Then there was cake

I am broadening my creativity and tried making some cakes. I made one just for the heck of it and then I made two to celebrate Veteran's day at work. I knew that we were going to get our butts kicked that day and no one would have time to eat - so lets make cake :)

Enjoy! Tomorrow is time for buckeyes and oreo truffles! Keep your eyes posted!

Vanilla cake with butter cream frosting and chocolate around the edges. 

 

Side view of the cake :)

Now for the Veteran's Day cakes :)

Basic butter cream frosting with frosting around the edges

Triple layered flag cake

Top of the cake. Not bad for the first time

Inside of the cake.

This was my favorite part of the cake - the layers inside. I thought they turned out really great!

Mummy Cupcakes

With Halloween coming up, I wanted to make cupcakes with a Halloween theme to them. I finally came up with one, with some inspiration from the internet :) Let me know what you think.

Cupcake Cake

Sorry for the delay in having new designs up. Life has been rather hectic lately, but I finally have time to upload new pictures.

My best friend was coming in town for her birthday, so I wanted to make her something neat to celebrate it! So what's better than a cupcake? A cupcake cake! Hope you enjoy the pics!

The inside of the cake

The top of the cake was oreo and the bottom of the cake was chocolate. Chocolate frosting on the top with star sprinkles!

My friends enjoying the cake!

Decorating 101

So I took my first cupcake class at Country Kitchen Sweet Art last night and learned a lot of fun stuff. I am no longer afraid of fondant :) I thought it would be really difficult to do but it wasn't. I also learned how to fill cupcakes which is much easier than anticipated also. I got to bring home all of the items that we decorated, however they are all going to work for others to eat :) Here are some of the pictures! 

 

 

Cupcake filled with hazelnut then put into a coffee cup with a whipped icing on top.

Pumpkin cupcake with cinnamon icing with a fondant pumpkin on top

Mini cupcake bouquet

I made those flowers out of fondant :)

Flower made out of fondant with the an A embellished inside of it then painted with edible paint

Snowflake with fondant with edible silver paint on top. This is also coconut filled with raspberry.

Peppermint cupcake with a delicious frosting with candy canes made out of white chocolate.

Red velvet cupcake with cream cheese icing with holly leaves made out of fondant as well.

Cupcake filled with Carmel inside with fondant on top to look an ornament. 

Chocolate hazelnut cupcake with an edible image on the top with sprinkles on the side. 

Which one is your favorite?

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

We are celebrating a friends birthday tomorrow night, so I thought I would make her some cupcakes for her birthday. I found a recipe that looked good, and then I added my own twist to it. These are the first cupcakes that I have made from scratch. Inside of the cupcake is a Reese's in the middle of it.

Reese's in the middle of the cake batter

I had never made these before so I was wondering how the Reese's would look once they were baked. They turned out a lot better than I thought they would.

They kind of remind me of the sugar cookies that I make at Christmas time with a Kiss on the top. Just by the way they look. Instead of just using a plain vanilla or chocolate for the frosting, I wanted to add a bit of twist to it. So I added a 1/2 cup of peanut butter to the chocolate frosting. It tastes really good.

Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Hamburger Cupcake

Our Kitchen Manager, Toemas, is leaving us for another store, so I thought I would make him a treat on the last day that I worked with him. So what would be the best cupcake to make for the manager who works in the kitchen? Hamburger cupcakes!!! I thought that they would be difficult but they were a lot easier than that I thought. Here are a few a pictures.

In the process of making the hamburgers, I also made the Oreo Cupcakes again. They were requested by some of the staff at Applebee's because they didn't get to try them the first time. I decided to spice it up and use color frosting on top. I think they came out great! 

My first paid client!!!

The Cupcake Experiment had their first paid client :) My co-worker asked me if I would make cupcakes for her son's carry in. I had a tough time deciding which one's to make because I haven't made that many and I of course wanted them to come out looking great! So I decided on fall cupcakes. I figured what kid wouldn't like sprinkles, frosting, twizzlers and pumpkin candies on a cupcake? This is the first time I made them and I thought they turned out rather cute. What do you think?

 Full pan of them :)

Close up :)

If you're interested in me making cupcakes for your next event, let me know :)

Just out of curiosity, does anyone read this?