Caleb's Darth Vader cupcakes

I'll admit right now that I'm not a big Star Wars fan, and either are my kids, so I was a little lost when a friend asked me to make cupcakes for her son Caleb's Star Wars birthday party.

Again, Flickr saved the day - a search for Darth Vader cupcakes brought up these, from the oh-so talented Kati Peck. She just started a blog, Tasty... Good... Delicious..., check it out - her work is amazing!

This was my attempt the recreate her design. Thanks, Kati!

Heads were made with a bell-shaped cutter

Light sabers in the making

I always make one bigger cupcake for the birthday kid (I'm sure there's a "Luke, I am your Faaaaather" joke here somewhere)

Big cupcake boxed and ready to go

SillyCakes

SillyCakes
Originally uploaded by the schneider clan

My friend Cathy came by this weekend and we had some fun with leftover buttercream and cupcakes. I can't decide which are my favorites, but I really love all the ones that are smoothed into a cone but there there's the red one with green dots.. hum.. what's your favorite???

***update! As of June 16, 2008 - the above photo has been viewed 1,410 times - by far my most popular flickr photo.

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