Lions and monkeys and zebras... oh my!

Today I can call myself a professional baker!  One of James' coworkers asked me to make cupcakes for his son's second birthday this weekend.  He wanted two dozen vanilla cupcakes with green frosting (like the Easter cupcakes, but without the eggs)

and two dozen chocolate cupcakes decorated like jungle animals.

This is the first time I've been paid to make cupcakes for someone.  It's very exciting.  Mama needs a new pair of shoes!  LOL.  I really am going to buy a pair of shoes with the money.  I need a pair of comfortable slip-on walking shoes for when we go to Paris this summer.

Mmmmm... cupcakes

I've become known as the Cupcake Lady at James's work.  Unless what I'm baking calls for whole wheat flour, it's usually best for me to send my baked goods away so I don't end up eating them all myself.  So anytime I find a new cupcake or cookie recipe I'm dying to try out I bake up a batch and send them along with my husband to dispose of with his coworkers (after trying one or two myself, naturally).

So, without further ado, cupcakes for Easter, or Good Friday, really.  But green frosting and eggs are much more fun to eat than crosses and a crown of thorns.