Easter Cookies

 

 This year's Easter cookies almost didn't happen!  Because of all the snow here in CT, report cards were pushed back!  They were due the Wednesday before Easter so there was just a teeny-tiny bit of stress in my house!  Since many people started asking me if they could order cookies, I decided to work "double time" on report cards so that I could make some cookies as well!

 Here is my HUGE diningroom table filled with cookies!  Sorry the pictures are a little dark, it was late when I finished and I wasn't about to play with the settings on my camera!

 Carrot cookies for the Easter bunny!

 New this year: fluffy little chicks!

Easter Bunnies

 

This year I sold about 16 dozen.  I could have definitely sold a lot more if I had more time to make them!  Thank you to everyone who ordered or who bought some.  I am so happy to be part of your holiday celebrations this year!  Thank you to my repeat customers!

Christening Cake

 This cake came out pretty cute.  It was a christening cake for the grandaughter of a lady that I work with.  The baby on top was made to look like the "lady of they day."

I added butterflies to the sides in pastel colors to make it a little more "springy." 

First Communion Cookies

 Here's are first communion cookies for a little boy named Ethan.  His mom had no specifications and has ordered from me before so I set out to make something simple and "boyish."

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! 

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. 

Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Jade! Here is a birthday cake I did over the summer and forgot to post! The bottom layer is supposed to be Mickey's pants, the top layer is his head, and the middle says the name of the birthday girl! It was a huge hit, especially since the family was going to Disney shortly after her birthday!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cookies

Here are some Diary of a Wimpy Kid cookies for a Bake Sale (at Literacy Night). We had to pair a book with a "baked good." Since Diary of a Wimpy Kid is coming out with a new book ina few weeks, I went with it! These were fun to make and will hopefully be a big hit with the kids!

Greg

Rodrick

Freggly

Rowley

Manny

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!

Jungle Animal Cake for A 4 Year Old

The Zebra tier and the Giraffe tier were made a little bit more "girly" by adding purple frosting. The animals on top looked cute and they were fun to play with when the cake was eaten!

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!