Yesterday was my birthday.

Another year older and another year wiser?

My ordered this little cake for me as a surprise :) It was dark chocolate cake with a raspberry filling in the middle and buttercream frosting. Absolutely delicious!!

I don't know about you guys, but I am a frosting lover and always ask for a corner piece when I can. Lucky for me this is just a little cake and it's ALL MINE!!! *Insert picture of Andee walking around her apartment in flannel pajamas with a happy birthday tiara and eating cake here*

*Hugs* to all my internet buddies out there. I will be updating the blog more after I come down from my sugar high :)

Andee

I have a confession to make.

I am slightly obsessed with cupcakes lately. Okay, slightly obsessed isn't a correct term... lets choose the word... totally. Yes. Totally obsessed.

Last week my brother and my sister-in-law gave me a belated Christmas present (only belated due to the weather and the lack of being able to travel over two mountain passes in December snowstorms!). Tons of baking sheets, including a normal sized cupcake baking sheet. I had a mini-cupcake baking sheet, and never really had the extra dough (no pun intended) to shell (not a silly baking-egg-reference... promise) to buy a normal sized cupcake pan.

This past Sunday I set about making tons of cupcakes. I had a blast. I really enjoyed it. I even took the camera and practiced a little food photography with the results. Imagine my surprise when "Cupcakes Take the Cake," a blog that I have followed for a while, used my photos and instructions for the surprise Cherry Cupcakes I made.

I was surprised that anyone besides me would be interested in the baked goods... it was a really huge honor that I didn't expect at ALL.

Anyway, I have decided to start a new series on WindySydney about all things cupcake. It's a huge departure from the ex-Mormon rantings we are all used to (and they are not going anywhere... believe me. Any ex-Mormon in Utah will tell you that you are confronted with the aspects of Mormonism every single day as you go about your daily life!) but it should be fun. I hope to share some how-to stuff, photos of my successes (or dismal failures) and recipies for the goodies as well.

I will have to do this stuff on my days off from work, and that is completely random depending on when the store needs help. Hopefully I will be able to have a cupcake edition once a week... if not, thats okay... right?

Pleasant Eating!
Andee

Yes, I know that Halloween isn't over yet, but I can't help it. Every single store I walk into has a giant Christmas display, complete with colorful lights and Christmas Carols coming out of stuffed animals when you push the "press here" button.

Since I am trying to learn photography, and part of that is learning how to take photos of food (lets face it, where would food network be without those gorgeous shots of double chocolate fudge cake and super-cheesy mac and cheese) I thought this would be a cool way to showcase some really cool Christmas food photos I found on flickr. If you want to see more from that particular photographer, just click on their photo!

Cookie Christmas Tree by creative cake maker

christmas cookies 019 by hellonaomi

Christmas Cookies by EverySpoon

Christmas Cookies by MarionQuaggatuggu

"No, I didn't eat the last Christmas Cookies." by Brian Hathcock

Decorated Christmas Cookies Giveaway by E's Joie

christmas cookie by Penguindrooster

Christmas Coffee Cake by Seitti

inside of my Christmas Cake by perago89

These photos were taken by Gertrude K. Check out more of her photos by clicking on the images!

Instead of the normal flickr of the day I decided to share some of the awesome Christmas cupcakes on the site. Some of these are absolutely amazing! Toodles!

captured emotion

Swan on the Danube

Photos by: Niklens