Amanda-Pie

You know how I always say I am trying to create some kind of world peace by uniting cupcakes with pie? Well, crazy little me decided to take on the pie-cake-pie-cake combo this week.
I am going to call it the Amanda-pie.

I was talking to my new friend Bryon a few weeks ago when he ordered the cake for his parents Birthday/ Anniversary celebration.  He was thinking....Maybe something Fall-Esque. Maybe something with Apples in it.

I had my mind made up.

I had to merge cake and apple pie together the way that I do cupcakes.

(See my cupcake-pie combo here).

As risky as I knew this adventure was ..

it worked!

A three tier cake:  

Tier 1: Vanilla Bean Cake with an Apple Pie Baked on The Inside.

Tier 2:  A Thin Spice Cake

Tier 3: Repeate Tier 1.

I was inspired by the "Cherpumple" Cake♥

 

The lovely couple celebrating.

The theme of the cake definitely had to be..

 Warm.

Like a Fall Romance.

Like this mini Spice Cupcake that I baked separately & used as a cake topper...

disguising itself as a caramel apple!

  Complete with Donna and Bill's name in lights.

Or Pretty Sparkly Banners that catch the light at least.. ♥

A Fall Celebration on a cake!

Maybe like visiting an Apple Orchard, Partying, and Eating Cake in one room..with all the people that love you?

Since I am Amanda Cupcake I had to add cupcakes.

Spiced Cupcakes that look like caramel apples with romantic pretzel sticks as the "craft stick."

I even hid little cinnamon apple pieces inside the miniature cupcakes.

The banner says it all.

Happy Birthday.

Happy Anniversary.

Fall is In the Air. ♥

And yes..don't forget.

There are apple pies inside of this cake!

These are all the apple slices that I peeled.

And the pies that I baked from scratch.

(Ok, my pie beautifying skills aren't quite as lovely as my cake making skills. But I am determined to master it!) But for now..the pies were *delicious* and were going to blend right into the cake beautifully.

With some salted caramel buttercream frosting.

I actually received a round of applause when the cake was cut!

It must have been the apron.

Or perhaps it was the Amanda-pie. ♥



 

Sending Peace and Love. In the form of a Cupcake.

I always wanted to make this huge difference in my time here on earth.
I wanted to travel to Thailand on a missions trip, or cuddle orphans in other countries.
Not saying that I won't do these things one day.

But it seems that I make a difference with cupcakes more than anything else.
Especially my cupcake kaleidoscopes.
Because I can ship them anywhere.

It is basically all this baked love & goodness...

inside of a jar.

I know people make cupcakes in a jar all the time.

But I call mine Cupcake Kaleidoscopes.

Because they are more special than just a cupcake inside of a jar.

(Like these smiling Oreo Cupcake Kaleidoscopes!)

They are pretty on the outside. I make sure of it.

By adding sprinkles, dots, color.

Glittery Heart Notes and Sparkly Ribbon.

By showing the delicious texture of food and frosting and sugar.

The spoon is an added bonus-it is your grant to dig in as quickly as you can.

Sometimes I add bacon.

and maple frosting.

Other times I just add the things that remind  me of being a kid.

I figure they'll remind you of that too, and that can only mean authentic happy-ness. If even for a moment.

♥

I've even added a tie instead of the ribbon for a Father's Day Gift

Complete with Jelly Beans..Because Dads love Jelly Beans.

I recently sent some cupcake kaleidoscopes to my friend Carolyn of Network Fitness in California. She used to be my amazing cross fit trainer in Cali until I moved back to Wisconsin. Now it seems I am tempting her with naughty delightful goodies.  She used to tempt me with the allure of having six pack abs! But it wasn't just tempting. She made me work at it. I still can't find anyone to replace our workouts.

So cheers to you Carolyn..

time to indulge in some sinfully great buttery sugary mmmmmmmmmm.

This is one of the kaleidoscopes I sent to her.

She and her husband Jeff (who are the cutest couple ever) made a video of Carolyn opening her birthday gift! She okayed me to put it here on my blog. I absolutely had to!

It just proves that in some small way (or maybe big..depending on how you look at it)

I am making a difference ♥ through deliciousness!

Not necessarily in the way that I predicted I would.

But somehow this "way" ends up being very true to me...and I couldn't be happier with it.