Aiden's Batman cake

Aiden wanted a Batman themed cake for his 4th birthday that we had at the McWane science center in Birmingham. I decided to do a red velvet cake with a bright yellow buttercream, with a Batman symbol made out of chocolate. Turned out pretty well if I do say so myself.

The picture of Aiden blowing out his candles was taken with an old Canon AE-1. Not only do I make cupcakes, but I am beginning to dabble in photography. I love this picture so much!

Sugar free for Valentine's Day

So my wonderful friend, Chatham, ordered 2 dozen sugar free cupcakes to give as a gift for Valentine's day to a close friend with type II diabetes. We decided to work with Splenda to ease the GI effect, and after some work, I got 2 recipes down.

I made peanut butter cupcakes, and chocolate cupcakes. I tried using Splenda specific recipes, which weren't as good as the ones I made just subing out sugar with Splenda. I learned that the regular granulated Splenda has an odd aftertaste, so I made both the icings and cakes with Splenda brown sugar...and they tasted great. I even brought some extras to work, and no one could tell the difference!

The icings were a peanut butter cream cheese and a rich chocolate. They were not only tasty, but beautiful!