NC State Cupcakes - Second Order

After doing NC State Cupcakes for my husband's now former co-worker, he contacted my husband again and asked if I could make him some more.  He ended up needing 24 cupcakes this time.

Many times I have sent leftovers into work with my husband because there are just too many to keep at our house.  On a couple of occasions I have sent in cookie dough cupcakes and my husband says they get rave reviews.  So when I received this order he asked specifically if I could make some of the cupcakes cookie dough which cookie dough frosting.  So I made 12 red velvet with cream cheese frosting again as well as 12 cookie dough cupcakes. I am sure by the picture you can tell which are which. ;)

I would have to now say my favorite is cookie dough with cookie dough frosting.

NC State Cupcakes

This was the first order from one of Billy's co-workers for NC State cupcakes for his wife.  They are red velvet with cream cheese frosting.  I was so thrilled to hear that he wanted to order more later as well.

New Adventures in Baking

So growing up I have always had a passion for decorating cakes.  Well another one of our friends turned 30 in December while we were still in the hospital with the delivery of our second child which meant we were unable to celebrate with him and our other friends.  When we were home and able to celebrate we invited them over for dinner and cake afterwards.  Since I had planned to make him a cake for his birthday I asked his wife what his favorite kind was and she told me a cookie cake.  My first thought was, "oh no I have never done a cookie cake before" but I thought I would give it a try.  I knew the cookie cake had to be NC State themed because he is a graduate of NC State as well as a  HUGE NC State sports fan.  I ended up piping this whole cookie cake with buttercream.  I actually didn't spend a whole lot of time on this because I thought we would be the only ones seeing it but I was impressed how it came out so I thought I would share it on my blog.

Keeping Up the School Themes

Both my dad and father-in-law have a birthday in November.  In fact my father-in-law's birthday is the day after my dad's.  So this past Thanksgiving I was busy making 2 cakes.  The OSU football cake I made my dad seen here and this Clemson cake I made for my father-in-law.  My father-in-law graduated from Clemson so I thought it was only fitting to make him a school-themed cake as well.

This was the first time I made a pound cake. I also iced it with buttercream and decorated it with fondant.

The Big 3-0

This past weekend the husband of one of our couple friends turned the big 3-0.  For his birthday his wife asked me to make his birthday cake for the party.  Our friend's birthday was on Sunday but his wife threw him a party the Saturday night before.  Since it was the night of the big State vs UNC game and our friend went to NC State, his wife asked me to make a NC State basketball cake.  I was very excited she had asked me to do this because I have had a ball pan that I was really wanting a reason to use.  She told me that it had to feed around 25 people and I knew the ball would not feed 25 people so I also made a NC State jersey.  The number on the jersey was suppose to represent his age.  His wife requested I ice the cake with buttercream but that I could accent it with fondant. So that is what I did.  I did use marshmallow fondant this time because the pieces I used to accent were flat pieces so the softer consistency of marshmallow fondant would work and taste better as well. Here is the cake as well as our friend who was turning 30.

O.H...I.O

For Thanksgiving this past year my dad and his wife brought my grandparents and came to visit us because we couldn't travel since we were so close to the end of the pregnancy.  My dad's birthday is also at the end of November so when we are home for Thanksgiving we usually celebrate his birthday.  This year since we were home it was easier for me to surprise him with a cake I made.  My dad is a graduate of Ohio State University and he loves watching football.  So I created him an OSU football cake.  The cake was iced in buttercream and the lines on the "field" were piped on.  The helmet, big O and the football were a combination of gum paste and fondant.  The helmet was the most challenging.  I couldn't get the face mask to work because it kept falling apart.  My husband had the great idea to make a kicker's helmet instead of a regular helmet because it had less bars on the face mask part.  That was such a good idea and made life a lot easier. My dad is older than 50 but this cake would have been good for someone turning 50 because of the 50 yard line.