Cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day was this week. I get especially homesick at this time of year. In my home town, there is a parade every year for the local community. My nephew walked in it this year as part of his Hurling team with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). All the kids' sports teams walk, as well as the marching band, the local businesses, the fire brigade, the gardai and even the bin collectors. It's a chance for everyone to celebrate community and celebrate being Irish. Sure, then there's usually a party in someone's house, but it's not just about getting drunk to the exclusion of everything else.
I decided to take a little time to focus on my fundraising and bring a little sugary Irish cheer to my office at the same time. I made 60 cupcakes to sell in a bake sale. There were two kinds.

These ones are Spiced Guinness cupcakes with Green Vanilla Icing.

These ones are Brown Sugar Pound cake cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Icing.

In total I raised $550 in donations as a result of the cupcakes. I asked for $5 a cupcake but obviously some people were a little more generous than that. What a great team I work with!