It's Okay to Eat a Cupcake for Breakfast....

I woke up today, got my cup of coffee, grabbed my vitamin C (I am currently getting a cold, or whatever it is that has been going around work... yes, two days before my vacation to San Diego to celebrate mine and Chuck's two year anniversary) and when I opened the fridge to get the creamer, I saw the cupcake that Chuck bouth for me for Valentine's day. Yes, he went to the Coffee Shop (which has been featured on Cupcake Wars) and got four different cupcakes. Last night I ate half of one. I wanted to save the other half for him, because, well, I love him and he deserves a cupcake too. It was a yellow cupcake, I think, with a creamy center and cream cheese frosting. It was delicious and buttery and cakey and just oh so yummy. So of course I wake up and want to eat another. I stopped myself though. I came in here and decided to write about it. But I have had a cupcake or two for breakfast in the past. Somedays you just really need that cupcake to start the day.

On other news, last week I made 70 dollars from baking! I know it's not a lot, but from zero to 70 in a week is a promising start. I made those cupcakes for the birthday party.

I had a lot of fun making these. And I think they came out like my sketches, maybe even better. First I started by making the laffy taffy crowns... and finding laffy taffy was hard! First I bout airheads, but those didn't quite work, so when I sent Chuck off to get more milk, he brought me home laffy taffy.

They're cute and edible! After the hard part was over, everything was baked, and the filling was made, and the cupcakes were frosted.....

They were exactly like I wanted them to be.... and tasted pretty good too. 

After that, another woman at work asked me to make a cake for her mom's birthday... on Valentine's Day. So I did a heart shaped carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I also threw in some lemon cake truffles because her mom likes lemon cake. (In my hurry to get them to work, I didn't get the best photo.)

I hear that the cake was a hit, and her mom ate one cake truffle and put the rest in the freezer and no one got to have any. I still need to practice writing, but I think this came out better. But like I said, it tastes better than it looks, and that's all that matters. 

I also go an order for 20 Hummingbird cupcakes from another lady at work, and I made them that night too and brought them in to work with the carrot cake. That was a struggle to walk through the parking lot and not drop anything, and then clock in. But I made it and I think everyone was pleased with their product, and that makes me smile.

If I didn't have to go to my real job, I would write about my Valentine's Day dinner, but sadly, I must go to work... I need my own bakery.