End of the School Year Thank You Cupcakes - June 2013

Since it was my son, Caleb's, last year at the elementary school I made these cupcakes as a thank you for the staff and teachers that had been part of his elementary years.

 

For these cupcakes I started out baking chocolate cupcakes and letting them cool completely.  I wanted the cupcakes to have a nice round dome shape to them, so I was happy that they cooperated and turned out that way.  :)

 

I made all my red and blue fondant flowers and let them dry.  I decided to dip the tops of these cupcakes in chocolate instead of icing them.  I wanted that smooth shiny look to them (and I could try out my new white food coloring again :) ).  So, I needed everything that I was going to top them with to be ready. 

 

I used chocolate almond bark as my cupcake topping.  I melted the almond bark according to the package directions in a small bowl that was deep enough to dip the cupcake tops without touching the bottom.  I dipped the cupcake tops in the chocolate and then placed my flowers and pearl sprinkles before the chocolate hardened.  Once they were all dipped and hardened I used white gel food coloring to paint 'Thanks!' on the cupcakes.

 

I was really pleased with how these cupcakes turned out.   I thought they looked pretty classy.  :)

 

This is a cupcake that I made for my daughter, Carissa, to give to her GT teacher.  I ran out of little red flowers.

 

 

This is what the cupcakes looked like without writing on them.

 

The cupcakes below are the extra ones that I decorated for my family to enjoy.

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Mickey Mouse Ears Teacher Appreciation Cake - June 2013

I made this Mickey Mouse themed cake for my son, Caleb's, 5th grade teacher.  Our family had taken a trip to Disney World during the year and his teacher had shared with us how much she loved Disney World.  Later she told us that after she found out we were going she talked to her husband and they were going to go on a trip to Disney World in the summer.  :)  So, I thought this would be a special cake for her from us.  [She LOVED the cake!  :) ]

 

This is a picture of how the cake looked before the words were on it.

At first I put a tail on the back of the cake, but ultimately I decided to not use it.  I didn't end up liking the way it looked from the front with the tail.  These two pictures are of different views when the tail was still on the cake.

More 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 this cake, please feel free to email me by clicking 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 this cake by clicking the comments link at the end of this post. :)]

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