I bought cupcakes - big surprise

I made the trip to Kitchener/Waterloo the The Cakebox/Sweet Indulgence this morning and ordered the cake for Luke and Katie's wedding. It will be everything we hoped it would be, but I am unable to share details as of course it needs to be a surprise for the guests. Stay tuned. But, while I was there, and in the interest of quality control, and sharing important information I purchased a small selection of their cupcakes - just to reassure myself that the wedding cake would be as yummy as I know it will be.

In the centre we have a lemon/blueberry cupcake. At 12 o'clock a vanilla with strawberry buttercream. Three o'clock is a carrot with cream cheese cupcake. Six o'clock is a chocolate mint. 7 o'clock is vanilla with white chocolate raspberry buttercream. Lastly, chocolate with a peanut butter butter cream. I really don't know why I needed to buy six as we will be heading down there again next month for a tasting and to select the three flavours for the three different tiers, but well, I was caught up in the moment, and well will you just look at them!!! I left six other flavours and they had cakepops in the coolest colours and flavours and everything and lets not even get into the decorated cookies ....... I'll let you know which one(s) where best (hahahha)

Me and Mrs. Fisher Tea Shoppe

I know they are in the UK but in the spirit of sharing, have you EVER seen anything as delightful as this???? It was part of the Easter cupcake workshop and the most precious little girl make this. I found it on their FB page (I don't really know HOW I found their FB page but that is another story for another day). I have made a decision though, and that is, it is far better for me to spend my time surfing the next for cupcakes and cupcake recipes that to search for say English Spring Spaniel puppies (those make me want one badly) or worse, English Springer Spaniel Rescue websites (they make we weepy and believing that those poor babies desperately need me). There is a Springer coming into rescue in Ontario shortly and her name is .... wait for it ..... Lulu. No picture posted or anything but somehow I just know that I should take it as a sign and she needs Hershey and I. Murray doesn't see it in the same light and prefers that I surf for cupcakes, wedding cakes, cookies, pies, butter tarts and anything that can be grilled on the BBQ. I also need to slow down on surfing mls listings for homes on the Gulf Coast Islands in BC. The little blue house with the fish pond AND Lottie sized separate little, also blue, studio was sold this past weekend. This can only mean there is another even better house out there. Right!!

Celebration Cupcakes

Last night Pam and I took a workshop at Longo's call "celebration cupcakes". Of the six we made, these are three of mine that I am prepared to share with you (hahaha). The others can only get better .... Right!!

The top two I obvious I think, but the bottom one is a baby under a blanket, with green booties, and a teddy bear.

It's important to enjoy your food, and we did.

Birthday Cupcakes

I can remember when my sons were small (alright I will admit that was some time ago, as my oldest in 30) I would make cupcakes for them to take to school for special occasions like the Halloween party, Christmas, Valentines Day etc. They were always chocolate cake with vanilla icing coated with sprinkles of a colour or colours for the theme of the day. I was always busy with three boys and a full time job but the guys always wanted to take the cupcakes to school. I just remembered the my middle son STILL has me make red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing for his companies United Way bake sale fundraiser every fall.

Today is my grand daughter's 10th birthday, and guess what, Gramma can you make cupcakes (the Halloween ones with the skeletons where a huge hit). Yesterday I make cupcakes. Cupcakes have become a bug deal of late and have become rather festive. I got an idea for these online. I think they will be a massive hit.