Birthday Cake!

Crisp got me the most delicioso birthday cake this past weekend...

Yes, those really are chocolate-drizzled cream puffs all around the top of the cake.

And they were filled with chocolate cream.

Ridiculous delicious.  Ridiculous.

Thank you, Modern Pastry, for baking up such perfection.

And thanks, of course, to Crisp.

A very *SWEET* 16!

Last weekend, my lovely cousin Hanna turned 16. 

The family threw a wonderful party for her, and I got to make the cupcakes!!

I ended up making somewhere around 120 cupcakes!

Here's a sampling...

 

Chocolate chip mini cakes, classic vanilla cupcakes, chocolate-and-vanilla marble,

and also some chocolate mini cakes with butterscotch chips -- YUM!

My favorites were the chocolate chip mini cakes.

(I made some sans-chocolate, on the left,

for anyone who has a very sad and unfortunate allergy.)

Topped with some hot pink buttercream, they were the cutest little cakes!

Here's a picture of the cupcake tower at the party...

 

Assembling all the different cakes on the tower is one 

of my favorite parts of making cupcakes for a party.

It's just so nice to see the finished products (before everyone dives in and eats 'em!).

Here's a close-up of a marble cupcake with chocolate buttercream.

 I made a special "H" (for our guest of honor) from some very cool

Wilton Sugar Sheets.

The Sugar Sheets conveniently came in patterns that perfectly matched the theme...

Hot pink and zebra stripes.

And here's a shot of the complete cupcake table,

taken by our favorite photographer and friend, Fraser MacMannis!

That's all... Sweet treats for a sweet girl on her sweet sixteenth! 

This isn't about cakes at all!

It's about BROWNIES!

Well, and a new project.

#1.  

Tonight, I doctored up my own recipe, and it came out delightful.

Kahlua Brownies with White Chocolate and Butterscotch Chips.

Y.U.M.

Last week, I made Butterscotch, Milk, and White Chocolate Chip Cookies.

(Can you tell I've had a whole bunch of random chips that I need to get rid of?)

There aren't many left, and I just made them 5 hours ago.

And of course I didn't take any pictures, but oh well.

That's life!

#2.   

I have a new project.

It has nothing to do with cakes...

But I haven't been baking nearly as much as I should,

and I miss blogging.

So, enjoy :)