Bre's Cupcake Portfolio

Last fall I decided that I would start making cupcakes to sell. Starting small with a simple ad on kijiji to see where it would take me, to see if people were actually interested in cupcakes. So right away I got a few friends of friends interested for their kids birthdays. Perfect Start! Excuse these first few pictures, they are all pre-kitchen aid.



Pink and brown ladybug first birthday

For a little girls Spa Party

Then it was Christmas and I just wanted to focus on family and the holidays so I didn't bother to re-post my ad. WELL!! I received two of the best Christmas presents ever! #1: My Kitchen Aid from my parents...my new toy! #2: My Wilton decorating kit from my husband! Two awesome gifts that went hand in hand! Let the baking commence...

The new edition! YAY!

Makin my life easier! and my blog more exciting!

Anyway so after the holidays I re-posted my ad and continued making more cupcakes to ad to my personal portfolio.  Resulting in cupcakes for every occasion and no occasion...

First time making and using fondant

Chicken Birthday Party

Bridal Shower, First time using fondant on a cake.

Valentines Day!



Sunday Dinners



2nd Birthday!

Again, all the cupcakes for the 2nd Birthday

Cocktail Party



St Patricks Day!



I received a response to my kijiji ad about a picture I had of some bachelorette cupcakes I made, the lady said I should mark my ad PG or "18 and over only" So instead of posting the picture directly on this page I'll link them...
Bachelorette Cupcakes, Bachelorette Cupcakes 2

Finally! About 3 weeks ago I get a response to my ad about cupcakes for a baby shower....this is the best part...FROM SOMEONE I DIDN'T KNOW! haha So today I spent the morning making these cupcakes for her.

I unfortunately did not make these cupcakes, this is my model for her cupcakes. She asked for Modern, loved these and these colors.

This is what I spent my morning making...I am proud to say these are mine! Even if they arent identical! =)

Baby Shower for a little boy!

 About 10 minutes after I finished making these I was chatting with girl I made cupcakes for before. She is throwing a baby shower...and asked if I would make cupcakes for it! Well OF COURSE!! So happy I already have my next project.

Cocktail Party

I have two very exciting things to share! First one...I'm going to be updating the look of my blog pretty soon! In exchange for planning her Birthday a friend of mine, April,  is going to design a blog banner and a couple buttons for me. Very very excited to see how it all turns out, and so far having a blast doing research for her party. Check out her site HERE!

Exciting piece of news #2....Cocktail Party was awesome! It went smoothly and I think its safe to say everyone had fun. We had A LOT of laughs! Great girls night in for sure! Soo...here it is!

Food Table

This was the main food table, very simple but everyone seemed to love it! So easy to do too, which is always great. 

Starting from the left we had "Sweet & Salty Kettle Popped Popcorn" put into paper cones. I just used scrapbooking paper to make those and found a template online HERE, at another party blog the Hostess with the Mostess! (be sure to look around her site too, she has some pretty cool stuff). 

Next to the popcorn is the Veggie Shots. I had those shot glasses from our wedding a couple years ago, we had a signature shot and decided we would keep a few of the glasses just in case. Glad we did! We purchases them on kijiji originally for fairly cheap. Those "risers" are just empty boxes I kept just for this occasion and wrapped up with matching wrapping paper, just to add a little something to the table.

The label templates I purchased on Etsy for $2, it was my very first Etsy purchase! And I know they will be used many many times! I used them twice on this party alone.

On the next "riser" is the Rocky Road Parfaits I posted the recipe for. Cute and Easy.

In the middle was the Cream Cheese and Red Pepper Jelly Phyllo Cups. They were the fan favorite snack! 

A Must for your next party!

To the far right was the Chocolate Mint Cupcakes With Mint Buttercream. Someone actually thought I ordered them from a bakery!!! I couldn't believe it, the comment made my night for sure. Just below the cupcakes are my favorite Ginger Cookies.

As for the decor on the table...in total it probably cost me less than $10. 

Then I set up a "Bar" area on the kitchen hutch. Again the labels template I purchased on Etsy came in handy for making labels for the Spritzers. Printed them on Scrapbook paper, cut a little slit for ribbon and made a tag. 

Passionate Peach Mango and Sexy Strawberry Kiwi Spritzers for mix or those DD's and Pregnant Ladies. =)  The sexy names because it was a Sexy Girl Party.

I already had these wine glasses, bought them a couple years ago 16 in a box for $20. Steal!! They always come in handy. I also had those drink markers already but I think they were about $9 and you get 12 different Colors. Everyone had their own color so there were no drink mix ups! 

I provided one drink for everyone at the cocktail party Champagne Punch. It was very tasty and long gone by the end of the night.

I forgot to take a picture of the centerpiece I had in the living room where the Sexy Girl Party took place. It was 2 martini glasses with pink jelly beans in the bottom holding up tea lights. Then I had a black feather boa wrapped around the bottom. I had a couple dishes of jelly beans and a veggie tray in the living room as well, for people to pick at during the party. 

All in all it was a success, I had a great time and I hope that everyone that attended did as well. And Thank-You to all the great ladies that attended! xo

Chocolate Mint Cupcakes with Mint Butter Cream

Oh yes...you read it right! Chocolate Mint Cupcakes! So the other day Bestie J tags me in this random picture of a cupcake on FB. I was confused but she's preggers so I assumed it was a hint for her latest craving. (haha) So I went on the hunt for a recipe, looked at a few different ones online here and there. Guess where I found this one? Good ole faithful Martha Stewart Cupcakes! It is officially my new favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, if you want them plain chocolate simply leave out the mint extract! They were a huge hit with the family last night, so fingers crossed the ladies will enjoy them too. 

Here are the ones I made for tomorrow nights Cocktail Party!

Topped with York Peppermint Patties

Just use your favorite chocolate cake recipe and add about a tsp of peppermint extract to the batter before spooning into a lined baking pan.

When my cupcakes came out of the oven looking like this I was SO excited!

So once your cupcakes are all cooked and cooled you can eat them as is, or do like I did and pipe Wilton's Buttercream on them using a large star tip. I added about 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract and tinted my icing "mint" green. 

Using a knife dipped in HOT water I carefully cut each Peppermint Pattie into 1/4's and stuck it into the side of the icing. Yummmm!