In progress...

Hello again! (I seem to be posting much more than I expected!)

I have another order coming up- a "magic" theme birthday! for this one, 35 cupcakes, and a small cake to feed 10. It will be a top hat with a rabbit coming out, and playing cards/ stars all over and on the cupcakes.
should be good!

I have most of the things done, just waiting to put it all together! pictures to come soon (of course)


one more thing, we have decided to buy an apartment! so, with that i will have more postings on design and home ideas. So excited to get to make my own space! cant wait!!

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Cupcake/ cake order form!

cupcakes, circus cakes, birthdays, Oh My!

The long wait has finally come to an end.

This is the part where i show you (if there are any of you..) all of the pictures from the latest baking projects.

I did cupcakes with my friends Scocia and Tinsley for my other friend Ashley's b-day!
We decided with peanut butter Reese's and chocolate, cookies and cream, Margarita (obviously a crowd favorite..), and the amazing vanilla cream-cheese strawberry cupcakes.
they all turned out delicious!

next is the circus cake for a friend's son's 1st birthday (happy birthday Julius!!) Let's just say... dying white fondant red has been the death of me, and I would MOST recommend you buy pre-made red fondant or at least pink to reduce the amount of dying and kneading...dying and kneading... dying and kneading... well, you get the point.
To start, i made the wilton  butter cream vanilla white icing
in case you would want it:

• Ingredients:
• 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup butter/ margarine, softened
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 tbl. milk
• cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. add vanilla. gradually add sugar one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. when all is mixed, icing will appear dry, add milk to make fluffy.
• (did not know this!)- when not in use, keep covered with a damp cloth.
• this recipe makes about 3 cups.

For this cake, we went with vanilla cake and cream-cheese/ strawberry filling (YUM!) I received the wilton yearbook-mega-magazine that has basically anything you would ever want or need. just so happened the theme for this one was circus! (weird?!) they had the CUTEST little figurines on one of the cakes, and i knew it would be perfect for a 1 year old's bday. so, for julius' big cake, we put both figures on top in front of the circus tent. not going to lie...it was a little scary doing this, they were pretty heavy little fellas and sitting on an uneven surface of a cake was not comforting. by the way, if you ever wanted to make these figurines, i used rice crispy treats which i think would be the easiest. I think wilton was saying to use some decorator balls but I had no clue what they were talking about.
now, don't get the idea that this was easy.. i had a lot of improvising to do and many many hours of standing on hardwood floors with aching feet to accomplish these tiny little characters.

anyway, enough rambling... here's the finished project!

after i took this picture, we decided to add a few more things- a number one on the front, and stars coming out of the cake. (ill update with that pic later).

So, there you have it! A circus cake! if you would want any recipe or what i did, let me know! (everyone must have the cream cheese strawberry vanilla delicious amazing icing.. so ill give you the recipe whether or not you want to see it. i repeat, you must try this.)

• ingredients:
• 1 package of cream cheese (8 ounces) cut into cubes
• 1/2 stick of butter
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• combine cream cheese, butter and vanilla in food processor; process just until blended. add powdered sugar; pulse just until sugar is incorporated. (do not over mix or frosting will be too soft to spread).

and by the way, this is basically the fruit dip you get on those fruit trays. so, I might find myself using this ALLLLLLLL the time. because it really is, that... good.

thanks for tuning in! more next time!

Cupcakes and celebrations!

I'm back, with a new project on deck:

Toga b-day party cupcakes.

 later this week, a circus cake for a friend's son's 1st birthday.

Pictures and results will be sure to come soon!