Cupcake Class

Remember in December (hey that rhymed!) when I went to the cookie decorating class? Made some pretty scary looking stuff at that thing. But I had fun, so when Angi invited me to this:
...I said yes please! Actually this class was supposed to take place at the beginning of February but Snowmageddon lovingly rescheduled it to last night. Angi and I got to leave work a half hour early (isn't it amazing what a treat that feels like?) to go to class. All about cupcakes!!

This was my MOST FAVORITE cupcake we made:

Yes! It really is a cupcake! The Tiramisu. It was a jumbo white cupcake with instant coffee powder mixed in, filled with coffee cream cheese filling. We put it down inside a coffee cup and drizzled real coffee over it to let it soak in. Then we topped it with a whipped cream frosting, sprinkled cocoa powder on top and stuck a wafer cookie stick in for good measure. (It was delish. It was the only one I ate.)

This was the prettiest one I made. The Red Velvet. It was red velvet cake with cream cheese icing (with a bit of vanilla bean in it) and then we made these darling fondant flowers for the top. And we got to try out the cupcake wrappers.

The Raspberry Coconut. Yellow cake with coconut in it, filled with raspberry pastry filling and topped with buttercream icing. I dipped it in coconut and edible glitter flakes and then topped it with a fondant butterfly.

The Caramel. Butter pecan cake with caramel filling and icing. Then we embossed fondant to decorate it. It was a lot like stamping! :)

The Lemon Cardamom. White cake with ground cardamom, cream cheese, and lemon in it. These were baked in heart shaped tins and then decorated with red and white candy coating. I liked this one! Easy!

The Orange Dream. White cake with orange icing fruit, filled with cream cheese and topped with orange ganache. I added a fondant flower embossed with a B! (For Bekah!) (or Better Luck Next Time!)

The Chocolate Truffle. Dark chocolate with truffle filling, chocolate buttercream icing, and candy hearts embellished with edible transfer paper!

The Chocolate Hazelnut! Devils food cake with hazelnut filling, chocolate hazelnut buttercream, an edible paper top, and sprinkles.

The very last project was The Mini Cupcake Bouquet. White cake with strawberry pastry filling and buttercream icing. Unfortunately the cupcakes weren't very sturdy and they...um...were impaled.

It was kind of funny.

And yet very sad.

I had MUCH fun at this class. Learned a lot and will probably make some of these again! Thanks, Angi, for inviting me to go!!