Halloween Cupcakes!

From top left corner, clockwise:

• Pumpkin patch cupcake: honey lemon buttercream, icing tendrils, candy corn pumpkins on pumpkin cake
• Mummy cupcake: vanilla buttercream on vanilla cake
• Spider and web cupcake: chocolate cake filled with orange-colored vanilla cream, topped with chocolate ganache, white chocolate spider web, and fondant spider
• Owl cupcake: fondant and candy features, maple cream cheese frosting on pumpkin cake

...and one Boo! cupcake (aka Hostess copycat cupcake)

Flower Cupcakes: Earl Grey Tea Cupcake and Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake

Simple elegance, perfect for an afternoon tea party...

Earl Grey tea cake with Honey Lemon Buttercream

Raspberry-curd filled chocolate cake with Raspberry Buttercream

Cheddar Bacon Chive Scones

Cream scones studded with salty bacon, sharp cheddar, and fresh chives,

these make a decadent breakfast or the perfect accompaniment to a simple soup.

Ballerina princess birthdays

For V's birthday party at school, ballerina tutu cupcakes, crown cookies, and chocolate covered pretzel favors. Cupcakes were homemade "confetti" cake with raspberry buttercream frosting and pink fondant bodice. It's hard to tell from my horrible photography job, but the pink fondant bodice was curved so it looks more like a dress.  Really. :\ 

  Q's ballerina birthday- - vanilla cake, filled with pink vanilla pudding, topped with vanilla frosting. 

I made the tulle "skirt" cupcakes, and Q's mom made the ballerina toppers. 

(I know. My photography skills are terrible!)

Birthday Cakes

We had a slew of birthdays recently! And they all requested chocolate...

Hockey Puck cake: chocolate cake filled with chocolate cream cheese frosting, topped with blackened chocolate ganache and fondant hockey sticks. My hand got a little shaky once I got to the lettering part. Hmm. Maybe not so much coffee next time I do lettering...

Ombre cake- chocolate cake, filled with raspberry curd and raspberry frosting, and topped with Italian meringue vanilla and raspberry-flavored frosting. 



Chocolate-chocolate cake: 4 layer milk chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting. 

Nostalgic Hostess Cupcakes

Dark chocolate cake, filled with vanilla cream, 

topped with chocolate ganache and the nostalgic white swirlies.