Red Velvet Candy Cane Cupcakes

Last Saturday night, I went to a Halloween party for one of my best friend's birthdays....as fate would have it, she was born on Halloween, so Halloween parties are kind of her thing....this year it was a Zombie Apolocoypse.  I went as a zombie nurse...obviously...what Halloween party would be compete without one!

In years gone by I might have been inclined to make Halloween themed cupcakes....giant spiders or the like, but this year I decided that the "treat" side of "trick or treat might be a little more appropriate for my friend....while she makes an amazing "prom zombie"....I think in real life is is a lot more prom queen and a lot less zombie...so I made her these....

They are red velvet candy cane cupcakes (coz red velvet is her favourite kind of cupcake)...and then had them delivered to her office this morning so they would be fresh for her day at work....coz no birthday is ok without cupcakes at work...even when I don't live in Cape Town anymore!

Lex,
Happy Birthday my precious friend! 
Thank you for a fantastic party on Saturday...loved it!  I hope that you are absolutely spoiled today and appreciated every second of this day for the amazing person that you are :)

Lots of love to you
xxx

Happy Halloween Cupcakes

Creepy Crawlie Cupcakes

Halloween is here at the end of the month, so I thought I would make a head start with the Halloween cupcakes when I was visiting my parents at home this weekend.  Red velvet cupcakes, with cream cheese icing and an assortment of creepy Halloween toppings...complete with spiders and vampire teeth...can't go wrong with that!  So, those of you in Durbs looking for some scary treats at Halloween...you know where to find me! :)

Western Province....eat your heart out!

These AWESOME cupcakes are the result of our friend Dyl having taken a rather silly (in my opinion) bet with me that WP were going to beat the Sharks in the Currie Cup final....his naivety was so sweet that I couldn't resist....WP for a win....let’s be serious! J

Anyway, back to the story at hand - rather than enjoy this well earned victory (thanks little Lamb you beauty) on my own, I thought I would share the goodness with the world!  I’m sure he will begrudgingly blog about how he was forced to bake at some stage as well....so for those who don’t know, you can find his blog here...it's actually pretty good so I recommend you take a little look see. 

Dyl – thank you my friend...love that the Sharks are now officially mine!  You have made my week and it's not even 8am on Monday morning!

x

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Trick or Treat Halloween Cupcakes

These were the first of Halloween cupcakes for this year. They were ordered by MFC's favourite fan Clare in Oxford.  She ordered them for her niece who goes to school at St Cyprians here in Cape Town - what an awesome start to the weekend to have cupcakes delivered to your school!

Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat! :)