Bright lights, Big city

I was hired last month by a co-worker to bake 2 dozen of my YUMMY Chocolate Guinness cuppies for a "joint" birthday party.  They were for her boyfriend and several of his friends who planned to celebrate their birthday's together.  She wanted to make sure that the theme was something that they would ALL like and since they all live and work in NYC, she figured that would be the best theme.  

So...  I put my thinking cap on and got started :)

Check out the fondant toppers...

My absolute favorite were the pretzels...

they looked so real and YUMMY :)

I was so happy with the complete set... 

They looked so good together...

I hope the birthday boys & girls (LOL) enjoyed their cuppies :)

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Whoooo's the Birthday girl?!?!?

Today is my friend/co-worker's birthday :)

And... when thinking of what kind of sweets to bake, 2 things popped into mind... 

1. she LOVES anything that has to do with owls (which is great b/c I LOVE them too... this will be fun) and
2. she LOVES my chocolate stout cuppies

First off, let me tell you a little about these cuppies... they're YUMMY and super moist.  

It's a rich chocolate cake baked with Guinness, topped with a YUMMY Bailey's buttercream, and drizzled with a dark chocolate ganache.... what's not to LOVE about that?!?!?  It's a triple YUM :)

Let's get caking :)

here's a picture of the cuppies straight out the oven...

while they were cooling, I quickly made these adorable owl fondant toppers...

once those were complete, it was frosting time.

first, a nice swirl of buttercream...

then it's "drizzle" time :)

** side note *** 

I think I may have gotten a little carried away while "drizzling".

Either that, or I don't know my own strength (LOL).

I had a little accident.

I must have squeezed the bottle I was using to "drizzle" a little too hard b/c the next thing i knew, the nozzle popped off and my YUMMY ganache was splattered EVERYWHERE!!!  

check out the aftermath of the mini "explosion" (LOL)...

after I cleaned up my mess, it was on to the next step...

give each one of my cute little owls their very own fluffy home (LOL)...

say hello to...

"Pinky"





&

"Minty"

I baked 24 cuppies but only made 12 toppers so... the other 12 where topped with yellow edible pearls.  Aren't they pretty?!?!?...

 I really hope Adela likes her cuppies and that she has an AMAZING birthday :)

*** I also hope that the girls in my office don't get "drunk" off of these cuppies.  

I could get in serious trouble for that (LOL).

Enjoy :)

to place an order or for additional information contact

cindyscakesinacup@gmail.com