Happy Halloween Birthday!

A friend of mine asked me to make Halloween-themed cupcakes for her twins' birthdays. I had a lot of fun with these!

It's a big day...the KitchenAid kind

SO......I finally got a KitchenAid Mixer!!! And yes, it is pink. I broke my mom's mixer on some cream cheese frosting, so I decided it was time to take the plunge-and it was/is totally worth it!



I decided to break in the mixer with a batch of mini banana cupcakes and cream cheese frosting. yum yum!



how cute are these liners!?





A special shout out to Caleb Jackson for working with the look of my blog. He's an amazing artist! Check him out at http://mrcjdesigns.blogspot.com/

Hope you have a special KitchenAid kind of day!

Strawberry Sensations

I made strawberry cupcakes with fresh strawberries and vanilla icing, along with strawberry covered chocolate cupcakes. These were for another friend at work and her daughter's 16th birthday. I love how they turned out!

Both batters pre oven





They were very PINK



cute Cute CUTE!

Holy Cupcakes, Batman!

I made these chocolate and white cupcakes with vanilla icing for a friend at work. Her little boy's birthday was a batman theme, and he shared these cupcakes with his schoolmates. I think they're pretty cute.

Strawberry Covered Chocolates

Chocolate cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese frosting-a definite new favorite icing. I made it with real strawberries. Amazing!

The batter



Pre oven



Post oven



YUM



The final product! Everyone at work raved about these.

Surprise Cookie Cupcakes

I don't know what to think about these cupcakes. You make chocolate chip cookie dough to roll into a small ball. You freeze the chocolate chip cookie balls for at least 2 hours and then drop them into the cupcake batter. When you bite into them there's a cookie surprise! I frosted with both chocolate and vanilla. I'm still not sure which one went best. It was a fun experiment nonetheless.

I may or may not have eaten quite a few of these



Pre cookie dough drop



Pre oven





Post oven



See the cookie? My boss and her husband tried them out for me.

Razzberry Yocakes

These cupcakes were an experiment. I found a cupcake recipe in a book my sister got me for Christmas and added my own twist....raspberry yogurt. They were light, fluffy and YUMMY! Topped with a favorite vanilla icing recipe. Perfection!

The batter had an interesting texture to it...



Pre oven



Post oven



Close up. Aren't they cute!?



My first victim :) Thanks Mary!



With SPRINKLES!





My honey is always so sweet to eat my cupcakes.




The sprinkle aftermath