Black Friday Cupcakes

On Black Friday, basically everyone has to work. It makes sense. And we always have a potluck lunch. The store provides meat and potatoes, and we bring all the sides and desserts. I had no idea what to make. So I went to my default-- cupcakes :) But I didn't want to make a heavy, chocolate, or pumpkin cupcake, since we'd probably have lots of those flavors. Plus, Doug's been bugging me to make him a vanilla cupcake. So I did a white cupcake with a pretty swirl vanilla frosting. I've gotten a little better at frosting them.

Then I decided I wanted to make them look a little fancier.

I thought they turned out really good. And I love the cherry-- it almost makes them look a little more Christmas-y with the gingerbread boy liners. Hopefully they'll taste good too!

Monster Mash

MAY 2011

My cousin Kelsey and I have a joke going that whenever I make treats for our family's Third Sunday Dinner, she actually made them. Sounds lame, but I promise, it's fun for her and me. So this time, "she" made Monster Cupcakes!

This little guy got in trouble for making a mess. (Actually a friend at work wanted to see them, so I saved him one.)

And they all congregated...

For the Monster Mash :)

I won't lie, the cupcakes didn't turn out quite as good as I hoped because I used a different type of recipe. But I think the decorations are still fun ;)

Fish

MARCH 2011

More cupcakes-- Dr. Seuss style!

One Fish

Two Fish

Red Fish

Blue Fish

Fishies!!!

The left over M&M's. Just a couple :)

And for the record, I thought they were really good!