Witch Cauldron Cupakes

This is what I hope is only the first cupcake of this lovely autumn season. These are my witch cauldron cupcakes. The idea is not my own, someone found it in a magazine for me. These were very time consuming, and the first ones I tried were a complete disaster! :) It took a number of cupcakes to actually figure out the best way to put them together, but in the end I found something that works and they came out looking pretty adorable! 

Tune in next week for some pumpkin patch cupcakes! (Hopefully.)

Teapot Birthday Cake

This is Emily's Birthday Teapot Cake (complete with matching cupcakes!) This was my first attempt at a cake that was something other than just a round layer cake. It is a vanilla cake which I baked in a small pyrex bowl. I filled it with frosting and then covered it in a decorating frosting. I used a slice from the bottom of a cupcake to make the lid. The decorations with the exceptions of the flowers are just a marshmallow fondant. This was definitely a learning experience but all in all I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. 

Golf Course Cupcakes

This golf course was so fun to make! They were for my Uncle Greg's birthday and were a lot of fun. They are a vanilla cupcake, the "sand" is a vanilla frosting with graham cracker crumbs that were rolling pinned into oblivion. The "green" is a green frosted cupcake covered in light green sanding sugar. For the rest of the course, the cupcakes were covered in light green frosting and then I piped it on to look like grass. The golf balls are actually gumballs that were first rolled in corn syrup and then white sprinkles. The hole is a junior mint, and the flag is part of a straw and then fruit leather. I found this series of cupcakes in What's New, Cupcake? Definitely a great book for ideas! 

Bumblebee Cupcakes

This was my first soiree into making my own fondant as well as using all fondant to decorate a cupcake. The fondant is actually a marshmallow fondant which turned out really well. For the black fondant I actually added half a cup of unsweetened cocoa powder, which made the black have a tougher and drier consistency, so it was a little more difficult to work with. But the yellow, which I just followed the recipe for, came out perfect. I didn't mix or knead the fondant by hand though, I threw it all in my mixer and used the kneading hook. 

The cake itself is simply a vanilla cake, and underneath the fondant is a thin layer of chocolate frosting. I rolled out the black fondant and simply used a cup to cut out the circles since I didn't have any cookie cutters on hand. The yellow fondant definitely could have been rolled out a little thinner, but it was a learning experience. The eyes are simply tiny pieces or white and black fondant, the mouths were created with a straw, and the antennae are yellow fondant and spaghetti.

Overall, I'd say as an experiment, this was a success and I'm really happy with how they turned out!

Christmas!

So I made more for Christmas than just these, but they happen to be my favorites (and the prettiest.) The top picture is of my little gingerbread cakes. I used tree silicone molds with my gingerbread cake and an eggnog frosting. I just used the star tip (possibly 18?) to pipe on the frosting. My only regret is that I didn't have any stars I could have put at the top of the tree. The bottom ones are just chocolate, the white frosting is actually peppermint and I used the leaf tip (maybe 352?) to pipe on the wreath. The others are just a variety of Christmas sprinkles. The little sugar presents I found at Walmart - they were just too cute. 

Engagement Cupcakes

So one of my dearest friends got engaged in November. Two other friends of her and I put together a small party to celebrate. They are "funfetti" cupcakes, one of her favorites, and I tried to capture that gorgeous Tiffany's blue. The bows are made out of white fondant and then I used some pearl-ized sprinkles.

Cake Tattoo!

This was a birthday cake for my lovely sister. As the title clearly states, I used Duff's Cake Tattoos. I just used a white frosting for the base and a pink frosting for the borders. Definitely cute, and they have a ton of other designs that I'm looking forward to using!