Masquerade!

My sister-in-law Katie made this beautiful Topsy Turvey cake for a masquerade birthday party this last weekend. 

It was her first one and it turned out incredible!! 

Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

I made these this week as a special request and was thinking... "why didn't I think of that!"

Some people just have the greatest ideas.

It's like two yummy treats in one!

4th Of July Graduation Party

This Summer we made a trip back to Ohio for a couple weeks. It was so much fun!

While we were home, my youngest brother Jack had his high school graduation party.

He wanted cupcake kabobs to share with the guests so I made these vanilla cupcakes with strawberry spacers. They were great and people loved them!

 As a surprise, I made Jack a cake that looked like a American flag when you cut into it.

(You can see the whole cake in the background to the left on the table.)

It was red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting... and 5 layers!!!

People loved it and it was so yummy too!

(flag cake instructions here)

Jack is going to the University of Cincinnati and will be pursuing a degree in law enforcement. I thought the flag would be great for both 4th of July and his future profession!

Congrats Jack!

Happy 13th Birthday Krista!

I made these mint chocolate cupcakes for a 13th birthday party 2 weeks ago.

They were chocolate cupcakes filled with creamy chocolate filling and topped with mint frosting (with an Andes mint of corse!)

 Krysta wanted bright green, pink and yellow frosting to match her party colors... they were so fun to make!

(and even more fun to eat I'm sure!)

Happy 13th Birthday Krista!

Wedding cupcakes for Michelle and Rich

My best friend Jennys' sister Michelle got married a couple weeks ago and she wanted a small cutting cake and some cupcakes for her reception.

Her decorations were all bright colors and flowers in vases with jelly beans... it was so pretty!

And the cupcakes matched perfectly!

Congratulations to Michelle and Rich!

Lizzi's Wedding Cupcakes!

This past weekend I catered a wedding with 250 blue and green flower cupcakes and they turned out great! The flowers were made of (my favorite) marshmallow fondant, and the cupcakes were all chocolate and vanilla mix. Very classy!

 The bride and her mom painted this cute cupcake stand to match their decor and it fit so well!

The cake topper was vanilla cake filled with oreo filling. (YUM!)
 Congrats to the beautiful Bride and Groom on their special day!

Baby Shower Cupcakes

My sister in law Katie who helps me with the cupcakes sometimes

(and helped me make this jungle safari cake)

made these adorable cupcakes for her friends baby shower.

They were chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting and small marshmallow fondant flowers!

I looooooove mini cupcakes! They are stinkin cute!

Drink Cupcakes!

A friend of mine, Denys, turned 30 this past week and she had a luau! I had so much fun making these cupcakes for her!

The first is the Pina Colada Cucpakes.

 It is a pineapple rum cupcake with coconut frosting.

The second cupcakes were Shirley Temple!

They were vanilla cupcakes with orange frosting and a cherry on top!

Happy Birthday Denys!

Hip to be SQUARE!

I am in love.

I have been dreaming of square cupcakes for months now... and now my dreams have come true!

I was so anxious to use my new cupcake tin that I made these cupcakes for no reason at all!

OK- well I guess I really make them because I also wanted to show off my new cupcake stand :)

Square cupcakes tend to be slightly larger then regular cupcakes but can be used in many different ways!

I can't wait to use them for pull apart cakes, to create letters or numbers etc.

The possibilities are endless!

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I've been FEATURED on Cupcakes Take The Cake!!!!!

You know the awesome cupcake blog 'Cupcakes Take the Cake?'
Weeeellllll...
They featured my tuxedo wedding cupcakes today!!!!
You can see the post here!
You can also browse their blog for EVERYTHING cupcake! I mean EVERYTHING!!
They have recipies.... cupcake art.... cupcake ideas.... cupcake bakery reviews... etc!

And thanks so much to CTTC for the my first blog feature!

Paper Cake Treat Boxes

I like things besides cupcakes. ((gasp!)) I know it's hard to belive but I really do! I LOVE crafts! Fortunatly, (or unfortunatly?) in this case they both have to do with cake!

