Princess and the Frog Cupcakes

These cupcakes are inspired by Disney’s The Princess and The Frog.
My sister and I made these for a little girl’s birthday. Her mom was our first client outside of our family. She had ordered Batman cupcakes for her son’s birthday, so it isn very flattering that she requested for us to make something again.
She gave us the freedom to decorate with a lot of green for her theme as long as we stuck to certain flavors. She was blown away by our designs since she expected green liners and a a swirl of frosting with a Princess Tiana toothpick. She was glad her daughter would stand out as well because she was dressed as Princess Tiana.
The frogs were really easy. We cut a marshmallow in half and added black piping gel to dot the eyes and add a smile. The frogs were the main source of green for this theme.
The lily pads are made out of fondant. The flowers are made out of a flower mold press. The green pad was molded with the clean bottom of a soda can. It was then rounded out and a triangle slice was cut out. Some detail was added using a toothpick.
While we had green, we had to add some pink for a girl’s birthday party! The yellow crowns are meant to look like the crown Tiana has at the beginning of the movie. These were also rolled out of fondant and cut out. My sister did an amazing job with all the fondant work right?
These looked great alternating on a cupcake rack. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of that, but you get the idea from the first photo.
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We will be doing another order for a good bye party scheduled on Monday so I will share pictures as soon as I can!

Cupcakes for a Posada: Winter White Wreath and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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

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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Fall Leaves and Acorns Wreath Cupcakes

I thought I’d share some photos of a wreath made of cupcakes my sister and I made over the Thanksgiving weekend. 
The leaves are made out of green milk chocolate and butterscotch chips melted and painted on the back of clean maple leaves for the detail. Some fell apart because they were painted on too thin, but I think it helped make them look more realistic like crunchy stepped on leaves.
The acorns are made of caramel squares heated up in the microwave and rounded out by hand. They are then dipped in melted chocolate and then chocolate sprinkles.
This idea was taken from the Hello, Cupcake book. There are so many ideas to try from it still and I cannot wait to share more for the holidays!
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Thanksgiving “Stuffed Turkey” Cupcakes

In honor of the upcoming holiday, I wanted to share some cupcakes my sister and I made last Thanksgiving. They are “stuffed turkeys”, and we took this idea from the What’s New, Cupcake? book. We improvised the large turkey using a large Wilton cupcake pan and followed as much of the instructions that applied.
The basic ingredients are soft caramels, wheat sticks, corn flakes, green food coloring, and green sprinkles. The mound is frosting, but we used large marshmallows cut in half at an angle to stay up. The large cupcake did not need any assistance staying up.
I am not sure what we plan on doing this year, but I know we plan on doing something great for Christmas! I love how the holidays require a lot of baking and I will have time off work to dedicate to this. Let me know what you are baking this year for the holidays.

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School of Fish and Birthday Cake Cupcakes

 

Minnows for the last day of one of my coworkers with the last name Nimmo. She loved them!

Birthday Cake made out of 34 cupcakes! I made these for our administrative teams monthly meeting and to celebrate the birthdays from the 2nd quarter.

Two projects in one night! I cannot believe it! I am very proud of myself and think both creations came out great. Simple vanilla cake and buttercream, but I went all out with the decorations. They were a huge hit at work too!

The cupcake inspiration came from the Hello Cupcake and What’s New, Cupcake books. They’ve definitely provided me with a ton of inspiration and have made decorating really easy.

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