Zebra Cake!

Pin It Today I experimented with making a zebra cake. I took it one step further and topped the zebra cake with zebra fondant!

First step is to alternate chocolate and Vanilla batter as shown here:

Finished up alternating batters:

After being baked: (once it is cake sliced it resembles zebra stripes) I divided it up in half and filled with chocolate swiss meringue buttercream... yum!!

Decorated the cake with zebra cake with zebra fondant!:Finished Up with Pink Pearls!

Red Velvet Cupcakes - Quest for the Best

Pin It I made the Red Velvet Cupcakes the other day for the Lonely Hearts Dinner but to be honest I wasn't completely happy with the flavor or the color. So I was on a mission to make better ones. I have a recipe for Red Velvet Cake that is amazing but for some reason they pull away from the cupcake liners. Today I made 5 recipes and compared them.... and I found the best cupcake recipe after tweaking one of the recipes!

Red Velvets baking:

Cooling.....Side by Side Comparison: left is a butter recipe; Right is Vegetable Oil.... I prefer butter in taste.
4 Side By Side:
I like the bright red color rather than the dark red.

Red Velvet Cupcakes - The Lonely Hearts Club

Pin It I made Red Velvet cupcakes yesterday for a special get together for my roommate.Its called the Lonely Hearts Dinner -a group of fabulous single people who each host a dinner party at one of their houses every Monday night. This week it was my roommate's turn to have it at our place. I decided it would be a perfect time to make Red Velvet Cupcakes and decorate them special for the Lonely Hearts Club. My boyfriend and I left the apartment and went for dinner and a movie. I came back home to rave reviews about the cupcakes! Check them out!

Pin It Learned how to make two more Gum Paste flowers in class the other day. - I love both types of flowers so I was excited to replicate them in sugar form!! 1st is the Fuchsia Plant and second is a classic favorite: The Calla Lily :o)

World's Largest Cupcake

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/slideshow/food/20421465/detail.html

A 1,224 pound cupcake, a Guinness world record, was baked last week on August 14th.... back where I grew up in Michigan! Super Sweet! It took place at the Woodward Dream Cruise, which has been a Detroit tradition for many years.

Cookies N' Cream Cupcake Pops

Pin It Tried a Cookies N' Cream Cupcake... turned out deeelish!

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I went to my Fondant class on Monday and learned how to make gum paste flowers. Gum paste is similar to fondant but it has a tougher consistency and dries quicker. I made the gum paste actually from fondant by mixing 1 pound of fondant with 1 teaspoon of a product called super gum.

Personalized Cupcake Pops

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I had a Birthday party for a friend this weekend and spelled out Happy Birthday on the Cupcake Pops...

Vanilla Cupcake Pops

Pin It Made a new recipe today and it turned out fabulous: Check it out!

The President and Cupcakes

Pin It Even the President loves cupcakes!!
Check it out :o)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/08/04/obama_visits_white_house_press.html?wprss=44

Cupcakes for the Day

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Today I shipped off two dozen cupcakes for a Business Meeting. Nothing better to liven up a meeting than cupcakes!

Flavors: S'mores, Chocolate Peanut Butter and Chocolate and Vanilla.

Hope they like Chocolate!! - i do!

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So I made these really cute pink cupcakes last night! Check them out! They are Vanilla Bean with a Cream Cheese Frosting. I love the little cut outs and have been wanting to do them for a while. As you can see I love bright colors :o)

Busy Busy Busy!!

Pin It Check out a few things i have been working on :o)
Chocolate Variety Box (Coconut, Vanilla, and Peanut Butter Chocolate) in my new Cupcake Boxes! :

Cupcake Tower: YUMM!

 Vanilla Bean Cake with Vanilla Bean Swiss Meringue for a Birthday: