Andie's Dance Rehearsal

Andie took dance this year and did such a great job at her recital.  I made her a chocolate & strawberry cake for her dance recital this year but we served it after the rehearsal because I had 2 cakes to do the weekend of the recital.  Andie did 3 dances, plus the tumbling dance, and the finale'.  At the recital, Andie was so awesome on the tumbling dance.  You should have heard the response from the crowd when she did her four flip flops.  Angie and I made Andie's tumbling clown outfit.  I'm so proud of you Andie!!!

My sister told me this was one of the best tasting cakes I've made.  It is chocolate with strawberry filling. Chocolate frosting, chocolate ganache, and chocolate covered strawberries.

Jazz Dance

Ballet Dance

Tap Dance

Cameron Bertrand's Birthday

On April 16, I went to my friend Shasta's house to make cupcakes for her little boys birthday party.  The theme was Dr. Seuss.  We make Thing 1 & Thing 2 cupcakes and Green Eggs & Ham cupcakes.  Our other friend Amanda made a Dr. Seuss cake for the party.  Shasta and I had a great time making the cupcakes.  The exciting part was making the cotton candy.  We used a small machine that my sister loaned me.  I think we put too much food coloring in the machine because the sugar crystalized and it wouldn't make anymore cotton candy.  Shasta rented a large machine to make cotton candy for the party.  We tried making some with this big machine as well and cotton candy went all over the yard.  Shasta ended up cutting her fingers on the leather straps inside the cotton candy machine.  The cotton candy making was pretty interesting.  The decorations that Shasta put up for the party were awesome!  I wish I would have taken pictures of some of them.

I also made this cupcake tower.  It was my first one.  Hope to get better with the next one.

Easter Cupcakes

My neice, Madeline, asked me to make cupcakes for her class Easter party.  It is so hard to say no to her.  I really like how the cupcakes turned out.  I know Madeline's class will be so excited.

This was the first time I used the cute cupcake wrappers.  I think I might start using those more often.  They dress up the cupcakes a little more.

Birthday Thursday

This past Thursday was "Birthday Thursday" at my office.  This is when we all bring snacks and goodies to the office to munch on during the day as a celebration for the birthdays and anniversaries coming up for that month.  I made Chocolate Cupcakes with a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Ganache filling.  I've been trying to eat better lately, but couldn't resist tasting these the night I baked them.  They were delicious when I first took them out of the oven and I received several comments from my co-workers.  I'm sorry that Shasta and Keresa were on diets and couldn't try them.  I'll make them again for you guys when the diets are over.  :)