I needed to announce it.

11/11/2010 : I made my first order!
So this is what I've been up to. I have another order already :0]....

Halloween Cupcakes!

It was an icky rainy day yesterday so Michelle and I decided that cupcakes were a good idea, and I also got this really cute witch cupcake holder with little feet that I was dying to use. We went to the store and probably spent only about fifteen dollars to make all of these, i'm not going to lie I made box mix for these (how un-pastry like of me) but I was just in the mood to decorate and I am totally broke ;). Anyway, these are easy! make them! I basically just tried to make up original ideas but most of them have already been done....which doesn't make a difference, they were so fun!

Strategic Sprinkling

Takes time but always looks amazing

All of our buddies

Fangs out of Fruit Slice, icing, and sprinkles

The cutest monster in all the land

Little bat baby, we used those wafers for a lot of shapes

Milano gravestone, cookie dirt, food writer, and gummy worm friend.

Witches hats are Oreo ice cream cones iced to a chocolate wafer :)

Banana Chocolate

Laughing at these pictures.. for My best friend nikki's birthday a chocolate/banana cake was requested. Safe to say I aced it by messing around with my favorite chocolate sour cream recipe. I look awful in that picture! it was before going out... Her favorite color is green so I kept it simple and just added some colored sugar. Happy Birthday best friend!

Happy Birthday Ashley!

First big cake I tried to cover with fondant... It's hard work getting everything smooth! ugh It drove me crazy but unfortunately I am broke and only had a limited supply of everything :\ Decorating with flowers and everything is much more fun than putting the flat layer on. I used sugar pearls and cutters and thats basically it! But hey, for someone who is going by guessing how to do things, it came out pretty good. Anyway, I don't have a picture but inside these 2 tiers is the best red velvet I ever made. yum.

Red velvet roses

New cake pan, world of possibilities. Also in love with my new cake stand I found in Homegoods.... can't go wrong with anything in there.... Anyway, baked these a week or so ago! Next time I am gonna put a glaze on it instead of trying to pipe thick cream cheese icing on it!

Chocolate Peanut butter

It's safe to say I have had a lot of birthday's to bake for this summer! Made these for my friend Steve and I must say they were my favorites, the chocolate came out perfect with some peanut butter chips inside (reeses, of course) For the top I folded peanut butter into some vanilla frosting. I feel a little cupcaked out though, In the mood to make a really awesome cake.

Smore' Cupcakes for a Birthday Party

These cupcakes need a lot of work, but I think they were such a great idea. Whenever I go to AJs I feel like we have smores', so I figured I would try and make them in Cupcake form for his birthday! Really easy, the top is fluff, grahm cracker crumbs, and ganache. Can we talk about ganache for a minute? This was my first time making it ( it's just heavy cream, butter, and semi sweet chocolate bits) and I think I instantly fell in love, who wouldn't want permanently melted chocolate on their cupcake? Anyway, the cupcake itself is just a deep chocolate recipe, if you're in a rush you can use any chocolate cake mix. Now, the bottom is where I ran into some trouble.... for my bottom I used a mixture of brown sugar (light or dark, I think I used dark because it's all I had) Butter, and grahm cracker crumbs, like a pie crust. I've never made a pie before but I know that when I put that on the bottom and baked the cupcakes regularly, the bottom started to burn by the time they came out. I guess I'll just lower my temperature next time. Nevertheless, these are easy, messy, and funnnn..... all the makings of the best kinds of cupcakes.