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Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cupcakes

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Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cupcakes

By Erin

It’s my birthday and I’ll have a boozy cupcake if I want to. YES, it’s my actual birthday today (May 3rd). After a crazy day at work after such a relaxing weekend away, I needed to make some of these Boozy Strawberry Birthday Cake Cupcakes for my birthday. These are perfect for any May or summer birthday celebrations for those over +21. So fun, colorful and delish.

Makes 18 Cupcakes Prep : 20 minutes Bake : 21 minutes

Strawberry Cupcakes Ingredients

1 Box strawberry cake mix
3 large eggs
1 Cup whole milk
1⁄2 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with white cupcake liners

Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, beat the cake mix, eggs, milk, and butter until combined and smooth

Fill cupcake liner about 3⁄4 way full and bake in the oven for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Allow to cool while you make the frosting.

Vanilla Frosting
Ingredients

2 Cups unsalted sweet cream butter, softened 4 1⁄2 Cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

Pink gel food coloring
1 – 10.5oz Funfetti sprinkles – Found in round containers at walmart 2 large piping bags fitted with wide star tips


18 mini cupcake pipettes
Birthday Cake flavored vodka
Strawberries, cut in half
1 small jar of Maraschino cherries

Directions

Follow the directions on the mini pipette package to know how to fill the pipettes with the vodka

Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla until fluffy, cream and holds a peak

Scoop half of the frosting into another bowl and mix in a few drops of pink gel food coloring

Scoop the pink frosting into one of the pink bags and scoop the white frosting into the second piping bag

Using the white frosting, pipe a thick ring of frosting around the top of the cupcake Pipe a slightly smaller ring of pink frosting on top of the white frosting
Pipe another smaller ring of white frosting on top of the pink frosting.
Pipe a smaller ring of pink frosting on top of the white frosting.

Pipe a dollop of white frosting on top of the last pink ring Coat the bottom. half of the cupcake frosting in the sprinkles Place a strawberry on top of the cupcake.
Place a cherry next to the strawberry
Place a pipette in between the strawberry and cherry

Enjoy & Happy birthday to all the other May birthdays out there!

Thoughtful Gifting for the Holidays with Thoughtfully!

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Thoughtful Gifting with Thoughtfully!

By Erin

There’s a new gifting experience much more exciting than traditional gift baskets. Thoughtfully believes that a gift should last long after the beautiful wrappings that just get torn away. A truly thoughtful gift is a story – a curated adventure that is perfect for each special individual in your life. Gift Thoughtfully to your friends and family and let them taste, see, smell, and experience the stories of Thoughtfully.

For birthdays and Christmas, I put a lot of time and thought into each gift I lovingly give. For Christmas I make a list of everyone I need to buy gifts for and what I’d like to get them. Making people smile is one of the best parts of the holiday season and when giving someone a special gift on their special day. Finding that perfect gift to give someone though is not always easy. Some people are just harder to shop for you know?  So how can you gift thoughtfully, stay within your budget, and get it all done on time, and better yet, do this all in the comfort of your own home? Shopping at home in your pajamas while enjoying a cup of coffee or wine is the best. Well at least I think so!

This is where Thoughtfully.com comes into play. Thoughtfully is a company whose passion is to create a new gifting experience that’s much more exciting than traditional gift baskets. Thoughtfully gifted me with my own Birthday Cup Cake gift box, beautifully wrapped and presented. The colors of this drew me in at once, and I just loved the mug! But first…. take a look at the thoughtful packaging it comes in.

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You can tell that Thoughtfully put a lot of thought into all of the littlest of details with each and every box. Every tiny detail has been thought of when packing and shipping these beautiful gift boxes. Each one comes with a little pull card at the top of the box that tells you about the theme and has a story, the Pay It Forward card, and a cute flier that creatively lets you know about all of the contents inside of your box.

What’s inside the ‘Birthday Cup Cake’ box? Take a look! Isn’t is pretty?

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Such beautiful, shiny, colorful packaging and boxes! Each item was wrapped individually so nothing could break in shipment and packed in a sturdy box that lets you know it is from Thoughtfully but does not giveaway what’s inside. Everything was so bright and colorful too!

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Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour: A Magical Place to Eat at & Celebrate!

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Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour: A Magical Place to Eat at & Celebrate!

By Erin

*Special thanks to Farrell’s of Buena Park for their hospitality and willingness to create this magical Disney experience for us!*

The other week, we were finally able to let the little person in on our big secret…. That we were going to DISNEY WORLD!! Back in March, I got the golden ticket from Disney Social Media Moms to attend their conference at Disney World that is happening next week. Now, we needed to come up with a magical way to make this announcement to a special little 7 year old girl. When I found out that her most FAVORITE place EVER to go to was to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour I knew what I had to do. I just HAD to see if I could connect with Farrell’s and get something grand in the works with them.

Go BIG or GO HOME! Right? So we went to Farrell’s.

Farrells

I love the decor and energy at Farrell’s. If you aren’t in the mood to celebrate and have some fun, you will be once you enter the front doors. Even if you don’t have anything in particular to celebrate, you can just celebrate along with whatever everyone else dining around you is celebrating as you will hear a lot of singing throughout your visit.

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Just a tiny glance of the menu. They are made to look like old newspapers. They have a ton of choices to choose from. You can see what section caught my eye first! Gotta love the variety of ice cream sundaes to choose from!

Farrells-Fun

While you wait for your food and other goodies to arrive, there is plenty of entertainment around you for the kids, both young and old alike to enjoy. Since they were in on our Disney surprise, they made all kinds of Disney jokes and references throughout our visit. They even made a cool Minnie Mouse ears hat for Chey.

Farrells-Quad-Dare

Now, no one at our table ordered this… but someone else nearby us ordered a Quadruple Dare Burger! Four patties, oh my! They make a fun announcement anytime someone orders this, right before delivering it to its rightful owner who will attempt to devour it all in one sitting.

Farrells-Harvest-Salad

If you’re looking for something a lot lighter than that Quadruple Dare Burger…. there are plenty of salads to choose from, like the Harvest Salad. Fresh mixed greens, crisp sliced apples, sweet strawberries, mandarin oranges, toasted almonds, and tossed with white balsamic vinaigrette. We had grilled chicken added onto ours. You can also order it with bleu cheese crumbles.

Farrells-Fried-Dill-Pickles

Now, if you have not had these before, you must try them. Fried Dill Pickles. These are Farrell’s famous pickles, lightly breaded and seasoned then deep fried to crispy tangy perfection. Served with creamy ranch dressing.

Farrells-Old-MacFarrell

One of Farrell’s most popular burgers is the Old Macfarrell’s Burger. Just like the name states, you pretty much have the whole farm here on your burger. Topped with two strips of crispy bacon, a freshly fried egg, melted American cheese and Farrell’s sauce. You get the whole barnyard. No produce comes with this burger. This is one big burger, but it is also very tasty and a bit messy. All part of the fun though, right? 😉

Farrells-Talk-Of-The-Town

This was the burger I enjoyed greatly. It’s called Talk of the Town, and with good reason. It is their most popular burger. Bacon, melted American cheese, fresh produce, pickles and Farrell’s sauce. I ordered my burger with some garlic fries, which I also highly recommend you do.

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