Cupcake fun!

Sometimes you just have to bake for youself.... or eat the extras! So we decided to take advantage of this! We had some fun with a book lent to us called "Hello Cupcake". We couldn't resist the cute little sunflowers, especially since we had all the ingredients on hand... always an oreo in our cupboard!! The strawberry cupcakes, being decorated by the little hands, were so yummy as well. This is not a regular flavour that I bake, but we have enjoyed the warm colour and sweet taste of these pretty little cupcakes! (oh and doing the "sprinkle, sprinkles" is the best part of all)!

It also wouldn't be a complete post without some cupcakes for special occations! Since I am soo far behind in my postings, I'm going to group a bunch of my cupcake fun together. I did a few weddings this summer and one of them had these lovely red velvet cupcakes. This sultry colour just screams love and romance and I think that is why it is such a popular flavour for weddings. The bride for this wedding also had gone online and purchased a beautiful cupcake stand. It made for great pictures and I took advantage of it! I hope she had a lovely day and a wonderful life ahead of her with her new husband.

Then this final wedding was done in the summer of 2010 as well. This bride decided to go with some fun flavour choices! (which I love doing!!) She chose a chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream, oreo cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and peanut butter cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. Yum!! I think my favourite of the bunch is peanut butter, but I have a weakness for peanut butter.... then again, I also have a weakness for oreos... ok I can't make the decision, but either way, they were totally sweet!

Thanks for allowing me to use some creativity! I think many customers just assume you have to go plain vanilla or chocolate, when there are so many possibilities out there. Key lime pie cupcakes, rolo cupcakes, chocolate mint cupcakes, creamsicle.... they are endless! Please, don't be afraid to ask about different flavours. Or if you have a favourite treat, just ask if it can be done. I will be honest with you, and I'm always up to the challenge. Ok, now that I'm drooling, I think it's off to bed, to have some sweet dreams. Goodnight!

Purple

The theme colour for weddings this summer was purple!
Every wedding that I did this summer seemed to have the colour purple as one of their accent colours. This wedding reception hall was decorated absolutely beautifully! The purples all tied in together as well as the sweets!
I was asked to do cookies for favours on the tables and a cake truffle cake for dessert. The cookies were sugar cookie wedding dresses and cakes. The truffles were raspberry, chocolate and vanilla. I was sooo happy with how it turned out, and I'm glad the couple enjoyed them as well!