Celebration Cupcakes

I started looking for a new job a few months ago, and I was so sure I would get one that I bought a Strawberry Supreme cake mix to make something once I got a job. Sadly, job openings were pretty scarce, and I ended up bombing most of my interviews.

Last week, I got an email from an agency. They had a job opening, and I was in the top 6 of 70 applicants, and the only woman. Needless to say, I was excited!

On the day of the interview I was way more nervous than I was in other interviews: cold sweaty palms, nervous chatter, and smiling like an idiot. I don't know why I felt the way I did, but it was a great coincidence the interviewer (also owner of the agency) was a huge Disney fan like me. So we spoke about my experience, portfolio and a bit about Disney, then we talked about the agency and the job itself. Sadly, I didn't get the job because of my lack of experience, BUT he offered me ANOTHER job in which I could fit in nicely!

Time to open my cake mix box!

I decided to make cupcakes with two different cupcake cups, and different decoration.

First, I added a little sugar on top of three cupcakes, but the batter ate it all when it poof-ed up, so I sprinkled a bit of sugar after they were done.

Since the new job is at a design agency, I decided to try my hand and make some CMYK multicolored frosting. I thought it would be great now that autumn is starting and we're getting our first fresh days of the season.

I was wrong. It's still too hot for anything to stay put, so the frosting melted a bit. Of course, this being my first time with multicolored frosting doesn't help.

I must admit I regret using frosting for this, since I don't like it so much and I usually only use a tiny bit of it. Whatever, I can scrape it off, I suppose.

So, as a conclusion: The cupcakes are delicious but I wish I would've only gone with the sprinkled sugar.

EDIT: Now that the frosting is dry and shiny, they look and taste A LOT better. I'm sorry cupcakes, for ever doubting your awesomeness.