Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Cupcakes!

Hello Readers!

       Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas as much as I did today. I honestly love this time of year not just because of the presents, but because I get to spend time with all of my family doing what we do best... eating a whole lot of food, drinking lots and lots of wine, laughing and enjoying the love felt around the room.

       Everyone and their families has different ways of celebrating this special holiday, some wake up and open their presents first thing in the morning while my family takes a different approach. Weeks before we all plan out what each person will be making to contribute to Christmas dinner and then on Christmas day we all gather at my aunts house for our grand feast. Once everyone has food in their stomachs, the fun begins as we all head over to the Christmas tree, take family photos and then line up one by one to receive our presents from the 'elves' (and by elves I mean my aunts dressed up in elf hats).

       This year, I had the honor of being deemed the task of making dessert. I had the choice to make any dessert I wanted, so I chose cupcakes of course! Since the peppermint cupcakes were such a huge hit with my parents and my brothers I decided to make the same for Christmas but with different designs. It was so hard to choose which ones I should do but with the help of my brothers sharing old Christmas memories with me, the task became simpler. It took me most of the morning/early afternoon to come up with these but I got through it using fondant and a lot of patience!

cupcake tree :)

oh, christmas tree. oh, christmas tree.

candy canes

santa claus is coming to town

gingerbread man

a holly, jolly christmas

rudolph the red nose reindeer

 Well I hope you had fun reading, have a Merry Christmas everyone!

{Eat, Drink & Be Merry}

Irresistibly yours,

Venithda

Getting in the Holiday Spirit

Hello Everybody!

       It's been quite the busy month with Christmas right around the corner. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is busy buying and wrapping presents and with a huge family, there are lots of different items I still need to find for their gifts. But aside form all the business I still managed to find some time to bake, of course! But still couldn't decide what flavor of cupcake to make. So I rummaged through the house thinking I could gather up some inspiration, and nothing.

       It wasn't until I walked passed my Christmas tree, that was decorate with silver and red ornament balls and candy canes, when I realized that I had to bake up some peppermint flavored cupcakes! As soon as the idea hit me I immediately went to my go to recipe book created by Martha Stewart for the recipe. Buy It Here!

       As it was baking the sweet aroma of mint filled the air and my whole family gathered around the kitchen with their mouths watering! After they were done, I took them out of the oven to cool and whipped up a peppermint cream cheese frosting to swirl on top and topped them off with crushed peppermints. Everyone from my father to my younger brothers helped frost and sprinkle the cupcakes, it was a great time to bond. Who knew baking cupcakes would bring my family closer together for another holiday season!

chocolate peppermint cupcakes...

swirled peppermint cream cheese frosting...

& topped with candy cane bits!

{It's beginning to look a lot like MINT-mas!}

Irresistibly yours,

Venithda

Fire up the Oven!

Hey Everyone!

       Haven’t posted in a week but I have so exciting news, another order came in this week for birthday cupcakes! Now these weren’t just any birthday cupcakes, they were a little out of the ordinary, but then again what’s normal in this world? 
       Anyway, my friend was ordering cupcakes for her boyfriend’s 21^st birthday and wanted them to be firefighter themed cupcakes but with a twist of Ireland because he is of Irish descent. So after much planning, I came up with these Irish firefighter themed cupcakes--- a mix of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter cream :) He really enjoyed them and they were a hit with the other firefighters that he shared them with!   

the cupcakes :)

Firefighter Hat

Top of the Firefighter hat

Hoses. Guiness Beer. Flames. Firefighter hat.

         

       While I was making them, I kept on thinking how at times in our busy lives we forget to thank the people that help keep us safe in the world. So I just wanted to take the time out to thank all those who protect us from harm. From firefighters to police officers and the troops over seas, from the bottom of my heart and the countless others, we all thank you for going out there and putting your lives on the line everyday to help save people. Can't thank you all enough!

{Life's too short, be thankful, and eat cupcakes!}

Irresistibly yours,

Venithda