Elmo Cupcakes with a Twist

You see, I just started working again. I mean an 8-hour office work. And the past week was my first week back in the rat race. So I was kinda worried if I would be able to finish these order for the client's son. 


The client wanted an Elmo-themed party. So we have a cake and cupcake tower. 

Thought that was the end of it? She wanted a separate set of cupcakes with a twist. Still following the theme, she wanted something with different flavors and texture. I got inspiration from the book I recently bought, "Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My!" The book puts together different candies to create a sweet treat. Here's what I came up with:

I covered these chocolate cupcakes with a red butter cream. Coloring the butter cream red helps enhance the color once you sprinkle the red sugar crystal. I cut large marshmallows into two for Elmo's eyes. Orange gum drops were used for his nose and Oreo cupcakes for his mouth. 

When eaten, there is an overwhelming sweet flavor. Good thing that my I used dark chocolate cupcakes for this, so as an advise, it is best that you go easy on the sugar on the cupcake recipe itself. Texture-wise though, you will surely get a lot of it! I was told that there was a clamor for these cupcakes. (uh-oh, kids will be running around due to high adrenaline a few hours after eating just one)...

So here are the photos of both the fondant and candy cupcakes:

And here's a photo of the special Candy Cupcakes got it's highlight during the party.

Beer Mug Birthday Cake

I initially thought it's going to be hard to make this cake, that was why I was hesitant to take the order. Turns out, it was easier than I thought!

The client told me that her husband likes this particular beer brand. She missed ordering this for Father's day, so she made sure she'd surprise him on his birthday. This is one big mug of beer!


The challenge was making the foams of the beer. I first thought of using fondant and cut waves. It will look clean, but will not capture the foam-iness of the beer. Another peg I saw also used butter cream but just made spikes using a spatula. A friend suggest to use a round piping tube instead, to make dots in different sizes.

And so here it is! This beer can even feed the whole family without getting tipsy! :)

The PinkPrincess Created a Crime Scene

No, I am not a crime felon. I didn’t witness a crime either. I baked it.

This is for the 35^th birthday of a former officemate. Ordered by her best friend, the theme came up when she said they are best friends and partners in crime. That was the insight! 

The famous yellow crime scene tape

Complete with the caution orange cones

Here's the witty birthday message:

I made use of the evidence tag numbers to indicate the celebrator's age. 
I just made sure it's the one nearest the  candles.

I was told that during the celebration, it spawned another extra line: "Best Friends bring a shovel." LOL.