Snickerdoodle

These snickerdoodle cupcakes are by far one of my favorite cupcakes I have ever made. They are made out of white cake batter and cinnamon. The frosting is cinnamon cream cheese, additionally topped with white sugar and a dash of cinnamon. These were also made for Sigma Chi Derby Days. Kendall and I decided that they could even be eaten as a muffin without the frosting because they are so delicious. YUM! 

Sigma Chi Cupcakes

Its the beginning of Derby Days here at DU, so my friend Kendall and I made cupcakes for some of the frat guys. These ones are the White Russians that were previously posted, with a wee bit of extra vodka in the cupcake. On top of the whipped cream frosting are EX for Sigma Chi that were made from dried and dyed white chocolate. They were quite difficult to do, and Kendall did an amazing job! 

These include both the White Russians and the Snickerdoodles! 

Easter Cupcakes

To celebrate Easter, I made some Easter inspired cupcakes. I made carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The cupcakes are frosted in variety of pastel colors and topped with white chocolate bunnies and chicks. Enjoy!

Delta Gamma Cupcakes

Katie's and my sorority, Delta Gamma, was doing a promotional week, and they asked Katie to make some cupcakes that were to be passed out around campus. She did a beautiful job with these little cakes, and let me tell you, they were a HUGE hit! She did yellow and chocolate cakes, with a simple buttercream frosting that she then died blue and pink. Our DG colors are bronze, pink, and blue so these were just too perfect! She topped them off with our Greek letters as well as one of our symbols (an anchor) that were both made out of hardened white chocolate. Don't they look delish? 

Peanut Butter Cup-Cakes!

For those of you who love the mixture of peanut butter and chocolate, this is the cupcake for you. It is a chocolate cake finished off with some thick, but delicious peanut butter frosting. The mini Reeses on top are the perfect way to complete the cupcake, and the frosting can be applied anyway desired. 

Cookies and Cream

Sorry we have not been posting for a while! I (Ainsley) was abroad in the Czech Republic from August until December, and when I was finally back in the US I had some medical things to attend to, so not much baking for me. Katie is graduating from the University of Denver this year, so she has had a lot on her plate as well. 

Anyway, the next few posts will consist of some of the recent cupcakes that Katie has made! This one is the Cookies and Cream, which was a chocolate cupcake, with Oreo-cream frosting topped with some Mini-Oreos!

Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes- Samoa Edition

These cupcakes were made just for fun last week. They include a chocolate cake infused with coconut, carmel frosting, and toasted coconut shavings and chocolate sprinkles to top them off! The carmel frosting was extremely rich, but was well balanced with the lightness of the cupcake. So delicious! 

Late Summer Cupcakes

These cupcakes I made for a dinner party and all age groups enjoyed them. I made two different types of cupcakes for this party, one was chocolate with a mocha butter cream frosting and the other was a pumpkinspice with cream cheese frosting. The chocolate cupcakes with the mocha butter cream were topped with a milk chocolate hardened swirl. The pumpkin spice cupcakes with the cream cheese frosting was decorated with mint leaves and raspberries.

Wedding Shower Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for a wedding shower they are vanilla cupcakes with a butter cream frosting. There are three different decorations for these cupcakes. The first one is a butter cream frosting that is accented with a white chocolate drizzle topped with a hardened white chocolate swirl. The second is butter cream frosting that is topped with white sprinkles and white pansies. The third is butter cream frosting that is topped with a vertical hardened swirl. Enjoy!!

Birthday Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for my grandpa's birthday. The cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting, that has been rolled in white sprinkles then piped with orange and yellow frosting.

Sun Valley Sun Cupcakes

These are Sun Valley Sun cupcakes that I made for a friend who was hosting guests from out of town. I thought it would be fun for them to have some SV sun cupcakes, when they arrived in Sun Valley. These cupcakes are Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting colored yellow.

Black and White Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for a family friend who was hosting house guests. These are white cupcakes with buttercream frosting, that is decorated with chocolate ganache and chocolate sprinkles.

Booze-Cakes! Irish Carbombs and White Russians

These are the cupcakes that I decided to make for my sister's 24th birthday. The White Russians are a basic vanilla cupcake with vodka and Kahlua inside topped with Kahlua frosting. The Irish Carbomb cupcakes are a chocolate cake with Guinness injected with bittersweet chocolate and irish whiskey. The frosting contains Baileys. Here are the pictures! 

Irish Carbomb

White Russians

4th of July Cupcakes (A long time delayed)

I made these 4th of July cupcakes for a family friend of mine who was taking them to a BBQ. The cupcakes were chocolate cupcakes with a light whip cream frosting, that I then rolled in red, white and blue sprinkles. The star topping of these cupcakes is jolly ranchers that I melted in the oven and then cut out with a star shaped cookie cutter. 

The other cupcakes that I decorated for this same BBQ was like the dahlia cupcakes, which is marshmellows that are cut in half and then dipped in sprinkles.

                                     

                                         

White Cupcakes with Raspberry-Lemon Curd topped with Whipped Cream Frosting

We were asked to do some cupcakes for a charity dinner tonight for 45 people. The cupcakes we decided to make were very summery and light. To begin, I made a white cake batter with white chocolate pudding added into it. While the cupcakes were in the oven, I made a lemon curd from scratch (basically lemons, sugar, and eggs). Once the curd was finished it had to cool for about two hours. I then mashed up fresh raspberries with a teaspoon of sugar and added that to the curd after it had cooled. The white chocolate cupcakes were then injected with the raspberry-lemon curd and topped with homemade whipped cream and a single raspberry. Hopefully those who attend the lobster dinner tonight will thoroughly enjoy these zesty little cakes!

Filling of Raspberry-Lemon Curd!

Final Party Platter!