s'more cupcakes

I'm not sure if I already shared this. These are s'more cupcakes I made a few weeks ago (this pic was also taken a few weeks ago.... I didn't snap a pic of week-old cupcakes, promise!). They were pretty easy. I used a graham cracker cupcake recipe from here and baked those. I filled them with the simple chocolate ganache (found on that same site), topped with mini marshmallows, and put them in the broiler for about 30 seconds (just enough for them to get a little melty and brown). Then, I topped with pieces of a hershey chocolate bar. They're really good and have all the s'morey elements. Yum!

Sunday Bunday: Mani/Pedi and Shopping with Jude

I'm thinking of doing a weekly Bunny specific post on Sundays. Sundays can be pretty hectic for us, so sometimes it may be a Monday Bunday post.

Today, I took Jude to get her nails did. Save A Bunny does free nail trims for Bunnys regularly, so I took her in and made a donation. I also got her a cute little carrier (smaller and with a messenger bag type strap) so I have the option to take her more places. It worked out really well. We met my aunt and cousin at Kohl's for a little shopping, and Jude went in with me in the tote. It was great!

At Kohl's, we found the CUTEST candle that incorporate two of my favorite things ever, Cupcakes and Bunnies! I bought this adorable little thing (on sale- woot!). I love the little white bunny on top. Totally reminds me of Hef! The colors match my kitchen perfectly. I'm really happy with my little purchase.

This concludes my first ever Sunday Bunday!

Spaghetti Cupcakes

Just a quick little post (shhhhh! I'm supposed to be doing homework right now!) to show the spaghetti cupcakes I made on Sunday night. I got the idea from the book Hello, Cupcake, that I got for Christmas a few years ago from Huz's aunt. (She's so sweet!)

Anyway, I used a vanilla cake recipe, and made vanilla buttercream (piped to look like noodles). Ferrero Rocher hazelnut chocolates and some strawberry jelly created a meatballs and sauce look for the top. These were soooo fun to make!

Someday my house

will look like this at Christmas:

These are pics from Bakerella's blog. I absolutely love her. She is amazing. And, I guess she has amazing friends, because these Christmas decorations are fabulous! I would love to decorate my house like this. But then, I'd never ever want to put my Christmas decorations away!

Breakfast in Bed Cupcakes

I absolutely love cupcakes. My kitchen is decorated with them, and I have clothes, accessories, and makeup that are cupcake related. I love baking them. But I don't really like to blog about the cupcakes I bake. I have friends who have baking blogs, and their amazing cupcakes completely blow mine out of the water. Yeah, my friends are pretty freaking talented.

Anyway, my church did a Bake Off Auction this Sunday. A bunch of ladies and gentlemen in the church baked some delicious goodies which were auctioned off to raise money for our Christmas production. And the baker of the goodie that sold for the highest amount got a really cool custom apron. It was a lot of fun.

There were some delicious-looking goodies there. The smell was amazing, and I wish I could have tasted a bit of everything. I wanted to bid on them all!

My contribution was two dozen "Breakfast in Bed" themed cupcakes. I made Peaches and Cream cupcakes with diced peaches and a creamy center, topped with home made vanilla buttercream and a peach (see how it looked like sunnyside up eggs?! ::wink::) I also made French Toast Cupcakes with home made maple buttercream and hickory smoked bacon on top. It was so fun to put my display together and make it look like a real breakfast! And, it was really cool to hear people's comments about how creative and fun they were. I was really proud!

My cupcakes didn't win, but they did make $40 for the fundraiser. The winner was a five-tiered strawberry short cake (tall cake?) that sold for $100! It's okay though. When you're earning money for a great cause, second place still tastes sweet. ;) And there's always next year right?!

Game Night

Tonight was Game Night at our cousins' house with our awesome P family! I love being married into such an amazing family. They've treated me like a member of the fam right from the start, and I still get warm flutteries in my tummy when I remember that I really am officially a part of the family. They're THAT awesome =)

I was asked to bring a couple of Very Important Things. Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip, and Quelf. Quelf is an amazingly awesome board game. It's super fun and super crazy. When you have the right people playing, it's the best game ever. We took it camping last month, and had a fabulous time. Tonight was even more fun. I seriously recommend this game if you want to laugh til you puke.

(pic from here)

I also brought Cupcakes. I went with a game night theme and made Popcorn Cupcakes. I got the idea from a cupcake cookbook Huz's aunt gave me for Christmas (there are some SUPER cute things in there that I want to try!) They're vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and little marshmallows arranged to look like popcorn. I placed them in the popcorn containers I bought last year in the dollar section at Target. I loved them!

I wore my Nudist Cupcake shirt. I got it on Shirt.Woot. I think it's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen. I am totally in love with it!

I slipped on my Cupcake Chucks and Huz and I ran out the door. (Only like 45 minutes late, but really, when we're with the P family, that's right on time).

(photo from here)

I had SUCH a great time! We talked and laughed and played and ate like food was going out of style. Huz talked about manly things with the men, and I tried to contol my laughter (without success) with the rest of the cousins. Oh! I also got to hold one of the cutest babies ever! Our cousin G had Baby Mason a few months ago. He is soooo cute, and I got to feed him his bottle for a little while.

All in all, a great night!