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Basketball-Themed Cookies + Cupcakes + Cake

21 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Laurie in Cakes, Cookies, Cupcakes

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Basketball cake, basketball cookies, cookies and cream frosting, double chocolate cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, royal, sugar cookies, Vanilla-bean cake, vanilla-bean frosting

 

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It’s that time of year again….March Madness is almost here!  And here’s a rundown of the cookies, cupcakes and cake I’ve done for my son’s end-of-season parties the past few years.

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These personalized basketball cookies were fun and the boys loved finding the cookie with their name.  (One boy in the class was a champion swimmer, so I made a special swimming cookie for him.)   They were simple round cutout sugar cookies with orange royal icing and black lines to make them look like basketballs.  The names were piped with white Royal icing.

The rest of the cookies were decorated with the team mascot name (“Dragons”) and colors (green and yellow).

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The cupcakes are a mix of chocolate and vanilla cake with an Oreo cookie baked inside each one. Some were frosted with vanilla buttercream, others with cookies and cream buttercream (vanilla buttercream with crushed cookies mixed in). The team colors were green and yellow, so I used colored sprinkles around the edges and topped them with fondant basketballs and stars.  They were sure easier to serve than a cake and the kids loved them!

 

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This cake I made last year…the boys wanted a basketball court and players this time.  It’s a 2-layer chocolate/vanilla  half-sheet cake (big) covered in vanilla buttercream.  The court, letters, and stars are cut from homemade marshmallow fondant.  I scored the court with a pizza cutter to look like boards and brushed on a thin coat of diluted brown food color to make it look like wood.  The players/hoop set I ordered from Amazon.   I made each star with a different player’s number.

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Although we didn’t win many games, we had a great season and the kids had a ball (no pun intended :0).  Here’s to another great season and wrap up party!  Go Dragons!!

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Cookies and Cream Birthday Cupcakes with Custom Packaging

23 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by Laurie in Cupcakes

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Cookies and Cream Cupcake, cookies and cream frosting, custom packaging, double chocolate cake, Oreo, Oreo cookie crumbles, Personalized packaging

Cookies and cream birthday cupcakes…What could be more fun?! Rich chocolate cake with an Oreo baked right in.  Topped with creamy Oreo cookie buttercream, cookie crumbles, and a mini Oreo cookie on top (these things are just TOO cute!).  Easy to take to school as a treat with individual, personalized packaging.  What better way to say “Happy Birthday!” ?

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Life is crazy and I love to bake. I'm a wife, mother of 3 nutty kids, and an admitted sugar-holic. Ten years ago I left my job as a senior consulting engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to get out of the rat race and raise kids. We up and moved to a quiet, small town in NE Ohio to be near family and bought a 180-yr-old historic home, always a dream of mine. Along the way, I discovered my joy of baking, which allows both my engineering side and my oft-suppressed creative side to emerge. It began with the desire to bake birthday cakes for my kids (I hated to buy them) and has blossomed into a cupcake-baking business for a local bakery. Over the years, many people have asked if I take orders. So, here they are. Check out the site, we'll be adding new cupcake flavors weekly as well as the occasional cake. And in case you're wondering about the name, it's an homage to the big, old gray barn in my back yard. What a bonus, it came with the house! Put on a smile and BAKE!

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