Basketball Cupcakes

This past weekend we made basketball cupcakes for a 12 year old's birthday. They were strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting. Super easy to make and turned our adorable!

 Basketball Cupcakes

Strawberry Surprise Inside 

Holy Hannah's Wishes Sam a Very Happy 12th Birthday!

Carrot Cupcakes

My coworker and friend Megan celebrated her birthday last week and in honor of her special day I made her favorite dessert. Carrot Cake! Only I made cupcakes instead because they are easier to distribute. I personally don't care much for carrot cake so I was a little nervous about making it. I wasn't sure of the exact size the carrots are suppose to be grated down to or what it was suppose to look like. My mother gave her blessing (except she wanted more frosting) the night before so it made me feel a little better about gifting these to Megan. From all the reviews (hopefully they were being honest) the cupcakes were a hit!

 Carrot Cupcakes

 The frosting was cream cheese with pecans mixed directly in it.

The birthday girl with her cupcake and balloons!

Notice the cupcake balloon - I couldn't pass that up!

Puppy Dogs

A coworker's wife received her white coat for Veterinary School. In honor of her huge accomplishment we made puppy dog cake pops. After all, she will be saving animal's lives!


These turned out to be really easy. Just a normal cake ball dipped in candy melt. A lifesaver for the collar. A chocolate sunflower seed for the nose. The ears were made out of candy melt that we formed using a plastic spoon. Assemble them all together and you are left with the cutest dog around!

Top View of the Puppies 

How could you resist this puppy face? 

Puppy Dogs 

My coworker is really going to impress his wife with these!

Cinnamon Roll Cookies

I branched out a bit this past weekend. I wanted to make something a little different and I came across a cinnamon roll cookie recipe. Emilee loves cinnamon rolls so I thought these would be right up her alley. They took some time, having to set in the freezer for a half hour and two different points in the process, but they turned out well.

They were quite delightful! And I'm impressed with my photography skills on these, aren't you??

Baby Shower

Our FAS (Favorite Auntie Shannon) requested some pops for a baby shower for her niece Heather. Heather is expecting a girl and we made some cake pops to resemble her nursery.

I have been having so much fun piping on cake pops recently. It's actually pretty easy and I think it's starting to help my cake decorating abilities. I also think the buttercream frosting on the cake pop tastes great too.

Bobbers

Our cousin Tammy requested another order of cake pops, this time for a retirement party. The lucky retiree is to retire to a lakeside cabin to spend his days sleeping in, relaxing and most importantly, fishing. We thought making some cake pops that looked like fishing bobbers seemed most appropriate.

They turned out adorable, however the drying/hardening time on these lasted a little longer than we would have liked. They took awhile but Tammy loved them and we're hoping they were a big hit!

Hoppy April

Or should I say Happy Birthday! Did you know today is this beautiful lady's birthday? No joke people. She turns the big 2-5 today. She is a wonderful older sister and our family wouldnt be the same with her (and her sharp tounge).

My Hot Sister and her BF

A new ROTM has been loaded. After a few requests I put up the recipe for the Snickerdoodle Muffins I made the other weekend.  I hope you all enjoy the recipe and if you are in MN the nice weather we are suppose to have tomorrow!