buttermilk cupcakes and feeling like fall

as you can see in the previous post, i am really a fan of this buttermilk cupcake recipe! also, ive been waking up early enough these friday mornings to make a batch or two before work. it really puts me in a great mood for the rest of day (way better than exercise ever made me felt! ha!)

this morning, in the spirit of Boston finally feeling like fall, i decided to make two dozen vanilla buttermilk cupcakes, with homemade buttercream frosting and colored it a pale orange. i had some candy corn around too - so of course they found their way on top of these babies.

vanilla buttermilk with vanilla buttercream frosting

i ran out of candy corn, and had some "empty" frosted tops of a few more cupcakes. then, i remembered that my good friend Pat ordered edible fall leaves for her daughter weeding (which is already tomorrow!) and graciously gave me some. these edible leaves were from Sugar Robot etsy site and just melt in your mouth! they really made these early fall cupcakes authentic. Maybe the leaves will start changing colors in the city now!

yes, those are pirate skull wrappers!