Pink and Green Birthday Minis

These are the super cute mini cupcakes I recently made for a 1st birthday party, with 4 different flavors: red velvet, caramel mocha, white chocolate raspberry, and madagascar bourbon vanilla. The mom added the pretty "M" toppers (for Madeline) that she crafted together, which she did a really good job, and made these babies even more irresistible! :)

Photos by Robbie Soriano

Transformers Birthday Cupcakes

So I get a call from my sister asking me if I could make some Transformers cupcakes for her son's birthday party...and he wants Bumble Bee design. The birthday party was going to be in three days, so I didn't have a lot of time for preparation. I figured, the quickest way to have these cupcakes ready, and look fun and creative at the same was this:

The cupcake toppers I have on here are edible images of Bumble Bee on fondant. This was done by copying the images on edible paper at my local cake supply store (A & J, in Glendora). Once I got that done, I cut it out into the shape of the image and peeled off the back lining of the edible paper. I lightly moistened it with water and stuck it onto the fondant, and... voila! You have some eye-catching cupcakes the kids loved! :)

My nephew LOVES Bumble Bee from Transformers, and when he saw these, he was just amazed! The look on his face was unforgettable!

Sports Theme Birthday Cupcakes

This week my nephew turned 2 years old! He had a sports theme birthday party. So, I made these cupcakes with footballs, baseballs, and basketballs made out of fondant. These are red velvet cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes with whipped ganache. I love making ganache, so I thought I'd share the simple recipe for you below. I also made some caramel mocha cupcakes, which ended up to be my nephew's favorite of all.  Happy birthday Joziah!

Ganache frosting:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate (you could also use dark, bittersweet, or mildlysweet)
1 cup heavy whipping cream

In a double boiler melt chocolate with cream. Cool, and then whip with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. And, that's it! Enjoy :)

Ladybug Birthday Cupcake Favors

These cupcakes were the favors I recently made for a birthday party. They are cute little pink ladybugs on leaves. I enjoyed making them so much!  The mom wanted them for her 1 year old daughter's baptism/birthday party. She asked me to used these cute favor boxes that she had ordered from papermart.com. The flavor of the cupcake is red velvet with cream cheese buttercream frosting and the photo above it are madagascar bourbon vanilla cupcakes with a madagascar bourbon vanilla bean buttercream--very yummy! :)

Princess Cupcakes

These are princess themed birthday cupcakes; chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with pink and purple vanilla buttercream frostings.