Carrot Cupcakes with Mandarin Cream Cheese Frosting

Hello Spring!

Cake Decorating

This semester I've been taking a cake decorating class. I like the class but it's really been testing my patience! The importance of fines details makes everything take so long!

I killed two birds with one stone while making this cake! My cake decorating class called for "an adult birthday cake" while my color and design professor said design a cake with complimentary colors (green, orange and violet are a triad on the color wheel)! This was definitely great practice, baking a cake from scratch and decorating it! I used a recipe from my Chef Instructor, Apple Sauce Cake with Cream Cheese frosting. Super tasty and moist, my class loved it! [I'll post the recipe when I stop being lazy]

In two weeks I have my final cake due! The assignment is to use four techniques we've learned in class which leaves lots of room to be creative. I already have my design figured out! It's uhh... I think I'm going to leave you guys hanging! I promise in a few weeks I'll have it posted (;

Birthday Cupcakes

It was my niece Ruthie's 5th birthday last weekend! Her favorite color is purple, so purple cupcakes were a must!

I used the red velvet recipe from Food Network's Throw Down with Bobby Flay (again) and switched red for purple food coloring. Super Yummy!

love is in the air

 

Perfect time of year to make a batch of Red Velvet Cupcakes!  I used a recipe courtesy of the Food Network Show: Throwdown with Bobby Flay. They turned out awesome!

  

Its so much fun to make your own Valentines. I sewed felt hearts and filled them with dried lavender.

 

Passed a sweet window display at Tiffany and Co. in Carmel last week...

 

Recently went back to the tree my Valentine craved our initials into...

Happy Valentines Day!