Cupcake Crazy!

So I have recently begun taking a speech class. When I started let's just say I was less than happy to be taking it. Now four weeks in and I'm loving it. Today I had my first major 5 minute speech, the demonstration speech. I got to pick any topic to speak about while demonstrating, so why not do something I enjoy, I asked myself. So I did. I decorated cupcakes for a phenomenal grade on my speech! Lets just say though after decorating 24 cupcakes for my birthday for yearbook three weeks earlier and then another 24 cupcakes for my homeroom, 24 cupcakes for easter, and the 40 for my speech class I can officially say I am cupcaked out! So here are a few of the designs I used for my speech! These are not the only designs I did but they are the only pictures that came out well.

Easter Basket Cake

I got this idea off of Pinterest.com.  They used colorful m&m's as their filling but I used "eggs" instead..
Items needed:

• cake mix
• frosting
• kit kats
• filling candy (m&m's, robin eggs)
• ribbon

Steps:

1. mix and bake cake according to box
2. frost cake
3. begin putting the kit kats around the cake one by one
4. once those are on, carefully wrap your ribbon around and tie a bow
5. fill the top with the filling... 

Now you have a completed Easter Basket cake <3 <3  I was so surprised how great it came out... It also gave me a ton more confidence on making and baking :)