Katie, Darshan, and Nikhil threw an awesome 60’s themed party and I knew I couldn’t resist using my neon food dyes! I made a modified version of the Double Rainbow cupcakes from my birthday earlier this year and made some fun tie dye cupcakes, topped with flowers, hearts, stars… and dinosaurs??
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What do you get when you put a bunch of Microsofties in a conference room on 3/14 at 1:59pm? A Pi Day celebration! (The approximation of pi, 3.14159, can be read as a date and time – nerds around the World observe Pi Day every March 14th!)
Our team had a pie baking contest this year. I made a cherry and pecan pie and am happy to report my first attempt at homemade pie crusts was a success! Below is a picture of my “Cherry Pi” and the full lineup for the contest, which included everything from an assortment of different apple pies to savory meat pies.
My sister came up to visit for the weekend of her birthday this year. Unfortunately she spent the entire weekend taking care of her very sick brother! I made sure she didn’t leave without a treat, though. I made both full size and mini ladybug cupcakes using Oreos and black M&Ms.
Although I’m typically not a follower of sports, I was excited to see Green Bay bring their A-game to the Super Bowl this year! We hosted an epic party in Seattle: the keg was tapped, meat was grilled, and yummy football cupcakes were served!
I made the chocolate footballs with a candy mold and piped the grass around them – a lot of work, but worth it after the Packers’ victory.
Trey wasn’t feeling so well after the Steelers lost on Sunday, so I used some leftover party decorations to make his office more festive and cheer him up!
One of our test leads has been away from his office since mid-December, so it was high time for another office prank. His love of the nearby taco truck gave Darshan and I the idea to transform his office into a taco truck… which soon became more of a taco stand. We took down his door and replaced it with a fully-functional counter-height door and decorated accordingly.
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In keeping up the theme, I found this delicious recipe for Chocolate Chili cupcakes and made mini cupcakes to bring in to work. I added a touch of chili powder to the cake recipe for fun (though I really only tasted the cayenne, which was fine). I also used my own vanilla cream cheese frosting recipe in place of the chocolate one shown – the cream cheese is perfect with the bite that the spices gave the cake. I topped off a few of the cupcakes with red hots and dyed a little frosting red and green to pipe chili peppers on the rest.
