Babies!

While I was at the lake for Memorial weekend my mom told me she was going to a baby shower the next weekend. She asked me if I'd like to make the cake. Sometimes I take on more than I should. I said yes.

Any baby shower cakes I've seen are made with fondant. I've played with fondant a total of...oh 1 time...So on Tuesday when we got back home from the lake I started playing with fondant again. I made an entire cake in one day.

This is what I came up with. Of course I took the picture from the best side. It had wrinkles and cracks. Some of the fondant wasn't covering the cake. The next day the bow fell flat and melted a bit. But that was due to it being hot in our apartment and not letting the fondant dry enough.

So my REAL cake adventure started on Friday.

I made the bow and flower.

Placed pearl sprinkles in the center of every flower. It was tedious but they look great.

And this is the finished product! I was very happy with myself. It still had some wrinkles but they were easily covered by the ribbons. It was a big hit. The mother to be loved it.

It was supposed to be a pink velvet cake, but it turned out a little more red than I wanted. Didn't matter though because it was still good! You can't really tell but there is also pink cream cheese icing between the layers.

And this is me with the cake! Yay!

Memorial Weekend

Memorial weekend is a time of the year that I really look forward to. It marks the beginning of Summer and it's our first camping trip of the year. It's always so much fun! And of course I have to make some goodies for the long weekend.

These are called frozen lemonade cupcakes. They were SO sweet....I could only take one bite. I didn't realize they needed to be frozen at all times. A few of them melted.

These "cupcakes" are called dessert rose. They were kind of like puppy chow. Also very sweet. SO much chocolate. I couldn't eat a whole one of these either.

It was a really great weekend with friends and family. Can't wait until next year!

So you had a bad day...

So, my A game was not brought today. I don't know why I was having such a hard time. I made some rocky road cupcakes for my grandma's birthday this weekend and lots of things were going wrong. I kept spilling the mix, I forgot to spray the liners, and I put too much batter in each cup along with not enough topping. I knew that I had put dark chocolate in them but when I taste tested I didn't realize how bitter it was going to be..so at first I really didn't like it. Plus, I got one without marshmallows. Sad day.

Oh, and they are kind of ugly. Hopefully my family believes in the saying "It's what's on the inside that counts." Haha.

I also made some more pecan pie muffins. Mmmmm.

Muffin tops for everyone!

The husband and I are in a tight budget because he REALLY wants a motorcycle. So for this week I made prepackaged muffins.

My mother bought me this and put it in my Easter basket. Yes, I'm 24 and I still get an Easter basket. No, it's not just filled with eggs and candy. It comes with muffin mix and cookbooks too! It might seem silly to others but I'd be sad if she stopped. Love you mom!

So, I'm not really a big fan of pecan pie and neither is the husband. But I do love me some muffins! These were delicious! And so dang easy.

Aren't they pretty! Hey look mom! I even used the new kitchen towels you put in my basket! The package said to make 24 mini muffins but I wanted bigger ones! So I made 12 regular ones! I've already had 3. The husband might not even get to try them.

Guten Tag!

I have not been sticking to my cupcake cookbook but that does not mean I haven't been baking! I asked my mother what my step dad might want for his birthday (baking related) and all she said was something low fat because they are trying to lose some weight. Well thanks mom that wasn't really helpful! UNTIL! I remembered that his favorite cake was German chocolate so I went on a search for a fairly easy low fat German chocolate cake recipe. I found one! Woohoo! So I woke up around 5 a.m. last Friday and got to it. The entire cake was made from scratch (usually I cheat and buy the pecan frosting). I even toasted the pecans and coconut! Take a look!

Yeah, it's a dark picture. Photography is not my thing. That's why I bake! So I'm not really a big fan of this particular cake.....well I'm just not a fan of coconut so I tend to avoid anything with it. I thought this recipe was pretty awesome even though I really didn't have anything to compare it to. My parents really enjoyed it and I even got the husband to take a bite!

And this was all that was left from the weekend. I'd say it was a success.

Happy birthday to the husband!

Yeah, I know, his birthday was last week. I'm always a week behind when it comes to posting. My darling husband said he wanted the chocolate peanut butter cupcakes so that is what I made him. They had more peanut butter than chocolate but it all worked out.

They were just so cute with the peanut butter chips poking out like that! But I had to cover then with frosting. The frosting was so creamy and amazing. I'd rather have just eaten that.

Hello! It's been a while!

It's been a month! I had to take a break because our human garbage disposal moved out, I'm trying to get into shape, and my husband doesn't eat as much as he should! But I'm back on track!

I love pie. Almost every kind. Banana cream, apple, key lime, AND lemon meringue. Which brings me to my latest cupcake. Lemon meringue pie cupcake.

I think they turned out great! And they taste awesome too.

Next week is the husband's birthday so I will most likely have something rich and chocolately to show you!