For St. Patrick's day, I made some cupcakes. It was Mike's day to provide the treats at staff meeting, so I made these:
A double-decker cupcake (a mini on top of a regular) - double chocolate with green-tinted vanilla buttercream frosting.
Then, my friend Nellie (from golf) asked me to make a birthday cake for her father. His birthday's on the 19th, but they always celebrate it on St. Patty's day and she wanted some green worked into the cake. After running the thought by my husband, he suggested the following cake - Nellie's dad turned 101 this year! The cake is supposed to look like a $100 ($101) bill...
(L) the cake, (R) close-up of the edible image
Double chocolate cake with green-tinted Vanilla Buttercream
Then, at the end of March, another golfing friend of mine, Mary, asked a few of us to join her in surprising Skip at Jazz night at NMSU on his birthday. I offered to make a cake, and this is what we surprised him with:
Double chocolate cake (again), with raspberry filling and topping, and vanilla buttercream