Recipes (Because Why Not?)

Summer is the time when no one wants to be cooking or baking besides BBQing, but summer is also full of birthdays and pool parties.... which is a wonderful exception when it comes to cupcakes! I love cupcakes, it's all of the yummy cakeness (it's a word) without any of the commitment to a whole cake. I've got tons of awesome cupcake recipes saved.... So we might need a whole other post to put the rest.

1. Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcakes by Passion for Savings

2. The Best EVER Oreo Cupcakes by The Melrose Family

3. Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes by The Chunky Chef

4. Red Velvet Cheesecake Cupcakes by Crazy for Crust

5. Vanilla Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream by The Kitchen Is My Playground

6. Harry Potter Butterbeer Cupcakes (as shown in photo) by Sugar and Soul

7. Salted Caramel Cupcakes by TidyMom

8. Lemon Blackberry Cupcakes by The Gracious Wife

9. Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting by The Chunky Chef

10. Tiramisu Cupcakes by Life Love and Sugar

Aaaaaaaand now I'm craving Harry Potter. I got the full set of Harry Potter books for my birthday last Friday and now I seriously need to put a hold on The Shining just to please my magical cravings!

xo Savannah

7 Yummy Ice Box Cake Recipes

You know what time of year it is- it's June, and that means ice box cakes! Those are all I've been seeing across my Pinterest feed for the past week. They're the perfect treat for when you want some baked goods, without any of the actual baking. The most popular recipes involve Oreos, but today we're thinking outside the box- the ice box ;)

1. Cannoli Ice Box Cake (as shown in photo) by Life Love and Sugar

2. No-Bake Strawberry Ice Box Cake by Cottagecakes

3. Caramel Oreo Ice Box Cake by Hugs and Cookies XOXO

4. No-Bake Lemon Ice Box Cake by Six Sisters' Stuff

5. Strawberry Shortcake Ice Box Cake by WholeYum

6. No-Bake Butterfinger Ice Box Cake by Let's Dish Recipes

7. Banana Pudding Ice Box Cake by Life Love and Sugar

It's so fun to type the word banana, because you never know when you're gonna stop- it's a word that could go on forever. Banananananananananananananana!

xo Savannah

10 Cake Recipes Because Everyone Loves Cake

Cake- it's something to look forward to, to savor, to celebrate with and to love. You love it because there's so many varieties and Pinterest just happens to have half a million cake recipes, and I thought it would be proper to share a couple of my favorites because who doesn't like cake? (note: probably the same people that don't like kittens)

1. Green Tea + White Chocolate Tiramisu by A Beautiful Mess


2. Dark Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake by The Design Files

3. S'Mores Campfire Cake (as shown in photo) by A Beautiful Mess

4. Chocolate Cake with Mascarpone Filling by Mowielicious

5. Pink Vanilla Bean Birthday Cake by Smells Like Home

6. Malteser Chocolate Cake by Sainsbury Magazine

7. One Bowl Pink Velvet Cake by i am baker

8. Flourless Chocolate Coconut Cake by A Beautiful Mess

9. Funfetti Coffee Cake by Inspired by Charm

10. Funfetti Cake by The Crepes of Wrath

I love cake, especially funfetti cake, AKA birthday cake. It's so fun and colorful and rainbow, like if unicorns celebrated their birthdays, this would be their cake. What's your favorite kind of cake? 

xo Savannah

8 Recipes for the Tea Time Lover

Everyone loves teatime- 4 o'clock, every day, no matter what. It's a time where you can sit down and sip your Earl Grey in peace, with yummy little snacks being the only thing to accompany you (and maybe the occasional cat). If you want to DIY your own teatime at home, then teacakes and biscuits are the most important part~

1. Downton Abbey Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies by Sugar and Soul


2. Violet Lemonade Tea Cake Cookies (as shown in photo) by b. sweet

3. Raspberry Shortbread Tarts by The Baker Upstairs

4. Raspberry Earl Grey Infused Cake by The Cake Blog

5. Cranberry Orange Scones by Sugar Dish Me

6. Easy Petit Fours by Tablespoon

7. Glazed Orange Scones by The Recipe Critic

8. Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Tea Bags by Emmaline Bride

*BONUS* To wash all of this down with...

Caramel Vanilla Chai Tea Latte by Mom on Timeout

I love tea, and I can't wait to go to London soon so that I can finally drink tea with biscuits around other British people and their tea. It's not the same drinking tea in America...

xo Savannah