I found this at So You Really Think You're Crafty and thought it was a great idea for a birthday party, baby shower or pretty much any event where you have party favors! I think it is a spectacular visual and can be made with different colors and docrations... and also filled with all kinds of treats!

I can't wait to find a reason to make one!

Cupcakes in a jar!

The month of June is a very busy month for birthdays in my family so I decided to send a little party to them since I couldn't be there to celebrate.

I made Andes Mint Cupcakes and layered them in 4 mason jars, sprinkled the mints on top and sent them across the country! And boy did they look good!

I also know how soon my brothers will want to eat them when they see them... so for easy access I attached a spoon to the jar so they could dig in!

I can't wait to hear how it went!

Happy Birthday Dad, Keith and Jack!

**NEW** Lemon Meringue TALL Cupcakes!

I am so excited to introduce my new cupcake size...TALL cupcakes!

And also out new summer flavor:

Lemon Meringue!!

When people ask me what my favorite flavor is... I truly have a hard time picking. It usually depends on my mood, the time of day, how hungry I am etc.

But not anymore!

This is officially my favorite cupcake! Which is surprising because of my unconditional love for chocolate!

After slaving away with these wonderful creations I took them to my trusty test group (fellow employees) to let them have a taste!

There was one critic who I was DYING to hear his opinion of these specific cupcakes... we will just call him the 'lemon hater'! It is well known around the office for his despise of everything lemon! After TWO cupcakes... he finally gave me his critique of the cupcake!

((drum roll please!!!)))

And I quote: "I don't like lemon, but these cupcakes are great!!"

Side note: He went on to have TWO MORE cupcakes later that same day :)

I was so pleased!

The Lemon Meringue cupcake is described as follows:

Moist lemon cupcake with refreshing lemon curd filling and soft meringue frosting!

Cupcake Bouquets & Brownie Cookie Dough Cupcakes!

Happy Spring Everyone!

Sorry I have been busy with a graduating husbad and such this spring.... but I have been busy with cupackes too!

Here are some I made this last weekend for my sister-in-laws going away party.

We will sure miss them!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Hope you had a wonderful St. Patricks Day!

(( chocolate cupcakes with mint buttercreme frosting!))

Mini Tuxedo Wedding Cupcakes!

This past weekend I filled a custom order for a bride, Josie, who envisioned mini tuxedo cupcakes for her wedding.
And did they turn out cute or what?!?!?!

This was the largest order I had done so far (300 minis!) and it went very smoothly.

It was so fun to deliver and see the bride and groom and be amiss the excitment of a wedding!

New mini cupcake stands!

I am so excited about these new stands and I can't wait to use them!!!

They would look beautiful for a wedding or shower... or for anything really!

I'll post some more pictures of where I use them.

Yay for cute cupcake stands!!

Canadian cupcakes & some chocolate strawberry kabobs!

Here are some pics of what I have been up to recently!A co-worker of mine moved to Canada,

which was a perfect excuse for some Canadian flag cupcakes!

The circles and maple leaves were made with DELICIOUS marshmallow fondant

& the cupcakes were chocolate with oreo buttercreme frosting. Yum!

I also received a call late last week to make some of my favorite cupcakes (the kupcake kabob) as a surprise birthday delivery! Yay!

They turned out beautifully & were displayed so well in this bright pink box!

I hear they were a huge hit!

Happy Birthday Bill!

Every year for my husbands birthday he requests a one of a kind cake which includes the following:

A layer of my favorite fudge brownie recipe

A layer of his moms special chocolate peanut butter frosting

And a layer of vanilla cake

Phew! If there was a cake heaven, they would serve this!

And here was the final product!
It served about 10-12 probably and since we were the only ones here for this birthday this year, (since it is two days after Christmas), it took us about a week and 1/2 to eat it!



Don't judge the candle... it was a Sunday and the only candles we had were emergency ones!

Happy Birthday B! Love you!