when in doubt, give cupcakes.

this year, I gave the gift of cupcakes, in the form of a 4-cupcake gift box.

each box contained 2 mint chocolate chip and 2 vanilla eggnog cupcakes. want to spread some cupcake love yourself? email me at cakemuffingirl@yahoo.com to order your very own customized cupcake gift box.

Happy Holidays!

oink!

its been a while, but i finally decided to post something new. pink pigs. definitely worth the weight... i mean wait.

daisy chain.

so i spent the majority of yesterday working on these. but it was all worth it when i presented the finished product to my customer (who also happens to be a friend, and would have totally let me know if i'd let her down).

there's something happy about these. maybe its the reminder of spring, and the warm days it brings. maybe its the lemon-y scent, that reminds you of that lemonade stand you had in front of the house you grew up in (the fact that the only person that purchased a glass was your dad is insignificant). or maybe its just knowing that you get to eat a cupcake today....that always brightens my day. :)

these cupcakes are lemon poppy seed, with buttercream icing, and a fondant daisy.

true blue.

contrary to popular belief, blue, not pink, is my favorite color. that's not to say i don't love pink, but something about a powdery-aqua blue has always roused my optic nerve. so what do i do about it? make cupcakes. chocolate flavored, of course. with sprinkles.

is this heaven or what.

football season is never really over.

although i did make these for a superbowl party, if you love football, why not celebrate it all year 'round?

baseball shmaseball.

(although i can make baseball cupcakes too....and basketball, and tennis....)

flower power.

nothing says "spring" quite like pink flowers made of icing. throw in a jumbo sized white cake cupcake, a green shell border, and a coat of buttercream, and watch the winter blues just melt away...

who needs 60 degrees and sunshine anyway.

everybody loves an Easter basket.

ok. today is Easter, so i used this as an excuse to bake more cupcakes (like i really need an excuse). they started off great- the icing consistency and color was perfect- it really looked like grass! so i added a bunny peep and jelly beans, and it all seemed to be falling into place. and then came the finishing touch- the twizzler basket handles. and here's what i learned- always shape the twizzlers ahead of time (curling them inside a cup works well). un-pre-curled twizzlers will pop out of the "basket" and get icing all over the place. luckily, it only took two cupcakes for me to figure this out. also luckily, i got to eat the "bad" twizzlers, with the icing on them. kinda makes me wish i ruined a few more.

the hostess with the mostess

i made these hostess-esqe cupcakes for a friend's husband. my friend liked them so much, she insisted we test one (or two) out before we give them to him, just to make sure they were ok.

they were definitely ok....

the best part was definitely the filling! and you know what they say-- it's what's inside that counts.

Billiard Ball Cupcakes

I made these red velvet billiard ball cupcakes with fondant icing for a friend whose favorite pasttime is shooting pool. Rack 'em up!