That's a lot of cupcakes!

This was the largest cake order I have done in my jimmy cakes career, and it was a lot of fun! Hours of measuring, mixing, baking, and decorating produced over 25 dozen cupcakes for this March wedding!

There were four gourmet cupcake flavors - Cookies and Cream, Chocolate Raspberry, Coconut Cream, and Strawberry Cheesecake. These flavors were pretty much created for this particular wedding, as the bride sent me a list of flavors she would like to try. Basically, the bride said that she wanted guests to be able to look at the cupcakes and know what they were picking up.

Above we have a cookies and cream cupcake, which is a vanilla cake with finely crushed Oreos in the batter itself. Topped with plain white icing, some crushed Oreos and a 1/4 Oreo.

Above is a chocolate raspberry cupcake, which is a chocolate cake batter with real raspberry fruit in the batter, topped with buttercream icing and a fresh raspberry.

Above is a coconut cream cupcake, which is a coconut cake with finely chopped coconut flakes in the batter, topped with coconut buttercream icing and freshly toasted coconut flakes.

Above is a strawberry cheesecake cupcake which is actually a cheesecake cupcake with freshly chopped strawberry pieces in the batter, topped with strawberry buttercream and a sliced strawberry.

Snakes and Snails, and Puppy-Dog Tails - It's A Boy!

Had a lot of fun doing these cupcakes for a baby shower today! These organic vanilla cupcakes were delicious (had to alter my normal recipe slightly to make them organic - which if you know me, changing recipes can be a small 'challenge'). The customer provided me with an invitation to show the colors and design they wanted me to match, and this is what I came up with.

I custom made all the decorations for the toppers out of card stock and scrap-booking supplies I had at my house. This was a cheaper option than making them all edible, and I was able to do more with them because they weren't made out of chocolate or gum-paste... I was really happy with how they turned out.

Anticipation and Beyond

Laurie Flower of Anticipation and Beyond hired me to create customized treats for some potential customers. These carrot-cake cupcakes were made from scratch, as all jimmy cakes' cakes are, and were topped with buttercream icing. I piped out white chocolate squares by hand, then once they hardened, I flipped them over and piped her logo out onto each one. Voila! - a customized marketing 'favor' for potential businesses and customers (and these are tastier than paperweights or letter openers!).

Wedding to the Beat of Their Own Drum

What a fun experience for me! I was contacted by Krystal and Jared who were looking for something different for their small, yet intimate and personalized wedding. Jared is a professional drummer, and Krystal suggested doing a cke which looked like a drum. Through our interactions, we developed the idea of doing cupcake drums with a monogram on them and little drum sticks to match the cake they would cut.

The design for both the cupcakes and the drum cake were a lot of fun, and took a lot of time. Each little drum top on the cupcakes had to be painted with a monogram, edges and bolts piped on and then I had to dip 110 little drumsticks in the coloring. The brackets on the drum cake had to be sprayed with an air-brush after they were molded and had hardened.

The reception was held at Liberty University's Snow Flex Lodge and was certainly an intimate setting. The relaxed yet personal atmosphere made this a unique and special wedding reception. Congrats Krystal and Jared, and thanks for allowing me to be a part of your special day - it was an honor!

12 Dozen Minis = 1 Big Order!

This most recent order was for 12 dozen mini cupcakes for an event at Liberty University's School of Law. There were four different flavors of cupcakes: chocolate with chocolate icing, strawberry with strawberry buttercream icing, spice cake with cream cheese icing, and almond with almond buttercream icing. Each of these were made entirely from scratch, as all jimmy cakes orders are. Check em out below!

I grated a frozen Hershey's Chocolate bar on these!

Sprinkled cinnamon on these!

Blended strawberry puree in this icing!

Placed sliced toasted almonds in these!

An Extra Cool, Ektrakul Wedding

I had a lot of fun being a part of this really fun wedding! I was recently able to do 150 monogramed cupcakes for Solomon and Angi Ekrakul (pronounced like 'ektra cool'). There were three flavors: chocolate, vanilla, and carrot cake, and all of the monograms were hand piped from melted chocolate.

There were four different letter 'E's with different shapes and styles. I got pretty nervous though because when I started placing the monograms in the cupcakes, the humidity started melting the letters. Thankfully, it was cold at the reception site, and I was able to salvage them!

The stand was made by the brother of the groom, who was recreating a soccer stadium. He first made a template out of cardboard and finished this actual stand the night before the wedding!

Mini Cupcakes and Mini Davies

Our dear friends, the Davies, are having twins! My wife and Sabrena Deal of S. Carter Studios worked and planned a baby shower for Mrs. Davies, and my wife actually make this cake below. I have to give her 'props' because I think it looks pretty amazing! She said this is the kind of cake she could do!

My role was to make some mini organic spice cake cupcakes with organic cream cheese icing (something I could do). These bite-sized bits of happiness were just the thing for this well-planned baby shower!

Congratulations Davies!

Baby Cakes...

Staff party at my work! One of our counselors is 8ish months pregnant, and we wanted to celebrate. What better way to celebrate than with cake?!? Half the cupcakes were chocolate again and half were white cake. The pacifiers were made out of white chocolate in the same fashion as the hearts on the engagement cupcakes. The icing on all of these cupcakes is buttercream icing, tinted various colors.

Engagement Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for our office staff meeting... We were celebrating all the people in our office who are engaged. Some of the cupcakes are chocolate and some are vanilla. The icing is chocolate cream cheese, and the white hearts are made of white chocolate. I melted the chocolate and then piped it into the heart shapes. Once they cooled, I piped little hearts on them, then placed them on the cupcakes. Overall, I was happy with how they turned out...

Stand Aside Peppermint Mocha...

When I think of winter and Christmastime, I think of peppermint... don't ask me why, but I do. There is nothing better than stirring a cup of hot cocoa with a candy cane, only to dissolve it into a peppermint chocolatey goodness... I attempted to recreate a little taste of that last weekend.

I used chocolate cupcakes in all-natural baking cups, and made a homemade peppermint cream cheese icing, then crushed up candy canes and placed them atop... instant homemade goodness...

Harry Potter + Power Puff Girls = Potter Puff

One of my friends contacted me about a birthday cake for her sister, who used to cover her textbooks with little drawings of puff-esque characters. One such example was Potter Puff.

Originally she wanted to see if I could put Harry's head on the cupcakes, and I suggested we just do a cupcake cake with the whole image. She loved it and the rest is history.

I used Funfetti cupcakes with home-made white icing. I mixed each color from the original white icing, drew the image on the iced cupcakes, then filled in the drawing with the various colors.

Groovy Cupcake Cake

This was a lot of fun to make! This is a cupcake cake I made for a joint birthday party. These two girls were both turning 13, and wanted something fun! I have never made one like this before, and will definitely do it again!