Rubber Ducky CupCakes

Once again the heat and humidity worked against me in the kitchen. The paper liners on the cupcakes were peeling off again!!! ehh, lol and the donut holes used for the duck heads were way to big and the ducks were tipping over! lol But it was fun and the kids loved them. Oh well next time they will be perfect! This idea was from the book 'whats new cupcake?' They were made with Lemon Cake, butter cream icing, m&ms, orange tootsie rolls, large marshmallows, and donut holes.

Practice Cupcake Bouquet

A few weeks ago I tried for the first time to make a cupcake bouquet and to be honest I'm not to thrilled with the end result but practice makes perfect. So many things went wrong with this one... ehh... lets see. The cup cakes were falling out of they re paper liners because of the heat in the house. My rose tip was to large and was putting to much frosting on the cupcakes so they were to heavy to place all around the ball, I ended up using a smaller tip but not a rose tip. If you look at the picture on the top you can see a few cup cakes that were done with the rose tip and they look beautiful but then you can see the other cupcakes that were used with the other tip and they all just look like a swirly mess! Even the colors are all wrong! They look alright, but no where as good as I would like them to look. But I will have to try again and find a smaller rose tip. This was made with Mini Lemon cupcakes and white butter cream icing.

Popcorn Cupcakes!

I got the inspiration for these cup cakes from my brothers wedding shower, they had a 'movie night' themed wedding shower. The popcorn container from the shower just inspired me! It was like a little light went off in my head and I knew this had to try it! They are mini vanilla cup cakes with vanilla icing. Topped with white and yellow marshmallows. I personally think they turned out great!

The Plan

I've decided that I'm ready to start working towards my goals. I plan to some day own my own bakery! Since this will obviously take an enormous amount of time and energy to achieve I figure now would be the best time to start! Just thinking about everything little detail makes me nervous. Its going to take allot of work, but if its what I really want that it should all be worth it...right? So now I'm currently working on recipes and techniques, while also trying to build a website. "baby steps".