Meg Makes

Here's some love

2011-10-09T20:19:00.000-07:00

Gavin's first birthday

2010-09-13T20:23:00.000-07:00

My co-workers son turned one today and I made the cake, originally the idea was 3 dozen cupcakes and a small cake for Gavin (her son) but that would lots and lots of work. So we decided on the mickey mouse hat cake for Gavin and another mickey mouse cake for the rest of us.

And after the birthday boy got a hold of the cake.

Starry Night

2010-07-01T17:07:00.000-07:00

A friend was having a Canada day BBQ and wanted some crazy cupcakes. I decided to attempt van Gogh's Starry night.

It's Scone Time

2010-06-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday a coworker of mine gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. On Sunday I went to visit and instead of bringing a teddy or flowers I decided to bring scones. Raspberry, white chocolate scones.

I've also currently purchased a new camera, so here is a little taste of my scone mania.

Old Cars and a Hand of Bridge

2010-05-17T18:28:00.000-07:00

It was Duncan's Poppa's 80th birthday a few weekends ago and I was asked to supply the cake. I was also asked to make a cake for his wife, Pat, since we didn't get to celebrate her 80th birthday a few months ago.

I made a spice cake with cream cheese frosting and a 1930s gum paste/fondant car.

Pat's cake was chocolate with a butter cream frosting and a bridge hand.

Along with the two cake I also made a dozen cupcakes, they went upside down on the drive up there so most weren't as cute as the picture below.

I love the polka dot cupcake liners!

Duckies

2010-04-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Cupcake Monsters

2010-04-11T20:37:00.000-07:00

It started with lots of candy...

Then there was frosting and cake...

And soon it became...

the cupcake monster! 

...mmm tasty

Strawberry Love

2010-03-28T22:01:00.001-07:00

Chocolate and strawberries nothing says romance more. These cupcakes and of my own creation. The cupcake is a chocolate cake with a strawberry in the middle.

I'm proud of these mini cakes because of the frosting. It was an experiment gone right! Basically I made a strawberry compote added it to butter and mixed in icing sugar. When it was way to liquid I removed some of it and added some whipped cream. Oh My Goodness. Let me just say it was good.

(A picture of me and my man, let the romance and cupcakes begin)

Want some Smore?

2010-03-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

This is my second attempt at Smore cupcakes. They have a chocolate cupcake with a graham cracker base and a chocolate kiss in the middle.

I topped the cupcakes off with a browned marshmallow frosting (it needs a bit more work) and finished off with another chocolate kiss.

Iron Cupcake: Earth Music

2009-10-23T18:14:00.000-07:00

It's time to start the competition again, and what better way then creating music into cupcakes.

The song I chose is "pumpkin soup" by Kate Nash

This was perfect not just because it's a great song but because it's October and it would make a perfect cupcake. I created a pumpkin cupcake with pumpkin spice cream cheese frosting and a sugar cookie cracker.

I think this cupcake deserves the spotlight

I would like to thank the sponsors of Iron Cupcake: Earth

The Demy™ by Key Ingredient

Hello, Cupcake by Karen Tack & Alan Richardson

Bella Cupcake Couture

Cupcake Stackers by Gourmac

The Cake Mix Doctor Returns! by Anne Byrne

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Garden of Cupcakes

2009-10-19T19:41:00.000-07:00

These are mousse cupcakes topped with butter cream frosting and cookie crumbs. I made the vegetables out of homemade fondant and colored the with food safe markers.

Iron Cupcake: Earth

2009-10-19T19:35:00.000-07:00

Iron cupcake: earth is a way for bakers from anywhere, all over the world, to take place in the ultimate flavor challenge. Anyone can join to visit JOIN IRON CUPCAKE and get started on this months challenge.

I've created four cupcakes for 2 different months and am starting on October 2009 challenge.

The theme for April 2009 was Soda Pop.

I created a Cream Soda cupcake filled with pop rocks and covered with marshmallow frosting.

For my second entry I created a Dr. Pepper cocoa cupcake topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting (this is available for purchase see the Menu)

For June 2009 the theme was Summer Berries

I made a vanilla cupcake with white chocolate chunks and raspberries in the middle topped with white chocolate buttercream and more fresh raspberries.

I also created a blueberry amaretto cupcake which had a amaretto cupcake topped with blueberry cream cheese frosting.

Both of the summer berry cupcakes are available for order!

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