St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

I have been trying to find ideas for St. Patrick's Day cupcakes for a few weeks now. When I saw rainbow sour strips at the grocery store I knew I had the perfect idea! The only problem with my idea is that you cannot find gold chocolate coins anywhere these days! I have looked at grocery stores, pharmacies, etc. and couldn't find any! However, I was glad I could at least find gold chocolate nugget candies, so I had something to go at the end of my rainbow. I have some ideas to tweak these cupcakes in the future, but I think they're pretty cute now. :o)

Present birthday cake

My mom's birthday is coming up and I wanted to make her a cake that looked like a present and this is what I came up with! The woman who taught all of my cake classes helped me decide on how to make the wiggly strips on the bottom layer. I had never made them before. I surprised my mom with the cake last night and I'm pretty sure she loved it. :o)