Christmas Party

Once again my love Alyson and I had a great weekend in Toronto where we went all out. This past weekend we had our Christmas party and decided to rent a hotel, get room service, pop champagne and make a whole weekend out of it! 
I apologize that they're pretty blurry but I took them on my cellphone! Everything was gorgeous and tasted amazing! 

Cupcakes!

One of my co-workers asked if I would make some cupcakes for her friends bridal shower! I found an awesome chocolate cupcake recipe (the bride to be really loves her chocolate) and I also found these adorable cupcake cups which made me really excited! The "rings" on top of the cupcakes didn't turn out as well as they did the first time which is a major bummer... I was being silly and rushed it 

Generally when I made my home made cupcakes I love to make home made icing as well (just for the extra originality) However, at school I don't have a hand mixer (which I know I have to invest in asap) so as a result bought icing it is :) 

These were the first ones I gave (as a sample so she could choose what design she liked best)

*note the ring in the top right corner and then note how bad they look in the last photo :( 

 I finally bought myself a nice little piping bag and a few tips! I absolutely love them! 

Baking in my student oven isn't exactly the prettiest site to see :p