Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry Cake - May 2015

My nephew Monty was in town visiting us close to his birthday; so I made him this chocolate ganache and raspberry cake to celebrate.

More details coming soon... 😊

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Fondant Rose Cupcakes - March 2015

My mom asked me if I could make some fondant rose cupcakes for a party she was having for the ladies that attend her stamping/card making events each month.

I really loved the way the cupcakes turned out, and my mom and the other ladies loved them as well!

More pictures and details to come... :)

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Christmas Chocolate and Peppermint Mini Cupcakes - December 2014

Why did I make an army of mini cupcakes you ask?  Well... we gave some to my daughter Carissa's two teachers.  My husband took some to one of his clients at work and used some for part of his gift he was bringing for a gift exchange at work.  We gave our good friends a container of them, and a container of them went to a bake sale my son's band was having.  We kept the extra ones for us to enjoy at home and to share with family.  In total there were 114 mini cupcakes!

The next two pictures were taken before I put the leaves on the cupcakes with the red sixlets on them, but the first one shows the cute part of the white cupcake liners.  It gets hidden when you use them. 😕  These pictures also show the cupcakes with the white and green sixlets on them a little closer and better.  And of course you could choose not to put the leaves on and just leave it topped with the red sixlet.

I put the cupcakes in some plastic Christmas themed containers and attached little peppermint labels that I'd made to the lids.

Everyone loved the cupcakes!  Yay!  😄

More details coming soon... 😊

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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Cupcake - December 2014

I made these chocolate and peppermint holly berry cupcakes for my husband to give to his employees for a Christmas treat.  

All boxed and ready to go!

I had some batter left so I made some for us to have at home and share with family.  I used some poinsettia cupcake liners that my sister Valerie had bought me, and I played around with some different decorations for these.

More details to come... :)

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Coffee Sugar Cookies & Deconstructed Chocolate Chip Cookies - November 2014

I made these coffee sugar cookies and deconstructed chocolate chip cookies for the band members of Switchfoot and their crew as part of the Switchfoot Baking Club.  (I also made some cake balls, you can click here to see them.)

For the coffee sugar cookies I followed a recipe from I Am Baker; you can find it here.

I had made the deconstructed chocolate chip cookies a while back when we had some friends over for dinner.  For these cookies I followed the recipe on the back of the package of Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips, but I did not put the chocolate chips into the batter.  I baked the cookies and let them cool.  So, what happened to the chocolate chips you ask... I made ganache with them.  I used a 12 oz package of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 cup heavy whipping cream.  Then I dipped the tops of the cookies.  I've found it's best to dip the cookies right after the ganache is made because the longer it sits the thicker it gets and the harder it'll be to dip the cookies.

I originally had planned on using white food coloring (or white icing) to decorate the top of the ganache with some kind of Switchfoot themed artwork or words or something, but my old friend Time decided not to stick around long enough.  😉

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Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes - March 2014

These are chocolate raspberry cupcakes.  After I made the Switchfoot themed cupcakes (you can see the post here) I had extra chocolate ganache and raspberry sauce leftover.  So, a few days later I made another batch of chocolate cupcakes so my family and friends could have some to enjoy.

I made mini cupcakes and regular cupcakes.

More pictures and details to come... :)

[Right now I'm just trying to get everything on the blog, then I'll go back and fill in details; you can read a little longer explanation here if you want.  BUT if you have any questions in the meantime, in general or about these cupcakes, please feel free to email me by clinking on the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of the page and using the email address found there, and I will try to get back with you as soon as possible.  Or you can always ask questions or leave a comment about these cupcakes by clinking the comments link at the end of this post. :)] 

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