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Cup Cakes I have made.

Gun Cupcakes

These were for a co-worker of mine. He is real gun-nut. His cup cake was the top row 4th in. I was trying to make "Glocks" out of fondant and a razor blade. For the last one I decided ti make him a "Dirty Harry" gun.

 Firefighter Cupcakes

These were for my Son in Laws Birthday

 Fishing Basket Cupcakes

These were for my Brothers Birthday.

*I cant take the credit for these...I found them by Googling*

 "Jail Cupcakes"

These were for a Co-Worker who was getting a promotion at work.

 Hunter cupcakes

These were for my Dad on his Birthday.

 Missionary Cupcakes

These were for my Son just before he left on his Mission. The ties were made outof Fondant. I was going to put fondant decorations on them but my Husband just went to the pantry and grabbed "sprinkles". Hey...what do you know....it worked!

 Wedding Cupcakes

These were the prototype cupcakes I came up with for my Daughters wedding.

 Shark Cupcakes

These were from the book "Hello Cupcake". These were hard to make and when I woke up in the morning....most of them were decapitated :(

 St. Patricks day Cupcakes

 Hiking Cupcakes

These were for a co-worker. She loves nature. I made the trees out of Bugles dipped in green frosting.

 Diva Cupcakes

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Hot Cocoa Bar

I wanted to do a "Hot Cocoa Bar" at work. The morning were getting colder and colder...so I thought this would be a good idea. Some of my co-workers wanted to bring danishes and other bakery items. Our little Hot Cocoa Bar grew into a breakfast bar.

I did not get any pictures of "before' These were pictures one of my co worker took in the during phase. We had carafes of hot water, then the table was set with:

 mini marshmallows, pumpkin pie spice flavored marshmallows (Wal-Mart also carries strawberry, chocolate swirl, and toasted coconut marshmallows.) crushed toffee pieces, crushed candy canes, crushed Oreo cookies, and crushed Andes mints. We also had different flavored whipped creams and coffee flavorings. The Hot Cocoas were anywhere from fat free, sugar free, white chocolate, peppermint hot cocoa, and dark hot chocolate.

It was a very nice way to start our early morning.

This was my masterpiece!

Regular Hot Cocoa, about 4 pumpkin pie spice marshmallows (even shaped like pumpkins), whipped cream, toffee pieces, and topped off with some caramel drizzle and 1 final pumpkin pie spice marshmallow. I almost felt like I was having a "cocktail" at work. Everyone talked about what a great idea it was and how we all enjoyed it. This is for sure a "do again" next time.....I will get better pictures.

Baking a Cherpumple

A Cherpumple is a:

Cherry pie baked into a white cake
Apple pie baked into a spice cake
Pumpkin pie baked into a yellow cake.

First off let me say...this took about 6 hours of baking time. A very frustrating 6 six hours of  cooking time. The very top of the cake would not cook through. I think the pies in the middle were just too dense. Each cake took about 60 minutes to cook through. The sides getting very brown. You start by cooking all frozen pies according to package directions. I researched online before baking this monster. If I was ever to cook it again (which I highly doubt) I would cook all the pies the day before and let cool to room temperature.

I used 9" cake pans to bake them in. Cover the bottom of a heavily Pam sprayed pan with cake batter prepared according to the package directions (I always use milk when it calls for water...I think it is moister) place the cooked, cooled pie upside down in the cake pan on top of the cake batter. Cover the rest of the pie with cake batter. (you will have some cake batter left over...do not fill all the way tot he top..it will spill over while baking.) This begins the LONG cooking process. Each pie/cake took about an hour. When they were done baking. I let them sit for a while before taking them out of the pan. I read several people say that their fell apart while taking them out of the pan. I was pretty nervous about that. I put then right into the fridge. I wanted them to hold together and I figured if I could cool the centers off...they would hold together better. I assembled it about an hour before we ate it...once again worrying about it falling apart. I used a VERY sharp knife to slice it and the pieces turned out great. When you get to only having half of the cake left....it wants to fall over. I would say just slice the remaining slices.

Now for taste: I wasn't impressed. It was a whole lot of sweetness and denseness. I would not make it again. I might do a 2 layer cherry pie baked into a chocolate pie for my son when he returns from his Mission. I think even frosting it with chocolate frosting would it give a Black forest cake feeling. I think it was a challenge to try at least once!! I can cross it off my bucket list and look for the NEXT monster item to bake! 



Halloween Luncheon with my girlys

My Halloween Luncheon with my Young Women from church. I love these girls so much and wanted to serve them a fun 7 course lunch. I found cute skull charger plates at the dollar store. I pretty much had everything else. I made wiches brooms from brown lunch bags. I dry brushed then with a brown paint. I filled then with goodies, then I stuck a tree branch in the bag and tied it with Raffia. I then put their names on the bags for the place seating. i had cone shaped plastic bags left over from my Daughters wedding, so I filled them with Pop corn as a little extra. 

The Witches hats were Moon pies and a sugar cone rolled in chocolate.

First course was mini cheese balls with mini toasts, artichoke dip with chips and a marinara sauce with bone breadsticks.

The Candy Buffet or

The Candy Bar

 We ordered around 150 pounds of candy for 250 guests . The chocolate went first. I ordered extra M&Ms, they were the first to go. It was rather funny.....the ladies were serious about getting their candy...more so than the children. I ordered florist picks from online store. I made the candy labels from the labels we addressed the envelopes with. The banner we made from material in the scrapbook section. It read "Love is sweet" We also made 2 signs that read "Parents please accompany your children" for obvious reasons ;) The sucker stands my husband made out of extra closet rods we had left over from remodeling our closet. I left the Bride to be in charge of decorating the glass containers. We looked every where from Target, Home Goods, Ross, even the Thrift stores to find them.

 This is the Grooms Grandma getting a few more pieces at the end of the Reception.

The cousins and their suckers!

This is blurry but so worth posting! The little cousin of the Bride hiding under the candy table!