Buttercream Ruffle Cake

Had the pleasure of making a cake for my friend's daughter's first birthday party.  It was a ballerina themed party; so, this pink buttercream ruffle cake fit right in.  The cake was kept fairly simple given I also made 2 dozen cupcakes, carrot and white cake with chocolate chips, as well as the smash cake for the birthday girl.

I am becoming quite a fan of this design; given this is my second attempt at a buttercream ruffle cake now.  As I mentioned before, it helps a lot to score vertical lines around the cake to keep your columns of ruffles uniformed.

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

This past weekend, I made a quick batch of cupcakes for my friend's purple and black themed bachlorette party.  I even made a matching cupcake tower using Annie's simple and easy directions here.  However, instead of gluing two cake boards together and then covering it in construction paper, I used silver cake drums.  Definitely helped cut my time in half.

The chocolate chip cupcakes were adapted from my favorite white cake go to recipe.  Frosting was made from Pastry Pride non dairy whipping cream dyed purple.  The cupcakes were topped off with the remaining mini chocolate chips.