Gobble Gobble

These are my Thanksgiving cupcakes! Cute, fun and easy to make. They're chocolate cupcakes covered with chocoalte icing. I used candy corn for the feathers and nose and white pearl sprinkles for the eyes. I used an edibile icing pen to place the black on the eyes. Last I used chocolate sprinkles on the back of the turkey. Enjoy!

What I Used:
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Icing
Candy Corn
Edible Icing Pen
White Pearl Sprinkles
Chocolate Sprinkles

Chocolate Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made as a request by my youngest son Trevor. He informed me one morning while getting ready for school that it was his teacher's birthday and he wanted me to make cupcakes. He said he wanted chocoalte cupcakes iced with either chocolate icing or pink (strawberry) icing. I decided to make a variety considering kids ages 6 and 7 are usually picky eaters. I was amazed to find that there are kids that age that don't like sprinkles!! They were a surprise for his class and teacher. I was shocked he was able to keep it a secret. After looking at these cupcakes I feel they could also be used for a girl themed baby shower. They were a big hit, atleast that is what I am assuming from all the "Thank You Trevor's Mom" comments, haha.

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Icing
Strawberry Icing
Pink Pearl Sprinkles
Chocolate Sprinkles
Rainbow Sprinkles

More Birthday Cupcakes!

These are red velvet cupcakes topped with pink cream cheese icing. There are two yellow fondant roses I made that I placed on two of the cupcakes. I had not attempted any sort of flowers with fondant so I thought I would give it a whirl after her daughter told me she liked yellow roses. Made these as a little gift for my aunt for her birthday, what women doesn't like sweets!

What I Used:
Red Velvet Cake
Cream Cheese Icing
Wilton Pink Coloring
Yellow Fondant

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween

I made an order of 4 dozen cupcakes last week, just in time for Halloween. I decorated them in a few ways such as spiderwebs, orange icing, candy corn on some and added Halloween picks to others. There were a dozen that I just iced with chocolate icing as well. The flavors consisted of chocolate, red velvet, yellow cake and also chocolate/yellow cake mixed (kind of like marble cake). They were so fun to make!! There is so many things you can do with a cupcake.

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Red Velvet
Cream Cheese Icing
Butter Cream Icing
Milk Chocolate Icing
Decorative Picks
Black Gel
Orange Wilton Coloring
Candy Corn

Monster Cupcake!

I also made these cupcakes as part of my efforts to raise money for Paul. They are Halloween themed chocolate cupcakes. I made the purple and orange cupcakes with butter cream icing and then did a few with chocolate icing as well. They're cute as can be. I found the Wilton eyes and eyebrows set at the craft store and couldn't resist getting them. The cupcakes were placed in boxes with little monsters on them to keep the theme going.

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Icing
Butter Cream Icing

Happy Birthday!

Made these cupcakes as an order for a fundraiser I am doing for a friend of the family with cancer. All proceeds are going to him. These were ordered as a birthday treat. They're chocolate cupcakes with milk chocolate icing. I added a little red star out of fondant to add a little color.

What I Used:
Fudge Chocolate Cake
Milk Chocolate Icing
Red colored fondant

Elmo Cake/Cupcakes

I made this cake and cupcakes for my youngest son's 2nd birthday! He has a new obsession with Elmo or as he calls him "Mo", so what better to make then a big Elmo cake just for him! I made the cake 3 layers. The top and bottom layer were chocolate with a layer of vanilla in the middle. I used butter cream icing between the layers and coated the outside of the cake with it also. I covered the cake with white marshmallow fondant and used colored butter cream for the "fur". I used tinted fondant for the balls that went around the cake and chocolate chips for the eyes. I made chocolate and vanilla cupcakes as well. I had a blast making it.

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Vanilla Cake
Butter Cream Icing
Chocolate Icing
Icing Coloring
Chocolate Chips
Marshmallow Fondant

John Deere Cake/Cupcakes

I made this for a little boys 5th birthday! He loves John Deere. I made a 2 layer milk chocolate/chocolate fudge cake filled with chocolate icing. I covered the cake in chocolate fondant and used butter cream frosting for the grass. I also made 24 chocolate cupcakes and covered them with butter cream icing. I used chocolate icing to make the field and cut out green fondant circles and used lettering to spell out Happy Birthday Zachary. The tractor, fence and cows were provided for me. I filled the end of the tractor up with turtle sprinkles also. I had a blast doing this!

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Fudge Cake
Chocolate Icing
Butter Cream Icing
Chocolate Fondant
Turtle Sprinkles
Marshmallow Fondant
Icing Coloring

Pink Cake Pops

I made these as a "Feel Better" gift for my biological mom who had surgery at the beginning of the week. I had told her I would make some for her birthday but didn't make them in time, so maybe we'll consider them a birthday/feel better gift! Hopefully she enjoyed them.

What I Used:
Strawberry Cake
Strawberry Icing
Red Candy Melts
White Candy Melts
Pink Candy Melts

Tie Dye Cucpakes (take 2)

During all the stuff taking place in my life right now I am finding myself baking... A LOT. I think it has become a coping method for me or something. I woke up and decided I needed to bake cupcakes this morning, So Tie Dye it was! I used the new neon food coloring I bought at the store. I couldn't help but to make little mini cupcakes to go along with them. Yum!




What I Used:
White Cake Mix
Neon Food Coloring
White Frosting

Baby Shower Cake Pops

I made these as centerpieces for a friend of mines baby shower! I made 3 different flavors of cake; chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. At her request I used mason jars to place them in. I made 12 of them, each a little different from the one before. I made the cake pops yellow, green and brown to match the John Deere theme of the shower. I stuffed the jars with blue tissue paper and packaging peanuts. I wrapped them in brown or blue ribbon and added bows that says "It's A Boy". I used paper grass to cover of the stryofoam.

What I Used:
Chocolate Cake/Icing
Strawberry Cake/Icing
Vanilla Cake/Icing
Green, Yellow & Brown candy melts
Brown, Yellow & Green ribbon
Tissue Paper
Ribbon
Stickers
Paper Grass

Rootbeer Float Cupcakes!

I made these for a birthday! The favorite drink was Rootbeer, so I tried making a rootbeer float cupcake. I made the rootbeer cupcakes from scratch and then did a homemade rootbeer/vanilla icing. Yum Yum! Enjoy.




What I Used:
All purpose flour
Baking soda
Baking powder
2 eggs
2 sticks of unsalted butter
Rootbeer
Brown sugar
Salt
Vanilla extract
Rootbeer flavoring

Peanut Butter Cup Cake Pops!

I made these just for the heck of it to give to my mom! She's been dealing with a lot and thought what better way to cheer a women up then CHOCOLATE, especially when it tastes like a Peanut Butter Cup! Yum Yum. Both of my little boys were quite the fans of these cake pops! I included a picture below of my two little men eating some of these. Hope you enjoy!

What I Used:
Double Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Icing
Peanut Butter Chips
Candy Sticks

It's A Boy! Cake Pops

I made these cake pops for a friend's baby shower. She is expecting a little boy soon so I used brown and blue as my color scheme to match her shower decorations. They were both chocolate and vanilla cake covered with either chocolate or vanilla coating. I placed them in hand painted flower pots to place at the tables as ceterpieces. Yummy indeed!


What I Used:
Chocolate Cake
Vanilla Cake
Chocolate Chips
Vanilla Melts
Chocolate Icing
Buttercream Icing
Candy Sticks

Apple Pie Cupcakes

I made these the other night and they were yummy, not to mention cute as can be! I would love to make them again using cherry filling.

I made a cinnamon vanilla cake and then topped it with apple pie filling. Last I used a caramel buttercream icing to make the appearance of crust. I used the cupcake batter as the underneath pie crust. After they were done baking I cut up apple pie filling and topped them. Next, I took the basket weave tip and used the flat side to do the icing crust on top. I sprinkled it with a little cinnamon and sugar.

