My Animal Cupcake Entourage♥

I may not be as classic as Little Debbie yet.
And no, I'm not a  fairy tale princess who has talented woodland friends.
...Someday I'd love to travel the world and sign my own recipe books but I am not followed like Lady Gaga by the paparazzi. ♥

But I have been entertained by an adorable entourage of my own.

Animal Cupcakes.

Beavers.

Deer.

Cows.

Frogs.

Owls.

I couldn't help but laugh while I was making the beavers. The tail is a nutter butter cookie.The ears are chocolate m&ms.  The nose is a heart shaped runt, and the teeth are pieces of Trident gum.  I used an edible ink marker to draw the center line down the piece of gum!

Some of them even wore black top hats.  I laughed when one of my facebook cupcake friends said that if the beaver cupcakes could speak, they'd speak in an English accent ♥

A Hereford Cow Cupcake Entourage. Would not be complete with out a mud pie ♥. (it's chocolate frosting)...

A Hereford Cow Variety Pack.

I made the cupcake toppers out of Oreos. Anything you dream of..you can fit on an Oreo. Even something as big as a cow!  That's my philosophy.

Do you remember the frogs with green m&m eyes? 

Or my ladybug cake pops with heart shaped lips and glittery red cheeks♥

I'm starting to think of....an Amanda Cupcake parade!

I made these chocolate peanut butter deer cupcakes for an avid taxidermist.  After seeing and then eating cute deer cupcakes he might feel too guilty and retire from taxidermy, don't you think?! ♥

The antlers are pretzel sticks I broke apart and "glued" together with candy melts.  Their noses are peanut butter candy melts.  I couldn't resist piping  on a little peanut butter frosting tail.

..and yes.. there's even a random one with a red nose. You know who that is, don't you?

More of my entourage...

Vanilla Almond Owl Cupcakes.

With Almond Feathers and Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds around the eyes ♥ Cashews for the Noses. Lifesaver Eyes.

An owl cupcake variety pack!

M&Ms & Peanut Butter Candy Melt Eyes.

Sunflower Seeds used for the noses or feathers.

Edible Glitter.

Of course.

The "Diva" in my cupcake entourage:

Peacock ♥ Cupcakes.

They made an appearance at a wedding shower.

..In my cupcake world, this is what a peacock looks like when getting all dressed up for an event as special as a bridal shower!

VIP Peacocks.

My not-so-secret ingredient I added to all of my animal entourage cupcakes:  Laughter. ♥

More Than Meets The Eye.

A few months ago, I was a cupcake sponsor for the ALS Benefit Ride here in Waupaca.

I made some tattoo inspired cupcakes. Rebellious and soft at the same time ♥

This one was dedicated to my friend's mom who suffered from ALS. ♥ My friend is the one who asked me to donate the cupcakes to the event.

Of course I said yes to the donation.  My mom has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. A really big reason California was just too far for me to live from my mom here in Wisconsin.

Even though ALS & Parkinson's aren't the same thing.. I know what it is like to want to do something to make a difference in someone's life that you love deeply. So I was more than honored to donate.

I like that Mom says Wow upside down. ♥

And out of this event..came even more cupcakes!

I donated a gift certificate - more and more and more cupcakes for the lucky raffle winner.

Transformer Cupcakes for Connor.

Requested with love by his mom. ♥

She even made this her profile picture on Facebook! That made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

I made the faces out of candy melts, so they are 100% edible. I printed the faces out on printer paper, and used parchment paper to trace.  I used piping bags to trace candy melt faces on the parchment paper. ♥ And this is how they turned out!

This monster cupcake sandwich was inspired by the hood of a car opening up. Inside the hood of this cupcake transformer are peanut butter cups. Yummmmm!

And of course..you can't have Transformer Cupcakes without *real* Transformers on top!

Fun to eat.. and Fun to play with too!

I think he wants a hug ♥

It looks like this order came full circle.. for daughters to give love to their moms.

And for a mom to give a dream come true in cupcakes to her son!

*More Than Meets The Eye*.I hope you loved them, Connor. ♥

Pupcakes for Tessa

Tessa is a sweet girl I met at my church.
She has one of the happiest and brightest spirits I have seen in a little girl.
I realized what a big heart she has when she ran up to hug me the day after we had just met.

Tessa's birthday was this last Sunday, and her heart came out through the spirit of her birthday party.
Instead of receiving gifts, she decided that all of her party guests should bring gifts for the animals at the local animal shelter! She brought the gifts to the animal shelter and bonded with the little doggies later in the day.

In the joy of Tessa and the doggies, I created pupcakes that were 100% edible---from the cake, to the eyeballs, the jellybean nose, the sparkly ears, and the muzzle!

Pug with M&M eyeballs and a Starburst tongue. :)

Friends!

Bulldog with caramel muzzle!

Hello! Happy to see you.

Peanut Butter Bone

Sooo intimidating ;)

Chocolate Lab with Tootsie Roll Ears

Chihuahas with glittery ears!

This Westie wants some *Love*.

I enjoy this picture because they look like they are having a conversation ♥

Disco Daschund

Swirls of Adorable

Fruit by The Foot bow

These guys look like they are ready to party!