Carrot Cake

Another non-cupcake post. I know. And I know that I have committed the cardinal sin of blogging- not posting for 5 months. Well, I am going back to school-- which has significantly cut into my cupcaking time. Grrr.

Anyway, here is a 4 layer cake I made for my sister's boss. Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The coolest thing is that I hate carrot cake, but this recipe is so good that I even ate some! :) And it is healthy! Yay for applesauce and pineapple! Double bonus points for the cute little gumpaste rabbit!

SUSHI!!!

My sister had a pre-prom dinner at a friends house and all the parents were in charge of the different courses. They girls decided to have an asian themed dinner and my mom was given the dessert assignment. After a while of trying to think up a good asian dessert that everyone would eat, I came up with SUSHI CUPCAKES!!! They turned out really cute and the girls got to come over and decorate. I couldn't find green fruit roll-ups, so I used blue fruit-by-the-foot. I also had a hard time finding white jimmies without having to order online, but white nonpariels worked fine for the rice! The girls made such cute little "california rolls" and others, one even had a little smiling jelly fish! A-DOR-A-BLE! *^-^*

Happy Easter

So, I am a bit late with this post. I took a cup-break (get it? a cup-cake break!) to work on some made-from-scratch bread. Yum! Here is a little guy I made before Easter, but forgot to upload.

It's a Girl!

Here are a couple of gumpaste toppers for a girl baby shower. I think the little booties are adorable. Gumpaste and icing. The baby under the quilt is gumpaste, icing, and edible food coloring pens for the hair. Could be done for either a boy or a girl. I think it would be really cute as a mini cake topper and then have matching cupcakes.

Monrovia! Monrovia! Monrovia!

My beautiful little read-headed sister just tried out for her middle school cheerleading squad. I knew she was going to make it, so I made a cupcake with a gumpaste figure of her! So when she got home and found out that she made the squad- I gave her this cupcake! I had to use a toothpick for the arms, but I think it turned out really cute!

Spring is in the air!

I had some left over gum paste from another project and as I was playing with it these little birds kinda formed themselves. They are so tiny and so CUTE! I love them! Perfect for a baby shower! Or they could be LOVEbirds... get it? P.S. that is a mini cupcake and my hand to show the scale.

Little Boy Blue

I am so proud of the way this cute little guy came out. I love the little cottontail and the cute stiches. I think he would be the perfect topper for a baby shower. I am going to try out other animals. It will be hard to top this little Peter Rabbit! :)

Today's post is brought to you by the letter "N"

I wanted to try fondant letters so I picked a random letter (N) and made the cupcake for a little girl. I think it turned out really cute!

Bored last night

There is not a lot to say about this one. I was bored last night and made this little gal. The all pink one that looks like a snowball is covered in sanding sugar. It would make a good accent to another designed cupcake.

Pink is my favorite color!

In case you couldn't tell from the blog colors, I love the color pink! I made this mini cupcake for fun, for me! I thought it was so cute with its pink buttercream frosting and little hearts!

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

I had some leftover green gumpaste from St. Patricks Day so I decided to make a little Crocodile... or alligator. Whichever. Marbled blue and white vanilla frosting with gumpaste figures, and the cross hatching on the back of the reptile is accented with cinnamon. I love his little snaggleteeth.

Chocolate Chocolate Labs

Here is another PUPcake challenge! Chocolate chocolate labs, get it? :) I think they are the cutest dogs on the block!

Sorry the pictures are so dark.

Pound Puppies

I decided to try a few different dog designs. Here are the results of my Dalmation, Yorkie, and Sheepdog PUPcakes!

All the way from China

My little sister loves Panda Bears so she decided that we should attempt the Pandas from the "Hello Cupcake!" cookbook. They were quite a challenge. Some looked a little funnier than others, but overall they all turned out cute! They even had a little habitat with edible grass! :)

Night at the Movies

One of my favorite things to do is go to the movies and get popcorn! Now, how can I combine my love of popcorn and sweets? Cupcakes! These adorable mini cupcakes are topped with cut up marshmallows and are in a cute popcorn container.