Isotopes Softball Cupcakes!

On Friday, my boyfriend Kyle and I went to a softball party at his teammate's house. I went to Pinterest.com for inspiration on softball cupcakes ideas :)

 

 

Decorations:

"ball": vanilla icing dipped in white sugar

"lacing": red icing piped using #4 icing tip

numbers: blue icing piped using #4 icing tip

 

 

My cupcake box only fit 12, so Kyle and sub's cupcakes got to hangout in the cake box!

 

Originally I only planned on making the cake, but since I wanted to make both a chocolate and vanilla cake, I had extra batter to make cupcakes as well. The cake is a smile design, for the team's logo. I added a "softball" border to the cake to add a little more to the design.

 



  

Decorations:

"softballs": vanilla melting wafers

"lacing": red icing piped using #4 icing tip

team logo: blue icing piped using #4 icing tip

 

 

 

Isotopes 2013 Championship game - 2nd place!

They won the championship last year, so I think it's only fair they didn't take 1st place again this year. Now they have something to fight for next year!

 

 

BBQ cupcakes!

This past Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to a BBQ at this friends house. Since cupcakes/cakes are my thing, I offered to bring cupcakes. After searching through Pinterest.com, I found these lovely BBQ themed cupcakes.

 

 

After a few changes and edits to the decoration recipe, I created these beauties! I think they turned out pretty well!!

 

In order to save money on ingredients, I used a boxed yellow cake mix and canned chocolate frosting from the store. I love decorating but its such an expensive hobby. I tend to cheap out when I'm not being paid to make cupcakes, just to cut down on my grocery bills each month! 

 

Decorations:

"pork chop/meat": caramel crème candies molded

"hotdog": red mike & ike candies

"shish kabob": assorted fruit gummies cut up and layered on a tooth pick

"grill": black icing piped using #4 icing tip

"grill marks": black gel icing