Polka Dot Party

These adorable Polka Dot Cupcakes were for Gracie's 1st birthday party. They were vanilla with vanilla buttercream frosting and vanilla with Chocolate Buttercream frosting. Her colors were pink, brown, green and white. I had a great time making the cupcake toppers too. On one side they said Gracie and on the other side was a 1!

Thanks Ruth for letting me be a special part in Gracies's big day.

FORE!!!!

I delivered some golf cupcakes for 8 year old Bryson today. They were Chocolate Cupcakes with a Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. The golf ball was made out of white chocolate. And Bryson's cupcake had a blue flag(his favorite color) with his name on the front and the #8 on the back for his age!! And of course, it was the biggest one!

So it begins....

My name is Lauri. I am a "stay at home mom", who doesn't really stay at home at all. My 2 children, Makayla and Dylan, and my husband Tom are the loves of my lives. Everything I do is centered around their activities. Dylan started preschool this year and with this coming up I started thinking about what I want to be when I grow up. Hmmmm, tough question when you are 30, have 2 children that you still need to raise, and really have no clue. I have always loved making cupcakes. I love how pretty they can be. Truthfully I usually made them out of a box and then decorated them with a few sprinkles. But I always admired the REALLY pretty ones. So I started experimenting, and after a few batches in the garbage, started learning what it takes to make a good cupcake. A good base and a good top....simple? Not so much. I love to make up a new recipe and take it to my very willing taste testers and get their opinion. I have a great mix of people. I am a frosting girl myself so I was surprised at how many people loved the cake part more. I even have one friend that could do without frosting at all! So a good moist (that is my BFF favorite word BTW) cake and a super yummy frosting, not too sweet, but just right....After much prompting by friends I decided to try my skills at running my own cupcake business. I came up For the Love of Cupcakes and have had so much fun helping people. So here are my baking and decorating adventures of those experiments and my wonderful clientele that helps me be able to "figure out what I want to be when I grow up"!