Pretty Pink Little Cupcakes - All in a Row

It has been awhile since I made a cake or cupcakes, so my cousin Valerie's birthday was the perfect opportunity to get baking!

I can't even remember when the last time I made a cake from scratch was so I decided to make cupcakes from scratch. Valerie likes chocolate so I decided on chocolate sour cream cupcakes.

Here the cupcakes are straight out of the oven. WARNING: nudity - these cupcakes have NO icing!!!



One of my favorite parts of making cakes and cupcakes is the frosting. It gets messy, but the outcome is (usually) beautiful!

My first attempt at frosting these babies didn't turn out so well, but the 2nd one was everything I imagined - a pretty pink cloud atop a chocolate mountain of scrumptiousness (this may not be a real word, but it gets my point across LOL).



Here she is...all alone...by her lonesome self...



Now here she is with all her friends!



Although making these pretty little things was a lot of fun, I think I had more fun taking pictures of them.

Unlike the 2 other kids I birthed, they didn't talk back, run away, refuse to smile or stick their tongue out at me.



And lastly, my favorite picture of them all. Did I purposely stage the prettiest one front and center? Bet your bottom dollar I did!