Vixen & Lois Lane

Today I woke up at 5:30am and placed 2 dozen cupcakes snugly in their boxes. I was up that early because I had a cupcake order that was being picked up. My very first cupcake order. It felt amazing! I spent last night baking and frosting and printing out labels for the boxes. And when my alarm went off this morning I jumped out of bed, ran downstairs and got those cute little cuppies ready to be picked up.

I put a lot of thought into what type of cupcakes I wanted to make and finally decided on two basic cupcakes:

Vixen - Chocolate Cupcake with Peanut Butter Frosting



Lois Lane- Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting




My Vixen cupcake is based off of DC's first black female superhero to actually star in her very own series! I thought it was fitting because this cupcake feels very earthy with the chocolate and peanut butter combo. Vixen even wears a light brown suit that reminds me a lot of peanut butter and her powers come from an African totem she wears that allows her to mimic any animal on Earth. Like I said...very earthy! It also felt even more fitting when I realized that it was my first cupcake from scratch for Legitimized Baking.

I felt that my traditional Vanilla Cupcake needed to be named after someone special, but not because of any super powers. Lois Lane popped into my head right away. She was a special, yet ordinary women. She couldn't fly around or shoot laser beams from her eyes and she wasn't invincible. She was ordinary...nothing incredible, but one superhero thought the world of her. She was special to him and because of that, the name Lois Lane would be famous forever. My traditional cupcake isn't anything "incredible". It's just a Vanilla cupcake topped with Chocolate. Ordinary. Except people love this ordinary cupcake so much that it's become special. I could definitely see Lois Lane stopping at my cupcakery, buying a vanilla cupcake with a strong cup of coffee, and nestling herself at a cozy corner window with her paper.

I love how I'm able to incorporate my love for all things cupcake and comics together. :-)
And I love fulfilling cupcake orders! I hope that they keep coming...

Robin: Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcake

This past week I made Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes. I had some hesitation about it though. I mean, come on, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are one of my favorite comfort food, but as a cupcake? Is it possible to make one comfort food item into another comfort food pleasure?

It is. It really is.

I took a simple recipe, changed some things up to add my own special touch, and OMG! It's a freaking moist and delicious Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcake! Hahah! It's a nice yellow cake that has strawberry jelly (my fav!) injected inside and lightly spread on top and has an abundant swirl of peanut butter icing!

One bad thing is that I made these in a small (not mini) cupcake size so now when I eat one...well...I can't just eat one. I have to eat two. Come on now! Two small cupcakes are really just the size of one regular size cupcake. Right? Haha...okay now honestly you shouldn't answer that question unless you are willing to agree with me. I like my process of eating sweets. :-)

As for the name of this new cupcake I'm calling it the Robin. I can just see little Jason Todd (RIP), Dick Grayson,Tim Drake, or Stephanie Brown in the Batcave with their feet propped up waiting for the next mission and then Alfred walks in with a tall glass of milk and a silver platter filled with PB&J cupcakes (or maybe in reality sandwiches). I can see a smile break out across their childish faces as this comforting food brings a sense of safety and warmth into their beings...an innocence that has been lost in their fight with the evil in Gotham.

I feel this is another victory in the search for my cupcakes. The Brown-Eyed Villainess won this week. I think I shall honor this victory by eating a PB&J Cupcake...or two...