Cupcake Friday Project turns 2!

Hello 2nd  blog birthday. A year ago I kicked off my 52 in 52 project, began an apprenticeship and was ready to bake my butt off. And I did.

Year #2 saw the following accomplishments:

• Created 65 different cupcake recipes, up 71% from 2011;
• Published 53 cupcake recipes on the blog;
• Held a bakery apprenticeship at Sweet T’s Bakeshop;
• Hosted 5 guest bakers
• Delivered 11 special orders 
• Participated in 2012 Cupcake Smash;
• Wrote 128 posts for the blog, down 30% from 2011;
• Was named Cupcake Baker of the Week on Cupcake Takes the Cake
• Was a Geek of the Week on Geekadelphia;
• Presented for Girl Geek Dinner’s Fall Event.

I kicked some butt!

For 2013, I will continue on my baking journey, but plan on branching out and entering some new territories. I’ll be kicking off Breakfast Club this week–I’ll bring in pastries for the morning–and then once a month I want to do something like an “Iron Cupcake,” in which my taste testers give me an ingredient and I create a new cupcake recipe around that. Essentially, I need to be challenged. A lot.

So, to celebrate Cupcake Friday Project’s 2nd birthday, I baked the cupcake that started it all: Lemon limoncello. It seemed only appropriate to go back to the beginning. And even more appropriate was that it’s snowing this morning … just like it was in 2011.

And as always, thank all of you for reading along, sharing your comments, letting me know when you’re baking my recipes. I love sharing my baking with you, I love you sharing your baking with me. So, now, on to 2013!