Getting my Ducks in a Row

I have an order for baby shower cupcakes. The theme is Rubber Duckys. I was just playing around getting some ideas. I don't think I'm gonna go with these unless I can really polish them up. Either way, I thought I'd post them.

My First 10!

The lovely cupcake above earned me my first 10 from the ol' hubs. Most of the time his complaint is with the sweetness but the tart raspberry filling mellowed out the sugar in these Vanilla Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting.


I also made cake pops!























Let me say this was my very first time making these. There's a lot more time into these than you would think.

















The pink ones are Birthday Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. The chocolate ones are Vanilla cake with a-Hint-of-Coconut Buttercream. I could have made these look fancier if I would have bought a cute matching container to put them in and hid the styrofoam they're sticking in, but I just used something I had here at home and after baking 3 cakes and 3 batches of homemade frosting I was pooped! I didn't even bother grabbing my camera to take pictures during the process. All in all, I think I have about 8 hours invested in the trio!

Good thing I enjoy baking :)

On the Agenda

Coming up....

*Homemade Marshmallows* I am not a huge fan of marshmallows. I can take them or leave them so I never had any intentions of making them from scratch until I read "If you have never tried a homemade marshmallow you have no idea what you are missing out on. Those nasty jet puffed chemical white blobs you get at the store and well pretty much tasteless and only good for setting on fire when roasting marshmallows for s'mores at camp when you're like 10 years old. But a HOMEMADE marshmallow is a whole different thing. They're light, fluffy, sweet, melt in your mouth goodness."
Sounds intriguing, huh? We'll see!



*Cake Ball Pops* Never heard of them? Google it! In a nutshell, you mix up a baked cake with some frosting, roll it in a ball and dip it in chocolate. You can use any flavors you like. I love recipes with creativity flexibility.



Also... I think it's apparent that baking cakes/cupcakes for a living is my dream job. I plan on spreading the word that I am open for business! I have one last MOPS meeting and I'm going to take a couple of things for the women to taste. I don't have a fancy name on business cards (yet) nor do I have a website. But I will bake you a darn good cake (or cupcakes) for a darn good price!