Oh, just put a cupcake in it....

Leprechaun Cake...

2012-01-12T08:27:00.001-06:00

For a girl who likes Irish men and Irish Whiskey....

Elmo cake...

2011-12-20T08:20:00.000-06:00

Tulip Cake.

2011-12-20T08:17:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday Daniel!

2011-12-20T08:14:00.003-06:00

His 7th birthday...he wanted iron man.

High School Tennis Cake..

2011-11-29T08:20:00.001-06:00

Cake Boss at the Mall of America...

2011-11-29T08:13:00.003-06:00

Princess cake...

2011-11-29T08:11:00.000-06:00

Barn and smash cake..

2011-11-29T08:07:00.002-06:00

Scooby Doo...

2011-11-29T08:04:00.003-06:00

Mickey Mouse....

2011-11-29T08:01:00.002-06:00

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes

2011-10-21T12:26:00.003-05:00

I thought these were kinda fun. My daughter made the cupcake wrappers, and we put a mickey mouse cutout on a sugar cookie. The cupcakes are chocolate filled with PB filling, dipped in ganache and topped with chocolate buttercream and chopped PB cups...

The Zombie has risen...

2011-10-12T09:14:00.002-05:00

A Zombie This Way Cometh...

2011-10-06T13:34:00.003-05:00

For an upcoming cake...It's gonna be a big one, and I'm having so much fun doing it...

Garbage truck...

2011-10-06T13:24:00.001-05:00

Wedding - Vintage record player and cuppies.

2011-10-06T12:16:00.000-05:00

"Life is a Highway"....

2011-09-20T12:36:00.003-05:00

Sunflowers and Hawkeyes...

2011-09-20T12:33:00.003-05:00

Happy Birthday to me...

2011-09-20T11:42:00.003-05:00

This is a cinnamon-cocoa torte...hadn't made it in about 20 years....seriously. The recipe comes from "The Good Housekeeping" cookbook that my late Grandma Kelly gave me many moons ago. It was as yummy as I remember too.

It's made of 14 9 inch circle cookies and filled with an unsweetened cocoa whipped cream mixture, and topped with chopped semisweet chocolate, then left to sit overnight in the fridge.

Baptism...

2011-09-04T07:44:00.003-05:00

Celebration Cupcakes...

2011-09-04T07:41:00.002-05:00

Red Velvet for a Bridal Shower...

2011-08-26T10:41:00.000-05:00

Martha Stewart's Ultimate Coconut Cake...

2011-08-26T10:39:00.001-05:00

Sorry, didn't get pictures of us devouring this....And I'm only posting this to tell you that I followed the recipe to the "T", and it was DELICIOUS! Highly recommend it.

Various Pink and Blue baby shower cupcakes

2011-08-26T10:36:00.001-05:00

90th birthday cake..

2011-08-26T10:28:00.000-05:00

Glee club graduate...

2011-08-26T10:25:00.001-05:00

This cake was huge....that middle tier was 9 inches tall. Had alot of problems with the fondant on this cake, but conceptually, I really liked my design.

Cupcake bake sale for the Susan G. Komen 3 day.

2011-08-26T10:20:00.002-05:00

A coworker who lost both of her breasts to cancer a couple of months ago, BRAVELY, decided she was going to walk in the 3 day this year. Her goal was to raise over $3000. I'm proud to say that I helped her raise over $800 with our little 3 hour bake sale....and I plan on doing it again next year....and oh yeah...she did meet her goal, thanks to all the generous people at the HCMC emergency dept.

Few more Homer pics...

2011-08-26T10:01:00.000-05:00

Surprise 30th birthday cake...

2011-08-26T09:57:00.001-05:00

The surprise was, the front of the cake looked like a baseball cake...David is a big fan of the Royals, but in the back, his other favorite...Homer Simpson, showed up to say hello.

Happy Birthday Taylor

2011-08-26T09:56:00.001-05:00

My daughter's 17th birthday...This girl loves stripes, red, white and black...so this is the cake I came up with. We also made some Red Velvet shooters....which were fantastic. They were my red velvet cake, layered with an eggless chocolate mousse and a cream cheese, whipped cream type mousse.

