Baby Boy Cupcakes

A good friend of mine just had a baby boy, so I made these baby boy themed cupcakes to celebrate the good news!  They are yellow cake cupcakes decorated with light blue, chocolate, and white buttercream icing.  The baby themes I chose were a teddy bear, heart, stripes, "baby," "boy," and the infant's new monogram.  Perfect to celebrate a new life!

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 3 = $7.65

Yellow Cakes: $1.93 x 1.5 = $2.90

Foils: $3

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3.5= $21

Total: $34.55

Flower Cupcake Cake

This flower cupcake cake was baked for a little girl's third birthday who just loves being girly!  It has four flowers made of six yellow cupcakes each and decorated with purple, pink, yellow, and light blue buttercream icing.  The center cupcakes have yellow foils, and the pedal cupcakes have green foils since these flowers have no leaves.  I wrote the birthday message in swirly green buttercream icing to look like stems and vines sort of.  The final cost for this cupcake cake was:

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2 = $5.10

24 Yellow Cupcakes: $1.93

Foils: $2

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 2.25 = $13.50

Total: $22.53

Rainbow Cupcakes

I have one friend who must troll the internet for fun birthday ideas because she always places the most creative orders.  This year her baby girl turned seven and I was asked to make these rainbow cupcakes!  They are yellow cake cupcakes with light blue buttercream icing, sour patch rainbow stripes, and white buttercream clouds for decoration.  I always like the birthday child's cupcake to be different, so this time the birthday girl got a pot of gold by her rainbow.  My friend provided the sour patch rainbow stripes and the cupcake foils, so the price below accounts for those deductions.  Super Fun!

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 1.5 = $3.83

Yellow Cakes: $1.93 x 2.5 = $4.83

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 4.5 = $27

Total: $35.66

School Bus Cake

This school bus cake is a yellow cake cut from a 9x13" pan I decorated for a little boy's second birthday.  It is decorated in yellow, white, orange, red, and black buttercream icing.  I think the details are what make this cake special.  The lights, stop sign, window panes, windshield wipers, tire tread, #2 bus number, side mirrors, grates, and naming the bus after the birthday boy are all the little things I do just to make the cake recognizable to a small child.  The final price for this school but was:

 

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 2 = $5.10

Yellow Cake: $1.93 

Wrapping and Plating: $4.88

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3 = $18

Total : $29.91

Batman and Superman Cakes and Justice League Cupcakes

One of my best friend's little boys is obsessed with superheroes, so we went all out with the Justice League for his third birthday!  I did some research on the Justice League and found the logos on the cupcakes seen below.  I knew Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, and the Flash, but I had no idea who was represented by the red "x."  It turned out the parents didn't know either!  This little boy had two parties, so for his actual birthday I made the Batman cake out of yellow cake with black and yellow buttercream icing.  The friend party used the Superman cake and all the Justice League cupcakes.  Yellow cake with red, blue, and yellow buttercream icing made up the Superman cake, while yellow cake with yellow, black, chocolate, red, gold, green, and white buttercream icing decorated the Justice League cupcakes.  This was one of my favorite cake projects so far because the colors were so vibrant!  See below for the total cost:

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 5.5 = $14.03

2 Yellow 8" Cakes and 36 Yellow Cupcakes: $1.93 x 2.5 = $4.83

Foils: $5

Wrapping and Plating: $4.88

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 6= $36

Total: $64.74

 

Lego Cupcakes

These Lego cupcakes were made for a little boy's birthday celebration at school.  They are yellow cake decorated with blue, red, and yellow buttercream icing.  The entire cupcake is stared and the individual Legos are drawn on top of the stars.  I also coordinated the cupcake foils to make the icing color for cohesion.  The final price for these cupcakes was:

Buttercream Icing per Batch: $2.55 x 3 = $7.65

22 Chocolate Cupcakes: $1.93

Foils: $1.50

Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3.25= $19.50

Estimate: $30.58 

 

Christmas Cupcakes

I made these Christmas cupcakes for my neighbors instead of Christmas cookies this year.  Rudolph and the holly cupcakes are yellow cake and the Christmas tree is red velvet cake.  They are decorated with red, green, gold, white, black, dark brown, and light brown buttercream icing.  Rudolph is decorated with chocolate buttercream icing and has pretzels for antlers.  It pays to be my neighbor!