Christopher's "Cars" Cupcakes

Christopher is one of Maddie's best friends.  He is a huge Lightning McQueen fan so of course he had to have some "Cars" cupcakes.  These cupcakes are chocolate with vanilla frosting.  I have to say I am not normally a huge fan of chocolate, but I was really happy with the way these turned out and I did get lots of compliments from party-goers.  I think Christopher liked them, too!

Batman Cupcakes!

I was a little nervous when I got the request for these Batman themed cupcakes. One, as a mom of two girls I don't know all that much about Batman. And two, as a mom of two girls, I haven't done very many boys birthday's. With a little help from a friend on Etsy(whom I purchased these cupcake toppers from), I think these were probably a huge hit at Johnny's Birthday!

Tanaya's Birthday Cupcakes

I went to San Francisco in April for my best friends birthday party.  We had dinner at a fantastic tapa's restaurant.  Of course, I brought cupcakes.  What kind of friend would I be if I hadn't?!?  These are my "Birthday Cupcakes" and I tried to make them as pink as I could...after all, pink is Tanaya's color!

                           

Happy Easter!

Here are some of the adorable treats I whipped up this Easter!

Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Whipped Chocolate Ganache

When my friend, L, asked me to make these for her husband who loves the combination of peanut butter and chocolate, but hates chocolate cake--I have to admit I was a bit skeptical.  Peanut Butter cake?!?  I thought it would be dry or stick to the roof of your mouth.  Boy was I wrong!  These are soooo good!  Hands down, I like them better than the chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting.  The peanut butter cake is actually so moist and tender.  Who knew?!?

Thanks, L, for enabling me to branch out and try something I might not have otherwise!

The West Twins' B-day Party

My friend Anna's adorable twins turned 2 on Saturday!  Being so close to Easter, a lot of the decor reflected such.  She wanted bright colors and lots of them!  We did some mini cupcakes for the little ones and I think they were a huge hit, for the young and old(can't feel the least bit guilty for only eating a mini cupcake)!  I think the colors on these turned out so great! 

Oh, and since Anna and her husband are huge lemon fans, they were even so kind as to let me experiment with a lemon cupcake.  The cupcakes with the yellow frosting are filled with homemade lemon curd and topped with lemon cream cheese frosting.  I think they are a keeper!

Wii Cupcakes

I made cupcakes for a boys party for the first time recently.  It will not be the last, as I have 2 boys parties coming up over the next 10 days, so stay tuned for lots more "boy" cupcakes.

Maddie's preschool teacher ordered these for her sons b-day party and told me she had made Wii cupcake toppers.  She wanted red velvet cupcakes with green and blue frosting.  I think this green was the perfect "Wii" green.  I didn't get any photos with the toppers, but she showed me some and they were adorable!