Halloween Spider Cupcakes

We had our annual neighborhood/church trunk-or-treating Halloween party tonight. Lots of games were set up for the kids to play including a cake walk. I love cake walks, but get tired of bringing home multiple plates of cupcakes/cakes/brownies/cookies! This year I was determined to make it easier to hand these bad boys out so the kids could get more than one and the parents not overwhelmed with confections.

I bought some clear plastic 8oz cups at the grocery store and some fold over sandwich baggies. I actually cut the folded side of the baggy to open the tops & make it easier to tie (I couldn't find any that weren't gift bags and I was trying to do it on the cheap). 

And, voila! cheap and easy cupcake carrier to please little kids and parents alike :)

The cupcakes were made with a BC devils food cake mix, with homemade vanilla buttercream. I decorated them AFTER I put them in the cups. Nobody wants my finger marks on their frosting!

Under the Sea/Mermaid Cake

                       

 This was a fun cake to decorate. The cake inside was blue and the frosting was purple (all vanilla).

The outside is decorated in marbled blue and white fondant, with fondant detail. 

Super T

 I had been asked by my SIL to make these Marvel Hero cakelets (no longer available from Williams-Sonoma) for her little "T"'s first-birthday-super-hero party. Of course I said yes. She also recently started a new website that my cakes/cupcake were featured on, as well as the rest of the decor and costumes for this cute party. Megan (my SIL) is also a very talented photographer, you can check out her site here.

The cakes and cupcakes are all vanilla with vanilla buttercream and/or royal icing decorations.

 Spiderman

Captain America

Iron Man 

Wolverine

 A few more super hero symbols.

And last, but not least, Super "T"

Vintage Wedding Cake

Sometimes the simplest wedding cakes are the most beautiful!

This bride wanted a vanilla cake with raspberry and cream cheese filling with vanilla buttercream. She didn't want the cake smooth or covered in fondant, but lightly textured. The flowers were the perfect touch to this cake. Thanks B & M for asking me to do your cake. Your wedding was beautiful!

Treehouse Cake

Coolest cake stand ever made! Isaac Merrill made this awesome stand for his brothers wedding. They used it for the main reception in another state as the groom's cake stand. Here for their open house it was the main attraction! The cake is chocolate with chocolate buttercream bark frosting. The leaves are vanilla buttercream. The trapped door is chocolate clay. The ladders, swing and stand are all made of wood. There was another attachment for the top of the tree house but they did not put it on until after they picked it up. I need a picture of it! It almost didin't fit in the car the way it was though :)

Toy Story, Woody cupcakes

I was trying to make my little boy an over-the-top Toy Story cake, he wasn't having it!

We saw some cowboy hat cupcakes online and he decided that's what he wanted, nothing else :)

These are vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. The hats are made of chocolate/butterscotch chip clay. They were delicicous, a little like a tootsie roll but softer.

Elsa Cake

For my daughter. She was insistent on an Elsa cake for her Frozen party. I did not have an Elsa doll (if you find one, buy it, they are hard to find right now!) so I used a blonde barbie that just happened to have purple eyeshadow. She specifically said NO FONDANT! So, I used only buttercream. I was able to make the sleeves by forming COLD frosting on the body and when it got soft I put it back in the fridge for a bit until I got it how I wanted it. I used silver shimmer poweder for the snowflakes on her skirt.