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Birthday Cup Cakes

A friend of mine had a birthday last week and I decided to break out some of my baking and decorating skills. In the past I have taken the Wilton classes for cake decorating but have not used the tools in a really long time! I decided to try and make some cute cup cakes for my friend Talia and I think they came out pretty cool! I used super simple funfetti box cake mix and just bought the matching icing. I colored the icing with the Wilton gel and a toothpick. Note to self the pink I bought is really pink! My friend and I were joking that I made cupcakes for Barbie with how bright the pink was. I had a mold for some mini cakes and they ended up being really small so I cut the top off the cupcakes to make them level and used the star tip and an icing bag to pipe on a little design.

I had some left over batter and had already used what I needed for my mini cakes and cup cakes. I decided to try and make a small cake with a flower cookie cutter that I had in a cabinet. I put down some aluminum foil just in case the batter was going to leak out of the bottom and make a huge mess but it stayed in there very well to my surprise. I peeled off the foil and I had a cute little flower to decorate. Note to self if you are going to try this I would use some kind of nonstick spray on the cookie cutter to make it easier to get the mini cake out.

 

 

My Birthday Weekend!

Well as some of you might know this weekend was also my birthday weekend. Yes I was born on July 6th but for some reason they seem to get the fireworks wrong and start the celebration a few days early. I can tell my Mother misses me since the mailman had a lot of extra things to deliver. We are up to 8 cards so far! Thanks Mom!

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I will have to say that 2 of them that my Dad picked out were the funniest!

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Overall it turned out to be a pretty eventful day. Went to Fort Zach during the day. I snagged my favorite picnic table with a great view of the water and ended up being there for 6 hours and didn’t even realize it.

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After that I treated myself to a wonderful sushi dinner and went out and had some drinks at a great jazz bar off Duval called Virgilios.

Thanks to everyone who wish me Happy Birthday it will not be one to forget!