Congratulations Alicia!

2011-08-16T07:46:00.003-05:00

For a baby shower...

Wedding Cake...

2011-06-11T07:55:00.001-05:00

Wedding Cakes...

2011-06-11T07:52:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday Dave....

2011-05-21T12:14:00.003-05:00

This is supposed to be a life size replica of a friend's electric bass guitar....

Boy, oh Boy, did this cake give me trouble....I put a LOT of energy and thought into this cake, and I wanted it to be perfect.....but then.....humidity....heat....NO AIR CONDITIONING....bad fondant...bad fondant....

I tried to correct it, and took the fondant off, which was a HUGE mistake, because it took big chunks of cake out with it....when I reapplied the fondant, same issues...tearing, stretching, cracking. So I ended up having to put a wide base of fondant around the guitar which makes it look a little funny, and some cracks on the guitar body which I could not smooth out.

So all in all, beside the fondant issue and lumpy neck, it's an OK cake. I used stretchy metallic thread for the guitar strings because the fondant was too stretchy to behave. The body of the guitar is a Guiness chocolate cake with a Bailey's ganache filling and frosted with a Jamison whiskey chocolate buttercream. The neck is vanilla cake with the same filling and frosting.

And BTW, it's an Ibanez guitar...by the time it was time to paint the Ibanez logo on it, I was like "screw this"....I'm done....LOL....

Yummy.

2011-05-15T09:36:00.003-05:00

From top to bottom:
- White chocolate cream cheese pound cake with a limoncello buttercream.

- Amaretto vanilla bean pound cake with a fresh raspberry buttercream

- Monkey LaLa...Which is a Kahlua and Bailey's infused devils food cake with a Kahlua, Bailey's, vanilla vodka and coconut cream buttercream.

- Irish Car Bombs....which are a Guiness chocolate cupcake dipped in a Jamison Whiskey infused ganache and topped with a Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream.

Noah's Ark Cupcakes.

2011-05-15T09:34:00.002-05:00

Noah's Ark cupcake Toppers...

2011-05-14T18:32:00.002-05:00

Noah's Ark cupcake toppers....

2011-05-14T18:30:00.002-05:00

Noah's Ark cupcake toppers...

2011-05-14T18:28:00.002-05:00

Noah's Ark Cupcake Toppers...

2011-05-14T18:26:00.001-05:00

Noah's Ark cupcake toppers....

2011-05-14T18:24:00.002-05:00

Bachelorette Cake.

2011-05-14T18:12:00.003-05:00

This was fun to make...The skyline below is of Minneapolis....

The top tier is a Guiness chocolate cake with a Bailey's Irish Cream filling and iced with a Jamison Whiskey flavored chocolate ganache, The bottom tier is lemon with strawberry filling and a limoncello buttercream.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cupcakes.

2011-05-07T08:42:00.002-05:00

Inspired by Lynlee's Petite Cakes of flickr. I'm not that good at recreating exact characters...so I'm not real happy with the Mickey Mouse, but all in all I think these are fun and capture the spirit of the Mickey Mouse clubhouse.

Happy Birthday Austin!

2011-04-23T08:52:00.002-05:00

So this cake was a collaboration between my friend Maggey and I. She came up with the board, dowels and PVC piping so we could anchor his head and the smash cake...As well as sculpting the extremities and eyes and nose, and I....well, I piped....LOL!

Thomas The Tank v 2.o

2011-04-23T08:48:00.002-05:00

the second tank cake I've done. This one is a little bit bigger.

The Cake Slice Bakers Present...Cold Oven Pound Cake.

2011-04-20T00:42:00.004-05:00

Well, I haven't participated in The Cake Slice Bakers in quite a few months....This month's tho, I couldn't refuse....Cream Cheese Pound cake that's starts off in a cold oven. I've been wanting to try this method for a while...so perfect opportunity to try it out.

