Lemonade Cupcakes

Well another weekend has come and gone! At least this weekend we saw some sun, and we took full advantage. Saturday we had a BBQ with our friends fam, my sister-in-law Megs came up from school for the weekend and was a great help getting everything ready on Saturday. We had to get one last family dinner in before Jess is immobile for a couple weeks, because Baby Cash will be here in less than a week!! <3 It was so nice to be able to sit on the patio again, with a glass of wine and the best friends a girl could have.  Now THAT is Summer. Then today we went to the park with the Strow's to let the kids run around before another wave of ridiculous rain hits Halifax. Packed a little picnic lunch, blew some bubbles, and played some soccer. All in all, GREAT weekend!

So for the BBQ I made Mini Lemonade Cupcakes, really there isn't a flavor that screams summer any louder than Lemonade. I used the regular vanilla cupcake recipe then tweaked it a bit. I also made lemonade buttercream to top it off, use your imagination 

Bre's Cupcake Tip

When adding extra liquids to buttercream, refrigerate the icing before trying to pipe it. This gives it a chance to solidify a little bit so its a lot easier to pipe. 

These cupcakes were a HUGE hit, everyone seemed to love them! Well...I made them Friday and there is none left today. I think that means they were good. I will definitely be making these again this summer.

Lemonade cupcakes complete with straws and umbrellas.

Mini Lemonade Cupcakes

For the BBQ I also made a very large pasta salad. It was a recipe I found on the Kraft website called Veggie Salad Pasta Toss I liked it a lot. And its a good thing because I made waaayyy too much and Ill be eating it for the next couple days. The "sauce" for this pasta salad is the Kraft Sundried Tomato and Oregano Salad Dressing. (one of my favs) So it automatically sounded like a perfect BBQ side dish. The next time I make this salad I will follow the recipe, but right before I serve it I will be adding more dressing and giving it a quick toss. I personally just found the pasta soaked it all up and it was a little bit dry, for me. Another recommended recipe! :)