Mint Ganache?

Why yes please! I haven't baked in a while (like 3 weeks) and I couldn't think of a good excuse to make a cake...so I decided to try new cupcakes that I could pawn off on my friends to try! They are yellow cake with a mint chocolate ganache and chocolate buttercream icing with chocolate sprinkled on top. I thought they were pretty yummy...waiting to hear back from my taste testers!

Christmas Goodies

Christmas was a busy time of year (as it always is) and what better way to celebrate than with goodies! We had school parties, family get togethers and just baking with my boys.

For my oldest's  school party I volunteered to make cupcakes. I wanted to try out some new recipe's, but wasn't sure a class of 5 year olds was the best group to experiment on...so I made yellow cupcakes with buttercream icing and fondant decorations.

So....since I couldn't use the kids as guinea pigs for a new cupcake, I decided to use their teachers. I made egg nog cupcakes with an egg nog icing and topped it off with a little nutmeg. The boys and I also made a little candy, which was a pretzel, a peppermint Hershey Kiss and an M&M.

For my little guys class we had a few allergies that kept me from being able to bake...but I found a cute Santa Claus made out of strawberries and buttercream icing that were a big hit.