The original recipe calls for fresh grated ginger, which I didn't have....so I used grated orange peel instead. Then I drizzled the top of the cake with a lemon/orange glaze. I brought the cake to work (actually, the cake was still warm when I brought it to work) and it was devoured within an hour.....Would love to know how this cake sits, and what kind of texture it has when it's thoroughly cool.

Anyways, verdict....The cake was delightful. Full of taste, moist....yummy. I will definitely make this one again.

The Snickerdoodle cupcake...

2011-04-19T12:08:00.001-05:00

Snickerdoodle Cupcake Recipe.

2011-04-19T10:39:00.003-05:00

This was an experiment that turned out well. Mind you, I've only made it once...The batter is VERY runny, and I thought for sure I was doomed....but I was suprised how well they turned out. The first batch I put in didn't rise as well (maybe I'll need to add more baking powder), but the second pan that had sat out for 20 minutes rose beautifully (leavening had time to activate)...so here it is...tender, moist and slightly cinnamony...

Snickerdoodle cupcakes
2 1/2 cups sifted AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 roasted saigon cinnamon (or whatever you have...this is my fave)
2 large eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup whole milk
7 0z sour cream (why 7 oz? cuz that's all I had)
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or plain vanilla extract

-Get cupcake pan ready, I got 27 out of this recipe...preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Mix top five dry ingredients together in a bowl and whisk to blend.
-whisk sugars together, so lumps are out of brown sugar.
-In kitchen Aid, beat eggs on med high for 5 minutes, add sugar and beat until egg and sugar mixture is thick and ribbon like (another couple of minutes). Fold in sour cream and vanilla.
-while beating eggs, heat milk and butter until butter is melted (don't boil it)
-slowly add hot milk mixture to egg mixture and blend well.
-slowly add flour mixture until blended (I then usually beat on med for 10 seconds, a trick I learned from Warren Brown's recipes).
-fill cupcake pan 2/3 full and bake for 18-20 minutes. Also up to you, but next time I make these, I might let them sit out for 15 minutes before I bake them.

Good luck, if you make these, let me know how they turned out for you!

Congratulations Evan and Joanna...

2011-04-16T12:04:00.001-05:00

The Hungry Caterpillar

2011-03-19T12:33:00.001-05:00

Rubber Duckie Cupcakes

2011-03-18T10:41:00.001-05:00

Spring Cupcakes

2011-03-18T10:39:00.002-05:00

These are some fondant spring flowers that sit ontop of a lemon cookie on top of a lemon cupcake with a strawberry-raspberry buttercream.

St Patricks Day 2011

2011-03-18T10:29:00.005-05:00

From top to bottom....

Vanilla cake and buttercream topped with a homemade fondant covered sugar cookie.

Irish Car Bombs - Guinness cupcake with a Jamison whiskey ganache, topped with a Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream.

Samoa cupcakes - Recipe from the ever fabulous Fields of Cake (link to the right). These are a chocolate cupcake that sit on top of a shortbread cookie crumble crust, filled with a homemade caramel that is infused with toasted coconut, chocolate and malibu rum. Topped with a malibu rum buttercream, drizzled with a homemade caramel sauce infused with malibu rum and topped with a Girl Scout Samoa cookie.....whew....a very tasty mouthful.

Strawberry Shortcake and cupcakes.

2011-01-21T16:43:00.001-06:00

Pig Baby Shower Cake

2011-01-08T09:32:00.001-06:00

Tractor Cake 2.0

2011-01-05T08:20:00.002-06:00

For A 7oth Birthday....vanilla cake with chocolate frosting....

Pumpkin Gingerbread Cupcakes.

2010-12-10T07:47:00.006-06:00

These are a fabulous cupcake, very moist and yummy. I topped them with a limoncello cream cheese frosting and a homemade gingerbread man. The recipe for these cupcakes can be found here.

The second cupcake is my red velvet filled with whipped ganache and topped with Ermine frosting and some chopped chocolate.

Thomas the Tank.

