birthday cupcakes

This year for my birthday I made a quick batch of cupcakes instead of the usual birthday cake. A friend had given me these adorable pink cupcake liners with crowns because she called me the cupcake queen after I made 200 cupcakes for a sorority event. They were SO cute and I just had to use them for my birthday! Unfortunately, they weren't greaseproof, so you can't see them that well in the picture, but I promise they were adorable :)

The cake was a simple white cake from a box (no time for experimenting :( I will again soon!) with a light strawberry whipped frosting that ended up being delicious, and a great shade of pink! Hopefully I'll be able to bake again for something soon! I did make some 4th of July cake balls for a BBQ that were a classic red velvet with cream cheese frosting, dipped in white chocolate, and topped with blue colored white chocolate streaks and little American flags on toothpicks! I forgot to take pictures, and I'm sad because some came out really cute! It's okay though, I'll find some reason to experiment soon!

kelley