Order Up: Bake Sale!

The order:

1 Dozen Chocolate with vanilla Buttercream

1 Dozen mini Reese's Love

1 Dozen mini Red Velvet

Mother of the Year award so far goes to Barb! Her son's school was having a bake sale, so she contacted me to see if I would be able to make cupcakes! Umm of course! And the best thing? We got to re-make Elmo!!! I wonder if they were the best seller ;)

On Sunday night, into the kitchen we went! Baked the chocolate cupcakes first to make the Reese's and the big cupcakes for Elmo. Next up was Red Velvet! While they baked, it was time to make the frosting and then get to decorating.

Elmo Red is such a hard color to obtain - but one trick I've learned is to slowly add the coloring while the frosting is beating and letting it sit! Also, the colors tend to darken the longer it sits, so you don't have to dump the whole bottle of food coloring in there ;)

Sorry folks, you can't tickle this Elmo though!

Close-up of Mr. Elmo!
Hello little guys!

(Note to self - get a better camera to showcase your cupcakes...your iPhone isn't cutting it anymore ;)
Hope everyone enjoyed the little treats and that they sold at the bake sale!