2010-12-10T07:44:00.002-06:00

Halloween Cupcakes...

2010-10-31T16:30:00.001-05:00

Batman.

2010-10-30T08:55:00.003-05:00

This cake will have a batman figurine attached to it when I get it delivered. I'll take another picture of it then. I like this cake (except for my crappy writing job) because of the color. The blue and yellow windows were painted on and I like the effect - reminds me of my whale cake.

Witches Cauldron.

2010-10-30T08:49:00.002-05:00

There is a cup in the middle to hold dry ice to make the cauldron steam - will try and get a photo/video of it later.

The cake is vanilla with vanilla buttercream. The decorations are made of fondant with some candy melts mixed in for good measure.

Tractor Cake.

2010-10-30T08:44:00.000-05:00

Happy 2nd Birthday Isaac!

Tinkerbell Cupcakes.

2010-10-23T09:49:00.002-05:00

Very simple, cheated and used the Tinkerbell cupcake toppers from Michaels.

The Cake Slice Bakers Present...

2010-10-20T16:53:00.003-05:00

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pound Cake!

This month's cake is from Lauren Chattman's "Cake Keeper Cakes"..... I was excited to make it as pumpkin bread is a fave of my family....This cake smelled so good....I made it quick before work, and quickly sliced it to take a pic....and sadly did not eat a piece, but my kids loved it!

It's not as rich and spicy as typical pumpkin bread, but tasty and moist nonetheless (at least according to my daughter).

You can read more about the other Cake Slice Bakers cakes this month here .

Dump Truck

2010-10-01T15:52:00.002-05:00

A replica of a cake I saw on Flickr by Becky of "Sweet Maddie Lee Cake Design". I thought it was adorable. This is my first "real" sculpted cake, as most of the time I use Rice Krispy Treats to make a design....but with the exception of the wheels, It's all cake.

Cupcakes...

2010-10-01T15:46:00.002-05:00

A variety of cupcakes for a 40th birthday....

Red Velvet with a whipped ganache filling and cream cheese frosting,

Chocolate with either blackberry buttercream filling and ganache glaze, or just topped with blackberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream...

Lemon with Blackberry buttercream and a homemade blackberry syrup drizzle.

And one unfrosted per the reciepents request....

Congratulations Emi!

2010-09-30T17:30:00.003-05:00

A replica of a baby shower cake I saw on Flickr from Andrea's SweetCakes, I loved this cake.

The bottom tier is sweet tea with lemon curd filling and the top is lemon cake with blackberry frosting. Both cakes are frosted with a limoncello buttercream.

Ruffle Cake

2010-09-30T17:26:00.004-05:00

From "My Sweet and Saucy" you tube tutorial (*sigh* - I do LOVE her)....This is a lemon cake with blackberry SMBC filling and lemon/limoncello frosting.

Gardener/Math Teacher

2010-09-23T13:23:00.003-05:00

This cake is really alot more impressive than the photo....since I suck at photography....It's for a friend who wanted a cake for his dad's 65th birthday. Steve is a math teacher and a gardener. I took ALOT of ideas from the very talented "Icing on the Cake" from flickr and this is what I came up with.

The cake is lemon with raspberry swiss meringue filling and frosted with cream cheese frosting. The equation on the chalkboard (supposedly, per my son) equals 65.

Princess and the Frog

2010-09-21T11:00:00.002-05:00

Wild cat cupcakes

2010-09-21T10:45:00.003-05:00

Just a variety of wildcat toppers. I'm liking the idea of putting the fondant toppers on cookies...kinda adds a little something.

It's not hot in my area right now, but the humidity is up...I wouldn't have noticed except my fondant cats are sticky.....

First Birthday Dinosaur cake and cupcakes...

2010-09-18T15:55:00.002-05:00

This is a copy of Bella Cupcakes copy of Debbie Brown's dinosaur (whew....). My big dinosaur is made out of rice krispie treats as it has to be in the car for a distance. The cupcake toppers are actually colored sugar cookies decorated with fondant. I made a small smash cake dinosaur also.

