Cupcakes and Crutches

Happy Holidays! Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as I did! As you know one of my friends had her wedding the day after Christmas and she asked me to make her cupcakes/cake. 230 cupcakes and 1 baby cake. Everything was a hit! But boy was it a journey to the finish line. Without further adieu:



I think the stand came out beautifully! Thanks Dad for the help :) The flavors the bride chose:

cupcakes:

white cake filled with mascarpone kahlua whipped cream frosted with kahlua cream cheese
mocha frosted with frangelico (hazeulnut) buttercream
red velvet cake frosted with vanilla cream cheese frosting

cake:

6" red velvet cake frosted with vanilla bean buttercream

The bf also made a little video on the day of the wedding. It's cute. There's music so turn up your speakers! Check it out:



So as I was saying, it was a huge journey to this finish line. Let me explain. The bf, my cousin and I went snowboarding the day before Christmas Eve. It was the most BEAUTIFUL DAY.



it was sunny, the snow was powdery, my runs were perfect. I'm not a beginner and not really a professional so ya. I know how to carve small and big. I just don't know how I ended up like this:



and how the binding that ripped out of my board ended up like this:



SO, the diagnosis is that my left knee is sprained. I have an appointment with a specialist on Wednesday but YES I did bake, frost, setup and goto the wedding with the bummmed knee. Insane. I know. Tell that to my poor knee. I seriously wouldn't have made it without the help of my mom's ginormous, cupcake making oven, my brother who diligently helped me with everything during the baking process, my dad for the stand/driving me around town while it rained cats and dogs bc someone *ahem*the bf*ahem* forgot all the butter at our house, and my loving bf for pretty much being my legs/purse holder(for him this is a huge thing. he totally detests holding purses)/driver/cook/my everything during this whole fiasco! OH OH, and big thank you to Lucky's grocery store for being the only store open on Christmas Day that actually had UNSALTED BUTTER. I wouldn't have made it through all this crazy baking madness. Thank you. I love u all.

With all that said I think if I had a dollar for every time I wanted to cry during the cupcake madness I would be filthy rich. But when everything was assembled and I saw the bride & groom's face, it was all worth it. I felt very touched to be included in their special day and wish them the best!!

If I had a choice to do it all over again, I think I wouldn't. haha Just kidding. I would if it weren't the day after a major holiday. With every experience I learn a lot about my techniques, recipes, what works and what doesn't. I've taken away a lot from this experience and wouldn't change any of it. Well like I said earlier maybe just not after a major holiday ;)

x O X o,
Noey