Movember Moustache Men

A friend ordered these cupcakes for a bake sale at his work.  When he first told me that the theme of the bake sale was "facial hair", I was slightly horrified.  He then explained that all of the men in his office had been growing moustaches during November Movember to raise money and promote awareness of cancers that affect men.  Here is a link to the foundation that his company raised money for: http://www.degregorio.org/

Happy Thanksgiving!

When I saw this cake in the November issue of Martha Stewart, I knew I had to eat it make it!  It's Martha's Salted Caramel Six Layer Chocolate Cake.  It was worth all of the ingredients I had to buy and the time put into it.

Happy Halloween!

I repurposed the table scape from Colin's Wild Rumpus into a Halloween Extravaganza.  I love Halloween but find that the actual celebration is a little short lived.  The kids are only in their costumes for a couples hours, and at the ages my kids are they are done with the trick-or-treating after a dozen or fewer houses.  So we decided to have a party with our friends and their children the Saturday before.  I made Candy Corn Cupcakes and pumpkin & ghost cookies for the kids to decorate.  We had a lot of fun... it might have to become a yearly tradition!

Never knew a cookie could hold so many toppings! 

My 1st Wedding Cake!

This fall wedding cake was for my cousin Lindsey and her husband Brandon.  They wanted to incorporate the fall theme of their wedding into the cake, so we went with an ivory cake decorated with gumpaste leaves.  The top 2 tiers were yellow almond cake with buttercream filling and the bottom tier was chocolate with buttercream filling.  This cake had to travel over an hour to the reception site, which made me quite nervous but worked out fine!  Congrats Lindsey and Brandon, love you guys!

Fall Cupcakes

Just some fall cupcakes to practice my gumpaste leaves for my cousin's upcoming wedding.  Yellow cupcakes with buttercream frosting and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream.