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!

Blue and White Soccer Cupcake Cake

These cupcakes were made to celebrate the end of a soccer season for a local girl's rec team.  There are 36 cupcakes; 18 of which are chocolate cake and 18 are yellow cake decorated with blue and white buttercream icing.  Most of the cupcakes made the soccer ball cupcake cake and the remaining cupcakes I decorated with random blue and white stars.  The final price is as follows:

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

18 Yellow and 18 Chocolate Cupcakes: $1.93 x 1.5 = $2.90
Foils and Plating: $2.81
Labor: $6.00 per hour x 3.5 = $21
Total: $31.81

Full Body Mickey Cake

This chocolate full body Mickey Mouse cake was made for a little boy's second birthday.  I cut out most of my cakes free handed, but I have a ton of cake pans clients occasionally want, so when this client wanted Mickey Mouse I related that I had a full body Mickey Mouse pan and a Mickey Mouse head only pan.  She chose the full body Mickey Mouse pan with the full understanding that I would have to adapt my 1978 vintage Mickey Mouse cake pan to be recognizable for a two year old!  The biggest challenge was the vintage Mickey not having a hand, so I tried to make it look like Mickey's hand was behind his back.  I like how it turned out, but I think if I did this again, I would free hand draw Mickey's hand on his hip.   Mickey's face is my favorite part because I think I free handed that spot on and it was easily the most fun to draw.  The final cost for Mickey is below:

 

Buttercream icing per batch: $2.55 x 2.5 = $6.38

Chocolate Cake: $1.93

Wrapping and Plating $4.88

Labor: $6 per hour x 4.25 = $25.50

Total: $38.69