Today Grandpa opens his pool. We all go up for a BBQ and we celebrate 4th of July too! I think I’ll bring some cool fireworks so Tyler our resident pyro can have some fun. AND some fun 4th of July cupcakes to share with all the relatives!
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| Happy 4th of July! Snap, Crackle, Pop! Did you hear that all night? |
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| The girls…. |
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| There were lots of little girls…lots of cousins the same age too! 3 were born a few weeks of each other! |
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| My son Jeff, and Wendy his wife, and little Josie, 1 year last week! |
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| Megan got brave and wanted to do the slide and diving board…..she has no fear I swear! |
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| John with his granddaughter Josie |
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| Grandpa always does a BBQ for us at the 4th of July Party…Here is John and his dad, Don Moss. |
I looked online and found lots of cute decorated cupcakes with the patriotic red, white and blue theme going. I really wanted to find some I could use with blueberries and strawberries because I bought a HUGE package at Costco and I need to use them up since Johnny isn’t such a fruit lover….as much as I am!
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| My 4th of July Decorations on my entry table… |
So on Diana’s Desserts website I found a simple 4th of July cupcake decorated with marshmallow whip and real cream that sounded great, and it uses the 2 fruits. It looked very cute too so I decided to copy. Thanks Diana! Her website link is HERE.
They turned out really yummy. I used cream cheese and marshmallow whip and cool whip because I thought the real whip cream would melt in the heat. They were marvelicious! Mmmmm…..I’m thinkin’ of one of those babies right now!
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| 4th of July cupcakes from Hoosier Homemade… |
Another cute decorating idea was from Cupcake Heaven’s ideas at Hoosier Homemade. Her link is HERE.
I liked the red licorice striped cupcakes with the little candy blue balls. I have some peel apart red licorice so I will try that one too. And maybe I can come up with some little picks in a patriotic theme.
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| Dining Room decorations for 4th of July…. |
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| My 4th of July cupcakes! |
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| Uncle Sam and my patriotic quilt… |
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| My finished chocolate 4th of July Cupcakes! Yummo! |
So my cake is chocolate… I always add about a 1/2 cup of sour cream and a small chocolate pudding mix. It makes it a lot richer……and my icing I made with Marshmallow Creme (fluff stuff) about a cup or so, and cream cheese (about a half of a large block) and about a cup of Cool Whip. I just mess with it till it looks and tastes the consistency I want. And I gave it a little 4 drops of lime juice for a kick. It is sooooo delicious! You can also use it as a fruit dip. It’s to die for.
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| I found some little flags and stuck them on toothpicks and added them to the tops of my 4th of July Cupcakes for red, white and blue decorations! |
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| These 3 ingredients make THE BEST ICING EVER! (or fruit dip) |
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| Marisa and Megan my granddaughters rocking in the hammock….so cute! |
Happy 4th everybody! We all sure had fun at grandpa’s pool and BBQ party!
