the anatomy of a cupcake.

I made PB&J cupcakes a few days ago. Not only were they really fun to make, but they were also soooo yummy. And it's your lucky day, I want to share with you how to make them!

Step 1: start with vanilla cupcake (I thought a chocolate PB&J would be good too, but I thought it might have been extreme overload...)

Step 2: I injected strawberry preserves after creating a narrow valley in the center of the cupcake. I chose strawberry because I can live without grape jelly. I can't however live without grapes. Just the jelly.

FYI: In hindsight, I should have used strawberry jam. Trying to pick through large pieces of fruit was no fun task.

Step 3: top with amazingly-wonderful-fluffy peanut butter buttercream. See how pretty it is below?

Step 4: thin strawberry preserves with water and create cascading waterfalls down beautifully topped icing

Step 5: clean up jelly ponds that have formed on counter from said waterfalls

Step 6: get over waterfall idea & dig shallow holes for little ponds on top of beautiful cupcakes

Step 7: Eat them up!! Give these away! Trust me, your jeans will thank you!

PS: I recommend skipping steps 4 - 5.

wedding bells.

I did my first wedding! And by "did", I mean made cupcakes!

These are Wedding Cake cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream. And they are adorned with cute little stamped "A" fondant circles for the couple's last name!

The beautiful tower of cupcakes! The top tier was a jumbo Wedding Cake!

Carrot Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter

How adorable is this? The bride and groom made their topper! It fits their personality to a tee.

The sweet bride and groom sharing their first dance!

"Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. - 1 Peter 4:8