News RSS



Lemon Curd...yes...Salted Caramel...yes!!!

What could possibly make your cupcakes more delicious I hear you ask....FILLINGS! For so long I have used different fillings for my cupcakes vs adding flavors to the buttercream because I found it would always change the consistency or color too much. So I found a couple of great recipes for freshly made lemon curd and salted caramel sauce that I wanted to share with you guys! The first one is the lemon curd which I have been using for YEARS and it could honestly not be easier to make!  What you'll need: - 75g butter - 190 grams fine sugar  - 1 whole egg, whisk with an additional egg yolk - 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind + 1/2...

Continue reading



Let's talk photos!

I get asked A LOT about how I take my photos and videos and honestly up until about 6 months ago I used my phone for the most part! I had a small digital camera that I would use for my cupcake videos but even my time-lapse cake videos were on my phone.  So how did I learn how to take photos and editing and settings and blah blah blah?! I taught myself! There are SO many free tools and videos and tutorials online so you don't need to go and pay for an expensive course to learn a few basics! My latest camera, which is a Canon T6 Rebel camera recommended by a few photographer friends because a) its...

Continue reading



EDIBLE COOKIE DOUGH WOOO!!!

  Thats right ladies and gentlemen...time for my edible cookie dough recipe...even though I have sneakily posted it before and you can find it if you look really hard through my feed ha! Since being in the US I have learnt one very important thing....cookie dough is more readily available than water in the grocery stores. Now, when I say cookie dough I mean the kind that is pre made and ready to be cut and baked for cookies. EDIBLE cookie dough on the other hand has been few and far between! Hence why I am sharing this epic and super easy recipe you can make at home with ingredients you probably already have! This glorious addition to my cakes...

Continue reading



Well, I decided to start blogging!

Hi everyone! For those of you that aren't from around here, I'm Karlee and I own and run Karlee's Kupcakes! I hail from Brisbane, Australia but now live in Detroit USA with my husband. I've been putting this off mainly due to lack of time so I am super excited to start sharing a bit more about me and I guess an insight into why I do what I do and how I keep my business sustainable and going!  Starting out back in 2013, I didn't think much of what I was doing other than I loved it and what if I could do it all day everyday. I guess I wished hard enough and it cam e true (...

Continue reading