Class of .........

1993! 

My hometown's Class Reunion is tonight and I felt honored to be able to make cupcakes for it! 

=)

I'm pretty excited cuz I'm alumni too!

Tho I'm Class of 2006. Lol

6am came waaay too quickly this morning ... 

So quick that when I started to bake I ended up accidentally knocking over my whole box of cocoa powder!

Major failure!

=(

So I had to go to the store for more. 

Ugh.

Not what I wanted to be doing!

Baking didn't really start til about 7am.

Which was still ok as long as nothing else went wrong.

And it didn't!

Thank god! 

Lol

50 Chocolate

&

50 Red Velvet

Sounds easy enough.

And it was after I got in the groove of things. 

=)

Before I even started baking ...

I had some prep work a couple days ago. 

I had to cut out fondant 93s for the tops of each cupcake. 

There was a little over one hundred 3s and a little over one hundred 9s too ...

All I gotta say is ... OW!

My fingers were killing me after cutting out all 200+ of these tiny bad boys!

I'm talking sore for 2-3 days.

Lol

Anyways ... 

Back to cupcakes!

They came out beautifully!! 

See! 

=)

Pre-fondant ...

And here's the final presentation!

Love them!

They turned out better than I was expecting. 

I just hope these beauties don't melt.

It's 100* degrees outside here today! 

Eek!

Well I think I'm out for now. 

Gonna try and cool off. 

Congrats Class of 1993!

And I hope you enjoy your night!

Laters peeps!

=P

I love oil!!

I never thought vegetable oil would become such a big part of what I make in the kitchen! 

Lol

Other than using it for making Chicken Fried Steak or brownies from a box ...

I didn't really use it.

And yes ...

You heard me right. 

I make brownies from a box.

I have yet to master them from scratch.

Lol

That's my next endeavor.

Since I have changed the way I bake from butter to oil ...

Everything is turning out right!! 

=) 

And it makes me soo happy! 

No worries!

Butter still goes in the frostings I make. Lol

That hasn't changed. 

This morning I made Red Velvet Cupcakes using oil.

And ... O ... M ... G!!

AMAZINGNESS! 

=)

I've tried Red Velvet recipes multiple times and have yet to get it right.

This morning I did just that. 

=)

Look at how gorgeous they look! 

=)

I found really cute Pink Camo Cupcake Liners at Walmart this morning.

Better believe I used them. 

Lol

I'm also well on my way to reaching my goal I set for my Bucket List.

It's been kinda hard cuz it's been soooo hot ...

But this morning was only 58* and it was amazing. 

Haha!

Windows open ...

Movie playing ...

Mixer mixing ...

Cupcakes baking ...

Pure bliss. 

Since the beginning of May I've made 340 cupcakes.

That number is only going to grow as we get into the winter months.

I have another order coming up for High School Reunion Cupcakes and I'm über excited! 

I get to use my new alphabet/number fondant cutters. 

=)

Anywho ...

Here's some pics of the finished product from this morning. 

See ... Pink Camo Liners are soo cute!

And went perfect with these bright red cupcakes.

=)

Add some yummy Cream Cheese Frosting and they're perfect! 

Nice and fluffy!

Ta-ta for now friends. 

Got movie date. 

<3

Ill definitely be blogging about the Reunion Cupcakes.

=)