Yellow Cupcakes with Raspberry Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

A treat for my sweetie and his co-workers today!

Yellow Cupcakes with 

Raspberry Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

Cupcakes for a Fashion Designer

I was hired by a co-worker to make cupcakes for her daughter's graduation party.  Nicole recently graduated from Drexel University and is a fashion designer!  I had a lot of fun with these cupcakes despite the heat and they were very pleased with the results.

Using her fabric design boards, I took inspiration for colors and some decorations. 

The Inspiration!!!!

Packed and ready for delivery....

4th of July!

I had a great 4th of July holiday weekend!  There was much going on with the family and my sweetie this weekend.  One of the best parts of the weekend was my BBQ on Sunday.  The rule was come whenever, relax, eat whenever and have fun!  Unfortunately Sunday was the worst weather day of the weekend, but I decorated inside the house and we were able to get in a walk down to the beach and eat outside.  The fireworks in my neighborhood, Point Beach, were beautiful and all the fireworks down the shore were amazing to see!

I'm sorry that I was so relaxed that I forgot to take pictures of the food and decorations, but here's the menu as best as I can remember:

Sweedish meatballs (home made with ground chicken)
Ribs with my BBQ sauce, with some fresh apricots this time!
Baked beans
Baked mac and cheese
Tequila glazed chicken kebobs
Potato salad
Pasta salads (2 kinds thanks to mom!)
Green salad
Corn muffins

And for dessert...Death by Chocolate!

Sadly the long weekend had to come to an end, but we all headed to mom's last night for a round 2 of my picnic and some more relaxing.  I'm very happy my office was closed today as well ;)

Baked French Toast

I made this up quickly as I went, but I used 1 loaf of cinnamon swirl bread, 6 eggs, some milk, cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar and butter.  Pour egg mixture on top of the bread and soak it overnight.  Bake 375 degree oven about 30 minutes, then top each 1/4 with a little butter and drizzle syrup across the top, bake another 15-30 minutes or until set (will come out very puffy!).  Enjoy :)

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Transformers Cupcakes

So, I had another cupcake order...this time for a child's birthday.  


Transformers was the decoration of choice, so I hope he'll like them!  We have chocolate with caramel butter cream (blue) and Cookies & Cream with Vanilla butter cream (red).

Blueberry Coffee Cake

I must be on a coffee cake kick!

Blueberry Coffee Cake

• 2 c. flour
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine, cut into small pieces
• 1 t. baking powder
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 c. milk
• 1 t. vanilla
• 2 – 2 1/2 c. blueberries

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter or margarine, or mix with an electric mixer on low speed, until crumbly. Reserve 3/4 c. crumb mixture for topping.
2. To the remaining mixture, add baking powder, egg yolks (reserve whites in a separate bowl), milk and vanilla. Beat until combined, about 1 minute.
3. Whisk the reserved egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the batter.
4. Pour the batter into a greased 13×9 casserole dish. Cover with blueberries. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over the blueberries. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 – 40 minutes, until lightly browned and fully cooked.