Happy Birthday to me....

2010-09-17T20:24:00.003-05:00

I wish I would have gotten a picture of the inside of this cake, MAN was it impressive....HUGE, DELICIOUS. Layered from bottom to top with:

Bailey's Irish Cream Cake

Monkey LaLa Buttercream mix (kahlua, Bailey's, coconut cream, vanilla vodka)

Chocolate Kahlua Cake

Monkey LaLa buttercream

Coconut and Vanilla Bean cake

layer of crisp chocolate

MonkeyLaLa buttercream

Baileys cake

Monkey LaLa BC

Chocolate Kahlua cake

Frosted with the Monkey LaLa buttercream and then covered with a chocolate ganache and expresso chocolate curls...

YEP. It was a labor of love to make, and a labor of love to eat.

Purse #2...

2010-09-17T20:21:00.002-05:00

My second purse, still looks like a lunch box!:)

Baby Shower...

2010-09-17T20:17:00.001-05:00

The theme was brown and pink polka dots, this is what I made...

Happy Birthday Anders!

2010-09-12T11:07:00.002-05:00

Anders is turning 3, his dad wanted sports ball themed cupcakes.....This is what I came up with.

HEY CUPCAKE WARS.....

2010-09-10T09:34:00.003-05:00

Strawberry Mojito - rum, lime and mint infused cupcakes with strawberry, mint and lime infused buttercream.

A fondant alligator atop of a vanilla cupcake....

lemon poppy seed cake with almond cream cheese buttercream.

Sweet tea cupcakes with a lightly lemon buttercream and buttercream flavored fondant decoration

dark chocolate cupcake with a marshmallow baked on top, covered with a graham cracker crust, dipped in chocolate glaze and sprikled with chocolate curls...

HEY CUPCAKE WARS.....

2010-09-10T09:23:00.002-05:00

Samoa - chocolate cake dipped in ganache, frosted with coconut rum buttercream, drizzled with homemade caramel and topped with an infamous Samoa.

Chocolate cake filled with strawberry merinque buttercream dipped in chocolate glaze and decorated with a buttercream flavored fondant rose.

The politically incorrect Irish Car Bombs - Guinness cupcake, dipped in a Jamison Irish Whiskey spiked ganache and frosted with Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream...

Vanilla cupcake, vanilla buttercream and more buttercream flavored fondant flowers

Red Velvet with cinnamon ermine frosting...mmmmm.....

Inspiration...

2010-09-08T07:42:00.004-05:00

I loved the painting, last picture, so I wanted to try to make it into a cake. The colors are so peaceful and inspiring.

The painting was done by a woman named Leah, here is a link to her gallery http://www.bluetreeartgallery.com/

Snicker Bar Cupcakes...

2010-08-29T09:15:00.002-05:00

chocolate cupcakes with a snicker bar ganache filling, frosted with caramel buttercream and drizzled with caramel, chocolate and salted peanuts.

Peanut Butter Cupcake..

2010-08-29T08:56:00.002-05:00

chocolate, yummy peanut butter filling, dipped in ganache then frosted with chocolate buttercream and sprinkled with chopped peanut butter cups. These babies are really good cold.

More flower cupcakes...

2010-08-29T08:50:00.002-05:00

and a simple smash cake to go with them....

Other Goodies...

2010-08-22T16:52:00.001-05:00

chocolate peanut butter whoopie pies, lemon-strawberry shooters, red velvet cupcakes, lemon cupcake with stawberry buttercream, and sugar cookies - all part of our "Alice in Wonderland" theme.

Mad Hatter Cake

2010-08-22T16:46:00.003-05:00

The cake was vanilla with vanilla frosting...

Sweet 16 Alice in Wonderland Dessert Table

2010-08-22T14:32:00.002-05:00

My daughter's dessert table (first one I've done). She wanted a mad hatter cake and various bright colors....Here's what I came up with.

Care Bears

2010-08-22T12:03:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Kelly!

