Kitchen Creations - October

Hi there cupcake cuties!

Just stopping by to share with you a few of the new things I've been cooking up in my kitchen this month.

First off I made some simple cupcakes to thank a friend (at Thanksgiving) for helping me out. She loves caramel so I made these super yummy apple cinnamon cupcakes topped with whipped vanilla frosting, drizzled in caramel and rimmed with caramel crunch.

Then, another thanksgiving thank you present, I sent some fall cake pops to my Aunt and Uncle who are the awesome makers of my cake pop stands (I'll have to share some pics of those soon, they're too cute to keep to myself!)

These little pumpkin spice bites were adorned with fall color candy coating, leaf sprinkles and candied pecans. (I candied them myself, and snuck in a little maple, just for fun).

Next, was my own Thanksgiving treat, to share with my family. Good ol' pumpkin spice. I tried a little twist on it this year and added some butter pecan flavoring and chopped up pecan nuts. Oh my gosh, they were soooo good. I love a cupcake that is both sweet and spicy. But then again, I don't have a super sweet tooth, so I like a sweet treat with a richer darker flavor to it.

I topped these cuppies off with some vanilla icing, home made acorns (I made the acorns by smooshing together vanilla and chocolate caramel candies, forming them into a sort of eggy type shape and then I attached a hershey's kiss on top with some melted chocolate, coated the kiss in melted chocolate and rolled the top in some chopped nuts) and finally added a few wafer paper leaves. These leaves were 100% edible, and looked so sweet, and perfect for fall. If you want to try making some cupcakes like these, or would like to see some other wafer paper decorations, you definitely want to check out Miss Cupcake Canada on Etsy. Her pricing is quite reasonable, shipping is fast, and the product is great quality. It really doesn't taste like anything, (maybe a bit like a rice cracker?) but the taste is so mild and unnoticeable that it wont affect the overall flavor of your baked good at all.

Next up, a long time family friend was celebrating her 60th birthday. She loves to drink tea, so I made her a teapot. Well, a cake that looked like a teapot that is.

This cake was so fun to make. I love trying out new things. I had to include a little teacup-cupcake and a few cookies on the side, just to make a complete set. The teacup is from a set made by a company called FRED. They make all sorts of fun novelty items, such as these silicone teacup baking cups. I can't wait for my nieces to discover the wonders of the tea party, to break out this set again and have a real surprise!

Let's see. What came next?
Oh yes, I started my contests, showing my new line of cakes. 6" cakes ready in 6 hours or less, with 6 designs to choose from.

The first, may actually be my favorite so far.

This is a french vanilla cake with vanilla icing decorated in a petal effect. I topped it off with some pretty yellow shimmering sugar and a magnolia style flower. The magnolia is one of my favorite flowers, maybe that's why I like this cake so much. I've already had a request to make this cake with purple accents, instead of the yellow. I can't wait to see how it turns out!
Oh, I can't forget the matching cupcakes. I always have to have some cupcakes!

Sweet cupcakes, an icing flower, and a yellow sprinkled swirl. Love it!

Then it was my own Mom's birthday. And let me tell you, she loves her chocolate. So I made her the second cake in my new line.

Doesn't it look scrumptious! This is a triple chocolate cake, wrapped in dark chocolate patterned strips, topped with a giant whipped chocolate icing swirl, some dark chocolate shards and tied up with a bow. Now, my Mom loves all my cakes, but she certainly made short work of eating this one all up!
And since we had enough cake to go around, I did up the matching cupcakes for my two aunts, whose birthdays just happen to be 2 weeks after my mom's.

So delish! Some were topped off with the dark chocolate shards and some were filled with chocolate bavarian cream and finished off with chocolate icing and white sprinkles.

Finishing out this month, I made an adorable Halloween treat. Each month, as a part of the 6 in 6 cake line I will be creating a 'cake of the month' to celebrate the season. This month, is of course Halloween, a time of pumpkins, ghosts and of course trick-or-treaters.

I fell in love with this ghost girl cake when I saw the idea on mycakeschool.com and just had to recreate it! My go-to for this month, this cake was a pumpkin spice and pecan cake with vanilla icing finished off with little pumpkins and leaves, orange shimmering sugar and the piece de resistance: the little ghost girl complete with a pumpkin treat bucket overflowing with halloween candies. As an added bonus, the little ghost was actually a cake pop in disguise! How's that for a trick, and a treat?!

We can't forget the matching cupcakes. I kept these simple, didn't want to upstage the awesomeness of the cake.

Yummy little cupcakes baked up in orange muffin cups, topped with vanilla icing, orange shimmering sugar, pumpkin candies and icing leaves. Perfect for a Halloween party.

There's another month gone by. I can't believe how fast the time flies when you're baking up some fun!

If you have any questions about any of the products I used to make these special creations, leave a comment below. I hope everyone has a spooktacular (but safe) Halloween!

Until next time,
Happy baking, caking and decorating!

Love and sprinkles, xoxo