Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes I made for my husbands club fundraiser. I haven't done a ton of cupcakes and I really wanted to try some basic designs that I have seen here and there. They turned out nicely. I think a cream filling inside the cupcake would have been a fun surprise. I enjoy trying new ideas and techniques.

 These had toffee bits in the middle. I thought it would be cute to call them "toffee flowers", and if I ever opened a shop I could have a whole line of different types of  candy filled cupcakes for all the sweet 'tooths' out there. I think my favorite would have butter-finger crumbles in it and the frosting would be whipped topping instead of frosting. I can taste it now....jeez, now I need a treat. =)

Here I have some mini cupcakes with fondant flowers and white chocolate decorations. These babies are perfect little bite sized treats. 

Royal Icing Technique

This is a royal icing technique that I have been working on. I will continue to add pictures to this post as I practice this skill. I really like working with royal icing. It is a very versatile medium.

I am using this technique for a wedding cake I will be doing in June, but one of the ribbons I ordered seemed more orange than yellow, so I was trying to see how it looked. Its hard to say if this color will work, it really depends on how it compares with the other yellows, so stay tuned for the final product!!

Pink Baby Shower Cake

This cake was for a baby shower. The flowers are hand crafted from gum paste and painted with edible shimmer. The butterflies and lettering were also from gum paste. The cake was chocolate with a caramel and cream filling. It was covered in vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant.

The little shimmery flower in the bottom left hand corner of this picture was actually made by my duaghter. She really loves getting a chance to help mom. Good job sweetie!

Lady Bug

This was for a little girl's birthday. I did a strawberry cake with white chocolate cream filling.

This was my first time using wires with my gumpaste flowers. It worked, but next time I'll read the instructions. =)