pinkalicious!

My friend told me about the most adorable children's book, Pinkalicious. It's a fabulous story about a little girl who eats so many pink cupcakes that she turns pink!! Needless to say, I instantly fell in love with the book and thought it would be a fantastic Christmas gift for my ridiculously cute cousin, Kaylee. Kaylee spent a few days with me this past week and we read Pinkalicious somewhere near a zillion times and we made Pinkalicious cupcakes! The cupcakes were pink, pink, pink!! :)

Kaylee was a cupcake pro!

Someone kept stealing a taste.... :)

Being that these were Pinkalicious cupcakes we couldn't keep boring old white cake....

So, with a little help from our friend, pink icing color.....

Voila! We had pink cake!!

And, of course, we had pink buttercream frosting....yummmmm!

a few white spinkles.....

and a cherry on top!!

Pinkalicious cupcakes!!!

We had just enough batter left-over to make Kaylee a jumbo or what I like to call QUEEN size Pinkalicious cupcake just for her!!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas cupcakes!

the cupcakequeen goes to new york!

I had the pleasure of visiting my fabulous brother (who lives in Manhattan) over Thanksgiving. The one thing you should know about my brother is that the only thing he does better than being a brother is being a teacher. It made my heart happy to be able to see firsthand the amazing work that he does and the amazing ways in which he is leaving long-lasting positive imprints on the lives of the children he comes in contact with each day at The Bronx Charter School for Children where he teaches music to frankly, some of the most adorable children I've ever seen! Also, it made my heart happy to be able to share the cupcake queen love with he and his co-workers by hooking them up with some pre-Thanksgiving cupcake goodness.

My brother - the best teacher I know!!! Also, the best 1/2 marathon-er I know! Yes, he completed his first 1/2 marathon the weekend before Thanksgiving. In case you were wondering, pretty much, he does EVERYTHING amazingly well!! :)

Cupcakes for the faculty & staff at The Bronx Charter School for Children!

White & chocolate cake with buttercream icing, chocolate shavings and fun candy I found at a market in Philly!

I <3 NYC!!!!!