Happy 16th Jack!

This weeks order for cuppies comes from my former class mate, Deb. We took an amazing class together at UW called Body Image & Art which changed my life. Deb's son, Jack is turning 16 and Deb is helping him celebrate by throwing him a birthday party on his last day of school and she has hired me to do the cupcakes!!

They wanted chocoalte cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting but also wanted tiger paws, tiger stripes, the color blue and "Happy 16th Jack" somehwere on the cupcakes. I was able to incorporate everything but the tiger stripes. Everytime I tried to pipe them onto the cupcakes, they just looked horrible. So, it's just paws for these cupcakes! Jack's high school (Stadium in Tacoma) colors are blue and orange... so I used the orange as a secondary color for these little master pieces.

I made 4 dozen total. Not all are shown in the pictures. :)

I deliver them this afternoon and can't wait to see if they like them!!

Happy 16th Birthday Jack!!

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Banana Bread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Well, I've made my Banana Bread Cupcakes again... this time they really are cupcakes garnished with delicious cream cheese frosting and a crunchy banana chip on top!!

The first batch got a little crispy on the bottom (darn my oven)... but the rest turned out beautifully! :) I'm taking these to my Art Class tomorrow for our end of the quarter potluck. I hope they enjoy!!

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Banana Bread Cupcakes... well, not really

The local market had given me some free over ripe bananas and I wanted to make bread with them. I had so many that I ended up making a double batch. Forgetting that I only had one bread/loaf pan, I needed a quick fix for the extra batter. Cupcake liners!!! I have lots of those!!!

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