Jungle Cupcakes

K's been wanting me to make S'more's cupcakes for months. I was having trouble finding the graham flour that I needed for the recipe but K's dad was able to find it. Yeah!!!!  K loves animals so I ended up adding a chocolate one on top for her birthday celebration at school.

Graduation

For K's graduation party I made another cookie cake but for her's I ended up drawing a traditional cap and diploma.

Honu Cookie Cake

I made a Honu cookie cake for A to bring to school for her end of the school year party. We kept it  simple by putting two honu (turtles) that were heading towards the water. 

Strawberry Shortcake

My first attempt at using fondant was for a friend of mine. Her daughter was turning 5 and loved Strawberry Shortcake. I found a picture of a similar cake to the one I did online and thought that it would be perfect. I made a three tiered strawberry cake with coordinating cupcakes. I learned so much with this cake and can't wait to make another one. 

Building a Sandcastle

For an Ariel themed party I made a sandcastle cake. I had a blast building it and the best part about this one was that it was edible.  The towers were made by stacking up different sized cupcakes and topping them off with an upside down sugar cone. It took me awhile to figure out how to add the birthday girl's name to it. I thought about how when we go to the beach the kids always take a stick and draw in the sand so I tried to do the same to the cake. It didn't stand out enough so instead I ended up breaking up pretzel sticks and laying them down on the cake. I loved how it turned out. 

Caramel Surprise

These are so yummy! They're a chocolate cupcake with caramel inside, topped with a dark chocolate buttercream frosting. K loves it when I make them for her to bring to school. She doesn't tell anyone about the caramel inside so they end up discovering it after they take their first bite. I've also made them with a small amount of sea salt on top of the caramel and icing. It adds a great flavor to it.  

On Dasher, on Dancer....

These reindeer cupcakes were one of the two different designs that I made for the holiday this year. I found several different ways to make them but ended up going with this version. I used melting chocolate to make the antlers, tootsie rolls for the ears, mini vanilla wafers and M&M's for the nose, and white M&M's for the eyes. Next year I hope to add Santa Claus and make it look like their pulling his sleigh.