Kingdom Cake Cupcakes + Miniature Toy Story Birthday cake

Yeah!! I finally received my birthday cake set from the Re-ment Toy Story Happy Birthday Party series. The birthday cake was the only set that I wanted. The other sets had more non-food miniatures and I'm not really in to that. I think Re-ment did a wonderful job with the cake. Look at the textures of the icing and cake! It's o realistic. All the cake decorations are movable so you can take decorations from other sets to mix and match.

I also went to Kingdom Cake today to get some cupcakes. Kingdom Cake is just a take-out window so all the cupcakes are pre-packed in fours, eights or twelves and flavors of the day are limited unless you pre-order in advance. These are miniature cupcakes but slightly larger than Mission Minis. They're $2 per cupcake so it's a little pricey but all the cupcakes are really moist. The blueberry lemon and lemon cupcakes are really good. They're sweet and extremely tart at the same time! I somehow didn't like the red velvet as much because the flavor was somewhat subtle and just tasted more like a sweet cupcake with no specific flavor. I was told that their Thai Iced Tea cupcakes were really good but I have to arrange a day to go there because their hours conflict with my schedule.

Mission Mini Cupcakes + Mimo Miniature Desserts

From left to right: Peanut Butter, Aztec Chocolate, Red Velvet, Horchata. These are my favorite flavors from Mission Minis. The ones w/ a chocolate cake base are moist but the Horchata and Red Velvet are always kind of dry. But I still get them whenever I have a craving because this shop is the closest to work. Also, I prefer mini cupcakes over regular sized ones because the icing to cake ratio is perfect and I can just pop the whole thing into my mouth.

These are from the Mimo Hong Kong Style Dessert series

The one on the left is a durian cake and the one on the right is fruit filled mochi

From left to right: mixed fruit w/ jellies, mango + grapefruit + sago in coconut milk, mixed fruit + sago

Durian in the back.

Cupcakes from Cups and Cakes

Went to Cups and Cakes this morning to get some cupcakes for a friend's birthday. Of course I have to get a few for myself too! So I got the Red Velvet (back right), Mudslide (back left) and the banana split. They're $2.75 each so they seem like a bargain compared to other cupcake shops where they're at least $3 a piece. I thought it would be difficult to eat since they're baked in paper portion cups but they cut a slit on each rim. Just pull on the corner and the paper tears away easily. I tried the red velvet and it's yummy! It's moist, not too sweet and perfect icing to cake ratio!! Can't wait to eat the other 2 later!

Look at the texture of the icing!

Really looks like an ice cream sundae!

Cupcake Ribbons

I don't know what I can do with these but I really wanted them. I saw them a week ago but didn't buy them because I was sure I have no use for them. During the week, I just kept thinking how adorable those cupcakes were and for just $1.99 each, it will be an inexpensive collectible!

My Decotti Set is here!

My cupcake Decotti set is here!! Saw these months and months ago and finally gave in.


I like the one w/ the brown base and purple rhinestones.

What's in this set. While reading the package, I found out that the rhinstones are not crystal but acrylic. I might head down to my local bead store to get the Swarovski ones to get that extra bling on my cupcake!

2 star tips. The one in the middle is just a cap for the fake whip cream.

Here's the expensive "whip cream." From the ingredient list, this cream is silicon. I'm going to stop by Lowe's or Home Depot to get a tube of 100% silicon caulking to do a comparison.

The four cupcakes waiting to be decorated. Lobster clasps are already attched to them so this can easily be converted into a keychain or a phonestrap (phone strap parts can now be purchased at Michaels. It's located in the jewelry findings section).

Look at the details of the cupcake

On my palm to give you an idea of the sizes. I'm going to show this set to a friend before I start decorating them. Stay tuned!