Cupcakepalooza.

This past weekend, I made 105 cupcakes!


Definitely my biggest challenge so far... but it was SO fun. I had both a church bake sale and a bridal shower to bake for, so I just went all out.

Carrot Cake Cupcake: Nana's cake recipe and cream cheese icing recipe

The texture was a little off (user error, I assure you), so I'll have to work on that for next time...

They did get a thumb's up from my dad, so they couldn't have been too bad!

Strawberry Cupcake: Mama Sylvia and Meme's cake recipe (same) and Mama Sylvia's strawberry buttercream icing recipe.

It's kind of hard to mess this one up.

I struggled with the texture of the icing... my first batch was great! But as I went on, it got too runny. I thought maybe it had gotten warm, but even after some time in the fridge, it wouldn't firm back up.

Tiramisu Cupcake: The bridal shower was for my cousin, Catie. I was in charge of the cake, and I remembered a LONG time ago her telling me that she loved tiramisu. This is what insipired the whole baking weekend really, once I decided I was going to attempt it in the form of a cupcake!


White cake brushed with a coffee/powdered sugar mix.

Filled with a marscapone cheese/Kahlua mixture...

Topped with another cream cheese icing (different recipe) and chocolate shavings.

The later in the night it got, the less light- and photography skills- I had. It was hard to balance a camera with hands covered in batter!

Turtle Cupcake: Catie's other favorite, and I wanted to provide some variety.

I didn't love this chocolate cake recipe... I thought it had a tad too much vanilla for my taste. And I didn't buy enough of the *Turtle brand candies to fill the cupcakes, however, I did the rest of them with caramel filled centers and I think I actually liked that better!). The candies were SO chewy and just too much, I think.

Chocolate buttercream icing, drizzled with caramel.

These were definitely one of the favorites of the weekend. Although, I honestly got rave reviews on all of them! Exciting :) Imagine how much everyone would have enjoyed them if I'd been able to keep the fresher (had to bake on Friday for Sunday's shower). I did think they looked nice on the table...

Me and the bride

I was pleased with my first effort for all of them, and get this... a friend asked me if I would bake cupcakes for her daughter's birthday party this weekend! I'm pretty excited :)