Boredom Brownies

Nothing fancy, just a cake-like brownie with vanilla glaze and sprinkles...i have nanner bread in the oven as well

Happy Birthday Taylor!

For her party, I made oreo cupcakes and vanilla/vanilla bean...hope everyone enjoyed!

Hurricane Relief Kit

Aside from batteries, candles and bottled water, we also have cupcakes...

Banana with a honey-cinnamon buttercream!

Happy Faux Birthday, Sofia!

Since my little one's birthday falls on September 1st, she'll probably never be able to celebrate with her class.  This week is her last week of pre-k so I asked the teacher to celebrate with Sofia and her classmates tomorrow.  As usual, Sofie wanted vanilla/vanilla, so here they are dolled up with sugar and princess crowns.

Before crowns

After crowns

Vanilla with Vanilla Bean Buttercream

nothing new, made these by request...vanilla cake with a vanilla bean icing...i love these teeny tiny colored balls

i'm still not happy with how things have been turning out lately, maybe i need a baking break

Vanilla Buttermilk with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Not much to say, I think these were a flop as well...I'm giving up on cream cheese frosting :(

These are the "I Hate the Heat, Kill Me Now" Cupcakes

I knew things were not going to go right tonight, especially after I saw I was out of liners and had to use these fancy ones that were a tad too big for my pan.  Oh, and then I thought I ran out of sugar so I had to start preparing a Swiss Meringue Buttercream instead of regular, Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream.

Strike 1 - The one bowl dark chocolate cake mixed well but did not bake evenly.  After after a few additional minutes they just looked blah, not to mention the liners puckered.

Strike 2 - Swiss Meringue Buttercream never peaks, I tried chilling it but it never thickened up.  Never even got to the step of adding strawberry. That was the last of the bulk of my butter so I had to put on my thinking cap.  A ganache would not have been the correct resolution because some family members hate it and well, I'm not eating 2 dozen cupcakes.

Strike 3 - Decided on a Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting using the strawberry puree I made earlier.  Things looked pretty good until I started to pipe and the hell pit that is my kitchen starting melting everything.  I was so aggravated at this point, I just slopped it on, adding some sugar and called it a night.

Finished Product - Dark Chocolate Cupcake with a Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

I would flunk the presentation portion of Cupcake Wars today :(