Ok, so, it was a busy summer. But not in the cupcake department, as you can probably tell by my, ahem, lack of posts! So before September comes to an end I will update you on a couple Birthday events I have been lucky enough to create yummy confections for ;)
A cowboy themed party had me saddling up to my handy dandy Martha mixer to make some scrumptious carrot cakes and chocolate cakes for a little guy who was turning 1!
This month a sweet little girl who turned 2 had a lovely Indian "themed-ish" party in that the appetizers (samosas!) and drinks (mango lassis!) were super duper delicious :) To accompany such yummy treats I baked up some mango cupcakes and salted caramel cupcakes. The mango cupcakes were a lot of fun to make; I made a simple vanilla cake and then filled each cake with a ginger mango preserve. I topped these cakes off with a lightly spiced buttercream. For the salted caramel I made a vanilla cake with a hint of butterscotch and brown butter. The frosting was a lightly caramelized buttercream and then the fun part - drizzling the cakes with a rich caramel and sprinkling with a pinch of fleur de sel. The panda bear is just because this little girl loves her animals, especially panda bears ;)
Oh, and the bottom image? is one from Judah's 2nd Birthday in April (refer to earlier post). I failed to add this photo which shows the cookie dough center of cookie monster's cupcake!
