A HOUSE FULL OF LOVE

This cupcake order couldn't have been filled with more love and adoration. A good friend of mine, had contacted me wanting to surprise her husband with some cupcakes as a 'We love you' and 'Welcome home' gift. Unfortunately, over the Christmas holidays, a medical emergency arose, and a lengthy stay in the hospital was necessary. While recovering, she thought it would be a great idea to surprise him by presenting him with cupcakes at their sons first birthday party. He had no idea that...Covert Operation - "We Love Papa" was in FULL effect!!!!

After discussing a few different flavor options, OK...maybe more than a few ;) I was given the 'ok' to pick what flavors I thought would work - eeek!!! After much deliberation, I decided that the Guinness Cupcakes topped with a Peanut Butter Buttercream, and the Lemon Berry-Licious would be the lucky two winning flavors!

Lemon Berry-Licious and Custom Guinness Cupcake topped with Peanut Butter Buttercream

These cupcakes were then made even more special by the addition of personalized cupcake flags. I decided to go with a more mature silver/grey/blue colour scheme. I wanted the cupcakes to stand on their own and not blend in. However, it was also important that they didn't interrupt the main celebration of their sons first birthday. The tags were a mixture of 'Welcome Home Papa', 'We Missed You', 'We Love You', some flags were patterned, and others plain. I also added flags with all family members names on them.

Photo taken at the party

I felt honoured to be part of such a special occasion. I look forward to being a part of more, and wish you all Love, Health and Happiness!

You can further read my friends review of the cupcakes here:

 Cupcakes On The Side Reviews

Class of 2010

Where does the time go? I was 17 years old and remember clearly holding my first niece in my arms and marveling at how small and gorgeous she was. I would spend all of my free time with her, and often thought to myself  'when you will be 17, I will be...oh my gosh!!!'- She's not there yet (thank goodness), she is now 14 and will be starting her first year of high school in September. So I ask again - Where does the time go???

Vanilla Bean Cupcake filled with Nutella topped with Peanut Butter Buttercream and a fondant graduation cap

Here is a perfect example of how you can use the Flavors Available tab Mix-&-Match to create your own signature cupcake! We used a Vanilla bean cupcake base filled with Nutella and then topped them with a Peanut Butter Buttercream. Knowing that the more 'mature' generation aren't big PB fans we opted to leave some the cupcakes plain and topped them with a Fresh Mixed Berry Buttercream (same buttercream used on the Lemon Berry-Licious).