Hello again...

Ok, so its been a little while. I got thru the holidays, and went right into inventory at the store. Right after inventory, we took a 10 day vacation, and it was SO needed!

So now I am back and getting back into work mode, but I made some cupcakes last night for a friend that house sat for us. She loves raspberries and dark chocolate, so that was my inspiration. The end result is a dark chocolate truffle cupcake with a raspberry coulis and cream cheese icing.

Here are some pictures for you:

Baby shower part 2

Here are more pictures from the baby shower:

Andrea's baby shower...

was awesome! We had such a good time, and ate lots of good food. I made a huge spread of food, as well as pumpkin pie cupcakes, which are Andrea's favorite. I had found these amazing sugar paste daisies in San Fransisco back in September, so it was SO much fun to finally use them on the cupcakes!

I also spent an entire day sewing a diaper bag for Andrea to carry all of Daisy's stuff in it. It is a canvas exterior with 3 large pockets on the outside, and a vintage owl fabric for the lining. It wasn't perfect, but it was a huge labor of love.

I made a diaper "cake" which is always fun for a shower....you wrap diapers in rubber bands, then band the banded diapers together, and the decorate with ribbon. Takes very little time, and is cute as a centerpiece.

New Year's Eve Stout cupcakes

We were invited to go to a friend's house for NYE, and I wanted to bring a cool cupcake for the event- after some searching of the web, I decided to make a chocolate stout cupcake (made with Guinness.) It turned out AWESOME!!!!

I topped it with a thinner cream cheese icing, and they were a hit among all that tasted it.

Here is the source of the recipe I used...there a few versions out there, but I liked the levels of ingredients in this one :
http://pinchmysalt.com/2008/11/05/chocolate-stout-cupcakes-with-vanilla-cream-cheese-frosting/

Andrea's baby shower

Well, hello!

I have been pretty busy the last few days, finishing up working at the store during that last push for the holidays...and then right into a baby shower I am throwing for a gal, Andrea. Andrea works with me at Urban, and is a really laid back kind of girl.

I am in the process of making a ton of food, cupcakes, and cleaning for everyone to come over. I will be posting some pictures of the food and other things I made for this soon.....

Oh, and I made Guiness chocolate cupcakes....they were amazing! Pics will be up soon....