It's A Hoot!

An Army of Owls

These cupcakes were made for an owl themed baby shower.  The owls on the left are chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, topped with double stuffed Oreos, and Junior Mints for the pupils.  The owls on the right are pineapple cake topped with vanilla frosting, coconut, mini chocolate chips, chocolate wafers for the wings, and M&Ms inside Life Savor Gummies for the eyes.

Chocolate and Oreo Owls
The design for these cupcakes comes from the book: Hello, Cupcake!

Pineapple Coconut Owls

The design for these cupcakes is based off the design from this blog: Spoonful - "Night Owls"

Bonus:  Owls in Transport

It's A Feeding Frenzy!

Shark Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made in honor of shark week.  They are a vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting.  The sharks are made from Twinkies dipped in grey frosting. The mouth is a piece of strawberry fruit roll-up, the eyes are mini chocolate chips, and the fin is a piece of chocolate wafer. The design for these cupcakes comes from the book: Hello, Cupcake!

Close up of A Single Shark

"Everyone out of the water.  Quick!"

Christmas Truffles

Christmas Truffles

These were the truffles I made for last Christmas.  The white ones are eggnog, the hearts are chocolate cherry, and the stars are gingerbread.

Chocolate Design Cake

Chocolate Design Cake Top

This cake was one of the first I ever made. The cake is a chocolate batter, and is iced in chocolate butter cream.  The designs are made from Ghirardelli white and milk chocolate.  The cake is topped with chocolate dipped strawberries.

Side and Top View

Side View

A clearer picture of the top and side

Banana Split Cupcakes

Anyone up for Sundaes?

These are chocolate and banana cupcakes with whipped cream frosting.  They are topped with chocolate syrup, banana slices, and of course the cherry.

Flight Of The Monarchs

Monarch Butterfly Cupcakes

These are chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with butter cream icing.  The butterflies are made from orange colored white chocolate and milk chocolate.  This recipe was found in this book: Hello, Cupcake!

  Detailed Butterfly

Plain Butterfly

Which would you choose?

Bat Cake

The Bat Cake

This is a chocolate cake with Mexican hot chocolate icing. 

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Pumpkin Cupcakes

These cupcakes are made from a pumpkin batter with butter cream icing.  The icing has been dyed orange, and the stems and vines are made from green apple licorice. This recipe was found in the book: Hello, Cupcake!