Summertime cupcakes

I've been extremely busy this summer, so I thought I'd make an entry with a few of the cupcakes I've made over the last few months. From the first photo to the last they're hydrangea cupcakes for a cookout, chocolate cupcakes with raspberry buttercream, vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream for a high school's 10-year class reunion, and two sets of mini cupcakes with drop flowers made for a surprise brunch birthday party.

I have a new mixer. It's pink and it's amazing. I absolutely love it! All summer I have had to use a 30-year-old hand mixer since my old stand mixer broke and I wanted to research and find the perfect mixer before I bought a new one. I found a Sunbeam and it came in a color called PINK FROSTING, so I couldn't resist. How could I be a baker and pass up the opportunity to have a mixer with a color name like that? It was on backorder for two months, but it finally arrived a few days ago and I used it to make a new batch of cupcakes (which I will post when I have time to upload new photos).

I hope everyone has had a great summer!