Here's the picture of the Ninja cupcakes, as promised, the kids really loved them! They were definitely fun to make!

My best friend's daughter's birthday is tomorrow. My daughter's, of course, will be going to her party. I was looking online, as usual, to find inspiration for new and unusual ideas. I came across a picture of adorable little cupcakes with sword wielding ninjas on them and my daughter screams out..."Kelsey would love those!!!" I looked at the picture, determined whether or not I have the ability to do something like that, then told my daughter..."you're helping."

We will be doing these cupcakes tonight. I will post pictures as we go. Even if they don't turn out as cute as the picture we are going off of...they're cupcakes, they will be good...lol. Not to mention the quality time for mom and daughter :)

Here is a picture of what we are going for...wish us luck!

This gorgeous sweet temptress is our very own Red Velvet cupcake with Cream Cheese frosting. We made this batch of goodness for a sweet baby's baptism...she didn't get to enjoy them, but everyone else did!

Tried out a couple new cupcake flavors over the weekend. While the flavor was definitely dead on (with several taste testers agreeing) the overall look of the cupcakes left something to be desired... First cupcake was a White Chocolate Chipotle with a White Chocolate Ganache covered in sanding sugar. The White Chocolate Chipotle cookie is such a hit, I had to try it in a cupcake! The tickle of spiciness is not quite as strong as the cookie (I was expecting it to be stronger, actually), but the flavor, texture, and moistness was all very good. I may leave this cupcake as it is or I may try to make a whipped frosting to give it some height. This was definitely the most eye appealing of the two cupcakes! Cupcake number 2 was a Strawberry n Cream cupcake. A moist vanilla sponge topped with cream and strawberry glaze with a tasty strawberry placed on top. That glaze did not want to stay on the cupcake and took the strawberry with it! :( You can't learn without failure, however, so next time that delicious glaze will have some chopped up strawberry in it and will be a wonderful filling for this cupcake topped with a cream frosting! Live and learn!