New Years 2009 Cupcakes

chocolate andes mint cupcakes
creamed cheese frosting
garnish: black & white chocolate piped designs

the plain cupcakes... pre-decorating
I even jacked a donut box from Safeway to make it look legit.

design piping
took a cold cookie sheet and just piped melted chocolate onto it

martini glasses, champagne glasses and fireworks designs


frosting timeeee!

yay the finished products
the family was quite impressed

This was basically my first time attempting "fashionable" cupcakes. I think it turned out quite well. Piping was REALLY hard at first but then I got the hang of it and it's kind of fun actually! I think it gives the cupcakes something extra special. What's really hard is keeping them from breaking after they were solid... They're so freakin fragile! I broke so many martini glasses and "2009"s... Ahhhh. Well worth the effort though. Definite success for my first attempt at this style of decorating though.

Future Goal: Cake decorating class so I can learn to pipe!