Cupcakes!

I have become quite the cupcake addict over the past few months. Don't know why, it just happened. People ask me all the time, "what's with you and the cupcake thing?" I have no answer and sadly can't explain it, but am smitten with these delightful little treats.

Here are a few pictures of some I made for my Dads birthday on Halloween. I played with a few new techniques and they turned out ok. The plain frosted ones with simple sprinkles ended up being my favorites after all of them. Here are some spice cupcakes with lemon frosting for the birthday boy...

Extras that stayed home for my sweetie pie and I



My ingredients. The Color Mist gave the icing the
orange tint and the sprinkles were a gift from hubby

Now, I have been a fan for a very long time and dabbled in it on an off over the past 5 years or so but this spring and early summer it really took off. I took my first decorating class at a local bakery and was so impressed! Thankfully I got the eating addiction out of the way about a month or two into it and can feel satisfied with a bite of the cake to test the flavor and moisture but have to practice a bit more self control with icing (don't we all?!?!).  I've started a beautiful little library of books about baking and decorating cupcakes but this one is my favorite. Several of the creations we made in class came out of this book and it's follow up. They are all pretty easy and not nearly as hard as they look in the book, don't worry!

The green icing spread a bit after spending some time in the fridge...

Will be making these little guys in bulk for Thanksgiving!



Spaghetti anyone??



Or Chinese take out? Guess what the veggies are???

There will definately be more cupcakes to come!!