Bridal Cupcakes

Spring is finally here, bringing beautiful budding flowers, warmer temperatures, and the start of wedding season! I do love weddings! Sure, I'm left broke by the end of the summer and I really don't enjoy the rallying up of single ladies for the bouquet toss, but in the end it's a beautiful celebration of love. It's also a day filled with an open bar, a mini reunion of friends, and tears of joy (not listed in any particular order *wink*wink*). A coworker of mine is getting married this summer, and to celebrate it our school's awesome "Sunshine Committee" threw her a lovely shower. I had the honor of baking cupcakes for the occasion.

I decided to make 2 different designs: 

1. I made vanilla cupcakes for the base and piped on some vanilla buttercream with a round tip. I used a food-safe silicone mold to make my adorable little bows. The coral color really pops against the clean look of the cupcake.

2. I made chocolate cupcakes for the base and swirled on a light pink rose using a 1M tip. These roses are so easy to make and have the most beautiful result.

- chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream rose -

 - vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream-

topped with coral fondant bow & sparkles

- the 2 bridal cupcake designs -

Baby Announcement

I was a good girl and got my taxes filed early this year (aka my CPA filed them :P ). So, when that big check came in the mail I got a teensy bit greedy. I know I should be saving that money considering I'm a teacher (yup my other job) and don't work summers, but I really really wanted to get a DSLR to give my blog some umph. My friend, CraftySong, helped me a great deal in the search for my first grown-up camera. I cannot WAIT to start taking pictures with this baby!

Here she is!    5 x 4 x 3 inches, 17. 4 ounces     Isn't she beautiful?

Oh, Mickey You're So Fine!

A co-worker of mine asked me to make her a cake for a very special birthday. Her husband, lover of all things Disney, is turning 60 years young! Because this is such a special birthday, I wanted to make her and her family a cake that they will remember. When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted, she had me at one word: MICKEY. As a die-hard lover of all things Disney myself (I have been going to Disney World almost every other year since I was 5), I was super excited to start on this cake.

She asked for a classic yellow cake with chocolate frosting (the birthday man's favorite). As for the design of the cake, I went red for Mickey's shorts (complete with 2 white buttons and a butt flap <3), yellow trim, and the iconic mickey ears cap on top. I also included the patch on the hat, but personalized it for the birthday man!

I hope I made Disney lovers and Mickey Mouse, himself, proud with this cake!

- the finished product -

- 3 layers of yellow cake and chocolate buttercream -

(note: Minnie is also present hehe)

- Mickey Mouse patch -

- his lil butt (bit of a seam in the yellow trim..) -

AF, I hope your husband and your family enjoyed Mickey!