I made these adorable cupcakes for a Christmas party. They each have a half ball of cake attached to the top of each cupcake. The cake was frosted in chocolate buttercream and then covered in a circle of fondant. Fondant ornament “hangers” were handmade, painted in gold and silver, and attached to the top of each cupcake.

This small two tier square cake was adorned with handmade gumpaste green cymbidium orchids to match the bride’s bouquet.

The cake was also accompanied by a cupcake tower with 200 cupcakes in 3 different flavors.

The cupcakes for this tower were baked in silver and navy cupcake papers to match the wedding colors. The top tier was covered in navy fondant and decorated with a silver monogram and two purple alstroemeria flowers.

This elaborate cupcake “buffet” display was created for a vineyard themed wedding. There were four different cupcake flavors, each baked in a different color paper and topped with a vineyard themed topper (wine bottles, wine glasses, and grapes). They were displayed on a custom decorated tower that was topped with a small tier adorned with vines and grapes.

These adorable cupcakes were for a “Something Blue” bridal shower. The sister of the bride asked me to make a cake that looked like a Tiffany box along with some matching Tiffany cupcakes. I also topped some of the cupcakes with Tiffany blue colored buttercream roses.

This cupcake tower was custom decorated to match the wedding colors of yellow and gray. There were two flavors of cupcakes, key lime pie and pina colada, baked in yellow and gray papers. Each was topped with either a sea shell or star fish. The top tier was covered in ivory fondant and decorated with brown sugar to look like sand.

These cupcakes were for a Dr. Seuss themed first birthday party. The mom asked me to make the cupcakes look like Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat. Originally she wanted blue cotton candy on the cupcakes as the hair, but after trying that out I realized that cotton candy dissolves very quickly from the moisture in the buttercream. Instead I came up with this cute design piped onto the cupcakes in buttercream.

I also made the birthday boy a personal “smash” cake made to look like the top hat from the Cat in the Hat.

Key Lime Pie Cupcakes

These cupcakes are a little homage to my sister. She gave up the cold north a few years ago and now resides in Key West, FL where Key lime pie was invented in the late 1800′s. The pie is made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a graham cracker crust. The dish is named after the small key limes that are found throughout the Florida Keys. These cupcakes have a graham cracker crust, just like the pie. The cake itself is made with natural key lime extract. For a little twist I topped them with a natural coconut buttercream that pairs excellently with the lime. One bite and you will feel like you have been transported to the tropical Florida keys.

Mexican Coffee Cupcakes

These cupcakes were inspired by a traditional Mexican coffee drink called Cafe de Olla. It is a spiced coffee drink, usually with cinnamon, that is made in an Olla (unglazed ceramic pot). There are many variations of the Cafe de Olla recipe to be found. Some use spices like clove or anise, and some also add chocolate. My cake has a coffee base, with cinnamon and chocolate swirled together into one delicious cupcake. Topped with a chocolate buttercream, it is a unique combination of flavors that you won’t want to miss.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

There are many theories about the origin of Red Velvet cake. Some say it originated in the South, others say the North. There is one legend that a recipe began circulating around the United States in the 1920s for a cake that supposedly was served in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Whatever it’s origins it is a very unique cake. It has a very mild chocolate flavor due to the addition of a little cocoa powder. Buttermilk gives the cake a moist and tender texture. The color usually comes from red food coloring, but some recipes will use beet juice in its place. These Red Velvet cupcakes are soft and moist and have been topped with a traditional cream cheese frosting.

This GIANT cupcake was for a cupcake themed first birthday party. The main cake was really like a three tiered cake all in one. It stood over a foot tall before the fondant “1″ was added to the top. The cake was decorated to match the cupcake that was on the party invitations.

I also made a miniature version of the giant cupcake for the birthday girl. This is often referred to as a smash cake, because well…it get’s smashed. The smash cake was about 6 inches tall. To give you a better idea of the scale of these cakes the tiny looking cupcake in the picture is what a normal size cupcake looks like.

These cupcakes were made for a little boy’s third birthday. He is a very smart little boy who LOVES the planets of our solar system. I made three platters of vanilla cupcakes baked in black cupcake papers, topped with a dark blue buttercream. Each platter contained all the planets of our solar system, as well as some comets, and fondant stars. The planets were all hand made out of fondant and put onto lolly-pop sticks so they could be cupcake toppers. I studied picture of the planets to try and get the colors to match as best as possible. I knew they were a hit when I arrived because the birthday boy’s eyes lit up as soon as he saw them.