Wednesday was Stinkie's last day of gymnastics class and he wanted to make cupcakes for all his little friends, so I let him pick four colors (pink, red, blue, and yellow) to make tie dye cupcakes with. He helped me make the batter and spoon it into the muffin tins, then it was bedtime for him. I took them out (they were so pretty!) and decorated them with a really simple swirl of buttercream using the same colors that were inside the cupcakes. Then I went to the dollar store and bought a package of the little white wedding favor boxes, a package of spring inspired cellophane gift bags, and some foam stickers. My original plan was to let Stinkie decorate the bags but it was late and I didn't want to hassle with it in the morning sooooo...I did it! And dang it, it was FUN! The cupcakes were just a little big for the favor boxes, but that made for a nice tight fit. I just stuck the cakes in the freezer for 10 minutes to harden up so I could put them in without squishing the frosting. Then I put the boxes into the bags and tied them up with the twisties. I think they came out really great!
The Mondavi cake was a rush job. I forgot about my brother-in-law's birthday until yesterday morning! So I hurried to make two 9x13 chocolate cakes and frosting without even knowing what I was going to make out of them. After talking with my hubster, I decided on a nice 1987 Cab Sauv Mondavi Reserve. It's something like $200 a bottle. The shape didn't come out like I wanted, but it would have been so small had it really been to scale so I went with oddly shaped. I didn't even have time to cover the cake board...but I figured, it's for family, so that's okay!
I thought I would have a really hard time with the label but it was actually really fun and I'm pretty proud of it, other than the little goof under the Mondavi title.
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