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20100118

POP ART CUPCAKES? Turn your cupcakes into an art form!

I've said it before - as the POP ART DIVA I will Pop Art just about anything! I made Pop Art Diva cookies, I recently turned my toes into Pop Art and now I've gone and made POP ART CUPCAKES!

For my birthday I stopped at a Gourmet Cupcake Shop. The cupcakes were delicious and I got to decorate one for my self and had a blast! I've been jonesing for cupcakes since and decided to make some the other night but, being an artist, I couldn't just frost them - I had to turn them into Pop Art:

I am not much of a baker nor do I do cake decorating - I don't have all the fancy tips, pastry bags and bells & whistles but where there's a will there's a way.

Yes, I used a box mix. Hey, it was late and I was lazy, sue me - like I said I'm not a baker, I'm just an artist who loves food! So, I baked up my cupcakes and let them cool while I got my frosting ready (yes, ready made - didn't I just say I'm lazy??). I made Devil's Food cupcakes and chose Vanilla frosting. Here's what I did to turn them into POP ART CUPCAKES:

I mixed up 4 colors of frosting in small bowls - enough each to frost 3 cupcakes. I also kept part of the frosting white.
I got out 5 small baggies and spooned in about 3 tablespoons or so of each of the colored frostings and the white into them. I pushed the frosting down to one corner of the bag, twisted the top to seal it and then cup a teeny tiny hole in the corner - voila, instant piping bag!
Then I frosted the tops of all the cupcakes with my different colored frostings - I always bring the frosting down to the cupcake paper, it helps keep the cupcake moist for a couple of days!
Then I just started having fun piping on polka dots, lines, swirls or whatever in different colors!
I also had a nice assortment of rainbow colored jimmies (sprinkles - I keep these around for rimming my martini glasses!) and carefully sprinkled them where I wanted them - sometimes I did the edges, sometimes a whole area and sometimes just lightly across the top.

And there you have them - POP ART CUPCAKES! I had a little Cupcake Party (because I had 24 cupcakes!) and everyone loved them - yes, I ate way too many.

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20091229

New Year's Party Appetizers for 2010

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Happy New Year! I'm taking it a wee bit easy this week and not posting any new appetizers BUT my New Year's Gift to you is this fun blank recipe card for you to download and write out your own favorite tiny food recipes!

You can get all my Appetizer and Tapas Recipes on the Recipe Archives at PopArtDiva.com.

Be sure to stop by The Martini Diva all this week for my NEWLY CREATED NEW YEAR'S MARTINI CHAMPAGNE RECIPES for your New Year's Eve Celebrations!

HAPPY NEW YEAR from
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20091224

CHRISTMAS APPETIZERS - The Christmas Cheese Ball

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What would a holiday party be without the traditional Christmas Cheese Ball on the buffet table?

Here's a fun recipe I found for a Cheddar Cheese ball rolled in pecans. This is my favorite combination but you can play with the cheeses and the nut coating for variety. One year I did 3 cheese balls - one cheddar, one Swiss and one with smoked Gouda and I rolled them other varieties of nuts. Walnuts went really nice with the Swiss and the Smoked Gouda got rolled in pistachios!

Don't forget to click over to The Martini Diva for the last Christmas Martini of the season today!

Wishing your a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday or Even the Best of Festivus!

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20091223

CHRISTMAS APPETIZERS - Crab Stacks

I can't remember where I found this recipe but I've been making these Christmas Crab Stacks for years and they're always the first to disappear from my Christmas party buffet. Probably because I eat half of them before they ever make it to the table, lol.

I love crab appetizers in almost any form but stick crab and some cream cheese in some form of pastry and you'll make me a happy Christmas camper!

You'll need some holiday martinis to serve up with them so hop over to The Martini Diva for my latest Christmas Martini recipes!

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20091222

CHRISTMAS APPETIZERS - Savory Christmas Tart Recipes

Today I'm treating you to two Christmas appetizer recipes because a) I have 4 holiday recipes left and only 3 days to Christmas, and b) because they're both savory tart recipes. These are the mini sized recipe cards - Click here for the Full Sized Recipe Cards.

I love tart appetizers, probably because I like almost anything stuffed into pastry doughs, lol. The Blue Cheese Pear Tartlets are simply FABULOUS, the combination of blue cheese baked with fresh pears is amazing. It's also pretty easy once you get the hang of working with phyllo dough!

The Bacon Cheese Tart Bites are super simple just using refrigerated crescent rolls, cooked bacon and Swiss cheese for the main ingredients. These remind me of a classic Quiche Lorraine without the egg! You just can't beat any bacon appetizer!

Be sure to stop by The Martini Diva for today's Christmas Martini Recipe!

20091221

CHRISTMAS APPETIZERS - Sugared Cranberries

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Sugared Cranberries are a great way to garnish almost any Holiday Recipe or Holiday Cocktail as well as being a wonderful sweet treat. They're tart and tasty and add a true Christmas spirit to your Holiday celebrations!

I'll be posting a Christmas Appetizer recipe each day this week until Christmas Day so check back to collect all my holiday h'ors d'oeuvres recipe cards!

Be sure to click over to The Martini Diva for today's Christmas Martini too!

20091218

CHRISTMAS APPETIZERS - Baked Cranberry Brie

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This is one of my favorite holiday recipes - I love baked brie "en croute" (food baked in a pastry) and even though I don't care for cranberries all that much they are great in this dish.

This is truly easy if you use the pre-made pastry sheets and you can always keep the ingredients on hand for when a surprise holiday guest drops in. With only a baking time of 15-20 minutes you can have an h'ors d'oeuvre to serve in no time!

Be sure to click over to The Martini Diva for today's Christmas Cocktail!

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