Monster Cupcakes

Made Monster cupcakes for a good friends' birthday! They turned out absolutely hysterical and were actually quite easy to make. Sour apple rings and dum dum's for the eyes, cream cheese frosting for the spikey monster fur, what could be better? My friend loved the cupcakes and so did everyone at the party. The carrot cake cupcakes turned out delicious, with an extra mini cupcake hidden under all the fur...

peek-a-boo I see you.

Homemade Vanilla Frosting...The Devil

People may not agree with me but I am not a fan of homemade vanilla frosting. Most buttercream frostings do not live up to my standards of delightfulness. They are either too sweet or too buttery with a mushy consistency. When I try to pipe the frosting on cupcakes it comes out runny and blaaaah, not keeping the form as I would like. Thus for me the consistency and flavor really stink. So I think ah man should I just buy store bought frosting...but I cannot do it. It doesn't seem right to slave in the kitchen making baked goods and then buy store bought frosting; that is a complete and utter failure in my book, and failure is not an option...And as a result I am on a quest. A. for a vanilla frosting that tastes great and B. for one that has a thicker consistency.


P.S. I think that there is some conspiracy theory behind vanilla buttercream frosting..I have searched and tested several frostings that get rave reviews, with "yummy this" and "great frosting" that, but they have all been sub par in my book.

Happy Halloween Mr. Skeleton

Made this googly eyed skeleton for a Halloween potluck party. They are chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting. The frosting was dipped in chocolate cookie crumbs and topped with white chocolate bones...ahhhh soo scary! We had a blast making this, and it was a good kick start to the holiday season...So many fun, creative things we get to make!