Orange Chocolate Mini Cupcake Recipe

ORANGE CHOCOLATE MINI CUPCAKES
1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix
Replace Water with Orange Juice
Replace Oil with Grape Seed Oil
1/2 Orange Zested
Follow box directions with the added and replaced ingredients. For parchment cupcake papers cut 3 1/4” squares and squish down into cupcake pan.

ORANGE ZEST ICING
4 Cups Powdered Sugar
8 Tablespoons Butter, Softened
3 Tablespoons Orange Juice (add more juice if needed)
1 Orange Zested
Mix all the ingredients until smooth. Use a round piping tip to pipe the icing. Zest an additional orange for to garnish and sprinkle a little sugar on top.

Baby Baker Cupcakes

So I wanted to think of cute way to tell my coworkers I was pregnant. My last name being Baker "Baby Baker Cupcakes" were the first thing that came to mind. So I made chocolate orange baby cupcakes with orange frosting. I went all out real sugar and not gluten free. They were so good. I didn't have any cupcake papers so I used square pieces of parchment paper, fortunately my friend came over and helped me cut out the papers. I think I like them better this way, it kind of gives them an organic look. I also made my favorite detail, cupcake flags, that said Baker No. 3. They went over really well all the boys ate multiple cupcakes, one girl thought I was starting a new business and another thought they were so cute she didn't read the flag. I got one hug for the cupcake and another huge hug once I explained I was having a baby. I might need to be a little more clear next time.

cupcake flags

My two other friends and I through a 30th birthday party last summer and I designed these cupcake flags to help celebrate the day. I love how they turned out. I think a cupcake flag bring a fun charm to a cupcake. My friends made most of these yummy goodies. I just designed some other cupcake flags I will post that soon.

gluten free banana bread

So I have been on a gluten free diet now for about 6 months. I just recently made this banana bread and I love it. I also cut out refined sugar so I try to bake with agave. I cheated a little bit though and put in organic dark chocolate chips.


Gluten Free Banana Bread recipe
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup agave
2 eggs
3 ripe banana
1-3/4 cups Pamela's Baking & Pancake Mix
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup organic dark chocolate chip

Beat together butter, agave, eggs and banana. Add remaining ingredients and mix together. Pour into a large greased loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 1 hour, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

vision dinner invitations 2

Here are the 2010 vision dinner invitations. We were going for a sort of vintage look so I used the national forest signage as my inspiration. Hume Lake was established in 1946 so we incorporated a lot of our old imagery to comment on the foundation that was built over the years. I also really like how the envelopes turn out we used vintage elements from the old air mail envelopes.

kristin eldridge photography

I recently had the privilege to redesign all the branding for Kristin Eldridge Photography. We had so much fun together and I love the concept that we ended up with. This branding really seems to embody Kristin and her feel of photography. To see and hear more go to Kristin's Blog.

vision dinner invitations

Every year the non-profit I work for does a series of fundraiser banquets, which we call Vision Dinners. These last couple of weeks i have been working very hard to get the materials done for this year's Dinners. So I thought I would show you last year's invitations and later this week I will show you this year's. Last year's invitations were really fun because I was able to do this really elaborate die cut. I really love how they turned out.