A long time friend of the hubby is from Canada and kindly enough invited us to their Canada Day celebrations. Of course this means I found the perfect excuse to bake.
Given the colours of Canada, I had to make red velvet cupcakes. With my Magnolia Bakery recipe in hand, I made a couple of batches of cupcakes in both red and white cupcake liners.
I wanted to do something a little extra for the occasion and after a hunt I found some labels that were created by Polkadot Prints which were definitely the best labels I found during my search. The instructions on the labels suggest to use a 2″ circle punch but I was only able to find a 1.75″ punch, but they were the perfect size for the cupcakes in the end. I printed the labels on plain paper, and bought some red and white card from the local scrapbook shop.
It was pretty simple, so I did not take photos along the way (well that and I didn’t really think of it). I cut the card and the labels with the craft punch, and using sticky tape I stuck a toothpick to the card. I then used my glue runner to put a couple of spots of glue on the card and then put the Canada Day label on top, hiding the sticky tape and top of the toothpick.
Once the cupcakes were iced, I inserted the toothpicks into the cupcake and they look rather cute if I do say so myself.
Happy Canada Day!
Update: Below are some pictures of the goodies from our lunch today.
Cupcakes, Rice Krispie Treats and Pumpkin Pie
Wings
Butter Tarts
Lots of Lollies! Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Oreo’s, Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops
The hamper being raffled off full of treats and some Canadian books and magazines
Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Caramel and Pecan Scrolls
They turned out great! Thanks for using my printables. Love all that Canadian food : )
Everything looks great and delicious:) Lynn
Everything certainly was delicious Lynn, I had never been so full in my life that day after sampling all of the Canadian goodies! Have a fantastic week 🙂
What a lovely spread for Canad Day! 🙂 I followed you from the link party with Watch Out, Martha, by the way. Also, I’d like to invite you to come link up with me at my link party! I’d love it if you could stop by & link up some of your recipes! Here’s the link: http://anyonitanibbles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/tasty-tuesdays-16-dozen-delicious-desserts.html
Thank you for stopping by Anyonita as well as the invite to your party. I have just headed over and linked up my Fruit Tingle Macarons and will check out some of the other great submissions.
Wow, what a beautiful array of festive treats! We moved to Canada from the U.S. last year. So far we like it, though we will miss celebrating the 4th of July with fireworks. Are you located in the U.K.?
I am actually in Australia Julia. The spread was absolutely scrumptious and I got to try some amazing Canadian food. Hopefully you found some Canadian Day celebrations to help you miss the 4th of July celebrations a little less. Thank you for stopping by!