patriotic cupcakes

I finally got to try out my edible glitter! I just finished making a batch of cupcakes, and they turned out even better than I anticipated! I'm so pleased with how these cupcakes ended up!

First I started off by melting down some white chocolate candy melts, and transforming them into the following:

Then I proceeded to turn these:

And this:

Into these:

Finally, I topped them with the white chocolate stars, and here is the end product:

burnt butter cupcakes

Yesterday I made the yummiest burnt butter cupcakes. I did follow the recipe for the frosting as well, but it did not turn out like it should have. The problem was in the safe-to-eat cookie dough, not the heavy cream. :)

The other problem I had with the recipe was this...despite their amazing instructions on actually burning the butter, mine never solidified like it was supposed to. But I used it anyway, and the cupcakes turned out just fine.

Despite the difference of looks in the frosting, the cupcakes still turned out delicious! Instead of putting chocolate chips in the cupcake batter or the frosting, I simply put some mini-cupcakes on top of the cupcakes. I also didn't put cookie dough in the middle of the cupcakes. Just kept them as is.

This may be my new favorite flavor of cupcake. So yummy!

my latest

Here is my latest Peter Pan item which I am coveting...

Too bad it's crazy expensive...I mean...it's a clock. Seriously. An extremely cute clock, yes. But a clock.

fun at the zoo

Today I went to the zoo with my mom, my dad, my big sister, my little sister, and my niece and nephew. We had a lot of fun, and I took a lot of pictures! Here are some of my favorites (click to enlarge).

my summer so far

My chives:

Mr. Webb took up the grass along this fence line:

And we've planted a bunch of flowers. We have a lot of different kinds of lilies along the fence, some yellow snapdragons, some pink and magenta dahlias, and (after this picture was taken) we planted coral pink and orange zinnias all along the border, some pink geraniums, and some dianthus plants.

My sister and her two kids are visiting for a few weeks. My niece is extremely adorable.

But my nephew doesn't like being made to have a picture taken with his little sister.

A week ago, we had Mr. Webb's little brother and sister over for Sunday dinner. I made these awesome cupcakes with a decorating tube I got for my birthday. They turned out awesome!