Chris and Carly's Engagement Cupcakes

Chris and Carly are good friends of mine, and when they asked me to make cupcakes for their engagement party, I was flattered.

I made 4 flavors, peanut butter cups (Carly's favorite), double chocolate, vanilla, and raspberry cheesecake, in both regular and mini sizes. They were a big hit, and everyone of them were devoured.

Mom's Birthday Cake

This is a birthday cake I made for my mom.  The top tier is a 6" round of a 3 layer dark chocolate cake with ganache.  The bottom tier is a 8" hexagon of a 4 layer sponge cake filled with lemon curd, swiss meringue buttercream, and homemade strawberry jam.  Both cakes were covered with MMF tinted in ivory/ soft pink (my mom loves pink).

The flowers were made by me.  They were painted with pearly dusts in multi-colors.  I am still learning on how to make gumpaste/ fondant flowers.  Hopefully with time, I will make prettier and known flowers (lol).  

Ivy's Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for Ivy who was bringing them to a farewell party for a friend.  She wanted something elegant with a variety of flavors but only needed two dozen cupcakes.  I suggested her ordering two different kinds of cupcakes and toppings, and then interchange them.  So she requested chocolate/ chocolate, vanilla/ chocolate, vanilla/ vanilla, and chocolate/ vanilla.  

She didn't ask for any decorations, but I wanted something small and pretty for the cupcakes.  She said flowers and colored sugar was okay.  So I made white flowers out of fondant and painted one set light pink and the other dusted with gold powder.  

The vanilla frosting had the golden flowers sprinkled with clear crystal sugar.  

The chocolate ones had the pink tinted flowers with silver dragees.  

Ivy has written back and said the cupcakes were a hit at the party.  Thanks, Ivy!