St. Patrick's Day is a foodie holiday. I love it truly, madly, desperately--even when my fingernails are green-tinged from food coloring.
Celtic Cupcakes (for your Irish Sweetheart)
white cake mix (of course!)
green food coloring
24 thin, chocolate covered mint cookies
3 egg whites
1 1/3 cup minty lemonade (your favorite lemonade recipe plus fresh mint leaves)
Mix according to directions, substituting minty lemonade instead of water. Add food coloring--I used 10 drops. Blend. Add liners to cupcake pan. Place 1 mint cookie in each liner. Pour batter into liners. Bake and cool. Ice with cream cheese icing (add several drops of food coloring). My cupcakes have been garnished with shamrocks--but it's purely garnish (to hide my icing, which Bandwidth called unmentionable names, and scornfully). Remove the wee shamrock before eating. If I could have made fondant shamrocks, I would have, but we all know what happens when I get near icing.
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63 comments:
Very cute! I do not have anyone who needs to eat cupcakes in this house (in the interest in fitting into the jeans) but if I do succumb in a moment of weakness, I would definitely try this -- it looks sinful. And dee-licious!
Scribbler
Your cupcakes look stunning as well as delicious! A very pretty St. Patrick's Day Post! Thank you for hosting Foodie Friday.
Blessings - Beth
Michael, they are too cute! Allie now wants to go out in the dark and look for shamrocks! Thank you for hosting our favorite party
xoxo Pattie and Allie
Absolutely wonderful, Michael. The photos are gorgeous, too!
Gollum, those have got to be the world's most adorable cupcakes! I love the papers, the icing, and the shamrocks! So cute! Where did you find your paper cups? I love them! Good job!
I tried with my food entry tonight. I honestly did. LOL! Yep, I "cooked." ;-)
Happy Foodie Friday...
XO,
Sheila :-)
Everything looks festive and lovely as always! Thanks again for hosting, Oliver and I look forward to it!! He has decided to post on his favorite cheeses, I'm not sure why but I thought it was a great idea :)
xoxo
Bunny
How cute are those little shamrock cup cake cases. I wish we had them here!
Thanks for having me this week. Best wishes and happy Friday...foodie of course!
Natasha.
these are adorable... i would make them with my KITCHENAID mixer!!
I'm not a foodie, but these look awesome! I would love to eat them!! :)
They look heavenly. So cute:)
This Irish gal would love to sink her teeth into one of those beauties! Wonderful shots, ML!
My Irish mother would have been proud to see these wee little taste-treats! They look delicious & so perfectly GREEN for the occasion. She tinted the whipped cream even on St. Pat's day.
I've posted Irish Coffee in the beautiful mugs I won in your give-away. Thank you again for such a thoughtful & lovely gift.
I will think of you every time I use them & lift up a prayer in your name.
fondly,
Rett
These look really good. Now I'm craving cupcakes!
Hi Michael,
Those look so good, worth risking green lips for! I love cupcakes and esp. the frosting!
Thanks for hosting every week. Have a nice weekend.
XO
Heidi - Heart and Home
These just scream spring! They are beautiful. Tell Bandwith that we love you--icing and all :) Gorgeous photos!
Loooooove your Celtic Cupcakes!!! So elegant, fun and festive!
Those cupcakes look amazing! I baked Thin Mint Cupcakes this week. And I agree, St. Patrick's Day is definately for foodies! I love it!
Thanks for hosting!
~Liz
Me thinks you have a bit of Irish blood in ye! Beautiful cupcakes and the green-tinged fingers are well worth it ;)
Thanks so much for this delightful post and the cupcakes are SO amazing. Love your spirit, girl..
xo bj
I adore these!!
Happy St. Patrick's Day dear Michael. xo
Sounds Irish-ly delicious. Things have been so busy I haven't even thought of anything for St. Patrick's, much less my husbands birthday on the 21st. I really must get busy with the right things - like having fun!!! Love those cupcakes. Happy St. Paddy's!
Christi @ A Southern Life
Happy "early" St. Patrick's Day, foodies!
Mrs. Magpie, I bought my cupcake liners at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Wilton-Shamrock-Standard-Baking-count/dp/B001MUD8VK/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1268364490&sr=8-1-fkmr1
The green sprinkles came from the fairies...well, the Wilton cake fairies. :-)
I spell cupcakes F-U-N
Here's a whole flickr set of Just Cuppies
There are many pages of cupcake pictures there!
So much fun!
Love the look of your light and fluffy cream cheese frosting, Michael!
~ a lovely weekend to you ~
Maria
Michael, your cupcakes look so wonderful as well as your outstanding photography! Joni
A thin mint cookie and cupcake in the same bite...pure bliss!
Thank GOD I can't reach through my computer to reach the cupcakes since I am TRYING to diet!!! They look SOOOOOO good right now! XO, Pinky
Like little pots of green gold Gollum lol. Irish eyes will be smiling. happy Friday xoxo
Your cupcakes looks good and delicious.
Yummm, You inspire me.....I think I will be making cupcakes on St Patty's Day myself.
Those cupcakes are so cute!
These cupcakes look super yummy! Thanks for hosting!
These cupcakes are exquisite. I am going to try them to celebrate. They are just amazing. I just love the way you prepare everything it is so beautiful. Cheers, Lia
I used to make Green Eggs & Ham when my son was little by adding just a drop or two of green food coloring to the eggs, then chopping up a little slice of ham and scrambling them altogether. Not exactly like the book, for close enough! They came out a lovely shade of pale mint green--I could barely bring myself to eat them, but he loved them--with ketchup, no less!
Thanks so much for hosting this each weeks--and your icing looks delicious!
Michael,
Wish I could have a cupcake, but alas I have had too manu in the past and I now must pay the piper and diet.
They look great.
Barbara
Michael,
Wish I could have a cupcake, but alas I have had too manu in the past and I now must pay the piper and diet.
They look great.
Barbara
What beautiful cupcakes! Happy St Patrick's Day to you and yours and thanks for hosting!
I have zero Irish blood but love celebrating St Patrick's Day :-) I think it's the food! Beautiful cupcakes and the green-tinged fingers are well worth it.
You do everything with such aplomb! I've been loving all your shamrock touches, I'd say green-tinged fingers are worth it :-)
I feel a little guilty putting up a Scottish recipe just before St Patrick's day... forgive me! Your cupcakes and the lovely shamrock on top made me smile... always such wonderful paper cups.. how do you find them all!!
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Gorgeous cupcakes! Beautifully decorated too, yum!
Beautifully decorated.....
Happy St. Patrick's day! erica
Very cool cupcakes!
Look at those beautiful cupcakes! YUM! I love that there's a minty cookie on the bottom.
Treble clef?
Kitchen Aid?
Pears?
Yay!
Justine :o )
Hi Michael, your cupcakes look beautiful...And they sound truly wonderful... Where did you find the pretty shamrock on top of the cupcakes...
xoxo
Julie
That cream cheese frosting is calling my name. Lovely cupcakes!
I think your icing looks really good. I can't get the hang of piping frosting and when I spread it on, it's a mess. Anyway, the shamrocks are cute and the recipe sounds lovely.
xoxo
Jane
Beautiful cupcakes. Very color is so fresh looking.
Hopefully you won't think of me as an alcoholic!
treble clef...!! :O)
I've been following for a little while now but haven't had the guts to join in - I hope my contribution is acceptable! :-)
Cute cupcakes! I love the clover on top!!
this week I'm sharing a round up of real green food recipes kids will love for saint patricks day. Throw out your bottles of food coloring, turn food green with, well, green food.
Your post makes me nostalgic for St Pat's days when my kids were young and I went all out -- even convincing them that leprechauns colored the pancake batter green right before their very amazed eyes. There's nothing so much fun as playing with your kids' minds.
What a good use for the ever-present Girl Scout Thin Mints!
Cass
I love your cupcakes! Very festive and fun. You've got me in the mood!
The cupcakes look gorgeous and I just love looking through all the fabulous food blogs... I am just transported!!!
I just want to take a big bite!!! And a tall glass of milk. Kathy
Hey Miss "G"! Your cupcakes look fabulous! Great photos too!
I love St. Patty's day too!
~Really Rainey~
Now this is my idea of "green" food! These are beautiful and I know they must be yummy!
Treble Clef, Treble Clef, Treble Clef, . . . I'm trying! Lol
Treble Clef :-)
Wow, your site and those cupcakes are amazing! I jut found out about your blog and Foodie Friday. I linked up old-fashioned bread pudding, which can easily be made gluten free and/or dairy free, too. It's not green, but it's delicious! Happy St. Patrick's Day. Will come back to look around more later ...can't wait!
Shirley
Por la cuenta cabal de nada.
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tennasa
Well I just blew that one...I failed to read that it was suppose to be green this week. So sorry about that. I have another food post with green. I guess I should have used that one. Thanks for hosting another great party.
Hugs,
Nann
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