Bonnie's Blueberry Butter Cream

This summer our apartment had the privilege of subletting to Bonnie, a music student from Ireland. We were so very excited for her arrival (and accent) in mid July. I've been on a fruit fix with the weather gradually warming so I created a lemon cake with blueberry butter cream frosting, along with a simple chocolate chocolate with a little blueberry on top. Long story short, cake is a great way to warm up a newcomer. Bonnie was great to have, and we all really enjoyed her stay.

'Welcome Bonnie! Blueberry Butter Cream Lemon Cupcakes'

 and Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes

Mike's Mint Malawisaurus Cakes

Mike's favorite flavor is Mint Chocolate. I needed a theme for the week, and had just bought some super cute green dinosaur liners (with him in mind) that matched! I sought out some mint extract in the North End and got to work. The end result tasted great, although I wish the frosting wasn't so icing-like. I ended up spreading instead of piping. I sprinkled them with some cookies'n'creme crumble and sent a box to Mike's to share.

 (I don't think they were shared well) We'll have to make these again in the near future.

Mint Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes 

A Happy 4th of July

My fourth of July this year consisted of a block party and about 60 people. A third of them in bands which performed that afternoon. So I got to work making over 5 dozen cupcakes and mini cupcakes to bring along. I stuck to a simple vanilla with a little blueberry flair. My mom had sent me star-themed cupcake liners and little pin wheels. All of the little kids really loved them.  (So did my roommate Steph and I once my ceiling fan got them going...)

Vanilla Cupcakes with Butter Cream Frosting