cherry cupcakes with whipped vanilla frosting

creamsicle cupcakes

These were orange cupcakes with a fluffy cream filling and topped with an orange buttercream.  They tasted just like a creamsicle!

4th of July red velvets!

The picture doesn't really do these cupcakes justice, as I took it from my phone.  They turned out beautifully red.  Perfect for the 4th of July holiday.  I topped them with a whipped cream cream cheese frosting, which is a light, airy cream cheese frosting with whipped cream mixed in.  Although the frosting is delicious, it doesn't hold up well in the heat, it melts just enough to lose its shape.  Alas, the cupcakes were yummy!

samoa cupcakes

chocolate coconut cupcakes with a salted caramel butter cream frosting! oh yum!

s'more cupcakes

The boyfriend bought me this when he was home on leave from Iraq.  Not your typical gift for a sweetheart but I was soooooooo excited to get it because I had been dying to make these:

These are chocolate cupcakes with a graham cracker crust and a toasted marshmallow frosting!

coconut cupcakes with pineapple buttercream frosting

carrot cupcakes with orange cream cheese frosting

strawberry cupcakes with swiss meringue buttercream

espresso cupcakes with mocha buttercream

Irish Car Bomb cupcakes

These are a chocolate stout cupcake made with Guinness, an Irish Cream ganache filling, and topped with an Irish Cream buttercream.  Seriously delicious. The cake was fantastic.

vanilla bean cupcakes with salted caramel frosting

chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream

I've made these a few times and they are always delicious!

How cute do they look all packaged up?!

pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting

monkey baby shower!

Oh this was the funnest!  We were having a baby shower for my sister-in-law, who was having the first baby boy to carry on the Swore name, and the first baby boy in almost seven years (with five girls in between).  They did his room in brown and green, and they love monkeys and she really liked the tie-dyed onesies that I had done before, so I combined them for the theme.  These monkeys ended up being one of my favorites!  This was also my first attempt at cupcakes...they were chocolate with peanut butter buttercream frosting.  Uh-maz-ing!