But no campfire necessary! S’more cupcakes straight from the oven. They’re chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker crust, topped with marshmallow frosting. The graham cracker crust added a nice texture to the treat and the chocolate cupcake was to die for. Everytime I opened the box to hand out a cupcake, they smelled sooo delicious, I wanted to eat another one! The marshmallow frosting was sub-par though – I wish it was more fluffy, rather than the soup-y, runny texture this recipe yielded. Next time, I’ll experiment using actual marshmallow Fluff – yummm!
S'mores! YUM!
What’s better than an Irish Car Bomb? An Irish Car Bomb CUPCAKE! This is the start of my new obsession with alcohol infused cupcakes. They’re the perfect cupcake for adults!! If you’ve never had an Irish Car Bomb, it consists of Guinness beer, Bailey’s Irish Cream, and whiskey. So the cupcake version was a chocolate-Guinness cupcake, filled with a whisky-Nutella mix and topped with Bailey’s whipped cream. Absolutely delicious and my taste-testers agree! This cupcake has inspired me to test out other recipes that infuse my favorite alcohols. Stay tuned to see what “cuptail” is coming up next!
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- Irish Car Bomb Cupcake defused!
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- All lined up and ready to blow!
For those of you who are parents or have young family members, you may be familiar with the show The Backyardigans. For me, I have spent MANY-a-days watching this show whenever I visit my little munchkin cousin Joey. (To the point where I find myself randomly singing or humming songs from it from time to time haha) It was his 3rd birthday, so as a gift from his Auntie Justine, I made a fabulous Backyardigans cupcake tier. It was quite a challenge to take on, since I had done my online research of pictures to see how others had made it, and boy were they terrrrrrible! I started to doubt whether I could actually pull it off since even professionals had failed to do so. BUT I had made my committment and it was either that or Yo Gabba Gabba, and the latter was just plain creepy and unacceptable. So I set forth with the challenge.. and totally exceeded my own expectations 
HANDS DOWN, my greatest achievement!
(I took these pictures before I got around to cleaning the cornstarch off of them)
The whole gang! (well, minus Austin) A personalized touch – each of the Backyardigans holding the letters of Joey’s name
Backyardigans Cake
Backyardigans, Tasha and Uniqua!
Backyardigans, Pablo and Tyrone!
Backyardigans Cupcake Tier
I credit Kyle’s dad for building me my cupcake tier to make this possible. It’s the perfect platform for a kids party. Great cake on top and no-mess cupcakes to hand out. These were vanilla cupcakes (perhaps I should start forcing others to branch out to different flavors haha) filled with a chocolate-cool whip pudding mixture.
The real things:
The Real Backyardigans
Who wants flowers when you can have cupcakes?!? Amazing cupcake bouquet I made for my brother’s engagement party in March. Yes, those are all cupcakes! Transporting this thing was nerve-wracking! (the picture is a little blurry since it was taken with a phone cam)
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- delicious close up
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- Cupcake Bouquet
My cousin Brian turned 7 in February and had a “reptile show” birthday party. I surprised him with this creation. They’re Funfetti cupcakes (pretty much any child’s favorite – and those who are kids at heart, like myself) topped with green icing and chocolate fudge cookies.
Alligator Cake
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