Babycakes.

Another first... a baby shower cupcake order. Half double chocolate chip and half mint chocolate chip cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting decorated with fondant rattles, soothers and blanketed babiesss. Peek-a-boo.

Time for Holiday Baking.

My first batch of holiday baking for the season. Posting these a little late because I was stuck in a flurry of final exams and then took a week-long break from the real world in hot hot Mexico. Double chocolate chip cupcakes with cream cheese frosting decorated with fondant mittens, snowmen and holly. Happy Holidays!

Happy Birthday to Me!

The dream realized! Kitchenaid mixer in my kitchen!!! All thanks to my amazing, amazing, AMAZING brother and soon-to-be sister in-law. Now I totally feel like Martha Stewart and sometimes have the urge to narrate my own baking process. Is that weird?


And as a gift to myself... a Wilton fondant tool set! Beautiful.
Efficiency is growing. Stay tuned, I'll be posting some Christmas cupcakes soon!

Cupcakes for A Cause.

I've got my red ribbon, do you have yours? Take a second to watch the "Knowledge is Power" PSA.

Two summers ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Zambia -- a country that is inhabited by a staggering number of people living with HIV/AIDS. I saw first hand, how a population so grossly affected by the disease has been learning to fight the epidemic. It was, truly, a humbling experience to work with some of the strongest, kindest and most optimistic people I have ever met. Though most associate HIV/AIDS with African countries, we need to realize that the virus is prevalent all over the world. And awareness needs to be spread. As the PSA states, "Knowledge is Power".
Yesterday was World AIDS Day and I contributed some cupcakes to my school bake sale. Wish I had time to bake more... I heard they went fast! Double chocolate chip and chocolate peanut butter chip cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and fondant red ribbons.