Sassy and Stache-y

Mustache party? Yes please!
I was recently invited to a themed house warming party for two of my lovely coworkers. I have a mild obsession with beards and mustaches (moustaches if you're fancy) so I couldn't wait to create a cupcake homage to my favorite facial accessory.

Pink and black fondant on Bailey's buttercream and chocolate cake.

Fu Manchu! Handlebar! Yes!

Happy Birthday!

My blog turned one year old yesterday!

It's amazing to see the progression of my baking endeavors and to see, in my photos, how much I've learned and grown as a baker. The hours spent being covered in flour and buttercream kneading fondant till my hands were numb are most definitely worth it.
I'm proud of my product and my heart swells every time I see the delight in a friend's face when he or she first opens that cardboard box.

Sigh...

Perhaps some celebratory baking is in order.

Thanks for reading ♥

Enter the Dragon Cupcakes

Something a bit more whimsical - dragon birthday cupcakes! These cuties were for a friend's mom who apparently loves dragons. Umm, that mom sounds rad! 

After seeing her cupcakes, I am told she exclaimed, "this girl is quite a catch!" Again, this mom rules.

Out of hibernation

With so much going on this summer, I haven't had the time to bake let alone update the blog. I've even had to turn down cupcake work! Eeek! Things are looking up though - there's some free time on the horizon and I'm feeling the baking itch.

Need to get my hands on some flour and fondant!

I've just started on my first project after this long hiatus. Feels good. Photos to follow, but in the meantime, here's some pictures of some of my older work. Xoxo!

♥ Mom and Dad

A dozen double-duty cupcakes for a well-rounded mom and an outdoorsy dad. It's good to have hobbies.

My parents aren't nearly this active..

I love how the little logs turned out for this one! Sometimes the fondant just speaks to me...
haha

A pea in the pod

Baby shower cupcakes! The mom-to-be requested lavender and green which I think turned out really lovely.

Love!

I love it when I'm given creative freedom with cupcake themes! These are quite possibly my favorite cupcake creations of all time!

Elephantastic

For a mom-to-be who chose a cute lavender elephant theme for her shower. 

Cute little fondant elephants with edible luster dust.

The best chocolate cake ever! With chocolate buttercream nom nom...

And a shout out to my lovely gym partner Karen A. for commissioning these cupcakes and for making a most beautiful display for this shower! I'd definitely let her plan any of my parties!

Sheri Potter and the Goblet of Wine?

After a long baking hiatus, I'm back!
One of my besties, Sheri, had a fantastic 26th birthday celebration last night and I decided to give her the gift of cupcakes!  For those of you who don't know us very well, we're both diehard Harry Potter fans and complete winos. So I chose those as a theme, and created cupcake magic! Get it? Magic? ...

Red wine cake with a red wine and butter glaze, topped with cream cheese (and wine) frosting (I was seriously trying to cram that entire bottle into this recipe). Booze and baking? Ah-ma-zing!