Happy Birthday Cupcakes

Last week, we celebrated my husband’s birthday.  All he really wants is chocolate mousse, but I decided to get some extra “good wife points” and dropped off some cupcakes at his workplace.  The cupcakes are Italian Cream Cake with coconut and cream cheese frosting.

Normally, I just slather the frosting on with a knife.  If I’m feeling really lazy, I find that you can get pretty good frosting coverage just shoving your cupcake into the bowl.

However, that didn’t really seem work-appropriate.  So this time, I dug out my pastry bag and star-shaped tip and piped the frosting on for a little extra flair.  Every now and then, I find it’s a good idea to actually use some of the fancy baking supplies that I won’t let my husband get rid of — you know, just to show that I really need them.

Some of you know this already, but my husband and I have a pretty wacky sense of humor.  I knew I needed something funny to put on top.  I went to my favorite local cake shop and found these weird (and, let’s face it, somewhat scary) cats and dogs.  You can’t quite tell in this photo, but that schnauzer has red eyes.  Seriously.  Creepy.

They were a hit, and sadly, they are all gone.  Until next year!