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Mickey and Minnie Mouse Cupcakes

Posted on February 25, 2013by Brandy Saldana

Here are the cupcakes I made for a 2 year old’s 2nd Birthday Party. The theme was Mickey and Minnie Mouse. I got the idea from Pinterest to make the head and ears out of Oreos.
Mickey was pretty simple. I used a red liner and baked 12 chocolate cupcakes. I didn’t have the right size of a yellow candy to add to the front of each liner to look like his buttons. They would have fallen off with the trip too. I baked vanilla cupcakes in white liners and placed them in red polka dot liners for Minnie and the layered liners looked like a petticoat under her dress. For the bow, I drew a template on a sheet of paper and placed waxed paper over it and traced it over with melted red chocolate. I then piped some white frosting all over the bow to look like polka dots.
When I delivered them, the birthday girl was really happy with them. She didn’t want to leave the table! It is the best feeling to see the cupcakes I work on make kids gaze in wonder and amazement. So glad that I am finally getting some side projects for my cupcake business.
I spent all day Saturday making these and today I did nothing. Although I wish I had an extra day off for the weekend to clean more, I am excited to go back to work and spend more time in my new workstation!
Hope you all had a great weekend and thanks for reading!

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Valentine’s Day Sweets

Posted on February 15, 2013by Brandy Saldana

Happy Valentine’s Day! I made these treats for my coworkers and they turned out really cute!

I made classic chocolate cupcakes and topped them off with a chocolate ganache frosting with raspberry liqueur flavoring. I then melted red chocolate chips into a heart shape mold for the topping and added red sprinkles.

The rest were white chocolate cupcakes with simple vanilla frosting. I tinted some a light mint thanks to the inspiration of the paper liner. I melted pink chocolate into the same mold I used for the red hearts and added it for garnish.

Both cakes were really decadent. The chocolate raspberry ganache reminded people of truffles, exactly what I was aiming for. I chose the chocolate theme to remind people of a box of chocolates. Next year I might go further with that theme and place some mini cupcakes in brown liners inside a heart shaped box and decorate them like chocolates. As you can see there were a bunch of sweets at the office today and our conference room smelled really, really good!

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My First Year

Posted on February 8, 2013by Brandy Saldana

One year ago today, I uploaded my first post. To celebrate, here is a recap of all my favorite outfits from my first year of blogging and photos of the most creative cupcakes I have made.

When I reflect on my first year of blogging, I am surprised how much I and my blog have changed in just one year. I went from no-bangs to bangs, casual part-timer to full-time working girl, and changed the blog title from “What to Wear with Pandy” to “Will Bake for Shoes”. I’ve met some great people, attended shopping/fashion events, purchased my own domain name and started taking cupcake orders for clients on the side.
I’ve learned a lot, had my breakdowns due to frustration with HTML or my photographer, and days where I was not dressed my best. I’ve learned a lot about myself was I refine my personal style, and pushing the envelope when it comes to being creative by taking risks. I have also learned how important it is to communicate with your partner/photographer and to be patient. I would like to thank my photographers: my sister Nicole, friends Jessica, Jason, Bernadette, Vivian and most importantly, my boyfriend Armando. I appreciate all of these people’s patience and for their help with this blog.
Most importantly I am grateful. Grateful that I have had you, reader, as someone who supports my love of decorating cupcakes and checking in on what I am wearing everyday. I am thankful you are a follower, regardless of how long you’ve been part of my blog, and I hope, like me, you are excited to see the what comes with year two!
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Pastel Birthday Cupcakes

Posted on January 24, 2013by Brandy Saldana

Here are the cupcakes I made for the birthday party on Sunday!
I was asked to bake 3 dozen cupcakes: 12 caramel apple with vanilla frosting, 12 red velvet with cream cheese, and 12 strawberry with vanilla frosting. I was told to work with pastel colors and/or polka dots. I tinted frosting in pastel colors and used circle sprinkles (along with pastel “jimmy” sprinkles) for a simple decoration.
I had a lot of fun tinting the frosting. I think the lavender looks especially good on the red velvet cupcake. I am also really proud of the mint colored frosting. Everyone at the party loved the cupcakes and I was glad that my client said she got exactly what she wanted.
What do you think of the colors? Don’t they make you wish spring was here already?
Don’t forget to check out my other cupcake creations under the Pandycakes page. You’ll be glad you did!=D
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Cupcakes for a Posada: Winter White Wreath and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Posted on December 25, 2012by Brandy Saldana

This year my parents decided to host a Posada at our house. A Posada is a “Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.” We were essentially the house of lodging where all the food, drinks, and pinatas were for the night.
In honor of the festivities, my mom asked my sister and I to make some holiday themed cupcakes. We made a wreath with white chocolate leaves and some reindeer cupcakes. It took up almost our entire Saturday preparing them for the festivities in the evening. They were a big hit at the party and were gone almost right away. What do you think of our holiday themed cupcakes?

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Christmas Inspired Cupcakes

Posted on December 14, 2012by Brandy Saldana

Just a little Christmas baking inspiration inspired by cupcakes made last year.
My sister and I made the wreaths together for our family. The white chocolate leaves were melted and painted on the back of a clean lemon leaf. We peeled off the dry chocolate and placed on top of devils food cake with homemade peppermint frosting. We added the red M&M’s and bows for garnish. The smaller wreath has a lot more detail than the larger one.
The Christmas tree was made for a holiday party I hosted at my apartment 2 years ago. It is actually very simple and can be pulled off as long as you have a cupcake stand that holds 12-24 cupcakes. Green Wilton Chocolate Chips are melted and drizzled onto wax paper in zig-zags and refrigerated. Add green frosting to cupcakes along with red M&M’s and white sprinkles and you have a centerpiece-worthy dessert! The topper was made free-hand with melted red chocolate chips.
The white Christmas wreath comes from the Hello, Cupcake! book, and the Christmas tree comes from the sequel What’s New, Cupcake?
Hope this gives you some inspiration to bake something wonderful for a upcoming party or family gathering.
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