Finding time for baking has been difficult lately, but I squeezed in these chocolate cupcakes for a joint birthday celebration of some friends. I saw a photo in a magazine that inspired the tinted frosting trio. Next time, I hope to incorporate a fun variety of flavors and fillings!
Happy Easter! These little Cadbury’s mini eggs are easy to find… 😉
smeared frosting… true to life… I’ll clean it up next time 😉
Happy Valentine’s Day <3 Â I enjoyed photographing these chocolatey minis.
Happy US Citizenship to my good friend 🙂
It’s a good thing I am sure she knows how many stars are actually on the American flag 😉
These adorable mini birthday cupcakes were so fun to make, and perfectly bite-sized. I wrapped my old Architecture 101 wooden drafting board in sprinkle wrapping paper, and it made the perfect backdrop for the Thirty-ONEderful cupcakes! (Yes, there are 31 of them).
waiting to be lit
yellow cake minis with chocolate frosting
chocolate minis with chocolate frosting
My mixer makes a flower shape in powdered sugar 🙂
My friends hired me to bake cupcakes for their company birthday party! I had fun with these vintage malt milkshake-inspired cupcakes; they were my first filled cupcakes, and I got to try out my cupcake corer! 🙂 Still working on the piping techniques!
Happy 4th, Bridgetown Design!
CUPCAKE FLAVOR 1:
Vanilla cupcakes with real strawberry filling and cream cheese frosting. Garnished with a strawberry and red and white paper straw. {I’m hearing Contestant voices on Cupcake Wars presenting their cupcake flavors to the judges….haha!}
Ready to go in the oven
cooling
strawberry filled!
Done!
Here are some fun progress shots I barely had enough time to stop and take! I think they tell the story well….
CUPCAKE FLAVOR 2:
Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate pudding filling and chocolate frosting. Garnished with a Maraschino cherry and teal and white paper straw.
still cooling in the pan
I had fun with these ‘section shots’ 🙂 It’s the make up of a cupcake!
SLICED!
My boyfriend and I made a race car birthday cake, reminiscent of our friend’s actual race car. Our friend has been working on maintaining what started out as a 1986 Chevrolet Chevette suitable for racing at events, such as the ChumpCar race that takes place at Portland International Raceway. In his first race, he won the trophy for the “Spirit of ChumpCar”! You can follow his facebook page here!
The car itself has gone through quite a series of transformations as far as paint jobs, decor, tires, other parts and engines are concerned; besides tires, he is even known for switching out engines mid-race!
We sculpted the double-layer chocolate cake, and decorated accordingly….
Beginning to take shape…
Crumb coat complete…
Final frosting layer complete
Side 1 View
Front View
Side 2 View
Back View
Vrooooooom!!
At the party, he made yet another engine switch….
…this time with the hatch!
I baked this duckie themed cake for a friend’s baby shower! Once again, I used one of my favorite frosting techniques from Sweetapolita. I found the “Mamma” duckie at a party store, and borrowed the other “baby” duckie magnets from a friend. Honestly, if I made this cake again, I would add a ribbon around the bases or something more subtle and simple. I think it ended up feeling too busy with all the frosting, sprinkles, ducks and what was supposed to be a blue fountain 🙂 One cake was chocolate and the other was my favorite strawberry cake.Â
Bottom layer done….
Before finishing touches…
Done!
I discovered Rosie’s Sweetapolita baking website and fell in love with her strawberry layer cake recipe. The color is beautiful and the cake so fragrant. For the birthday cake that I made, I used Sweetapolita’s fancy Pastel Swirl frosting technique.
Having taken birthday treats to various restaurants before and not having an issue, it didn’t occur to me… but for this dual-birthday celebration at a local restaurant, we were told a cake cutting fee per person would be charged! We were already there though, and they cut the cake and served it for us.
The cake in process in my kitchen
At the restaurant, ready to be sliced by our server
Mmmm!
Sliced and ready-to-eat at the restaurant
that was delicious.
Since I ended up with a little extra batter, I made some mini cupcakes… love these little treasures, the colors, and white non-pareil sprinkles. 🙂
A friend and I planned our friend Suzie’s baby shower together… we had fun planning the custom ‘Welcome’ board, and some themed refreshments and games. I originally saw these baby face cupcakes at another baby shower the month before and am still searching for those original images since I stole the inspiration! 🙂 We also decorated with more balloons and had a framed message board for guests to write notes to welcome Baby Han.
Table display
Custom ‘Welcome’ Board
Baby face cupcakes with bonnets!
Refreshments
Mystery baby food guessing game…
Baby food taste test
Some game prizes (baby food guessing game, pregnant tummy yarn diameter guess, animal baby name match with adult animal name)
Popcorn snacks