Summer Flowers

These cupcakes went to my son's end of school year party. They were a hit! The vanilla cupcakes were covered in vanilla buttercream and a chocolate flower. The idea for the flower came from Bakerella.

Happy Birthday from Pooh and Piglet!

Pooh and Piglet are here wishing my son a happy birthday at another first birthday party! These were my first fondant figures. The classic-looking Pooh and Piglet were fun to make. They sat on top the white chocolate whisper cake with lemon filling and vanilla buttercream.

Birthday Farm Animals!

These farm animals were made for my son's first birthday. He loves pigs, so we went with a farm theme for this party. Cupcakes were white chocolate whisper cake with vanilla buttercream.

Birthday Jungle Animals!

Since my son loves all animals, this jungle theme was perfect for one of his first birthday parties. The cupcakes are white chocolate whisper cake covered with buttercream and topped with a fondant jungle animal.

May Fair!

I made these for the May Fair bake sale at my son's school. The flower cupcakes are vanilla with chocolate buttercream topped with vanilla buttercream sunflowers, violets and roses. The butterflies are chocolate. The idea for these came from the book "Hello, Cupcake!". The cupcakes are chocolate topped with vanilla buttercream piped in a rose design.

Dinner and dessert

Hungry? How about some spaghetti and meatballs and some blueberry pie for dessert?
The pasta is vanilla cupcakes covered with buttercream icing (tip#3) and chocolate truffles drizzled with strawberry preserved. The pies are lemon cupcakes covered with blueberry preserves and buttercream crust.

The idea for the pasta is from the book, "Hello, Cupcake" and the pie is from Wilton's "Cupcake Fun".

Bees!

A colleague in the entomology department is retiring. Who better than an apiologist (who studies bees) would enjoy a bee cake? This was my first carved cake. The bee cake design came from Debbie Brown. The cake is lemon covered in fondant including the bees and flowers. The cupcakes are also lemon with buttercream with fondant bees. The cupcakes design came from a fantastic decorater (Twinsline7) from CakeCentral.

Here are some more pictures of the cake and cupcakes before they headed to the party.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

You can't celebrate St. Patrick's Day without Guinness or Bailey's Irish Cream. So why not add them to cupcakes? The knotwork was done with royal icing. The green knot cupcakes are dark chocolate with Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream icing. The gold knot cupcakes are Guinness chocolate with cream cheese icing.



These were my second try at royal icing decorated sugar cookies. I still need to work on my piping skills, but the knots were fun!

Purple, Purple, Purple

These are 2 of 4 cupcakes I made as a congratulation gift for a friend opening her new business. It was a good chance to try out some new skills including using my new impression mat on the fondant and making my first buttercream rose. The cupcakes are devils food cake.

Valentine's Fun

I made these for a Valentine's Party. The cupcakes are strawberry (from Martha Stewart). They are topped with buttercream and fondant, fondant cutouts and pearls.