Dogs and Cats

My friend is coming to visit me tomorrow.  Since I haven't made anything since I once again regained a working kitchen and the desire to actually use it, I thought that this would be a good opportunity to restart my cake making and this blog.  My friend recently was accepted in veterinary school and is starting this fall.  To celebrate her accomplishment and her passion for animals, I decided to make some dog and cat cupcakes.  They are loosely based off the designs seen in the book "Hello Cupcake" which I recommend as it has given me great ideas both now and in the past.  Since I didn't have time to go to the store to get candy pieces for eyes and other touches that would have made the animals pop out, I just used coloured frosting applied to look like fur and eyes.

They came out like this: