The Hunger Games movie came out this weekend, and I've never felt this excited about a movie in a long time. The books were fantastic and if you read them you will agree you cannot put them down. They didn't disappoint with the movie. Rare.
I had some fun this weekend making more tie dyed themed cupcakes and inspiration came to me to make cupcakes on fire.

Using Wilton tip #97, I filled half the side of a piping big with red icing, the other half with yellow icing.

And it piped out like this:

The original "on fire" cupcakes from this weekend:

I invited my cutsy little cousins over for a couple days of their march break. I had activities planned almost hour by hour (and apparently I still managed to miss a few hours). My favorite part was making tie dyed cupcakes. Every kid loves colour, and is excited by the thought of eating things that look like rainbows. I assume that's why they love sprinkles so much. Each of them choose the shade they wanted to dye the white gluten-free cake. Then they each got to spoon a bit of their batter into the cup. It's important not to mix the spoonfuls or you'll end up with an unpleasant shade of brown.

Turned out like this:

Then set up a sprinkle bar for them to decorate. The sprinkles you see below on the right are the most dangerous... I am still finding little balls everywhere.
Just don't say I didn't warn you.

And here is their little cupcake gallery:

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It's been a crazy week. A lot of it had to do with march break. While baking up some colored cupcakes with my little cousins (more on that in an upcoming post) I threw in some all green cupcakes for St. Patty's day tomorrow. Last year I made this green dessert. Or if you prefer something with beer, this cake is a good one.

The cupcakes were a white gluten-free cake mixed with green food colouring. The sprinkles are yellow gold and the shamrock was made from gumpaste.
Happy St. Pat's!

It's been a pretty mild winter in Toronto. Next week we are expecting some early spring weather, and I can't wait to wear my blue joe fresh mac coat.

Had to throw that in there.
Today we have just witnessed a snowfall and I am taking it as an opportunity to post my white snow cupcake.

Click here for a tutorial on how to make the royal icing snowflake topper.

source: Retronut

I had a to trim a cake. I was left with these pieces I didn't want to throw out, they were from the tops of cakes and in the shape of half moons. Just looking at the shape inspired me to make homemade Jos louis. Tell me you have had Jos louis.

Jos louis was a snack I would have as a kid, along with ah caramels. It is made up of red velvet cake, cream center and chocolate coating. I dug up a recipe online for the filling, which in this case was marshmallow fluff. Find the recipe for the marshmallow filling here. It's a good one.

Jos louis aren't Jos louis without the chocolate coating. Ganache would have worked nicely but instead I melted chocolate, waited for it to cool and poured it on top.

Messy, but delicious.

I love vegas. Since my 21st birthday I've been more times than I probably should have. I enjoy gambling, it's not the main reason I used to go (really, it's not) but it's on the pro side of the list. Especially since drinks are free when your gambling. Vegas is something to see; the shopping, shows, nightlife, and big budget hotel/casinos. I haven't been in awhile, but the excitement and thrill of vegas came back to me when I was asked to do this birthday cake.

The flavour was chocolate and vanilla with a nutella buttercream in the middle.

You can't do a vegas themed cake without the classic sign as the birthday message:

Happy Birthday Christina!