Super Cute Baby Shower

There's a baby girl on the way...and her name is Rylee.

I baked up a bunch of sweets for the Baby Shower.

Chocolate Chunk and White Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes

See the chunks? 

Topped with Pretty Pink Buttercream Roses

Also made a little cake to match.

Then I topped the cupcakes with handmade Purple Chocolate Butterflies

I decorated my square cupcake tower to match the Showers decor, cute huh?

(Sorry, it's a cell phone pic)

And you can never go wrong with Confetti Cake Pop Favors!

I love Baby Showers!

Emiley's 1st Birthday

My youngest niece, Emiley turned on on February 1st and I had the honor of making her birthday cakes.

My brother Tony has the biggest sweet tooth in our family, so he requested I use the "real" buttercream on the cakes...meaning the super sweet powdered sugar kind.

I tend to stay away from that buttercream on cakes just because most people prefer a lighter buttercream but I had been looking for an opportunity to try this recipe from i am baker.

White Cake:

Two pretty shades of purple Buttercream:

I attempted to do this, as beautifully done by i am baker....but it didn't work out.
So I did this instead:

For the sheet cake, I took my best shot at this - also done beautifully by i am baker.
It wasn't a total fail but it could have been better.

Here's the BIRTHDAY GIRL...smashing away:

As for the sheet cake...it was still a success.

Scones with my Mama

These bring back childhood memories.
We called them scones but they are basically just donuts.

My Mom would make these sometimes...and they were always eaten so fast that if you weren't there when they were made, you were out of luck until next time.

They are super easy.

Get some of these:

Let them rise.

Make yourself a sugar and cinnamon blend...or even just sugar if you'd like.

Fry up those bad boys.

Then roll the around in the sugar and cinnamon.

Until they look super awesome like this:

Devour them as they are or get yourself some of this cinnamon butter and have an amazing time!

A VERY SPECIAL Baby Shower!

My dear friend Charlotte is having a baby girl next month and I was so excited to bake her something sweet for her shower.

I did the cupcakes for her son's shower way back when...and my skills have definitley improved since then.

Charlotte requested chocolate cupcakes with strawberries.

She wanted purple and lilac colors with a little bit of pink so I frosted the cupcakes with a pink and purple swirled rose.

Then I made a bunch of these with chocolate and sprinkles to sit on top of the pretty roses.

I also offered to make Cake Pop favors.

Here are the final products...all pretty and on display at the shower:

Stay tuned for something similar for ANOTHER baby girl next month!
I love babies!