A baking frenzy

Last Friday was ridiculous...but a lot of fun! Myself and my sister-in-law were throwing Callie a baby shower for Baby Bode and so I opted to do all the baking. I wanted to give a variety so I figured I would be adventurous and make three different types of cupcakes and then one basic cake. This all came from the "vision" I wanted it to look like. Soo here are all the pictures to show all of my hard work - it literally took me all day on Friday, but totally worth it!

These are the chocolate with peanut butter icing cupcakes garnished with a Reese's cup - these were my personal fave as far as aesthetic appeal.

This is a view from the top and thankfully it turned out just as I was hoping.

The whole batch of 'em.

Next up.. Carrot cake with whipped cream cheese frosting. These also turned out well, some I topped with nuts and some without. I didn't really have a vision for how these looked and so I just let the piping bag do the work and I think they turned out okay.

More of Carrot cake...this recipe was a little strong on the cinnamon they almost tasted like pumpkin - but hey top it with cream cheese whipped topping and it doesn't matter what the cake is. =)

We cannot forget the strawberry little ones also topped with the whipped cream cheese frosting. I have never been a strawberry cake fan....well, until now. I love these especially if they have been chilled in the fridge - Yummmmmmmmmyyyyy!!!

Individual of the strawberry...

Another individual of a carrot cake...

A tray of carrot cake and some leftover peanut butter and chocolate.

And, lastly...The cake, which is a chocolate cake with a chocolate frosting and mint filling in the middle. I have previously made this cake and I, again, found it very yummy!

I do think that cake decorating gets easier with practice and was very impressed with my icing of the cake and piping along the edges on the top and bottom of the cake.

But I will apologize for the writing because it was horrendous. I actually wrote something on it before this and had to skim it off and re-ice the top layer and so then attempted the initials of Bode Micah Mayville. The consistency was not very good for writing but oh well... there is always next time. Needless to say, on Friday night I was pooped. (and have been eating cupcakes for days...)