2010-08-14T09:25:00.003-05:00

Boy did I have a time with this cake.....It was supposed to be "Yeah, easy cake....no problem". I'll plan it better next time....LOL.

This cake is a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and chocolate buttercream. The birthday girl loves Justin Bieber, so we had to put a CD of his on there....plus she really wants a cell phone and an i pod, so her dad thought she should have gumpaste ones instead.....

The cake is modelled after the kid's store bag "Justice".

Black and White Wedding Cake

2010-08-13T20:20:00.002-05:00

Black and white on the inside too....

vanilla cake

thin layer of dk chocolate ganache

thin layer of vanilla bean buttercream

dark chocolate cake

vanilla bean buttercream, and repeat one more time.....

First Birthday...

2010-08-01T14:40:00.001-05:00

"Lots of colorful flowers please"....this is what I came up with.

Dahlia cake and cuppies...

2010-08-01T14:36:00.002-05:00

Technically not dahlia cupcakes, but close enough...In the natural light the color of the ribbon and the gumpaste dahlia matched, so it's disturbing to me that they don't in the picture.

Armadillo Cake

2010-07-30T09:06:00.003-05:00

A coworker's groom cake, the southern traditional bleeding armadillo cake....made out of red velvet. The head is rice krispies and the feet and tail are fondant only. The body is made of 3 layers of Nancie Mcdermott's Red Velvet and filled with ermine frosting with coconut and pecans.....yummy.

Happy Birthday Danica

2010-07-29T19:42:00.003-05:00

Not really a Miss Kitty cake, but close.....I like this cake, very colorful.

A gift...

2010-07-23T16:38:00.002-05:00

For a coworker who is expecting a baby girl.....It's an attempt at a cake I saw on 'Cake Central'...thought it was so simple and so cute....

Safari Cake

2010-07-23T08:02:00.003-05:00

The cake and cupcakes are a recreation of a cupcake tower from "Bratty Cakes" of flickr.

Blackberry Mojito 2.0

2010-07-17T21:32:00.002-05:00

These are my mojito cupcakes (adapted from Warren Brown's 'Light and Lemony cake') with a Blackberry, lime, mint and rum infused buttercream....I thought it was delicious! The other cupcakes from left to right are Monkey La La, Irish Car Bombs then the mojito's....

Wrestling Ring

2010-07-17T21:25:00.003-05:00

HAHA....I laugh everytime I see that picture of the cupcakes, I inadvertently took it upside down....His initials are TH....The cake is supposed to represent this particular person retiring from wrestling and moving onto announcing.... The announcer ended up losing his feet because he kept toppling over....but I don't think you can tell too much.

Volcano eruption....

2010-07-11T16:21:00.002-05:00

Dinosaurs and volcanoes....

2010-07-11T10:07:00.001-05:00

Based on "A Baked Creation's" dinosaur cupcakes (see link under blogs I like to the right). The volcano has a cup in the middle in which we will add dry ice and water.....I'll post pics of that after we do it...

Chuck...

2010-07-09T20:42:00.004-05:00

The TV show....never watched it....but got a request for something Chuck....this is apparently a logo that goes with it....

The cupcakes are white chocolate cream cheese pound cake with an amaretto spiked white chocolate ganache filling and topped with strawberry buttercream.

Mountain Biking in Colorado/Done with Residency..

2010-06-30T14:53:00.004-05:00

For a coworkers husband who is done with his Oral-Maxillo surgery residency, but who is a huge mountain biker and is going to be doing a race in Colorado soon....I came up with this.

The cake is chocolate with a peanut butter filling that would make any Reese's PB cup lover want to marry me....I swear.....

The hills around the cake and the mountain on top of the cake are PB rice Krispy treats covered in ganache, then covered with Fondariffic fondant....

The bike was made by my son....It cost me a Wii game....but well worth it as I was soooo busy. He did an OUTSTANDING job, and he will be well used by me in the future. I promise you that.

Noahs Ark 2.0

2010-06-27T11:30:00.002-05:00