Commencement season is upon us! (Or at least it is here at the UC.) Grads walking throughout campus snapping their photos by the entrance to Berkeley, at Sather Tower, at Sather Gate, and restaurants packed to the brim with families and friends celebrating a person’s amazing accomplishment! It is hard to believe I experienced that […]
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Western Theme Cupcakes
Another coworker of mine retired and in honor of her move to Nashville and love of country music we went with a western theme for her going away party. It has been awhile since I last posted some cupcakes up here on the blog and I just had to share these because they were a […]
Mickey and Minnie Mouse Cupcakes
Here are the cupcakes I made for a 2 year old’s 2nd Birthday Party. The theme was Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I got the idea from Pinterest to make the head and ears out of Oreos. Mickey was pretty simple. I used a red liner and baked 12 chocolate cupcakes. I didn’t have the right […]
Valentine’s Day Sweets
Happy Valentine’s Day! I made these treats for my coworkers and they turned out really cute! I made classic chocolate cupcakes and topped them off with a chocolate ganache frosting with raspberry liqueur flavoring. I then melted red chocolate chips into a heart shape mold for the topping and added red sprinkles. The rest were white chocolate […]
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My First Year
One year ago today, I uploaded my first post. To celebrate, here is a recap of all my favorite outfits from my first year of blogging and photos of the most creative cupcakes I have made. When I reflect on my first year of blogging, I am surprised how much I and my blog have […]
Baby Showers
As promised, here are the photos of the cake my sister and I decorated for a baby shower last weekend. This cake was a gift for my sister’s friend. To not go over budget making cupcakes for an event with 100+ guests, we ordered a plain sheet cake from Costco and made the decorations. It took […]
Pastel Birthday Cupcakes
Here are the cupcakes I made for the birthday party on Sunday! I was asked to bake 3 dozen cupcakes: 12 caramel apple with vanilla frosting, 12 red velvet with cream cheese, and 12 strawberry with vanilla frosting. I was told to work with pastel colors and/or polka dots. I tinted frosting in pastel colors […]
Hazardous Materials and Radioactive Cupcakes
I feel like I have been MIA longer than I wanted to be. As I mentioned on Saturday, I was busy making cupcakes for an event at work for Monday. The Hazardous Materials and Radiation Safety Associate Director from our office is moving on to bigger and better things and on his last day our […]
Princess and the Frog Cupcakes
These cupcakes are inspired by Disney’s The Princess and The Frog. My sister and I made these for a little girl’s birthday. Her mom was our first client outside of our family. She had ordered Batman cupcakes for her son’s birthday, so it isn very flattering that she requested for us to make something again. […]
Cupcakes for a Posada: Winter White Wreath and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
This year my parents decided to host a Posada at our house. A Posada is a “Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.” We were essentially the house of lodging where all the food, drinks, and pinatas were for the night. In honor of the festivities, my mom […]