Graduation Day Cupcakes

My cousins and I made these three dozen cupcakes for my brother's high school graduation party. We decided to make both vanilla and strawberry (a favorite among all!) and used vanilla buttercream as well as milk chocolate frosting. I made the graduation caps and diplomas out of fondant which I dyed red and flavored with vanilla extract. Everyone at the party loved how cute they were!

Oreo Cheescake Cupcakes

A batch of oreo cheesecake cupcakes also adapted from the Martha Stewart cupcake recipe book. These were an instant hit at home. As filling as cheesecake is, these were the perfect size to keep you begging for more. They were very rich and dense and tasted like oreo ice cream. To top it off, I put actual oreo cookies on the bottom of each cupcake liner which baked into chewy deliciousness.

Jilly's @ the Beach

One of the few cupcakes that survived the bike ride my friend and I made to Jilly's Cupcake bar in St. Louis. We decided to pack six cupcakes in our backpacks and by the time we got back to campus, this was the only one that looked presentable. It's a summer flavor called "Jilly's at the Beach" and the website describes it as "madagascar vanilla cake infused with vanilla syrup, stuffed with key lime custard, and topped off with a mango cream cheese frosting and a kiwi buttercream." If that doesn't make your mouth water, I don't know what will...

3 Leches Cupcakes

After eagerly awaiting the new Martha Stewart Cupcake recipe book for months I finally went out to Williams Sonoma and purchased a copy. On the way home I was flipping through the pages when the "Tres Leches Cupcakes" recipe caught my eye. As soon as I got home I ran to the kitchen and made them. They turned out incredibly moist and sweet with a perfect light topping of whipped cream and cinammon. The recipe reminded me of my nonna's tres leches cake recipe. :-)