Monday, June 20, 2011

Cupcakes!

I have a weakness for cupcakes. 1. They tend to be very simple and quick to make. 2. They are easier to share with the masses! Here are some of the more recent cupcakes that I've done.

 I call these grown up cupcakes. They're Chocolate Fudge cupcakes with Buttercream icicng and I used dark chocolate and white chocolate to make the pieces on top.
 These are bridal shower cupcakes that I did for a friend of mine. The brides gown cupcakes didn't turn out as well as I would have liked.
 These cupcakes have chocolate fudge cakes, chocolate icicng and then the chocolate pieces on top are dark and white chocolate with coffee beans inside. The others are my attempt to make Starbuck's lemon loaf. They turned out amazing, but nothing like Starbucks.
 A fuzzy attempt at showing the full platter.
 This is how the cookie crumbles. At least that's what I wanted to name it. I believe my feedback came back naming it something else, but I'm at a loss right now as to what that was. This is chocolate cupcake with chocolate chips and then there's a piece of cookies and cream chocolate bar inside (as a surprise!) then buttercream icing and half an oreo on the top for pretties!
 Inside of said cupcake. See the candy piece?
 Death by chocolate. These are so full of chocolate that even a chocolate lover can only eat a few. (My husband ate 7 in one night. I really don't know how.) They're chocolate fudge cupcakes, mini chocolate chips, full size chocolate chips, white chocolate chips inside, chocolate icing on top and a white chip to top it all off.
 Better view of an individual Death by Chocolate.
 Tye dye cupcakes. These were a bit more time consuming, but so much fun! Kids and adults both ate them up!!
 Inside of the tye dye.
 Valentines cupcakes. They taste like pancakes and syrup (I love pancakes and syrup) All the stand up pieces are made from fondant. Took these to bar (of all places) and they were gone withing a matter of minutes.
Can see the fondant pieces a little better.

Friday, June 10, 2011

My Daughter's 5th Birthday

If you knew my daughter you'd know she's well beyond her 5 years. She's a true girl and all about the animal prints and high heels, already. I know this will turn into the total hell when she's turning 16, but, for now she's turning 5. I'm excited about her birthday. I can't wait to share her cake with everyone! She picked it all out herself. She told me exactly what she wanted. Stay tuned, Sunday is the big day, so I'll be posting it tomorrow evening probably! :)