Kara Conaty

About Kara Conaty

Kara is a dessert recipes & trends contributor here. Kara has an obsession with cupcakes and a fondness for sweets which lead to her infatuation with baking. She also is the author of the blog, Butter Hearts Sugar!

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Crown Jewel Cake

Sprinkle Bakes never fails to impress with her jaw dropping treats. This modernized version of a great retro recipe of the Crown Jewel Cake or Broken Glass Cake  is no exception. Sprinkle Bakes has steered away from the overly processed recipe from the 50′s replacing the “oldfangled” Dream Whip with real cream, ensuring a fresh and tasty dessert. [...]

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Colorful Rainbow Layered Cupcakes

One glance at these Colorful Cupcakes by The Dainty Squid and I was captivated. No wonder she calls them “the cutest cupcakes around.” Rainbow cupcakes may not be new to you, but whether you have attempted colored layer cupcakes before or not, this tutorial has some fantastic tips.  The Dainty Squid advises us to use only white cupcake papers, avoiding [...]

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Bird’s Nest Easter Decorated Cupcakes

Easter is such a beautiful time of year, whether you are enjoying the coming of spring or the arrival of autumn as I am. It’ s only fitting that such prettiness be paired with pretty cupcakes and these Bird’s Nest Cupcakes are about as cute as they come. With Easter less than a month away, it is time [...]

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Matchstick Cookies

Need a party favor that’s a little quirky and different? Look no further than these Matchstick Cookies. Kanon has come up with these inventive tiny cookies shaped and packaged like matches. Sadly, I cannot read Japanese.  From the English translation it seems the sticks of the matches are very finely cut sugar cookies. The darker matchsticks have been colored using cocoa powder, while the tips are a thin [...]

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Decorated Burlap Easter Bunnies Cookie

The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle has done it again, sharing a fantastic tutorial on these  amazing detailed Burlap Bunnies cookies just in time for Easter! One reader comments “ Wow! Your burlap bunny cookies are positively incredible! Such exquisite detail, and an excellent tutorial too!’” and I can’t help but to agree.  Sugarbelle’s warnings of possible ”carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist [...]

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Funfetti Marshmallows

When reading the words “happy rainbow funfetti marshmallows” I can’t help picturing cute marshmallows with little smiley faces. While these marshmallows may not actually have smiles, I’m sure anyone who tries them will, and with easy to follow step by step instructions and inspiring pictures guiding the way, there is no excuse to not make them at home. [...]

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Baileys Irish Cream Cookie

Having a St. Patricks Day do? Looking for something yummy to serve during the festivities? These Baileys Irish Cream Cookies from Buttercream Blondie tick all of the St. Patricks Day boxes. There are shamrocks, there is green and of course .. Booze! Buttercream Blondie describes these cookies in just one word ‘boozylicious’, and with Baileys Irish Cream in both the [...]

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