Morotcycles

What kind of cupcakes do you make for a 4 year old boy that loves morotcycles and is OBSESSED with the color green?
Have a look at what his mamma and I came up with!!! (sorry about the sideways photo...it will not go straight)

Race flag was made with mini chocolate and vanilla cupacakes and fondant squares...so easy, but so cool!

Motorcycle shirt with his favorite number...darn counter-clock-wise that won't work!
Black chocolate frosting...yummy! This was funny on the teeth of the children!!! hehehe
Dirt race track!

Helmets!!!

Green motorcycle with #12 of course!!!
How would we not make him a green and black #4!
We had to CUPCAKE the birthday boy! Can you see his broken tooth...he is a wild boy!

HELLO KITTY!

I did these for one of my favorite little 4 year olds! Her mama is one cool gal so when she asked if I would make her some cupcakes I said "of course"! Believe it or not these were some of the easiest ones I have ever made!
The way my mind works is I can see something and duplicate it, but I am not so good at creating things on my own.
So be impressed with my talent for one more minute then I will tell you what I did! Cause that will make you less impressed.
I was at Michael's (where else would i be?) when I saw a Hello Kitty mint tin and that is what i used as a fondant cutter! I know, I know part lame but, admit it part genious!
I am the queen of "MAKING IT WORK".
Packed up and ready to go!!!
WAIT...one more picture with the bingo card I used for colors!

Camping Cupcakes part 2

More fondant fun.... campfire! Smore made from fondant.
Tiny ladybug made by big sister in the grass.
Butterfly
Random camping cupcakes...i see a spider, flashlight, and a lantern.
WORMS in the grass! Unfortunately she loves worms!



Lots of work, but LOTS OF FUN!!!

Camping Cupcakes part 1

Here is how they started out... Bella was cupcaked! Unfortunately it was marshmellow fondant which i find is better for covering cakes, not molding. So this is an age pregression cupcake!
Next we have a tiny watermellon and picnic basket & blanket!
Tent, butterfly, camp fire, and a smore. This theme was really fun to get creative with.
Tent....LOVE IT! Can you see the large marshmellow that is holding it up in the inside?
All the cupcakes!

Close ups of all the rest on the next post.........

Smores...cupcake style

So princess #2 was turning 4 and why wouldn't she want a camping b-day party theme!?!?! First thing she says she thinks of is smores, and that means i think cupcakes! I made gram flour cupcakes to serve as the crackers...then came the homemade chocolate ganache as the frosting! YUM!!!
This is a Martha Stewart recipe from my favorite book!
Next I made marshmallows!!! How cool is that?!
How perfect and cute is this little guy? I wanna squeeze it...or eat it! ;)

Look how perfect they look on the baking sheet wanting to be browned! But I don't have a kitchen torch....
I tried a lighter...then I tried broil!!! NO!!!
NOT PRETTY!!! This was 5 seconds on broil...luckily I only tried this with half of them! I guess a few smores in the making always fall in the fire or drop on the ground.
The smores were a hit, but I didn't honestly love them. I don't think that I will make these again, but they were super cute and PERFECT for the camping party!!!
BUT...the real cupcakes for the camp out will be on here next!

Reb's B-day

SO...the 4th of July party was at the home of one of my favorite ladies! Reb (for short) and her birthday is shared by my 4 year old which is on the 6th of July. But I wanted to bless her with a few special cupcakes just for her!When i arrived at the 4th of July party I gave these to her and told her to HIDE THEM! Everyone will try to steal them once they learn how good they are. *wink wink*
So she hid them so she could enjoy them at a later time for her special day. I just adore how the pink swirl looks with the cute little flower.

I used the butter cream frosting for her cupcakes knowing she would already have access to the cream cheese ones. Plus how cute is the cupcake papers? SO CUTE!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY REB....I LUV U SISTER!

4th of July...(wow i have been slacking)

In my defence THE SUN IS OUT IN THE PUGET SOUND...which means you DO NOT sit inside on the computer as much are you may normally do. With that said, here are the cupcakes i made for the 4th of July bash we were invited to! I made some of my world famous (hehehe) chocolate, coffee butter cream filled, cream cheese frosting cupcakes!
I had found these papers months ago from Reynolds so I couldn't wait to use them.
I also found these gummies at the store so it got my cupcake mind going!
I got them all packaged up and ready to go...in WA it is almost better to stay local to watch fire works. No traffic, no paying to park, no wacko's (well depending on the BBQ you attend).

Here are the goodies ready to go...

This was taken by my 11 year old amazing daughter of the fire works that were being fired off by the homeowner! Guess it pays off to live near the Reservation where they sell the fireworks.
I am very thankful for this countries independence!