Easter Bunnies

This Easter, Chris invited a friend over, I had the pleasure of cooking dinner. I have been wanting to decorate for a while, so I made this little guys. They were actually pretty simple, and very cute!

Sailor hat cupcakes : )

Gum paste sailor hats

Don't they just look darling? I'm looking forward to being able to make these for one of the pot lucks that Chris' division throws.

Psst.. I have a secret. I applied to be on the show cupcake wars, thats why I made these cupcakes! : )

simply vanilla

Home-made hostess cupcakes

I found a recipe for cream filled cupcakes covered with ganache, and I just had to decorate them with the classic white swirl!

Just finished- frosting still warm

Ganache set- don't they look like the real thing?

Yes, they were just as good as they look!

Steps to cover a cake in fondant

Disclaimer: This is no tutorial.. Its not very detailed.

A few months ago, I was asked to help make a wedding cake! So I decided to practice covering a cake in fondant and take photo's along the way.

Two strawberry cakes stacked and leveled.

Filled and iced with buttercream frosting.

Covered in fondant and placed on a board.

Ta da!

Halloween cupcakes

Even though it was just my husband and I last halloween, I was dying to decorate some cupcakes, so I made these mean looking things:

 

 Boy did they take a long time... and they were almost too scary looking to eat!

Welcome Home Cake

At the end of last summer, my husband went on a two week trip out to sea before his ship went into dry dock, and I surprised him with this cake. It was my first attempt at covering a cake with fondant, and I think it ended up going pretty well. I used pre-made fondant, but I think I am going to make my own from now on because it was really hard to work with.

 White chocolate cake with white chocolate buttercream and raspberry filling.

Close up of the anchor- also made from fondant.

Easter Basket Cupcakes

Last Easter, I made these for a family get together:

Easter cupcakes!

Grass piped by hand- tried different techniques

fondant eggs

My first attempt at piping

I made these for a friends birthday- chocolate with chocolate chips and marshmallow frosting.

my first attempt at piping

Red velvet cake

This is a traditional red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting that I made for a going away party. I wish I had a picture of one of the slices; it was so gorgeous when it was cut open. My aunt taught my how to frost like this when I was really little, and I love the look of it! Simple yet elegant.

Little Hoot

It kills me that this picture is so bad! It was taken with my phone. I do believe I have real pictures, but they are on my desktop computer. Which is in storage back home in AZ. So just bare with me here... I promise these things were adorable in person!

Little Hoots, otherwise known as owls

These were made for a kindergarten class. My kindergarten class, to be exact. Well, not really. In high school, I took a class called 'Aspire to teach.' I had no intentions of being a teacher, but almost every morning we got to spend our first hour with a class at the elementary school, so I couldn't resist. My senior year I was with a kindergarten class and I loved them. At the end of the year, I had to do a final lesson, and I asked the teacher if I could bring goodies. She said yes, even though I'm sure she was thinking about the sugar rush in the back of her mind.

Anyway, I went to the library and found this book:

And then I made mini owl cupcakes for the students. They were so excited when they found out they were getting cupcakes, and then even more excited when they found out that they looked just like little hoot from the book!

Hello!

Hi there!
I thought I would share a little background on my first post here : )

My name is Ashley.
I'm 20 years old.
I am happily married to my U.S. Navy sailor.
We are stationed in San Diego, CA.
I love to bake and decorate.

Enough said? I guess not.

It might interesting to know how I got started.. In high school, I had a friend who made cupcakes for all of our special occasions. They were from a box mix, but she added a 'special ingredient' and lots of food coloring. They were extra gooey, extra sugary, and extra fun to eat. I never wanted to intrude on her cupcakes, that was her thing. So when I found out that she didn't have time to make cupcakes for one of our best friend's birthdays, I jumped right in. I wanted to make something original, and because of an inside joke that my friends and I shared, I made cupcakes that looked like corn on the cob. They were a huge hit, and from then on, my love for baking and decorating grew. Since then, I have taken every opportunity to bake for family, friends and my hubby's work events. And now I would love to share my work with you!