So I know I told everyone I would report back on the cupcakes I’m making for Kat Rohrbacher’s thesis project in her graduate program for art school.

Here’s an update to that. We met today for our “cupcake transaction”. She is a very sweet girl and I wish her all the best of luck. I am happy we got the chance to work together.

These are photos of some of the cupcakes she wanted.

1. “The Emily”. Kat wanted this cupcake to be very girly in a fluffy, white, volumptuous way. I made three variations, one with coconut, one that was swirly and high so she could put a fancy liner on it if she wanted, and the third was a spiky meringue.

2. “The Joan”. This cupcake needed to represent Kat’s art teacher, who was kind, warm, caring and the epitomy of an “art teacher”. Joan was also into intricate bead artwork. I made two variations; one with an “artist’s palette” color frosting, and the other with some bead-style decorations added.

3. “The Andy”. Kat wanted this cupcake to have a tube sock look to it, with white, red, and blue stripes. I did two variations, the first was swirled white frosting with red and blue sprinkles on a white cupcake with a red and blue liner. The second was a piped white frosting layered with colored fondant stripes.

4. “The Damon”. This cupcake needed to represent a flashy, over the top personality. I made two variations, each with spiky chocolate frosting and dramatic touches, such as chocolate lettering and silver dragees.

5. “The Neil”. Kat wanted a masculine, handsome cupcake that also demonstrated a life devoted to the United States Army. I covered white and chocolate cupcakes with army green frosting, fondant stars painted with gold luster dust, and white star sprinkles.

6. “The Ken”. Red was the color that came to Kat’s mind for this cupcake. I swirled red frosting and sprinkles on top of white cake to convey a popular, nice cupcake.

7. “The Vanessa”. Kat envisioned a cupcake that almost blends into the background and conveys a talented, other world. For this cupcake I swirled pale blue frosting on white cupcakes and decorated each with either tiny pearl decorations or small fondant flowers.

8. “The Justin”. This cupcake needed to be “soft turned hard”. For this one, dark chocolate cake was covered with soft marshmallow filling and dipped in chocolate, to create a shell.

9. “The Chad”. Kat wanted a cupcake that was slightly angry, so I used a red velvet cupcake that was covered in soft marshmallow filling and dripping with chocolate.

Cupcakes, anyone?