German chocolate cupcakes!

My Mom has been making German Chocolate cake for years now- it's a family favorite & a blue ribbon prize winner! When I had a customer request this into a cupcake, I was a little nervous- sometimes cake recipes don't translate into the best cupcakes. However, no issues to report, and they turned out great! As a side note though, I still prefer the cake version b/c you get 3 layers of this wonderful coconut & pecan topping, whereas a cupcake only gets one layer.

a different kind of whoopie

I have had pumpkin whoopie pies before, but never one like this. Soft chocolate cookie with pumpkin cream cheese frosting in the middle- yes please! I saw these in the latest Food Network Magazine and had to make them. The only adjustment I did was instead of doing just cinnamon, I added pumpkin pie spice to the frosting and more confectioner's sugar to thicken it up a bit. These are perfect for Fall and Halloween!

2x the baking

Is this what people call "nesting"? Last night I made a pot roast & mashed potatoes for dinner and 2 desserts (who are we kidding here, obviously I have a sweet tooth!). The Raspberry Bars are made with my mom's homemade jam, so they are extra special, and the brownies (also made from scratch) have walnuts and a delicious chocolate frosting on top- they are so rich and divine!

The Drum Cake

What, just because I got pregnant at the beginning of the year means I can't bake anything anymore? Well, partially yes, actually. Between being sick, wacky taste buds & not having energy, I'm amazed that I've done anything with myself. Nonetheless, my Dad turned 60 recently & when he was younger he had a Drum cake that he has requested every year since then.

The cake is an 8" vanilla cake with French Vanilla Custard filling and Swiss Meringue Frosting. I also made 96 (!) cupcakes for the occasion because it was a large birthday party. Honestly, being 9 months pregnant didn't make my life any easier when I was doing this cake, so if it hadn't been for my wonderful sisters to help me along the way, it would've been an utter disaster- thank you sisters!

Red Velvet Cookies!

Here's my most requested cake in a hand-held cookie form. These cookies are more like a Whoopee pie with the cookie being very cake-like. Of course there's lots of cream cheese frosting in the middle... and as my favorite celebrity chef Ina Garten says, "How bad can that be?"

carrot cupcakes

Here are some carrot cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting that I recently did. No it's not St. Patty's day... the birthday girl happens to love green, hence the green sprinkles. I only have a few shown here, but I actually did over 50 cupcakes for the party.

It's Pumpkin Time

I couldn't resist purchasing a new pumpkin bundt cake pan that creates a 3-D cake! This cute little baby is perfect for the fall and upcoming Holiday season.

The green leaves are made from wafer chocolate and I just did it free-hand.

Seashell Cake 2.0

Here is another version of the Seashell cake w/ some dramatic differences. First of all, the frosting is dyed a pale sea-glass aqua color (which helps set the sand and shells apart) and second; I made the shells this time around. The bride and groom were getting married by the ocean so this was a fitting wedding cake. They also didn't want a traditional cake topper, so the 2 large shells represent them as a couple.

The shells were made from molded wafer chocolate and then I painted on a luster dust to give them more depth. The coral is made from royal icing and the sand is a graham cracker mixture. Everything on the cake was edible.

The bottom tier is carrot cake and the top 2 tiers are red velvet and it's all covered in cream cheese frosting.

chocolate peanut butter cupcakes!

This is pretty much the cake version of a Reece's peanut butter cup... yum! The cake is chocolate and the peanut butter frosting is decorated w/ chocolate sprinkles!

more cupcake pictures

Here are some cupcake pictures from the bride- this is the more finished look.

Wedding Cupcakes

I did a wedding recently where the bride wanted cupcakes because she had to travel w/ her wedding party to their destination- plus she really liked cupcakes! I did two flavors- Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting and Vanilla w/ a Raspberry filling and Vanilla Buttercream frosting. The bride and groom still wanted the traditional "cutting of the cake" so I made one giant cupcake for them to slice into:

The giant cupcake has a hole on the top b/c the cake topper (which is the bride and groom's initials in monogram style) wouldn't be inserted until they arrive at the wedding. Once I get a picture from the bride of the completed look, I will post it.
The flower decoration on the cupcakes are candy melts in a mold.
This is how the cupcakes travelled- only the best for these little babies!

black and white cupcakes

These cupcakes were for a black and white themed birthday party. The cupcakes were pumpkin cake w/ cream cheese frosting (the white) and chocolate cake w/ dark chocolate frosting (the black). To decorate, I used large pearl sprinkles and an edible glitter black gel frosting. These cupcakes went fast!

cascading orchids

Three of these tiers are chocolate raspberry and the 4th tier is vanilla/ lemon. White fondant and purple satin ribbon enrobe each layer while royal icing pearl dots create a delicate border.

Easter Cake

Here's a fun Easter cake that I did. It's Red Velvet cake w/ pink-dyed cream cheese frosting and lime green-dyed buttercream for decoration.

Disco Party!

These 3 disco balls are chocolate cake that were made for a disco-themed birthday party! The cakes are frosted w/ buttercream and then "tiled" w/ squares of fondant and then painted w/ a silver edible shimmer and the letters are wafer chocolate. The pictures don't do it justice.