Evan's 2nd Birthday Party

As promised, I have pictures of my nephews 2nd birthday party. It was Elmo themed and he loved every minute of it! I made the cupcakes and gift bags. All Elmo products were bought from Party City.

Elmo Cupcakes:

These were chocolate cupcakes with butter cream frosting. The Elmo's were done using a grass tip for fur, half of one cookie from an Oreo, mini marshmallows for eyes, and a jumbo sprinkle for a nose. The others are a yellow butter cream with mini primary sprinkles. 

Cupcakes on Elmo tower

Table:
The table was decorated with a Sesame Street table cloth, balloons, Sesame Street blowers and party bags. The party bags were made using red bags, white and orange construction paper and marker for the mouth. I filled them with Sesame street crazy straws, hats and other small toys.

 Balloons:
You can never go wrong with balloons. Aside from it being almost 75 in the middle of march for his party, these were the entertainment for him. He played with them all day. I would recommend spending the money on a bunch for any small children's party, they cant get enough of them!

Pinata:
I got him a stand up Elmo pinata with pull strings. He loved it! It was very hard to pull the back open, my husband had to do the tugging while they "pulled" the string. He carried that thing around the rest of the day and my sister even reused it back home for his party there.

Cupcakes I've Been Working On

I have decided to write one post including all of my creations, rather than four separate ones. I have not been  able to do a whole lot of baking this spring, plus my camera was full and I put off emptying it until tonight. I hope you enjoy!

Peeps Sunflower Cake:

This is a chocolate cake with with a chocolate marshmallow frosting. I simply mixed one jar of fudge frosting with one 8oz jar of marshmallow creme. I placed the peeps in a ring around the outer edge with leaf tips between each one. Lastly I used chocolate sprinkles for the middle of the flower.

S'more Cake:
This cake was a left over cake. I had intended on making the sunflower cake above a two layer cake but the frosting was too gooey to fill the sides, it all ran out and down! No worries, I simply topped it as a s'more cake. It is the same chocolate cake with chocolate marshmallow creme frosting. I topped it with graham cracker crumbs and chocolate sprinkles. It could have used more crumbs along the edges for a true s'more taste, but the the frosting was too gooey and it was late. It was delicious though!!!

White Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes:
These I made for a girl at work on her last day. I made them very similar to my strawberry cupcakes. I used a box of white cake mix, some sort of juice ( I don't remember anymore, I think it was strawberry kiwi ) and white chocolate chips. They are topped with a raspberry whipped topping, white chocolate chips and a raspberry. Some in the back have sprinkles instead.

St. Patty's/Thin Mint Bundt Cake:
 I specifically made this for St. Patty's day, but it would be good any time. I used my chocolate bundt recipe. I replaced the chocolate chips for the semi-sweet mint chip blend found at the holidays. I topped it with the glaze, crushed Thin Mints, chocolate chip blend and green sprinkles.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream:

I made these for my girls weekend. They are a chocolate cupcake topped with buttercream and pink sanding sugar. The first round over-flowed and had huge tops, hence the crusty's on my pan. They were delicious though!