School Cuppies

When my daughter's teacher came back to the school to introduce her students to her new baby, cupcakes were in order.  I used a fun font (school daze) to make cute toppers with the baby's name.  The cupcakes were chocolate with mint icing and grasshopper cookie crumbs on top.  Delish!

Owl Cupcakes

Owls are so popular right now.  My next door neighbor growing up had an owl collection (figurines, not pets) so whenever I see owls I think of her.  I kinda associate owls with the 70's. I guess peace signs and owls have re-established themselves in today's pop culture!  Anyways, I came across these adorable cupcakes and I felt compelled to share them.

Looks like they used Oreos, junior mints and some kind of yellow candy.  Easy and sooo cute!  Sorry, I do not know where I found this, it was reeeal late one night.  If you know where I got it, let me know so i can give the proper credit!


Newsflash:  Kim from Frost Me knew where the owl was from...Hello, Cupcake a cute blog dedicated to cupcakes! Oh- she also shared that the nose is a banana Runt candy!  So great! Thanks Kim!

Ballet Sweets

A few years ago I did a ballerina party for one of my daughters. A friend of mine just threw her daughter an amazing ballerina party and It reminded me what a great theme this is for little girls!!! Here are the treats from my daughter's party.


This cake was fun and easy to make. The trick is amputating the Barbie! You must take the legs off in order to position them in the right place on the cake. This Barbie was $6 at Walmart and she was wearing a tutu and slippers! I hot glued the candles in her hands.

I used icing tip #103 and applied the icing in a small zig zag to make the cake to look like layers and layers of ruffly tulle. You can do this!!!

My love of royal icing continues...The tutus and slippers are royal icing and I added little pink pearls and decorative sugar to make them really pretty and sparkly!

Ladybug Treats

Here are the details on the ladybug treats I did for the baby shower last weekend!

Gotta love this cake stand. If you do not own this, you should look into getting one for yourself.

I use it so much for all sorts of purposes!

I made the ladybugs out of royal icing weeks in advance. I love anything I can do in advance! Royal icing keeps great in an airtight container at room temperature!

These are mini cupcakes. Mini cupcakes are awesome because you can make 48 out of one regular cake recipe, they don't need much icing, and nobody feels guilty eating two!! When I send treats with my kids to school, I usually opt for the minis. I always cringe at the amount of cupcake that goes in the garbage once the icing has been licked off of a regular cupcake. With minis, it's the perfect amount of icing and cake and the whole thing gets eaten!

This little ladybug was covered with red sugar to make her nice and sparkly. Remove the sugar from the areas that you want to put the black spots because the black icing will not want to stick to the sugar! GRRR. (I'm mentioning this to save you the frustration I endured!!!) I got the dome- shaped cake by using my Pampered Chef baking bowl. Completely ice and sugar the bug before you place her on top of the green cake.

I made the head in advance out of royal icing. The antennae is a black pipe cleaner.



Fields of Daisies!!
I always decorate my cupcakes in these large baking pans so they are easy to transport.


Questions? Ask away! I will try to answer.

Have you made any ladybug fabulousness? I would love to see it!!

Sneak Peek

Here's a little taste of the treats from the baby shower we threw today. More to come tomorrow!

Mmmm...

Smells good over here!!

Jelly bean Fun

Angelic Angel Food

A new spin on angel food cake! These cupcakes has whipped cream icing and adorable fondant angels on top. They were for a baby dedication but they would be adorable little Christmas treats as well...just add a little green and red holly!


Sorry about the horrible pictures, I hope you can get the idea!

Floating on little clouds, each angel is unique!

I used butter cream for the hair, arms and wings but if I were going to make them again I would use royal icing .

Pair these with custard and fresh berries- YUM!

Death By Chocolate

I just finished up my last order before taking a little break to have baby #5 (due May 3). What a fun job! I did three different icings to top these rich and moist chocolate coffee cupcakes; Mocha, Chocolate Vanilla Swirl and chocolate fudge.

Handmade chocolate embellishments

Pretty!

Cute tags to distinguish the three flavors.

Are ya drooling yet?

Is there anything better than chocolate?

Still Love These Colors

I just came across this photo of these teeny cupcakes I made for a birthday girl a few years ago. The colors just grabbed me today and made me happy. I just thought I'd share the love :)

Cowgirl Cuteness

Here are the adorable sweets ordered to coordinate with a cowgirl party you can see here that we did a few weeks ago.

Favorite Sweet #8...

Fig & Ruby Favorite Sweet #8 is....

The octopus cupcakes from the sea creature baby shower cupcakes!!

I loved how funky these guys looked perched on top of the light teal icing! They had so much personality with their wiggly legs and sprinkles on their heads. They were also really really fragile so it was an extra big accomplishment when they were safely placed on their cupcakes!

The colors, the subject, everything about these guys was different than I had done before and dreaming up and creating something completely new is satisfying!!

Get your votes in for your favorites! I'll post the results on New Year's Day!!!

Wall E

Wall E, such a cute and loveable character! Putting a wee Wall E on top of a perfectly delicious classic chocolate coffee cupcake makes for a heavenly treat.

Calling All Horse Lovers!

These cupcakes are too sweet! We have lots of great ideas for a horse themed party as well. Give us a shout if you are interested in throwing your horse-lover a party she'll never forget!

All decorations are made by hand by me...they are not purchased. This is good news because it means we can create almost anything to coordinate specifically with your theme, colors, etc.

Let your imagination run wild...what do you want on top of your cupcakes???

Patriotic Cupcakes

Canadians and Americans can all agree these cupcakes are adorable! Together in a display they are incredible!!

Fresh berries and whipped cream make these cuppies oh-so tasty.

Oh yeah, you are seeing right...even the cake inside is patriotic!

Call Fig & Ruby for your next event. Let the desert be the centerpiece and the talk of the party!!

Starfish and Coral

These cupcakes were one element of a sea creature cupcake tower for a baby shower this weekend. They are fun and bright! Wouldn't these be stunning in an all white or cream monocromatic beach wedding cupcake tower display? Fig & Ruby can do it! Call and book today!!

Keeping With The Trends...Hannah Montana!

No doubt there will be quite a few Hannah Montana birthday parties this year...we can accommodate! These cupcakes are fun, or consider an electric guitar cake or a funky cake with Hannah on top...the possibilities are endless!!

Cupcake Craze

The popularity of the cupcake is not dying down. We have seen it pick up speed and we are running with it! Cupcakes are not what they once were. They are beautiful and sophisticated. By themselves they are adorable, as a group they are phenomenal! We can make gorgeous swirly cupcakes to coordinate with any color scheme. We make them in the traditional size and also in a mini.

Check out these teeny treats:

For the golf lover...

This grass is also adorable at Easter time with tiny jelly beans tucked in the middle!

We can create a sophisticated and delicious cupcake display with these chocolate balls in a variety of flavors and colors. we can mix and match the icings to make an incredible display!

A treat and a take-home all in one!

We have many exciting cupcake orders on the go right now! (flowers, ocean creatures, ice cream...) Check back regularly to see the latest creations!