40 S'more Things to Love

Two kinds of S'mores cupcakes...

The picture above is a chocolate cupcake with a graham cracker crust, and a generous topping of toasted meringue icing.

The picture above is of a graham cracker cupcake, studded with chocolate pieces, and topped with a generous helping of toasted meringue icing.

Here is what the final products looked like:

These were pulled together for my husbands parents 40th Anniversary celebration up in Shaver Lake. I was trying to think of something simple and fairly easy to feed a crowd that could also be tied to camping/the mountains that we love to visit when we visit Brian's parents. So - S'mores cupcakes came together for me. I had all the relatives (grandkids, siblings, in-laws, outlaws, etc) and friends present write down one thing they loved about this couple - and the comments came together nicely for a cupcake topper decoration. I made a little sign that said, "40 S'more Things We Love About the Johnston's" - and the presentation was complete. After everyone enjoyed their cupcakes, the comments written on the toppers were placed in a vase - and they look darling on the Johnston's kitchen table in their amazing, completely made by hand, simply beautiful cabin in the woods. Happy Anniversary - I'll have to start thinking ahead for a 50th Anniversary treat!

Another dress!

My sister asked if I could make a dress cake for her friend's birthday - and of course I said yes! I love making these little dresses... anytime I can find an occasion I pull a mini-dress together. We had recently watched the new Alice in Wonderland... so I was a little bit stuck on that color scheme and avoided pastels. The cake was coconut lime with swiss meringue buttercream.

(this photo was taken while the cake was sitting on my stovetop... I had no idea how much the black dress would dissolve into the black background!)

Sports Themed Baby Shower

This was a baby shower for a baby boy on the way - a sports themed shower. The nursery decor was going to be vintage sports themed, so the cake topper has a bowling ball, golf ball, football, baseball and bat, and a basketball made out of fondant on top. The cupcakes had the initial J, or a fondant baseball or football topper for decoration. The cake and cupcakes were vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing - and the humidity was out of control!!! I'm glad things worked out all right.