Pac Man

My daughter just had her birthday.
She is all about 80's!
So she wanted a pac man cupcakes.

Wedding shower cake & cupcakes

I was so excited when I got the call to do this wedding shower!  The bride is getting married this summer and I have already started on the detail of her wedding cake...stay tuned for that :)

She went with the very popular chocolate - chocolate chip cupcake with butter cream frosting for the cupcakes and the cake was french vanilla with fresh strawberries and cream cheese frosting.

german chocolate cupcake

...you heard (or read) right - cupcake!


I personally don't favor german chocolate...many do, me not so much.  I also am not big on frostings..I have gotten so use to sampling cake without frosting and have grown to like em with out.  BUT!  This frosting...I would eat with a spoon! Seriously!

A dear friend of mine was having a birthday and she just loves german chocolate cake, but because we were going to dinner and a movie and did not want to eat an entire cake I gave cupcakes a whirl!..and they were ahh so good!

Happy Birthday Bailey!

mmmm snowflakes...I only wish it was winter!
These cupcakes were for a birthday party.
Miss Bailey celebrated by ice skating so chocolate cupcakes with snowflakes went right along!

Transformers!

Every boy's dream right...a transformer you can eat!

I made these over the weekend for a multi super hero birthday party.

In case you're not up on your transformers

below is Optimus Prime followed by Bumblebee.

chocolate-mint cupcake

So as you know..or maybe you don't - I LOVE chocolate! 
And right next to that would be mint.
Chocolate mint..mmmm!
This baby here is my new favorite! 
If your following this blog you will hear me say that a lot!
I cannot help myself!  This cupcake is moist - like WOW moist.  The cake is a chocolate mint and the frosting is a light butter cream with mint.  It may sound like a lot of mint, but trust me it's not.  No mouthwash taste here!  Just a perfect balance of two amazing flavors!

cookies n cream cheese cake's

That is a mouth full!...cookies n cream cheese cake cupcakes.  But, they are an incredible mouth full at that!  We L.O.V.E these!
This is not really a cupcake in the sense that it has any real cake,
but is more of a cheese cake.
My hubby's favorite and they seem to be an overall new favorite!

I would love s'more!

My new recipe: S'mores cupcakes! 
Isaac wanted them for his birthday and so here they are. 
I have to admit I did not LOVE them.  They were very tasty though, I think warm out of the oven was really good!  I do have a few tricks up my sleeve for next time though :)  

I think my favorite part about these is a hidden layer of graham cracker crumbs, butter and brown sugar...mmm gooey goodness!

Struessel cupcakes

Tastey?..yes! 

crumbly goodness?..check!

a new fav?..you betcha!

I typically don't fall over for this type of treat but my husband does so meet the struessel cupcake!  I love the crumbly topping drizzled with a sweet glaze, the textures together are, well, sweet...literally!

Pineapple upside down cupcakes

I L.O.V.E pineapple...so it would be correct to assume that pinapple upside down would be one of my favorites, and it is. 

This was a new recipe and boy was it great! 

The cake was super moist and full of flavor and the whip cream on top was a perfect finish!

Boston Creme Pie cupcake

Three words - Boston. Creme. Pie.  WOW! okay maybe four!

This cupcake is AH-MAZING!  Really. 
I have my favorites and this one would be at the top.
If you don't know me or anything about me - know this, I love chocolate!  As in, it is wrong how much I love chocolate!  The best thing about this cupcake is, of course, the chocolate!  Okay, technically it is a chocolate ganache but I am not a techy gal so we can just call it what it is - rich, dark, finger-lickin good - chocolate!  The vanilla creme center and the moist cake don't hurt either ;)

Monkey Cupcake's

Did someone say Monkey cupcake?

I love monkey's! 

I love monkey cupcake's!  

I am not sure what makes me happier, the cute blue bow tie or a smiling monkey :)

arrrgh!

Think 'arrrgh' like a pirate!

Well that's what we called these anyway. 

I wanted something a little special and simple for my daughter Reagan's party.  And I thought this would do just the trick!  It was super easy!  I just printed a cute r on cardstock, cut it out and used it as a stencil.  Then just sprinkled crushed oreo's and sprinkles. 

Giraffe cupcakes

Pink Giraffe cupcakes.

These cuties were for a baby shower. 

We used the very popular chocolate - chocolate chip cake with cream cheese frosting.

Could you, would you...

in a house?  Could you, would you with a mouse? 
I would eat red velvet in a house, I would eat vanilla with a mouse!


Okay..I'll stop!  I do love Dr. Seuss and these cupcakes were a real treat!


*tip*
When using cotton candy to decorate, remember it has a life of about 10min, literally!  Then it melts.

Black and White

These Black and white cupcakes were for a wedding. 

We also incorporated some key lime as well they went with the color scheme - as a bonus, they were the favorite!  I love hearing that!

3 tier wedding cake and cupcakes

This was my first wedding cake!...and first time with fondant for that matter.

Was I nervous?...yes!

Did I have a back up plan?...Costco (kidding!)

Am I always up for a challenge?..Absolutely!!

I learned a lot while working on this.  It was a challenge, but you can never grow or learn anything if you don't take the risk!  I am always willing to give anything a girl scout try! 

If I walk away having learned something, it was all worth it.

Thank you (you know who you are) for the opportunity!

*tip*

Fondant - I could go on for hours so I will spare you.  But I do want to include something in this post because this was such a great learning experience for me!  Make the fondant yourself - don't buy it!  Make it the day before you need and saran wrap it really well! 

If you have questions or want help with fondant email me, I would love to help!

Circus

 Circus cupcakes.

I made these for my daughters 3rd birthday. 

They were much more labor intensive than I initially thought. 

But, she loved them, our guests enjoyed them so I guess it was all worth it!