Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream Icing

We had good friends over for coffee and dessert.  I wanted something special, but did not have much time to throw things together.  I decided to make a traditional boxed white cake mix more exciting by adding chocolate chips, vanilla extract and almond extract.  Next time I'll throw in a  little brown sugar to give it more of a cooke flavor!  On top, I added a healthy portion of homemade cream cheese buttercream icing.

Oreo Cream Pie

This is the perfect dessert to have on a warm summer day.  It's filled with a rich oreo cream mixture with whipped cream and hot fudge.  Afterwards, it's topped with crushed oreos, whole oreos and whipped cream.  And best of all, it's calorie free...  Well, maybe not. But a baker can dream!

Rainbow Cake with Swirl Rose Decorations

Sarah had a cake walk at school this week and I decided it was time to try my hand at a rainbow cake. I've seen a few variations of this cake on different sites here is what I came up with.  I did have grander plans for the outside of the cake, but since I'm less than two weeks away from delivery, I decided to forgo fondant decorations.  Well, that and I still need practice on my butter cream piping techniques.  Overall, it was a fun cake to make and I think I'm going to try it again for Brenna's birthday in August.

 Before the icing...

 Can you taste the rainbow?

 Little dots and swirl roses.

Makeup Party Cake

This cake was made for a 6th birthday.  The theme was make up and I decided to go with a little makeup bag with matching decorations.  It's chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream. It' covered in buttercream with fondant decorations.

 All decorations are edible.

Easter Cupcakes

I made these for my daughters class party today.  They are chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing and a fondant topper.

After cutting out all the flowers, I went in and detailed them (all 60 of them).  I did not have a cutter small enough for the leaves, so each one is made by hand with details added in.

Soccer Birthday Cake

This cake was for my nephew's birthday party.  He's huge into soccer and his team jersey is gray.  Both layers are yellow cake covered in butter cream with fondant accents.  The figurine is made of gum paste and fondant.

Spring Birthday and Anniversary Celebration Cake

 

I made this cake to celebrate four birthdays and an anniversary that occurred in March.  My husband, his sister and parents were all born in March. His parents were married in March as well! We meant to get together last month, but my mother-in-laws chemo was pushed out and we had to move it to April.

The cake is chocolate and vanilla (6" round), cut to form a checker board pattern.  It's covered in butter cream with fondant and gum paste decorations.