I occasionally get together with my friend Melissa to get our cupcake on.  We each pick or drum up a fancy schmancy cupcake creation, lug the ingredients (and stand mixers!) to the kitchen-of-choice, and get to baking!  It is so much fun.  Here is my latest creation.  Boy, were these delicious.  It was my first crack at a filled cupcake.  (I must admit, I did not MAKE the filling...perhaps next time!  I do have my eye on a recipe that involves homemade lime curd inside the cupcakes...  If I'm going to step it up each time, might as well do it up right, I suppose!)  More baked goods to come, but for now enjoy (and drool over) these shots I took of the batch's last cupcake standing.  It, sadly, did not last much longer after I put my camera down...but it was a good little model while it lasted. :o) I'll post the recipe later!