Week 4....Lots of Birthdays!

So, as you know, last week was both my husband's and my father's birthdays so needless to say, I did alot of baking!  We're not the type of family that celebrates a birthday just once, we keep it going all week long!  I posted pics last week of the birthday cupcakes I made for my hubby so this week I made him a cake and I made Super Birthday Bowl Cupcakes for my father.

This was my Honey's cake.  I have to say, I've never seen a cake eaten so fast!!  I tried a new buttercream recipe and it was phenomenal!!! (If I do say so myself)!   Usually when I hear the word buttercream I think very sweet and heavy and this was anything but that!  It was so light and fluffy you could eat 2 pieces and still feel good afterwards! But enough about the icing!  I tried something new for the filling as well (if you can't experiment on family, who can you experiment on??).  My husband's favorite ice cream is Rocky Road so I thought, why not make a Rocky Road filling?  I've been told that my whipped creams taste just like ice cream so this wasn't a far stretch!  I wish I thought to take a picture of the insides of this cake! It was loaded with marshmallows and nuts in chocolate whipped cream sandwiched between Devil's food cake! YUM!

Now these are the Super Birthday Bowl Cupcakes!  Once again, experimenting on the fam!  They are dark chocolate BEER cupcakes with a Beer Glaze.  They little footballs were made from Lindt Chili Chocolate.  The subtle spiciness of the chocolate worked well with the sweetness of the glaze. Overall, I, myself, would have preferred a bit more of the beer flavor but the cupcakes were extremely moist and sweet enough. These too went very quickly so I'm guessing that they all enjoyed them!

I'd love to hear about anybody else's baking expeditions!  Until next week!!!