Irma's... WEDDING!!!!

This past weekend was Irma's wedding to Emilie and Christina's cousin, Gilles. It was in San Antonio and so much fun!! The gorgeous cake was made by hIrma's sister, Anna. It was lemon with raspberry filling. It's tradition to save the top tier of your cake and eat it a year later, but since it was in Texas and we live in New York we told Irma we'd just re-create it next year. So, in a year from today, check back to see how it comes out!! :-)

Oh, and Irma looked gorgeous as well!!

Irma's wedding shower!

This past weekend, our cousin and fellow cupcake master, Irma, had her wedding shower! Emilie and I decided to contribute to the celebration by baking some very yummy and very pink cupcakes. We tried using the famous Candace Nelson's recipe for a batch of strawberry cupcakes, but they did not come out well at all. I don't know if we just didn't cook them long enough, but the cupcakes came out doughy, plain, and greasy.

Our plan for Irma's shower was to bake a pretty batch of strawberry cupcakes with a light pink whipped cream frosting, but because of the strawberry failure, we resorted to another option at the last minute. Emilie and I used a cake-mix altered recipe to create a luscious and refreshing mint chocolate cupcake. We topped it with the whipped cream frosting, and overall the cupcakes were light and a refreshing dessert.

-Christina