Pink & White Princess Party Cake

This was so much fun to do! I bought the Wilton Wonder doll cake pan, however after doing this I saw a lot of ideas through Google where people used a glass or metal mixing bowl to bake the cake. The mold worked great! I love the mix-n-match cupcakes too. I staked the cupcakes on plates raised by white bowls. I searched through images on Google to design her dress. I ended up using a medium sized star tip, and it was surprisingly a lot easier and less time consuming than I thought it would be.

Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes

In Sweet Dreams fashion, I like to keep things simple. I don't have much time, so I maximize my efforts and mostly take a semi-homemade approach to my baking. These cupcakes were made for mother's day. I bought these super cute cupcake liners at Joanns (craft store). They were no more expensive than regular liners. I made a white or yellow cake mix, but substitute lemon juice for the water in the recipe. I use regular store bought vanilla frosting and decorate with a rasberry. I also filled the inside of these cupcakes with lemon curd and rasberry jam by poking a hole in the middle of the cupcake with the end of a wooden spoon. They were a hit and looked really cute in a cupcake tree!

1M Rose Cake

I'm not joking, this cake was so easy to make. I made a white cake mix, used lemon juice in place of water in the mix, and baked according to directions. I filled the middle of the cake (2 9 inch rounds) with trader joes lemon curd and rasberry jam (for the jam I heated off and used a mini strainer to strain the seeds. I made a crumb coating of frosting, placed in the fridge to harden. Then comes the fun part! THIS IS SUPER EASY!!!! I used the Wilton 1m tip. I bought this at target, in the frosting/baking section they have a small wilton kit that comes with 4 tips and some bags I believe, the  most important thing is the 1M tip. Starting in the center go in a circle 2-3 times depending on how big you want the roses. Make them as close together as you can, but there will be gaps. Fill in the gaps with swooshes of frosting, using the same tip. I've seen this style in a HUNDRED different blog posts so its hard to give credit to the original creator, but if you search for 1M rose cake you will get a TON of fun ideas using colors and spray frosting and flavors etc. Have fun!!