Happy Birthday!

Last weekend was my birthday.  We had a cookout at my girlfriend's home.  I decided to make cupcakes for myself.  I saw the idea and had to make them, they were just so cute!  It was a yellow cake with buttercream frosting.  The hot dogs and hamburgers were nilla wafers with frosting for the fixings. 

When I was at the cake store a lady told me everyone was coming in to buy the push ups. (I sold them half my order of 100 a while back).  She said they were on Betty Crocker website so that is why they were in demand.  When I was baking the cupcakes I wanted to see what the fuss was about.  Sure enough, there they were.  All festive for the Forth of July.  So I said I want to make those!  I had half a yellow cake mix left from the cupcakes so I made some.  There was a very good tip online, to make mini cupcakes for them.  So much easier than what I did before!  I made a 9x13 and cut out the circles.  What a waste of cake I was doing.  So I whipped up a batch and made some of my own.  My blue had a green tint from the yellow batter, but they still turned out cute.

Paul and his buddy, Joe, both turned 30 this past week.  Joe made Paul a beer sign saying "Forcier's Beers".  Paul thought it was the coolest thing that Joe put time and effort into his gift and wanted to do the same.  I came up with the idea for a beer cake.  Both guys love beer and have made it together before.  It was a few day process and Paul helped with all the steps.  The bottle is made from corn sugar and granulated sugar.  You heat it up and then pour into a mold and it makes the bottles.  The ice is the same mixture poured on crumpled foil.  We made the wood sides from fondant.  I scored them and Paul painted on the brown.  We peeled labels off beer bottles and glued them onto the bottle with corn syrup.  Overall it was a great hit!  Joe at one point started to eat the bottle, label and all.

I just finished my girlfriend's wedding cake.  The wedding is tomorrow.  I will post pics of the finished cake after the weekend.  Hope you all have a great weekend!