Rally Squirrels & Wedding Pops

I like to go for the oddest combinations of titles on this blog.  Baking has been crazy lately...Rally Squirrel cupcakes, Bride & Groom Cake Pops, the occasional random cupcakes.  Here we go...

Rally Squirrel Cupcakes

I made these in my kitchen in front of a camera crew.  That is nerve-wrecking, I'm just saying.  I don't even like squirrels, which made it even worse.  Regardless, throw a cute little Cardinals hat made out of Starbursts and these aren't nearly as creepy as the real things. 

These were very time consuming with all of the icing details.  Tails are Nutter Butters dipped in melted icing and "glued" to toothpicks with chocolate.  Eyes are mini m&m's, noses are tootsie roll pieces and the ears are cut up mini-marshmallows dipped in pink sanding sugar.

Bride & Groom Cake Pops

A friend of mine got married this weekend and asked me to make cake pops as the guest favors. So, at the time the Cardinals were 10 1/2 games back out of the Wild Card and I figured I'd have PLENTY of time to take care of these.  Silly me.

Birthday Cupcakes

 

Another friend of mine threw a purple-themed birthday party for her daughter who turned one-year old.  I couldn't say no when she asked me to make cupcakes.  I love purple and her daughter is adorable!  Win-Win situation there, I was just sorry I couldn't see her shove the cupcake in her mouth.

Cardinals Cupcakes

Last, here are some very lame-themed Cardinals cupcakes that I made on a tight time schedule.  But, despite their lack of ingenuity in design, they were delicious.  Chocolate cupcakes with homemade vanilla buttercream frosting and red sprinkles.

My poor refridgerator.....no room for real food:

Postseason Fun with Torty & Lots of Cupcakes

So, since the Cards started making their run for the Wild Card in September, I've been baking after each win.  Muffins, Cupcakes and now Torty Pops.  Soon to be Squirrel Cupcakes, which I cannot believe I'm doing.  I don't even like squirrels.  Unless they're Busch Stadium #RallySquirrels apparently.

Some of you may have heard of Allen Craig's pet tortoise, immortalized on Twitter through @TortyCraig - he shares Batman stories, #HappyFlight chants and Sprinkled Donuts with abandon.  And he's adorable, who doesn't love a Tortoise in a Cardinals baseball cap.  He was the obvious choice for a cake pop project, which due to timing and lack of sleep from Postseason craziness turned more into a cake ball project.

Torty Pops








Candy Bar Cupcakes



S'mores Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

Blackberry Cabernet Cupcakes (For Jennifer's Birthday!)

A Vintage Affair

In case it wasn't obvious by my previous posts on this blog, I really love to throw parties.  I blame my mom, she threw the best birthday parties when we were little and I guess it rubbed off on me.

This party was Audrey Hepburn themed and so much fun.  I love vintage everything so it was really nice to incorporate it into a theme.  All the ladies came in cute dresses and the first thing we did was give everyone an Audrey moment with vintage jewelry, hats and the big sunglasses.

 After our fashion shoot, everyone grabbed some wine or water and brushed up on a little Audrey trivia.

Angela won...of course.  We still can't figure out how she's cheating, but she's good.

Breakfast at Tiffany's followed and a trip to Mama's on the Hill for some delicious Italian food.

And of course there were desserts :)

Audrey Cupcake Pushpops

Raspberry Sorbet

Chocolate Dipped Oreos and Cupcake Poppers

Chocolate Mousse

Champagne Truffles

Next party theme is yet to be decided...but here are some more fun pictures :)

An Indoor Garden Party

My mom had been  hoping to host a Garden Party this year, but was thwarted by cicadas on their one month spree of dive-bombing innocent bystanders.  In an effort to surprise her, my sisters and I threw an indoor garden party instead.

Lunch Buffet

Pink Lemonade

Fruit & Veggie Shots

Butterfly and Flower Mini Sandwiches

Happy Easter! (4 Months or so ago...)

Eek...really late on posting this.  At least I got it up before Christmas!

This Easter, in my effort to be named best daughter ever, I made cake pops for my family's church to raise money for the Heifer Project again.  Pictures below!