Light Blue Mini Soccer Cupcakes

Since it is the end of spring soccer, I made 24 light blue mini cupcakes for another soccer team!  These are yellow cake with light blue buttercream icing.  I also used foils that I thought looked like soccer balls with the black and white polka dots.   

The cost of these cupcakes is:

Icing: $3.55 x .5 = $1.78

Yellow Cake: $2.81 x .5 = $1.41

Foils: $1

Labor: $7.50

Final Cost: $11.69

Superhero Swirl Cupcakes

 I have made a lot of different superhero cupcakes and cakes, so it is hard to come up with different ways to do superheroes.  These 60 cupcakes are an ode to superheroes in an abstract way.  They are all yellow cake with red, yellow, blue, back, green, and white buttercream icing.  Each cupcake represents a different superhero as follows:

Batman: black foil, yellow icing, black dots

Hulk: green foil, green icing, black dots

Superman: red foil, red icing, blue and yellow dots

Spiderman: blue foil, red icing, blue and black dots

Captain America: blue foil, blue icing, red and white dots

Iron Man: yellow foil, red icing, yellow dots

The cost of these cupcakes is:

Icing: $3.55 x 7 = $24.85

Yellow Cake: $2.81 x 2.5 = $7.03

Foils: $4

Labor: $7.50 x 5.5 = $41.25

Final Cost: $77.13

Ninjago Cake

I have learned a lot from my young nephews, but one of the most invaluable lessons in terms of making cakes has been playing with them and all their toys.  They have taught me about Pokémon, Legos, Marvel, Minecraft, Dragon Ball Z, and Ninjago (Lego ninjas). These yellow Ninjago cakes are decorated with blue, yellow, red, black, and white buttercream icing for two little boy’s fifth birthdays.  I’ve been making cakes for these kiddos since they were two, and I honestly can’t believe they are five now.  Where does the time go? 

The cost of this cake is:

Icing: $3.55 x 2 = $7.10

Yellow Cake: $2.81 x 3 = $8.43

Wrapping: $4.88

Labor: $7.50 x 2.5 = $18.75

Cost: $39.16

Orange Swirl Soccer Cupcakes

This year was my son’s first attempt at soccer.  Watching four year olds run pell-mell chasing a soccer ball was a joy every Saturday morning!  They looked like a swarm of bees!  I made these 12 yellow cupcakes with orange swirled buttercream icing for his last game.  Yummo! 

Lego Robin Cake

This cake was made for a little boy’s fourth birthday who loves superheroes almost as much as he loves Legos!  This chocolate sheet cake is covered with red, green, yellow, peach, white, and black buttercream icing, but what I think makes it really special are the details.  I cut back the cape so Robin stood out, and to provide the illusion the cape is behind Robin.  I also flat iced the skin as well as the cape while staring or drawing on the other details to give the cake some different textures, and to make Robin’s suit look like it is a costume separate from his body.  Finally, I think Robin has really cool hair, but it’s hard to get the right crazy wave with buttercream icing.  To remedy this, I put as much wave into the hair as I could and spiked the rest.  It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but the hair is my favorite part. The final cost of this cake is below:

Icing: $3.55 x 3.5 = $12.43

Cake: $2.81 x 2 = $5.62

Wrapping: $4.88

Labor: $7.50 x 4 = $30

Price: $52.93

Chocolate Dream

This two layer chocolate cake has is layered with and covered with chocolate buttercream icing.  This is why I named it chocolate dream.  It smelled absolutely wonderful while baking!  The final cost for this cake is:

Icing: $3.55 x 1.5 = $5.33

Cake: $2.81

Wrapping: $4.88

Labor: $7.50 x 2 = $15

Price: $20.02