Chocolate Oreo and Chocolate Wedding Cupcakes

Today, I had two orders for chocolate Oreo cupcakes.  One friend is taking them to a wedding shower and another friend is taking them to visit her sister.  K and T, I hope they are enjoyed by all!  I also made chocolate wedding cupcakes to celebrate my birthday tomorrow.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

This weekend I was able to fly out to California to go to my sister-in-law's baby shower.  For the flight, I carried on about six dozen un-iced cupcakes.  I was so nervous TSA would find some reason to confiscate them.  My nervousness must have shown because I got the pat down at security.  I froze the icing and packed them in my checked bag.  Again, I was nervous they would think all those bags of icing were some type of bomb-making material.  Luckily, the cupcakes made it safely to California and I iced them there.  I made white wedding cake, white wedding cake with strawberry icing, chocolate Oreo and carrot cake.  I attached a cute little bow to each one.  I think they came out adorable and everyone enjoyed them at the shower.  Looking forward to meeting the new little one, N!

Chocolate Mint Oreo Cupcakes

I just got finished making these cupcakes and my house smells wonderful!  It's mint chocolate cake with an Oreo inside.  The icing is mint buttercream and I topped them with Oreo crumbles.  This is a fantastic combination!  I hope you and your family enjoy them, A!

Apple-Banana PUPcakes!

Each weekday morning, I get up a little early so I can peacefully enjoy my coffee with my two little girls, Kiwi and Squash.  Kiwi is a Chihuahua and Squash is a Pug.  They're old girls so they pretty much just snuggle next to me -- a perfect way to wake up!  This morning, I was thinking how much I loved them and I should bake them up some special treats.  I immediately started thinking about bone-shaped cookies and then it occurred to me... why not cupcakes?!  I started with some of their favorite people snacks, apples and bananas.  As soon as I brought those out, Squash just knew I was making something for her.  I decided against icing these cupcakes because I didn't want them having dairy or sugar.  I did insert half a Milkbone into the cupcakes before baking to make them a little extra special.  The paper sticks to them as you are peeling them but that's because I didn't add any oil or butter.  Kiwi and Squash devoured these treats so I'd say they came out pretty good.  In case you were wondering... yes, I did try one (minus the Milkbone, of course!).