Well its officially summer and oh so very hot here in Mobile, AL! I don't know about you, but on a steamy summer afternoon nothing tastes better to me than a fresh squeezed glass of lemonade! With my fruit basket overflowing with lemons I decided why not turn my favorite summer drink into a cupcake.
Now you can drink your lemonade and eat it too. So head on over to Half Baked and check out my recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes.
I have been wanting to make a rainbow cake for a while now, and this week I finally had the opportunity to play with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple cake batter!
I made a 6" round 6-layer cake...
Each cupcake was topped with a white fondant circle to be decorated as part of an artwalk celebration. The idea for a "decorate your own" cake & cupcakes came from the talented Rosie of Sweetapolita.
Here is the final display I designed for the 6th annual LoDa Artwalk. The cake and cupcakes were displayed at wellbornIdeas as part of an "interactive" display.
People who visited the gallery were invited to grab an edible marker and decorate their "blank canvas" on top of their cupcake.
Here's a look at the final 3 tier cake prior to being decorated by local artists as well as members of the community. The bottom two tiers are dummy cakes and the top tier is the ROYGBP cake! To play off of the scalloped edge of the cake pedestal I thought it would be fun to create a scallop rim around each tier of cake in the rainbow colors to tie in with the theme.
Here's a look at 3 wellbornIdeas employees decorating their cupcakes.
The wellbornIdeas logo on a cupcake...
Here is Ashley, one of the featured gallery artists for the evening putting her artistic talents to work on the bottom tier of the cake...looking good!
I love how she used the scallops and turned them in to owl eyes, I would have never thought of that...so creative!
It was so cool to see a variety of creative minds coming together with their artistic contributions to the final cake!
Even the little ones got in on the fun!
Here's the final cake! What an amazing event to be a part of! Thanks wellbornIdeas for asking me to provide the cake and cupcakes for this special event!
So to kick off summer I came up with some Honey Cupcakes with Honey Cream Cheese frosting, which were inspired after sampling some local honey from our farmer's market!
And to celebrate the first day of Summer, my love of cupcakes and also the debut of Crave. Indulge. Satisfy. over on Half Baked I am going to give one lucky CIS reader 3 of my favorite cupcake must-haves!
This past weekend I was buzzing around like a busy bee in my kitchen. My good friend Kelly who I have mentioned here on CIS before was hosting a baby shower, instead of being the guest of honor herself as you may remember here. The theme was bumble bees, adorable! I had never decorated anything with the bee theme before so immediately I started envisioning yellow & black, polka dots and of course little bees everywhere. Kelly requested cupcakes and cake balls/pops and then some sugar cookie onesies and baby bottles for the favors.
The bee cupcake toppers were made from yellow fondant rolled into an oval with two slivered almonds poked into the sides. The stripes and eyes were piped on using black royal icing. I used a round tip 1A to pipe on 4 swirls of icing to resemble a bee hive.
Bumble bee cake pops inspired by Bakerella.
One of my friend's and repeat customers asked me if I could bake something for both her son and daughter last week. It was her son's birthday and she wanted some red dump truck cookies for him to take to school and share with his friends. Last year I got to make a birthday sweet for him too, do you remember this John Deere cake?
I love getting the opportunity to bake year after year for the same kids. It's fun to see how their interests change over the course of the year and what the hot new toy trend is as they grow up.
Hope you had a great birthday Matthew!
This turtle cake was made using 12 cupcakes and would be such a fun project for kids.
Happy Friday! So glad the weekend is finally here! I'm going to keep this post short and sweet because 1) Its been a LONG week & I'm tired, 2) I've got more baking to do for a couples shower/crawfish boil tomorrow and 3) Randolph just put some ribs on the grill with his "special dry rub" seasoning so dinner will be ready shortly! So I will leave you with some photos of a wedding cake and cupcakes I made for a reception last weekend.
Tracy, the bride sent me some great photos for inspiration to work with when designing her cakes and cupcakes inspired by the napkins she was going to use at her recption. I just love the black and teal theme!
I used royal icing to pipe on the swirls and squiggles.
Tracy bought the cupcake tower online and then covered each individual tier with a black damask wrapping paper and covered the edges in teal ribbon. This is a super easy DIY project and very affordable and easy to assemble! I decorated each cupcake with 4 black fondant flowers and silver dragees. The flowers were made using this daisy flower plunger from Layer Cake Shop.
Congratulations Tracy! I had so much fun making your wedding cake and cupcakes! I wish you much happiness with your new groom!
I am loving this gorgeous spring weather we are having here in Mobile...it's almost on the verge of summer and it's only March! There is nothing that goes better with these warm temperatures and bright sunshine than some fresh berries! I found some gigantic strawberries this weekend at the store, I mean huge....like 4 berries combined to make 1 monster berry! Although these berries are perfectly delicious and sweet all on their own I knew they would be even better made into some Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream swirled on top.
These cupcakes pack a triple punch of strawberry. There is fresh strawberry puree in the batter and in the buttercream. And for a special touch and a slight hint of pick in the frosting I added some strawberry extract which really enhances the flavor! These cupcakes are light and moist and truly the perfect treat for an afternoon spent with friends.
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