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Just some randoms...

Watermelon cupcake with watermelon buttercream

Fresh blueberry and buttermilk

Chocolate with salted caramel buttercream and salted caramel decoration

Carrot cake with raisins, pecans and pineapple, cream cheese frosting

Chocolate chip

Chocolate cupcake with coconut rum buttercream

Chocolate mint

Chocolate cupcake, pastry cream and peanut butter filling, chocolate buttercream with peanut butter drizzle

German's chocolate cupcake, Oreo mousse filling, vanilla buttercream

French vanilla cupcake with french vanilla buttercream

Hi-Hat Cupcake! Chocolate cupcake, marshmallow frosting dipped in chocolate sauce

Hi-Hat anatomy

Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcake close-up

Marble cupcake with chocolate buttercream modeling chocolate decoration

Marble cupcake with vanilla buttercream, white modeling chocolate decorations

Margarita cupcake with tequila lime buttercream

Orange dreamsicle with candied orange peel

Pina colada cupcake close-up

Rainbow colored vanilla cupcake with (black) chocolate frosting

Rasperry Lemon Drop cupcake, raspberry lemon frosting (vodka all the way through this recipe!), garnished with fresh raspberry and candied lemon slice

Red Velvet close-up

A dozen here, a dozen there...

Here are just some random pictures of some cupcakes I've made:

Star Wars Plastic Toppers - sorry about the blurry picture. Cupcakes are chocolate or vanilla with chocolate and/or vanilla buttercream in coordinating SW colors. :)

Happy 4th of July!

Vanilla cupcakes, vanilla buttercream, fondant decorations.

Carnival!

Cotton candy cupcakes with cotton candy buttercream.

These were topped with tufts of cotton candy before serving.

Devil's Food with random colored buttercreams and fondant decorations. See the little devil up front?

Hot Fudge Sundaes! Just kidding! Cupcakes!

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream topped with chocolate ganache "syrup", rainbow jimmies and maraschino cherries.

Chocolate or vanilla cupcake with chocolate or vanilla buttercream, rolled in Oreo crumbles with fondant lizards.

Vanilla cupcakes, vanilla buttercream, hand-decorated fondant discs.

If you like pina coladas...heehee.

Coconut cake, pineapple filling, coconut rum buttercream, topped with toasted coconut, maraschino cherries, fresh pineapple wedges, straws and paper umbrellas. You know, for ambiance. B-)

Made at a friend's request in regard to a boss's favorite Seinfeld episode.

Chocolate cupcake, chocolate fudge frosting, chocolate fondant "pretzels" with sugar "salt".

These were accompanied by a cake of the same flavor and decorations with the quote, "These pretzels are making me thirsty!"

Made at the request of a co-worker for her and her husband's anniversary. Red velvet with cream cheese frosting, topped with red velvet cake crumbles. The center toppers are fondant and represent the anniversary (heart and wedding rings), a running shoe, bike tire and goggles, for the husbands love of triathlons.

These were for me, hence the message.

Chocolate cupcake, salted caramel buttercream, letters made from candy melts and a plastic letter mold. Happy Birthday to me, indeed!

Variety is the Spice of Life!

These are just a variety of varieties! Plus some handmade fondant toppers I made as a birthday gift for a friend. They were "A few of her favorite things".

From left: Chocolate and vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and garnishes of sugar pearls, chocolate jimmies and blue rock candy; Chocolate and vanilla cake with Oreo buttercream and Oreo cookies; Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting, garnished with red jimmies, red sanding sugar and red sprinkles; Chocolate and vanilla cake with Chocolate buttercream, garnishes of yellow sanding sugar, pink sanding sugar and chocolate jimmies.

Chocolate Mud Cake, French Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream with sugar pearls or Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream with chocolate jimmies.

From left: 3 Red velvet cake, cream cheese frosting - toppers are red food coloring "vampire bite", cell phone, wine bottle; 6 French Vanilla cake, French Vanilla Buttercream - toppers are zombie and peashooter (Plants vs Zombies), Buc-ee's 52oz Jug, Randy Marsh (South Park), yellow bird and green pig (Angry Birds); 3 Chocolate Mint cake, Mint Swiss Meringue Buttercream - topped with Andes mint chips, a camera, roll of 35mm film and a nook.