Candy Cane Cupcakes

Today my son's after school piano club had a Christmas party. He asked me to bring in cupcakes, so of course, I obliged :) I had a new holiday-ish recipe I'd wanted to try out, so really he didn't have to ask me twice!

~Candy Cane Cupcakes~
{Chocolate cupcake with candy cane pieces. Peppermint buttercream frosting with bits of candy cane. Topped with a mini-candy cane, or Candy Cane Hershey Kiss.}

When I brought the cupcakes in, the teacher said, "Oh that's nice! You didn't have to go buy something so extravagant!" I said I didn't, I made them :)

Strawberry and Chocolate Mix-Up Cupcakes

Yesterday I placed an order for two people who couldn't make up their minds :)
The cupcakes were for a little boy's school birthday treat, and the dad is in love with my strawberry buttercream, but the birthday boy wanted chocolate. So I did both!

Strawberry cupcakes with a rich chocolate frosting

Chocolate cupcakes with a creamy strawberry buttercream

Two more orders to make and deliver tomorrow morning, so I'm headed back to the kitchen!

Hello Kitty Birthday Cupcakes

I am in the final push toward my degree, and the next month is going to be hard between preparing cupcake orders that pop up, work, family, and the 4 huge projects I have for school.

No fear, though, I'll get it all done :) I always do!
An order popped up for a friend of mine. Her daughter, the birthday girl, is a former gymnastics student of mine. Also, this family was my first ever paid order and they've gotten me some referrals. :)

The request: Hello Kitty
Cupcakes: Strawberry
Colors: Red and Pink

The rest was up to me! I haven't worked with modeling chocolate yet, so thought this was a good time to try. White modeling chocolate made the Hello Kitty heads.

Here we have: Strawberry cupcake with Marshmallow Buttercream frosting and White Chocolate Hello Kitty.

I had a happy little birthday girl when I dropped them off today!

Halloween Cupcakes

What better treat at a Halloween party than cupcakes?! I couldn't have asked for these to turn out any better. Three flavors, three fun Halloween-y styles. These cupcakes were made for my son's middle school Halloween party at the YMCA. He goes to an after school club that is run by the local Y, and they did their Halloween party tonight. So, of course, I spent the day making cupcakes for the occasion :)

{{This is a Devil's Food cupcake with purple vanilla-flavored buttercream frosting}}

{{This is a Vanilla Sprinkle cupcake with black and orange sprinkles. Orange vanilla-flavored buttercream on top.}}

{{This is an Orange Velvet cupcake with green vanilla-flavored buttercream frosting.}}

I have a few leftover if anyone wants them! :)
Have a Happy Halloween, Chaos Peeps!

Carthage Cupcakes

My daughter's swim team was having their end of the season party, so I decided to supply some cupcakes. So did three quarters of the other parents :) But none looked as personalized as mine!

Carthage Comets Cupcakes
Red Velvet Cupcake with Oreo Cookie Bottom,
Cream Cheese Frosting,
and candy "C" topping

Bright Colored Rose Cupcakes for a Teen Birthday

Tomorrow, September 26, is my daughter's 14th birthday! It's so very hard to believe my oldest baby is going to be 14. I was a mere 19 when I had her, so we've kinda grown up together. Now, here we are, 14 years later :)

Yesterday she had her "friend" party here at the Chaos House. 5 teenage girls, in one house, for a sleepover. And I, by no means, have a small house. Those girls made it seem small, though :)

What do you do for a teenager who really has no specifications? Her only requirement was "banana cupcake". She didn't care about colors, although her favorite color is green.

This is what I came up with in the end. Our "party theme colors" where black, lime green, purple, and pink. She made her own invites and those were teal.

Spiderman Cupcakes

This past week I did a birthday cupcake order for Spiderman Cupcakes. The cupcakes are chocolate and the buttercream is vanilla.
After playing with it for a bit, I decided on this as my spider web pattern.
Hope you like them! I enjoyed making them for a sweet little boy to take to school.