christmas cupcakes

my lovely mom got me this amazing cookbook, "hello, cupcake". i always wanted to be the mom who brought the cool cupcakes to my child's school celebrations. and while that may not be a reality with all the rules schools have now with so many food allergies, i can rock the cupcakes at home.

i decided this year to make cupcakes part of my contribution to the christmas feast, we have two to attend this year. even though the process of making the cupcake creation took place over a three day period, this is usually a huge turn off for me, i had so much fun making and dreaming of what the outcome would be that it really didn't matter. i'm trying not to brag, but i really feel like my endeavor was a huge success. i haven't presented my creation to the family yet so you all get a sneak peak at the baking process. if you dream of being a master baker i would encourage you to pick up this book. it takes what should be a very messy time intensive process and turns it into a userfriendly super fun time.

mine didn't turn out quit like the photo because i have two wreaths to make and was worried about running out of leaves.