happy birthday to... YAYA

we were down in seguin a few weeks back and i wanted to make yaya some special birthday cupcakes. they turned out pretty cute considering i didn't have anything other than a butter knife!

cocolate w/whipped cream filling & dark chocolate chips. (i totally need to come up with a name for these!)

mexican hot chocolate

so the kind ladies at latin women's initiative donated $5k to one of my events. i decided that some thank you cupcakes were definitely in order (considering that some of my other cupcakes have fetched $45k (2 boxes of the Tickled Pink) and $25k (1 box of Fredericksburg Peaches)...).

going w/the latin theme, i made some mexican hot chocolate cupcakes. i couldn't find churros anywhere in the city of houston, and they buenuelos that i finally did buy tasted aweful. so, like a true american, i went to taco bell. those little cinnamon crispies were acutally cuter anyways. (note: they become very very stale overnight... so i wouldn't recommend eating them).

basically, for those that do not know, mexican hot chocolate is chocolate with a bunch of spices in it. i added cinnamon and chili powder to a chocolate recipe i have... and they came out pretty delicious. i was extremely nervous putting the chili powder in it, but if i had to do it all over again, i'd double the amount i used.

anyways, here they are.

tiny boxwood inspiration

so... one morning, at our tinys ritual coffee wednesday, kim asked me, lauren, and lesley for some ideas for a farewell party for a friend of hers. we, of course in our typical creative genius fashion, gave her tons and tons of ideas. and then, by the end of breakfast, we have volunteered ourselves to basically do everything but host a party for a girl we've absolutely never met. texas hill country style.
i was going to make the peach cupcakes (posted below) but since it was for a party, i decided mini's would be a better fit. and everyone knows the affinity i have for all things mini.
so, i decided on lemon blueberry lil guys. the icing didn't taste as blueberry-ish as i would have liked... but i have no idea on how to naturally make it more blueberry tasting (w/o having to use artificial flavoring). oh well, they turned out yummy and super cute. so here they are!

red, white, and blueberry lemon mini's to the rescue!

fredericksburg peaches

mmmm...
so these are some cupcakes i made w/fresh fredericksburg peach filling. yum. yum. yum.

they were proably some of my most favorite cupcakes ever.