came out of my cake hiatus to make some seussian cupcakes and a cake for a baby shower that my college roommate was throwing for one of her friends. i am pretty happy with how these all turned out. i cut each one out of fondant with an exacto knife and then used an edible […]
cupcakes
the end of the baking frenzy
these last few weeks have been chock full of cakery. it started with jesse’s cake on the 21st and finished up yesterday, when i made these top secret cupcakes for a top secret surprise baby shower for my friend ashley. she’s having a second boy. and likes chocolate. and green. and elephants. while it’s been […]
carlye’s baby shower cupcakes.
more owls. and starbursts. and lots of chocolate. these were the final bit of cakery in a long week of lots of celebrations. ike’s THREE parties. jesse and ezra’s cakes. and then these. i have one big cake this week. for isaac’s friend from school. and some cupcakes. and then hopefully i’m off for awhile. […]
i’m famous!
ok. not like super famous. not even sort of famous. just slightly more famous than anonymous. 🙂 but, i got my very own blog post on cupcakes take the cake yesterday. they had pics of my hoggy cupcakes. and the owl cupcakes i made for charlotte in may. it was pretty cool when it popped […]
hoggy cupcakes 2.0
Tomorrow, Isaac will get one more chance to celebrate his birthday, at school, with his class. I threw together yet another batch of cupcakes and after much pleading, agreed to make hoggy decorations. Again. The kid is obsessed I tell you. Anyhoooo… This time I went with all buttercream and no fondant. It’s faster. Cheaper. […]
iphone game cupcakes
today is ike’s birthday. we are between parties. and between cupcake themes. he wanted “hoggy”, an iphone app that he is very obsessed with. but, i figured none of his friends would have a clue what that was AND i really wanted to make angry birds cupcakes. he gave this plan his stamp of approval. […]
calvin cougar club cupcakes
Last Wednesday, I was the “guest speaker” at Ike’s school for their calvin cougar club (on Wednesday, they stay an hour longer and have guest speakers, demos, etcetera). I talked about making and decorating cupcakes. I also provided cupcakes, frosting and sprinkles for them to decorate their own cupcake. And eat it. 54 preschoolers. 🙂 […]
Christmas Cupcakery
our december meeting for the triad modern quilt guild was officially (we voted) changed to a christmas party and i decided to dust off the cake decorating supplies to whip up some cute little christmas themed cupcake toppers. as always, my trusty sidekick was available to help mix: and my newest trusty sidekick was available […]
schroeder farewell cupcakes
we attended a little farewell party for our good friends mike and carlye who are moving to Kansas city in a few days or weeks or some such short time frame. Rather than make my typical box cake with buttercream and a stupid fondant decoration, I decided to offer more grownup options… Chocolate chip cookie […]