
Today I have a fun little giveaway with my favorite party supply shop – Hey YoYo! Whenever I need a jolt of inspiration, I just hop on over to the online store to get a fix of kitsch and color. Amanda is the shopkeep, and she has an eye for the cutest cupcake papers, treat bags and partyware of all kinds!

I recently received some squee!-worthy items from the shop, like these party hats. They’re reversible! And how cute are those confetti napkins? The pattern reminds me of sprinkles, so I was in for those immediately! Honestly, I fell in love with the entire Toot Sweet line of paper napkins, cupcake liners, pinwheel toppers and etcetera. Gimme, gimme, gimme!
My good friend Christen was having a birthday, so she was the perfect person to help model party hats. She also came up with the idea for ginger ale cupcakes (which look extra cute in these liners). They really turned out delicious and quite apropos for party fare.
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Love those Pinwheel Toppers! |

Christen’s cute pooch tagged along and he was caught giving crazy puppy-dog eyes for a bite of cupcake. Awww! And you should have seen him and Biscuit-the-pug playing together, they were double trouble!
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This contest is open worldwide because Hey YoYo ships worldwide, how awesome is that!?
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Balloon toppers can be found here! |
The ginger ale cupcakes were light and delicious. Christen commented that the cake portion tasted “bubbly”, and with their faint gingery flavor, they do! We toasted each other with them after a day filled with laughing and chasing rambunctious pups. Hope you’ll enjoy them too!
Ginger Ale Cupcakes
Source: SprinkleBakes original recipe
Yield: About 18 cupcakes
Prep: 1 hour 15
minutes
Ginger Ale Cake
1/2 cup butter softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup ginger ale
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle
attachment, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after
each addition. Add vanilla and mix. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking
powder, salt and ground ginger; set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup ginger ale and 1/2 cup sour
cream (mixture will fizz and bubble a little).
Add flour and champagne mixture alternately, beginning and ending with
flour. Batter will be thick. - Fill cupcake papers with 1/4 cup level measures of
batter. Bake for 17-22 minutes. Set aside.
Ginger Ale Buttercream
1 cup ginger ale
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
1 tsp. ground ginger
2 sticks of butter softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
- Place the 1 cup of ginger ale in a small saucepan. Simmer over medium-high heat until reduced to
1/2 cup. Reduce heat to low. In a small
cup, whisk together cornstarch and water until no lumps remain. Add mixture to 1/2 cup ginger ale
reduction. Whisk constantly as you
heat. Mixture will thicken and have a
soft gel appearance. Remove from heat
and whisk in ground ginger. Transfer
mixture to a bowl and allow to cool completely. - In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk
attachment, cream softened butter and cooled ginger ale mixture together until
smooth. Stir in confectioners’ sugar 1
cup at a time on low speed until thickened to piping consistency. You may not have to use all the
confectioners’ sugar. Conversely, If the
ginger ale gel mixture is added while still slightly hot or if it was not
cooked enough, you may need to add more confectioners’ sugar. - Transfer frosting to a piping bag fitted with a large
star tip and pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Decorate with white nonpareils.
Ohmygoodness, I could spend hours on that site! I love the Confetti Rainbow cupcake liners & the solid rainbow liners. I might have a cupcake liner obsession!!
I love those Black Tie paper cups!!
Such lovely colours! Love the balloon toppers :).
Love the striped straws!!! Perfect for the wedding shower I am throwing for my sister 🙂
I Love the paper straws, mini pedestals, and the cupcake liners!!! So much cute stuff!!!
jen
houseofrubyjean.blogspot.com
I love the Nutcracker ballet and I love the fact that there is a nutcracker cupcake set.
Must have those confetti napkins! So cute!!!
These look yummy!
Your photos are so adorable! I love them! I am so excited to try this recipe, my hubby would absolutely flip for these.
oh the candy cups! so colorful!
c_lavallee at hotmail.com
It's impossible for me to choose just one thing from that beautiful shop! I have my eye on dozens of things that are inspiring a theme for my daughter's 4th birthday coming up in July! Invitations always set the mood for me so I'd say that is where I would start! Great giveaway and great idea using Ginger Ale in baking!
I just love all the straws they have & the pinwheel cake toppers!! =)
Ergo – Blog
those balloon toppers! i think i might need to order some… so many memories.
The cupcake liners are adorable!
I would love to try out making some cupcakes with the Rainbow Sugar Decorations! I think I could manage some fluffy clouds. 🙂 So many cute things on their site.
I love the toot sweet cupcake wrappers
I am a sucker for paper straws,,,and bright happy cup cake papers…oh yeah!
i love their invitations!
It's all sooo cute! But my favorite item is definitely the Teacup Cupcake Mold n.n
Love the balloons!
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I love all the vintage looking cupcake toppers!
Those pinwheels are adorable!!!! The cupcakes look scrumptious!
I loved the spoons and these http://heyyoyo.com/item/Extra-Long-Striped-Straws-Silver/1047/c15 straws!! SO CUTE!
What a cute site! I am always looking for great little places to find baking supplies 🙂 My favorite thing today are the cupcake containers! I live far away from my family so I am always looking for clever ways to send cake 🙂 The Toot Sweet collection is adorable as well!
Cute cupcakes! Ginger treats are so delicious.
Cheers,
Rosa
I love the graphic utensils, so cute!
I love their sweet animals straw. Those cupcakes sound yummy!
I love the balloon cupcake toppers! Adorable!
I love the balloon cupcake toppers! Adorable!
oh my! I know where all my supplies are coming from now! Also, ginger ale is my favorite drink and I love these cupcakes!
I really like the bow toppers. I would love to put them on cupcakes to celebrate my 54th birthday!
The rainbow sugar decorations are adorable.
I love the little cake-topper balloons! I know I've seen them somewhere before.
There are some cute kids toys that I would love to buy for the baby we're expecting in June, especially the You Want Fries With That Sandwich Set. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like the Pinwheel Pick Cupcake Toppers!
Love all their cupcake liners and oooh..the striped straws.
So much cuteness!!
Ginger ale cupcakes sound wildly delicious!
Love that pooch.
I love the Chevron Small Favor Bags: Yellow. They're super cute and I'm a big fan of anything with the Chevron print on it.
Emily S.
Emspecht@aol.com
Loved the cupcakes! I tried the recipe and it was perfect! I'm also very exited about the giveaway!!!!
So many fun cupcake kits ! hard to choose one ! great giveaway !
Oooh, I love all of the sprinkles and sugar decorations, especially the lips and moustaches! Oh, and the hot air balloon ones, those are so cool!
Toot Sweet Cupcake Wrappers and the striped straws!
Ohh, this is a really interesting flavor! Thanks for sharing. And those hats are to die for. I want to put one on my poodle!
I love the paper straws!
Lindo!!
Oh man, love all those toppers! And sprinkles!
So many cute cupcake papers! There were some dinosaur ones that were particularly cute.
OMG. so many wonderful items to choose from.
I love All the pretty cupcake liners as well as the sprinkles
Thank you for this opportunity
ColleenB.
Kim P –
I love it all over at Hey Yo Yo but I really like the new black and white poka dot straws!