Project Cupcake Makes It Work!

Fashion plus cupcakes equals a perfect marriage. Its the road to the alter that makes you wonder how it will all turn out. First of all, my apologies for not blogging about Saturday's Project Cupcake at Goldi sooner. Its been one of those months, and just as I thought it was wrapping up, I found out that a baker had dropped out of the event for Saturday. I couldn't let there be only 2 bakers for the event, so I woke up super early. I used the ingredients I had in the house and whipped up some simple almond cupcakes with Mascarpone Buttercream. I even managed to figure out a close solution to Tiffany Blue, to top my Breakfast at Tiffany's cupcakes.


Ashley brought us a totally edible inside view of Barbie's closet, complete with belts, Chanel bags, sunglasses, shoes, gowns and more. Even Barbie's dress is fondant! The cakes were cherry with a chocolate kiss of a topping.


Susie broke out some 80's memories with her Leather & Lace creations, including hand-embossed fondant to emulate the lace and chocolate studded "leather."


Susie and Ashley (with Goldi's manager Kehri by my side) have been IronCupcaking since the very early days, so when they found out that I baked, they were actually glad that I was participating.


Well, they may have rethought my being in the running by the end of the day, as our judges; Mark (co-owner of Goldi), Erinn (from Survivor season 18) and Stefani (from "Beauty" salon) actually declared ME the winner. What? Me? But I just whipped those little blue babies up mere hours before the event. Well, I was embarrassed and touched, and even more so when Susie and Ashley were happy for me as well. I do miss baking a bit...so this got it out of my system for a while.

Once again, we were so thankful that the talented Jim Conway of James Conway photography was onhand for the entire event. Check out the awesome slide show of the day, including the fashion challenges below: