Laur Laur's Sweet Treats

This month is Operation Feed at the bank. Operation feed is a campaign that is currently running where all proceeds go to the Food Pantry. The campaign consists of different events that take place in efforts to raise money for the Food Pantry. Thursday there was a cake auction and I volunteered to make a basket. I knew I wanted to make my Reese Lover's Cupcakes because you can never go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter right? Then my creative mind went to work. I layered the cupcakes in a mason jar. Reese's Lovers Jar They turned out so cute. I loved them and so did everyone at the cake auction. These jars are perfect with grabbing a fork and digging right in! Then if you couldn't finish it you can put the lid back on and take it home with you. How perfect?  The basket turned out great. With all the snow, rain and cold weather I went with an Easter basket to remind everybody spring is coming (hopefully)!!!  Another great cause and a s...

Better late then never right?! I love trying new recipes and mixing it up. The perfect time to do so is the holidays with the family because of course I supply the dessert! I know they will give me their honest opinion so I can perfect my master piece. I wanted to share with you all what I mixed up for this year for Thanksgiving. Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting . These cupcakes were a HIT .  When you take your first bite of these cupcakes there is a surprise waiting for you.  When you bite into the spice cake you find an apple pie filling inside. The perfect combination of spices and the warm apple pie filling went together perfectly.  I made a cinnamon buttercream frosting and topped it off with a few pieces of apple pie filling. Lastly, I lightly dusted the top of the cupcakes with cinnamon.                                    Apple ...

I had the pleasure to be apart of a great event. This past December I was approached by the Outreach Director for the United Way of Licking County. She asked me if she could place an order for 400 cookies for an event called The Cookie Walk . She placed and order for 200 Oatmeal Scotchies and 200 Chocolate Chip cookies. I got really excited for this order not just because Oatmeal Scotchies are my favorite cookie batter haha but because of the opportunity to help out at an amazing event. For anyone who doesn't know what the cookie walk is, it is an event that is put on by the City of Pataskala Ohio around Christmas time. They collect donations and canned foods to support the local food pantries. To participate in the event you can donated a minimum of $1.00 or a canned good. By doing so you receive a bag for you and your family to walk around downtown to the local business that have cookies out to help you fill that bag! The cookies turned out great and the event was suc...

Good Evening Everyone :) I hope your weekend was great. I wanted to share with you some of my cupcake cakes that I have made for my customers to help them celebrate. I love shaping my cupcakes into something unique and different to help those celebrate their special occasions. For a birthday celebration I shaped my Reese Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting into a "M" shape for the initials of the birthday girl. Put some candles in the middle and it makes the celebration complete :) Another birthday celebration. I got a request to help add that special something to a surprise birthday party. A request for a cupcake cake shaped in a 30. Made out of Reese Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting and Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. To add something more I incorporated the birthday girls favorite color, blue. I colored the Vanilla Buttercream Frosting blue and sprinkled blue crystals on top of the two flavors.  ...

Hey Everyone :) So tonight I wanted to share the cupcakes I made for my sister and I's graduation party. My amazing and talented sister, Heather, graduated from Trinity School of Nursing with RN nursing degree. We wanted to celebrate together so I waited a few months and we celebrated ours together. Of course I took care of the dessert and guess what I made CUPCAKES! With that being said I wanted to try something new and experiment with a new recipe. I went with Monster Cookie Cupcakes. The base of the cupcake was peanut butter with milk chocolate chips. Then I topped it off with a heaping amount of creamy cookie dough. It wasn't your typical cookie dough though. The cookie dough was made with cream cheese, M&Ms, chocolate chips and oats. They were a success!! The expressions and reactions I got from everybody after the first bit of the new cupcakes were so humbling. Since the party in July I have had 4 orders requesting the new Monster Cookie Cupcakes. You know yo...

Good afternoon everybody :) So I wanted to share with you my Twist and Shout Cupcakes. Interesting name right? I got a request for cupcakes to celebrate a 3 year anniversary. She told me that she wanted to surprise her boyfriend with something sweet to celebrate. She requested cupcakes that would combine his favorite flavors of chocolate and vanilla. She asked for the base to be chocolate cake but for me to do something unique for the frosting. Chocolate and vanilla are simple flavors but she wanted to combine the two flavors to make the cupcake unique to help them celebrate. The final product being my Twist and Shout Cupcake. I made the base chocolate cake and topped them off with twisting chocolate and vanilla buttercream frosting. She loved the idea and the finishing product was more than what she expected. I have perfected my chocolate cupcake over the years. I have switch up the recipe and finally got it to where I want it to be. My chocolate batter is creamy with ...

Good Evening All!! I hope you had a great Friday. IT'S FINALLY THE WEEKEND. My sister is home from California so I am pumped. We are having a family cookout tomorrow so I cannot wait. Good food, sunshine, and good company, what else do you need? What are your plans for this weekend? Mine are to relax and enjoy the company around me :) I wanted to share with you cupcakes that I made for a 70's themed party. I got a request to help spice up a party with some groovy cupcakes. I wanted to make sure I grasped the theme and gave everyone something to talk about. My top seller Reese Cupcakes and the birthday girls favorite Yellow Cake Cupcakes were requested. I nicknamed both cupcakes to go with the theme of the party. Groovy Reese Cupcakes Groovy Reese Cupcakes were the perfect combination of peanut butter and chocolate. The base was chocolate cake with peanut butter morsels inside. Creamy peanut butter buttercream frosting pipped on top and topped off with colorful hear...