Bridal Shower

This was by far teh most creative shower I've ever been to. I've never been a huge fan of shower games or the like, but I had a blast at my bridal shower- wish I had more pictures. But this is a video of one of the games. It was a cupcake war theme and I definitely prepped for the competition. Unfortunately I don't have pics of my....creations....but there were some lessons learned. So I first tried to create a Smores cupcake. I found a cinnamon graham cupcake recipe with chocolate ganache and a home-made marshmallow frosting. THey looked awesome. Taste....definitely missed the Smores train. THe cake was all cinnamon, the ganache rocked and the frosting tasted like whipped eggs. weird. Second experiment was a lemon cupcake with Lemon Cream Cheese frosting. Not bad, but the bake is pretty dense and dry. For some reason I thought dense=good but i've since changed my mind. Anyways the final product and my entry in the competition was a White Chocolate Marachino Cherry Cupcake. With diced cherries and white chocolate chips minced in the batter, topped with a cherry buttercream (i've learned the secret to fluffy buttercream! its butter.) topped with a marachino cherry. THis is a long story just to say they won Best looking - but totally not best tasting. Erick calls them 'prostitute' cupcakes. No explanation. Lacey won Best all around for a great Orange cupcake with home-made candied orange peel!! Extra mile Lou. Extra mile. Best tasting were...uh-hmm....store bought but still amazing coconut cupcakes. Unfortunately (or maybe thankfully) there was disaster on the homefront and Kendra's Butternut Squash with Marzcapone frosting cupackes didn't turn out. I still really liked them though.
I have since informed Kendra that I hope she has more ideas for her own bridal shower - because the creative gene got maxed out on her.