Lemon Cupcake with Lemon Frosting

Cupcake with lemon zest and swirled with lemon swiss meringue buttercream frosting flavored with lemon zest and lemon juice.

Chocolate Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting

This is a moist chocolate cupcake with peanut butter swiss meringue buttercream frosting, and sprinkled with semi-sweet chocolate shavings.

Black Forest and Vanilla Strawberry Cupcakes

I brought these for dessert after a New Year's Day lunch I had with my parents and our very good friends. The first one is devil's food with chocolate glaze, fresh whipped cream with cherry halves that had been cooked in kirsch (cherry brandy), and topped with a fresh cherry. The second was a vanilla cupcake with vanilla pastry cream filling, fresh strawberry swiss meringue buttercream, and topped with a strawberry dipped in white chocolate, and drizzled with bittersweet chocolate.

Pumpkin and Carrot Cupcakes

These were an order for a New Year's Eve Party. Pumpkin cupcakes with vanilla-cinnamon swiss meringue buttercream, and topped with a candied walnut halve. The second cupcake was carrot with swiss meringue buttercream flavored with fresh grated ginger and orange zest, and sprinkled with more zest. Both had flags that said Happy New Year.

Boxed and ready to go!

Christmas Tree Cupcake

I made these just for fun.

Mint Cupcake w/Mint Chocolate Buttercream and White Chocolate Snowflake

These were for the dessert after a lunch.  Mint cupcake, mint chocolate buttercream, and a white chocolate and peppermint snowflake.

Bulldog and Dalmatian Cupcakes

These were an order I filled for my friends sister for Christmas.  It took me two days to complete them.  The dalmatians are my favorite.