drumstick, mocha mint & vanilla anise...

Drumstick in cupcake form...seriously, this tastes just like a drumstick, except not cold - maybe I should freeze some?  Vanilla cake, filled with fudge, topped with vanilla bean frosting, dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with chopped peanuts.

Mocha Mint...chocolate cake, filled with espresso mousse, topped with fresh mint infused frosting, mint chocolate shavings & a chocolate covered espresso bean

 

Vanilla Anise...vanilla cake, filled with vanilla anise pastry cream, topped with anise frosting & anise caramel.  The Reagan Ranch ordered cupcakes for part of the 100 year celebration of his birth.  President Reagan loved black licorice jelly beans, which is what inspired this flavor.  We topped their cupcakes specifically with a black licorice jelly bean in lieu of the caramel.  Happy 100th, President Reagan!

love is in the air

a little Valentine's day cake for two...

cherry, carmel rocky road & ugly cupcakes

Cherry Chardonnay...Chardonnay cake filled with chopped cherry & mascarpone mousse, topped with cherry frosting

The "ugly"...Chocolate cake, with chocolate chip cheesecake baked inside, topped with peanut butter frosting, whipped cheesecake & chocolate sauce.  When Kevin first came up this flavor & described how it should be executed, I responded, "that sounds like it's going to be really ugly".  I think I may have been wrong, it looks quite yummy.

Caramel Rocky Road...Chocolate cake, filled with marshmallow mousse & caramel, topped with chocolate frosting, marshmallow, walnuts & caramel

flavor board #20...dipped

Chocolate Dipped Almond...Chocolate cake, filled with almond butter mousse, topped with almond butter frosting & then dipped in chocolate.  Opal ate this cupcake last night and after, gave me a giant kiss and said, "thank you!".  I think it's good?

Also on this week's menu is a Pomegranate Lime Chardonnay...chardonnay cake, filled with pom seeds & lime curd, topped with pomegranate frosting & more pom seeds.  This will probably be the last pomegranate cupcake until next fall.

flavor board #19...green

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I realized that I've never blogged about our most requested "come back" flavor (out of 250+ competitors).  Therefore, the Ginger Lime Chardonnay cupcake deserves it's very own flavor board...

fountain pen, vintage radio, twine, onion flowers, ginger lime chardonnay cupcake, shipping container

blueberry, pistachio, apple & banana...

are some of the things that go into this week's line-up ~

This cupcake is literally bursting with blueberries!  Blueberry Chardonnay...Blueberry Chardonnay cake, blueberries & cream filling, blueberry frosting & a sugared blueberry on top.

This cupcake started out as a vanilla bean pistachio until Kara had a yummy idea to add lots of caramel to the top and it became, Vanilla Caramel Pistachio ... Vanilla bean cake, filled with pistachio mascarpone mousse, topped with vanilla frosting, salted pistachios & caramel.   I was feeling a little insecure about how customers would respond to the pistachios, but after a tasting with a bride I settled down.  She came in 100% certain she wanted a chocolate wedding cake.  Then she ate this cupcake and decided she wanted a vanilla caramel, pistachio cake :)

This is crumbly apple pie disguised as a cupcake...Vanilla crumble cake, filled with spiced apple "sauce", topped with cinnamon glaze and a bit of vanilla frosting

And another one of Kevin's wacky cupcake flavors, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bananas Foster (so good!)...Chocolate cake, filled with bananas that have been fried in rum, butter & brown sugar, topped with peanut butter & chocolate frosting.

Yesterday I had the opportunity to connect with Allie Marie Smith (whom I completely adore!) and she took this shot of the whole line-up.

new additions...

I've been yearning to go see my family in Maui, but since I can't get there right now, we brought some Aloha flavor to California this week!  

 

Aloha Cupcake...vanilla cake, filled with fresh pineapple curd & toasted macadamia nuts, topped with coconut milk frosting, more toasted mac nuts & lilikoi butter (sent from my brother in Maui).  

Also on the menu this week is a toasted smores cupcake.  

We've probably done over 6 different versions of a smores cupcakes and this one is by far my favorite ~ Chocolate cake with baked marshmallows, over a buttery graham cracker crust, filled with chocolate sauce, topped with toasted marshmallow frosting

Nipomo Wedding

We made cupcakes for a gorgeous wedding at the Dana Powers House in Nipomo.  I'm totally in love with this location!  It's filled to the brim with unique vintage treasures.  The beautiful day was captured by Michelle Warren Photography and was featured recently on Style Me Pretty.

Check out the stunning couple and amazing details here!