My co-worker is celebrating a significant milestone, and a friend ordered her some chocolate cherry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I couldn’t give her bare cupcakes, so I added butterflies and flowers in her favorite color: red. Happy Birthday Tami!

For my husband’s birthday, I made his childhood favorite: chocolate zucchini cake. Traditionally baked as a 9 x 13 cake, I opted to use a spring form pan to up the display factor. It tastes just as good as the original recipe! Love ya babe!

These dark-chocolate raspberry cake pops were made as a birthday gift package. They’re covered with milk chocolate and a melted candy swirl.

For Cavan’s 30th birthday, we celebrated in style. We hunkered down at Bradstreet Craftshouse Resturant at the Graves 610 hotel. Cavan is a big fan of all of the unique cocktails they serve.  (He even infuses his own vodka; see the video on his website, You’re in my Kitchen). With this love of spirits, I decided on a champagne cake frosted and filled with vanilla buttercream and fresh raspberries. Happy Birthday Cavan!

My coworker’s daughter Nava is no ordinary girl. She loves Diego from Nick Jr.’s television show “Dora the Explorer.”  These Diego face cupcake toppers are made from a combination of fondant and chocolate, and sit atop a classic chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream. Delish! Happy 3rd birthday Nava!