Wells Fargo Cupcakes

My best friend Tiffany's father gave me a call a few weeks ago for an order of 3 dozen cupcakes for his birthday. He recently took a new job a few months ago at Wells Fargo and requested what I could do to make them Wells Fargo related. I'm not sure if he was serious or kidding about wanting the horses and carriage that is part of their logo but this is my attempt....

Delicious Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting (yes its homemade and to die for!) and Triple Lemon Cupcakes (lemon cupcake with lemon curd filling and lemon cream cheese frosting). I think I could seriously eat the whole dozen lemon cupcakes all by my self! Topped with marshmallow fondant "Happy Birthday Mark!", "WF" for Wells Fargo of course and my free hand of the WF carriage, in red, yellow and black.

My carriage minus the half dozen horses....they wouldn't fit :)

Chocolate cupcakes with Peanut Butter frosting!

Mark sent me a text stating how much everyone at work were raving about them, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when people tell me how much they love and enjoy my product! He also brought to my attention how I need business cards so I am currently in the process of thinking of a name (aside from My Buns Are Done), if you have any ideas or suggestions leave me a comment or email me at bunsrdone@gmail.com

Baptism

Another first for me....my first Baptism cake!

I got the honor of making our friends Chad and Kelsey a cake and cupcakes for their son Jackson's Baptism. I always feel so honored when asked to make special cakes for any occasion and especially for this precious little boy! 

White Vanilla Cross cake with light blue marshmallow fondant ribbon.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting and each topped with a fondant cross

These cupcakes were definitely a hit with all of little Jackson's family!! 

Happy Baptism Jackson and may God bless you! 

Cubs Grooms Cake

This week I made my first grooms cake!!

I'm intimidated by anything wedding related, that's a lot of pressure. I mean there are a lot of people that will see your work and your works going to be photographed which will be looked back on for years and years and years.  Yikes!

The majority of the pressure is put on by myself. But this week I stepped up to the plate (no pun intended :)) and finished my first grooms cake. The bride requested a baseball theme related to the Cubs. She really like the first birthday baseball cake I made earlier this year. I made a White Vanilla cake for the glove with vanilla buttercream and a Triple Chocolate for the base (chocolate cake, chocolate filling with chocolate chips and chocolate buttercream), covered in marshmallow fondant.

A true Cubs fan's most famous line it "There's Always Next Year" so it seems fitting for the bride to tell her groom on his cake "Glad I Didn't Have To Wait Till Next Year!".

10/22/11

Congratulations Sarah and Mattie!  I hope you enjoyed your wedding day, it's was an absolutely beautiful day for a wedding ;)

Rockstar Birthday

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and strawberry cupcakes with strawberry butterceam fit for a rockstar. These cupcakes were for a young girls 9th birthday party with a rockstar theme. I used pink, purple and black marshmallow fondant cut out in different size stars.  

Strawberry Buttercream

• 3 large strawberries
• 1 stick butter, at room temp
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar
• 1-3 Tbsp heavy cream (milk also works if you have no cream)

In a food processor, pulse strawberries until pureed. In a mixer beat butter until fluffy, then add in pureed strawberries and vanilla. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add cream until you reach desired consistency. Frosting will be smooth and soft, yet able to hold its shape!

Stuffed Mushrooms

The perfect appetizer. Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms. I was never a big mushroom lover, that might have been because growing up my mom only bought the canned mushrooms (gross!), they definitely don't compare to the real thing. Stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese and bacon are now one of my favorite appetizer and they are very easy to make! You can even prepare them ahead of time and pop them into the oven when guests arrive.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

• 1 pkg whole fresh mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 3 slices cooked bacon, chopped (optional)
• Panko bread crumbs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Clean mushrooms with a damp paper towel. Carefully break off stems. Chop stems extremely fine, discarding tough end of stems. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic and chopped mushroom stems to the skillet, cook until tender. Turn heat off and stir in cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, Mozzarella cheese, bacon, black pepper, onion powder and cayenne pepper. Using a little spoon, fill each mushroom cap with a generous amount of stuffing and top with Panko bread crumbs. Arrange the mushrooms on the prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and lightly golden brown.

Diaper Shower Cupcakes

Everyone loves a baby, all precious and sweet. For this blue and green themed diaper shower I knew I wanted to do something to match. I have so many ideas running through this head of mine that it can be a bit intimidating since there is so much I've never tried doing yet (or know how to!). I decided to play around with some marshmallow fondant to see if I could come up with some cute cupcake toppers.

Blue and green cupcakes - "Welcome Baby" with blocks and bibs and a baby carriage...

chocolate and vanilla with vanilla buttercream

They actually turned out easier than I thought they would, it just took a little creativeness!! I love them!!! Definitely my favorite cupcakes so far :)

Smash Cake

I have a Safari Cake coming up in two weeks for a first birthday that I'm very excited to make. In preparation of little Drake's first birthday, he's getting his one year pictures taken and his parents asked if I could also make a smash cake for his pictures.

This is my first time having one of my cakes getting professionally photographed!!  How exciting.....and a little nerve-racking. His color scheme for the pictures is navy blue, lime green and gray.   

Baking Bucket List

I read many other food blogs and Google lots of recipes that peak my interest. I came across one baking blog the other day who had a baking bucket list on her blog and thought it was such a great idea as there are a ton of recipes I have been wanting to make for a long time and I either email myself ideas or just keep a mental list (which we all know how bad of memory I have!). But starting a baking bucket list would put all my ideas in one place and help achieve my goal of making everything (eventually) I've always wanted to try. So I've starting making my list and added it as it's own page (up above) to keep track and refer back to. It's hard to think back and remember everything I've wanted to make, so this list is not final and will always be adding new items to it.


Feel free to give me ideas to add to my Baking Bucket List.... and friends you can always request me to make something off the list for one of our next parties or gathering :)

My Baking Bucket List

1. Chocolate Croissants
2. Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
3. S'more Cupcakes
4. Cherry Coke Cupcakes
5. Rocky Road Popcorn
6. Valentine's Day Popcorn
7. Sangria
8. Churro Cupcakes
9. High Hat Cupcakes
10. Cannoli's
11. Chocolate Mousse
12. Baklava
13. My Grandma's Kolaches
14. My Grandma's Rohlicky's
15. Vanilla Chai Cupcakes
16. 100 Grand Cupcakes
17. Espresso Cupcakes
18. Whoopie Pies
19. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese
20. Red Velvet Cupcakes
21. Pumpkin Roll
22. Monster Cookies
23. Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
24. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes
25. Neapolitan Cupcakes
26. Margarita Cupcakes
27. Macarons
28. Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
29. Mint Chocolate Cupcakes
30. Banana Split Cupcakes
31. Homemade Donuts
32. Tiramisu
33. Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes
34. Strawberry Lemon Granita
35. Salted Caramel Cupcakes
36. New York Style Cheesecake
37. Something Vegan
38. Something Gluten-Free
39. Caramel Apple Cupcakes
40. Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

More to come!!

Double IOWA Birthday

For a joint first birthday and 50th birthday party Jackie and Matt wanted to have a Iowa Hawkeye theme for their son Charlie and Matt's father.  

 For the main cake they picked a Iowa Hawkeye helmet and football.

To go along with the theme I matched Charlie's Smash Cake with Hawkeye colors.

I think this is my favorite smash cake so far!!

For the 50th birthday cupcakes they requested chocolate cupcakes with half peanut butter frosting and half chocolate cream cheese.

Topped with marshmallow fondant black and gold circles of "Happy", "50" and the tigerhawk.