Camping Cupcakes

For many people, summer isn't complete without a camping adventure.  Although a weekend camping getaway isn't always easy to coordinate, my friends and I channeled our inner child and went glamping (glamorous camping) in my BFF's backyard - complete with a movie screen, bbq grill and non-porta-potty bathrooms.  It was a blast!!

But I digress.  Since we went pretend camping, it was only appropriate that we had pretend s'mores...cupcake style!

With a graham cracker crust, a layer of bittersweet chocolate and a toasted marshmallow-y meringue frosting, we had all the goodness of a s'more in a bite-sized cake!

Another One For The Mouseketeers...

If you know anything about me, then you know that I love me some Disneyland.  So, when a client asked me to create Minnie Mouse cake pops for her daughter's birthday,  I was ready to take on the challenge.

Once these lovelies got dipped in chocolate, I did a happy dance because they looked soooo cute!  And then, when I finished each cake pop with a red candy bow, I got giddy.  Giggly, smiley giddy.  I was so excited!

Hope you like it!

Push a Push Pop!

The dessert gods are always thinking of new ways to deliver loads of sugar into our bellies.  But this way isn't really new, especially if you grew up eating Push-Up ice cream treats (the Flintstones ones...you know what I'm talking about).

When asked to make a push-up cake (not to be confused with a cake pop), I have to admit I had never heard of it.  But after a quick online search - even though I was sad that I didn't think of this genius idea first - I was so excited to start making these!  The combos are endless and the concept is fantastic.

For Push-up Cake: Round One, I made a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and topped it with a red heart sprinkle.  Cute, right?  And the best part is it's completely portable - you don't have to worry about the treat tipping over and frosting getting messed up because it's all contained in a cute tube.  Loves it!

Stay tuned for some fun push-up cakes...and maybe even some push-up ice cream cakes.  Yeah, you read that right...push-up ice cream cakes.  Stay tuned...