Brown Sugar Pound Cake Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting, 06/02

Bittersweet yes, as this is the last cupcake Wednesday for a while. It does, however, mean that they schoolyear is nearly over, so I won't mourn too much. To celebrate the onset of summer (I don't care what the calendar says, to teachers, summer starts when school ENDS), I developed a beachy scene, creativity that was inspired by my newest cupcake book (courtesy of Marnie!), "What's New Cupcake?" It was also my first venture into a cupcake "scene". The cupcakes are from Martha Stewart, and the frosting is some leftover vanilla buttercream, with the remainder being from a can of store-bought frosting. I expected the cupcakes, with the term "pound cake" in the title, to be heavier, but they were not overly heavy. The "sand" is brown sugar, and to create the waves I just piled on the frosting (after tinting it blue) and then created peaks with a butter knife. I was pleased with the end result. I cut up some Swedish Fish and shoved them in the frosting to add to the scenery. All in all, it makes me excited for my first full day off, when I go to the beach and enjoy the sand on my feet!!