It's a Strike!

First time I was asked to do bowling cupcakes.  I am pretty happy with the outcome.  The pins took me three nights to do and those were very hard to keep consistent.  I had planned on putting more pins on each cupcake but when I finally baked the batch they look like too many so I had to downsize, needless to say had lots of extra pins!!  The balls were custom to look marble (for the older kids) like they do in real bowling alleys but the other two dozen are just a rainbow of varied colors for the rest of the birthday guests.  I hope that birthday boy, Joey, is pleased!!

Baby, it's COLD outside......

The cute little bears were made for the brave (or just plain crazy) friends I have who are members of The Polar Bear Club in Centerport, NY.  It snowed a little yesterday and the temp is a frigid 33 degrees and they will be diving into the bay at noon.  Afterwards, my best friend has made a hearty WARM lunch of chili, homemade chicken soup and I decided to bring along these guys.  Inside is red velvet (my first attempt) and if they are supposed to be dense and less sweet then I succeeded but the real test will be if they get eaten by some hungry bears today.  It's a New Year and I look forward to lots of baking this year.  Thanks for stopping by, Happy New Year to all of you and best wishes for 2010!!

Family Tree

For my grandmother (aka Mima) to celebrate her 94th birthday.  All the chocolate cupcakes are her children and her grandchildren.  The vanilla cupcakes represent her great grandchildren and the lowest cupcake (bearing name Trent) is her great great grandchild who celebrated his first Christmas.  I had to think of what my grandmother loves and her family has to be her biggest love so here the idea was born.  My Dad created the beautiful tree the same day I spoke to him of the idea.  24 children/grandchildren total.  Amazing legacy!!

Baker's Dozens!!

My biggest order to date (until tomorrow!).  I just baked and decorated 5 dozen holiday cupcakes for Abbey Lane School in Levittown and tomorrow will be baking and decorating 6 dozen for other customers!  I am thoroughly enjoying the work cause so far feels like more fun than work.  I prep like crazy and Bobby entertains the kids for a chunk of time and it's been working out great.  Just had to add this shot to the blog cause I am pretty proud of how Babycakes is starting to take shape.  My hands are tired so gotta give my legs some walking out in the brisk December air, enjoy the house lights with the dog.  Goodnight!!