Tastes like summer.. The beginning of summer cupcakes!

So we have been back in the US for over 2 months now and its been quite a whirlwind. Unpacking, repacking, driving long distances and short and losing luggage, all the exciting things of life! I am finally getting settled in Glenville, NY..a short distance between Saratoga Springs and Albany and am completely shocked at the humid weather we are having! I try to stay indoors as much as possible partly because the moving sidewalk in Denver's airport and I had a bit of an altercation... (the sidewalk won and two weeks later I still have two beautiful blue-purple reminders on both my knees) and mostly because its so humid I mistakened it for Louisiana one day and had to run back inside and try to wake myself up from this miserable dream!
So all traveling and cleaning aside, I am working on baking beautiful and surprising cupcakes. Blogging and cupcakes seem to be the one constant I can do with all this moving around! Everyone likes cakes and sweets no matter what country they are from or language they may speak! With the help of "What's New, Cupcake?" I am becoming inspired and trying to reach into my creative side! So far I have created the Charcoal Cupcakes from "What's New, Cupcake?" (People were left scratching their head as to why I sent them photos of hamburger meat until I finally wondered what was up a few days later, why had no one emailed to say how cool they were??), Ice Cream Cone cupcakes I saw while watching Cupcake Wars and yesterday I made chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow creme filling, green icing and "wind turbines" made from chocolate for the topper for a lunch my boyfriend had at GE today. Now that I am conquering "grass," I am excited to see what else I can do...
I am having a bit of trouble with homemade frosting, mine always tastes like a stick of butter with a little sugar in it, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Hopefully I can start baking every week, that is if I can get my boyfriend past the embarrassment of carrying a cupcake carrier to the office everyday! If anyone has any suggestions on a more "masculine" way to get the cupcakes into the office and in front of those sweet-craving GE employees, please let me know.