Flower Cupcakes for A Bridal Shower

Today I went to a Bridal shower for one of my good friends from college.  I was honored to be asked to do cupcakes for the event.  It seemed like a perfect swap because when I got married two years ago, Jenn made all my wedding jewelry.  It was a beautiful day at a restaurant right on the water, amidst a marina. 

Love Bird Cupcakes

Even though I promised myself that I would NEVER do a wedding cake, I was convinced otherwise with this one.  A friend of mine from highschool was getting married and it was an outdoors rustic wedding.  She wanted me to do the cupcakes and the theme was so precious I couldn't say now.  It was a "love bird" theme.

 I love these cupcakes and the bride and groom did too!  They were the cutest things and I loved pairing one blue and one yellow to make it look like they were in love!

Native American Cupcakes

 These cupcakes were made for a Native American themed bithday...the birthday boy loved them!  It was a difficult theme for me to make cupcakes for because I had little direction, but I love how they turned out!

Cupcakes: Mickey Mouse Club House

 Another delayed posting...here are Mickey Mouse Club House cupcakes that I made for a little girl's 2nd birthday.  Happy Birthday Olivia!

Sesame Street Cupcakes

Here are my latest cupcakes!  They are Sesame Street cupcakes for a little boy's first birthday.  They are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla and chocolate frosting.  The Sesame Street toppers are made out of brightly colored marshmallow fondant. 

 Here is the "smash" cake for the birthday boy.  I used one of the Elmo cupcake toppers and then decorated with blue frosting. Not only did the blue look great, but it also was sure to leave the birthday boy covered in messy frosting (perfect for pictures)!

 Here is an Oscar Cupcake Topper....he doesn't look that crabby :)

 Here is Zoe.

Elmo 

Grover 

Here are the cupcakes all ready to go!  They look so bright and beautiful! I love kids cupcakes and cookies because of all the colors! 

Flower Cupcakes: Bridal Shower

 The bride's request was to have vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting (her fav)...and she wanted her bridesmaid colors to be included (green, purple, and yellow).  I thought this would be a challenge because I wouldn't be able to tint chocolate frosting.

 I cut purple and green circles out of marshmallow fondant.  Then I used a flower cookie cutter to make imprints of flowers (lightly) on the circles. This gave the fondant some texture and was going to match the daisy I added to each one.  Since I still needed to tie-in the color yellow, I added my favorite embellishment, DAISIES! There were beautiful and simple...

Zoo Animal Cupcakes

For a baby's first birthday, what could be better than zoo/jungle animals?  I cut out the background using a round cutter and green marshmallow fondant.  Then I scoured my kitchen for the right shapes to use as cutters for the animal parts.  After much searching, I remembered seeing "homemade cookie cutters" on www.pinterest.com using soda cans.  See my tutorial of how to create your own cookie cutters, or in my case, fondant cutters.  I used my own cutters to create these adorable zebras.

 Next I used yellow and orange marshmallow fondant to create lions.  For all the cupcakes, I "painted" all the details by hand using food coloring gel.

 The next cupcakes I created were the giraffes.  I used yellow and beige fondant.  I had to free hand the ears and the horns.

 Last, what zoo is complete without monkeys?  I created the monkeys using brown and beige marshmallow fondant.  Then I painted on a variety of monkey faces.  Below are the 2 dozen cupcakes and the baby smash cake for the birthday boy!

Baby Zoo Smash Cake

 This is a smash cake for a baby's 1st birthday.  It goes with the zoo animal cupcakes.  For a smash cake, I always cover with buttercream (rather than fondant).  I used one of the giraffe cupcake toppers on the cake and decorated with coordinating green icing. 

Lillipop Ghost Cupcakes

I love the Food Network Magazine! I got the October 2011 issue in the mail and decided to make these Lollipop Ghost Cupcakes. All you have to do is: 1. Bake a batch of your favorite cupcakes (I used a vanilla bean recipe and added some sprinkles to make them look like Funfetti) 2. When they are cool, frost them (I used a chocolate ganache frosting). 3. Then unwrap a lollipop and stick it in the middle of the cupcake (I used Tootsie pops and had to trim the sticks shorter, but I think if I had uses Dum Dums I wouldn't have needed to). 4. Cover the lollipop with a fondant circle and crinkle it to make it look like a ghost 5. Paint on some eyes (coloring gel and a drop of vodka). They were so simple to make and they were a huge hit!

Owl Baby Cupcakes

I had a request for a one year old's birthday. The mom wanted to have cupcakes that were in the shape of owls. She sent along some color ideas and away I went. We decided on a "cookies and cream" cupcake and vanilla butter cream. They were topped with fondant owls and matching fondant flowers. They looked so cute and matched the party theme perfectly!

All the baby owls packaged and ready to go! The flowers were an afterthought and really complimented the owls!

Seashell Cupcakes for a Beachy Bridal Shower

These cupcakes were so much fun to make! They are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla bean buttercream. I then made chocolate seashells by swirling white, chocolate, and dark chocolate in candy molds. Then I painted them and added some luster dust while the food coloring was still wet.

I made the seaweed pieces by piping white chocolate on parchment paper and letting it harden. I finished each cupcake by adding a few candy pearls and some crushed graham crackers "sand."

Baby Shower Cupcakes

Here are some baby shower cupcakes I did for a baby boy. The fondant toppers where the perfect touch to compliment the colors of the shower.

YoGabbaGabba

I was hired to make cake toppers for a YoGabbaGabba birthday cake (for a 1 year old). I had never seen the show so I found this picture (above) of the characters and got to work.

Here are all the characters made out of fondant and then painted. They came out looking a lot like the real thing!

My personal favorite fondant character!

Another cute one!

Retirement Cupcakes: Spring Flowers

Here are spring flower cupcakes that I made for a retirement party. They are vanilla,chocolate, and strawberry cake....they have vanilla and chocolate frosting....and are covered with decorated fondant!

They were arranged on three cupcake towers...

And on the table! Here is a close up of one of the handpainted tops.

Bridal Shower Polka Dot Cupcakes

These polka dot cupcakes were made for a bridal shower....the colors match the colors of the bridesmaids dresses...Pink and Black...Not only was the fondant pink and black but the cake was tinted to match! They were a real hit!

Maddy's Summer Fairies

This is a birthday cake that I did for Madison's 6th birthday. She requested a fairy cake after seeing the other fairy cake that I did. I chose to do the background colors in bright summer citrus colors.

Arial view of the cake.

Another shot of the entire cake. The pics are a little grainy because I forgot the use the flash.

Here is a new bug with different colors.

Another cute bug.