Halloween Treats

Miniature Cupcakes!

It's February. I'm going to pretend this is the beginning of my New Year and start fresh. I think this is a perfect start :)
In my spare time, when I have nothing else to do... I like to take pictures of cupcakes! <3 

One day I found some pretty plates and vases/candle holders at an antique store and glued them together with epoxy to make dessert/cake stands! Here is one stand, but I made three. The other two were made with fancier, antique plates with gold candle holders. They add chic elegance to my pink decor in my apartment.  Anyway.. I had fun today making cute little cupcakes in-between constructing 250 wedding invitations. Such pretty sprinkles! I can't wait for Valentines Day!

These were made with egg. But miniature cupcakes are so perfect. Just the right size.. not too much. And they are so darn cute. Next on my list are some egg free banana bars! I've been craving this for daysss.

250 Wedding Invitations. Done. Printed, all 5 pages rounded, punched and grommeted.. with tassels my mother made.

Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes & Chocolate Butternut

Letterpress Gift Cards!

Packaging fun!

Oatmeal Flax & Chocolate Chip Cookies - Egg Free

Valentines Day!

Brown Sugar Cookie Dough Cupcakes

So I stole this idea from Lovin from the Oven . However, I tried the brown sugar cupcake recipe she posted, and I was not satisfied. The cupcakes turned out a really weird texture, really crystally and they were more muffin like. They also didn't tend to rise much. I tried to alter the recipe and add more stuff to it and continue to bake the rest of the batter, but it wasn't working. The cupcakes weren't terrible - but, just not what I wanted. So I tried a different recipe which turned out amazing! They were soooo moist and rose beautifully. They were a perfect texture. 

Frozen cookie dough was placed in the center of the cupcakes (the dough was suppose to be frozen, which would not allow the cookie to bake all of the way, however they still tended to bake thoroughly). Eventhough the cookie dough baked completely and somewhat just blended in with the cake batter, these still turned out delicious! They tasted so good without the icing, they'd make a good breakfast.

But at last, I topped them with Cookie Dough flavored icing!  Now I must find people to give them to. . . . so I'm not tempted to eat them.

I'll post the brown sugar cupcake recipe soon. For it is definitely a recipe I want to continue to use! Soooo good!