a pool of cupcakes

I'm in need of some baking inspiration this week. The reason why is there are a lot of birthday festivities coming up for a few of my funky friends and I want to do what I do best and bake them something utterly yummy. As I was going over the endless options for baked goods in pint size portions, I remembered that I never shared my favorite cupcakes I've ever decorated.

Pool ball cupcakes for the pool hall junky of a boyfriend. He was so excited that they looked like the real thing. Now what to do to top these...

baking is in the blood

I have to admit my new tv baking inspiration, DC Cupcakes aka the Georgetown Cupcake ladies, Katherine and Sophie. I love that they left their full time corporate 9-5 jobs to pursue a much sweeter and saltier at times task of opening an ever so popular cupcakery in Washington.

They use their grandma's old fashioned recipes and add a fresh new flare to them. The thing I love the most while watching the show is how they take on very large projects, sometimes at the last minute, that require a lot of creativity in figuring out how to pull off the end product. Mostly centerpieces for fun events fully made out of cupcakes. I love it!

I wish I could fly over to Washington right now to try one of their tasty delights (you can't forget their signature swirl of frosting on top) For now I will conquer my own baking endeavors on the home front.