What I Used:
Homemade cinnamon vanilla cake
1 can apple pie filling
Caramel buttercream icing
Brown icing color
Cinnamon Sugar Sprinkle

Tie Dye Cupcakes

Here are some cupcakes I made for my 6 year old’s “girlfriend”. We missed her birthday party so he wanted to make her something. I had been wanting to try and make these and thought this was the perfect opportunity to try it out.

What I Used:
White Cake Mix
White Frosting
Sugar Sprinkles
Rainbow Sprinkles
Coloring Gel (4 colors)

There are also a million different colors and ways you could make these. So many cool cupcake ideas and I want to do them all!! I had fun making these and can’t wait to do them again. I am going to try and make tie dye icing on the next batch. They were delicious... Well at least I thought so! =]

Red Velvet Cake Balls (second batch)

Here are some more Red Velvet Cake Balls that I made. I was just playing around with the left over cake and chocolate from the first batch I did. I made these more colorful and kid oriented.

What I Used:
Red Velvet cake mix
Cream Cheese Icing
White Chocolate Chips
Pink & Yellow Icing Coloring
Rainbow sprinkles
Candy Sticks

I made these the same way as the Red Velvet Cake Balls. I learned while making these that you cannot add a non oil based color to melted chocolate or it will seize! Seized chocolate is almost a pasty like substance, and believe me you cannot coat these with seized chocolate. There a million different ideas I want to try with these things! I am officially addicted to making them I do believe.

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes

I ran across a picture similar to these and had to try to make them. They looked so cute and yummy. The other ones were on candy sticks with little bows.

What I Used:
Red Velvet Cake
Cream Cheese Icing
Melted milk chocolate chips
Rainbow sprinkles
Red m&ms

I iced the miniature cupcakes after letting them cool using star tip. I then drizzled the milk chocolate over and added some sprinkles. I allowed the chocolate to harden before adding the m&m to the top so it would not cave the icing in.

I love how they turned out. Hope you enjoy them too!!

Red Velvet Cake Balls

Here are some pictures of my first attempt at making Cake Balls.

What I Used:
Red Velvet Cake
Cream Cheese Icing
White chocolate chips
Milk chocolate chips

You start by baking the cake as directed on the box. While cake is still warm crumble it up into a bowl. Mix in icing and allow to cool in fridge before forming into balls. I have found if you let the icing and cake mix cool it is less sticky when you roll it. Set in the fridge for an hour or so to cool. If you don't want to wait you can stick them in the freezer for 15 minutes. The cooler the cake balls are the faster the melted coating will dry. Once cooled melt the chocolate and dip them into it. Decorate as desired.

I made some with sprinkles as well, but I didn't take any pictures of them. I used some of the left over melted chocolate and drizzled it over the white chocolate ones. One the milk chocolate ones I crushed up some of the left over white chocolate after it hardened and sprinkled onto the chocolate coated ones. Hope you enjoy! They were delicious.

Cookie Monster Cupcakes (first attempt)

I made these the other night after stumbling across a picture of them online. I had never done any sort of cupcake/cake work.

What I used:
Ready to make chocolate cake (store bought)
Vanilla Icing
Blue coloring gel
White fondant for the eyes
Chocolate chip cookies for the mouth
Black coloring gel for center of eyes

I filled the baking cups 1/3 full with chocolate cupcake mix. Once they were done baking and cooled off I used some blue Wilton dye to mix with the vanilla icing. Using a star tip I made Cookie Monster's hair. Then I made some marshmallow fondant and cut out circles for the eyes. I placed a little piping gel in center of eye. Lastly I placed half of a chocolate chip cookie for the mouth.

I think if I try making these again I will use white chocolate candy melts and miniature chocolate chips for the eyes. Overall I am tickled with how they turned out being my first time! I hope you enjoy.