Our order for tomorrow.

This is my first time working with fondant for an order.

Here it is!

Photo by Betsy McPherson

They're iphone app buttons.

I made the fondant out of marshmallows. I hate the taste of fondant, so I figured if the apps were eaten, these would go down a bit smoother.

Underneath is chocolate buttercream frosting. And the cupcakes themselves are chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet, half have toffee chips, and the other half have chocolate chips in them.

Anywhoozle, I hope they like them :)

Carrot Cake

I figured we should get back to what this blog was intended for:

Photo by Betsy McPherson

This was my first attempt at carrot cake. My irritatingly horrible oven over baked them slightly, and I need to perfect my cream cheese frosting recipe, which may be difficult since I can't stand the stuff, but I think they came out pretty well for a first try :)

update!

oh it's been so long!

this last week or so has been full of progress, set backs, realizations, and theft.

which i suppose would be what one considers a set back.

but i'm regrouping and categorizing all of what life has thrown my way.

and be grateful for everything i have.

daniel and i celebrated our sixth year of being together yesterday! it's gone so quickly. we've celebrated our anniversary a little differently these last couple of years. last year we were pregnant. and this year we were fortunate enough for lily to go to sleep early so we could pick up dinner and watch a movie. but it was amazing.

this afternoon dan came home with my anniversary present: a brand new laptop!

i had bought a brand new laptop last month, and i loved it, but someone broke into our house and stole it last weekend.

so now i have this one, which i think is even better. and on a whole other level since it was given out of total sacrifice and love. and because he really believes in everything i do, including this crazy cupcake adventure.

demo at our property is underway! we've been having meetings, getting invoices, crossing fingers over financing, the whole nine.

but we are pushing through all the bureaucracy and trying to keep hope alive.

hopefully i can post pictures soon of the building!