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A cupcake cake for a princess' fifth birthday. Decorations modeled after party supplies (shown in additional photo). Cupcakes are strawberry with raspberry buttercream icing. (I wasn't sure if the flavors would go well together, but they complemented each other very nicely.) Decorations are all buttercream fondant.
Pirate-themed cupcakes for a pirate treasure hunt birthday party. Cupcakes are dark chocolate with caramel filling and blue buttercream icing. Flag, map, sword, chest, and hats are vanilla and chocolate buttercream fondant. Silver and gold accents are painted with pearl dust. Map accents are painted with food coloring and drawn with a food-safe black marker. Coins are molded white chocolate sprayed with edible gold paint, and jewels are molded orange hard candy.
Cupcakes created for a 50th anniversary celebration. Cupcakes are lemon poundcake with lemon cream cheese icing. The number "50" decorations are white chocolate sprayed with edible gold paint. The ribbon roses are buttercream fondant sprayed with edible gold paint, and the leaves are green buttercream fondant.
Cupcakes created for a rock star themed party. Cupcakes are chocolate with marshmallow cream filling with buttercream icing. All decorations are fondant dusted lightly with white pearl dust for shimmer. (The microphone head is painted with silver pearl dust, and the cord is black chocolate fudge icing.)
Teddy bear cupcakes created for a birthday party held at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Cupcakes are chocolate with caramel filling. Icing is chocolate fudge and chocolate buttercream. Bear eyes and nose are made of black fondant. A candy wafer was used for each bear ear (peanut butter for the dark chocolate and vanilla for the light chocolate).
Cowgirl hat themed cupcakes made for two little girls' birthday pony party. Red velvet cupcakes with buttercream icing. Decorations are fondant.
Devi's food cupcakes with chocolate fudge icing. Princess crowns are colored chocolate made with Wilton candy molds.
This cupcake cake was made for a Jessie & Bullseye themed pony party. Cupcakes are red velvet with cream cheese/sugar/whipped cream filling and with buttercream icing. Picture and wording created using frozen buttercream transfer technique. (I'm still working on perfecting the technique of blending the transfer edges smoothly into the icing surface.)
This cake was made for a pony party. The cake is red velvet with a cream cheese/sugar/whipped cream filling. The cake is iced in cream cheese icing with buttercream icing decorations. The pony and number "1" are fondant.
Simple but tasty! Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing and molded candy hearts.
I made these cupcakes for a beach-themed birthday party. The cupcakes are devil's food with caramel filling. The icing is cream cheese with crumbled sugar cookies to give the appearance of sand. The umbrellas are melted white chocolate candy (dyed yellow). The flower, sandals, and beach ball are fondant. The coordinating cupcakes are the same with molded white chocolate candy shells and starfish (or sea stars as they are now called).
I made this zebra cake for a special little girl's third birthday party at the zoo. It's my first fondant-covered cake and my first fondant bow. I had a great time, so I'm sure I'll be using those techniques again in the future. (As I learned, using matching icing to "glue" the bow together is a must.) Cake is white/chocolate "zebra" marble with strawberry filling covered in fondant. Zebra stripes, message banner, and pink decorations are also fondant. Coordinating cupcakes are devil's food with buttercream icing. Thanks to all the zebra/bow cakes on CC for the inspiration!
Princess tiara cake with coordinating cupcakes for a princess-themed party. Cupcakes are chocolate with Milky Way center and chocolate buttercream icing. Cake is strawberry with buttercream icing. All decorations are molded candy.
This cake was for a make-up themed party where all the girls got make-overs. The cupcakes are chocolate with caramel filling and strawberry. The icing is buttercream, and all make-up pieces are fondant. Thanks to Granpam for the inspiration.
Horse cupcake cake for a pony party. (I had to "girly" it up a little, so I added a flower border.) Horse image created via buttercream transfer. Icing is buttercream. Cupcakes are chocolate with caramel filling (blue liners) and strawberry (red liners). Complementary cupcakes have chocolate and dark chocolate icing.
Buttercream icing with fondant accessories (brushed with pearl dust). Tinkerbell cake face created via buttercream transfer process. Cakes are chocolate with raspberry jam filling (and raspberry buttercream), strawberry with strawberry jam filling, and yellow cake with buttercream filling.
Dora the Explorer and Boots cupcake cake. Devil's food cupcakes with Milky Way filling and whipped buttercream icing. Dora, Boots, and hearts created as a frozen buttercream transfer (my first attempt at this technique).
Princess tiara cupcakes made for princess tea party. Tiara made with white and pink melted candy, covered in white pearl dust. Devil's food cupcake with raspberry jam filling and raspberry buttercream frosting. Many thanks to Beezaly for the idea and to Dennysse for the template!
Butterfly cupcake cake for summer-themed birthday party. Butterflies made following "Hello Cupcake!" book. Cupcakes are lavender and Devil's food with vanilla whipped icing.
12" football cake made for a Superbowl party. Cake is marble with chocolate buttercream and buttercream icing.
Horse cupcakes for a pony-themed birthday party. Cupcakes are strawberry and Devil's food with buttercream icing. Horses are fondant with buttercream eyes, manes, and tails. I used ready-made frosting from a tube for flowers (for convenience), but I don't recommend that...they don't like to stick to the buttercream grass. I put an layer of icing on the cupcake before piping grass because the grass doesn't provide enough icing. Thanks to bjfranco for the idea!
Simple seashell cupcakes made to complement Little Mermaid cake/theme. Marbled seashells made using Wilton candy mold, strawberry and Devil's Food cupcakes with buttercream icing (star tip). (See other photos for complementary cakes.)
Little Mermaid scene cake - strawberry and Devil's Food cupcakes with buttercream icing, Little Mermaid figures from the Disney Store. (See other photos for complementary cakes.)
To make this cake, I followed the instructions that come with the Wilton Wonder Mold cake pan. Differences: used a Pampered Chef Batter Bowl to bake the cake (makes it taller), used one size larger tip to pipe the tail, made candy seashells using Wilton candy mold. I also baked another 6" layer cake and stacked the dome-shaped cake on top of it. It gave it height that looked proportionate for the size of the doll's body. (This would work well for making a dress cake as well.) Marble cake with fudge icing between layers, buttercream icing outside. (See other picture for complementary cakes for same party.)
Cookie Monster shaped cupcake cake. Buttercream icing (piped with star tip to look like fur) and strawberry cake. Simple, but the kids loved it! (I liked it much better before I added the corners of the mouth, but with black icing, there are some things you can't undo.!)
Elmo-shaped cupcake cake. Buttercream icing (piped with star tip to look like fur) and Devil's Food cake. Simple, but the kids loved it!
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