I was very busy this week! First, Friday was the pick up day for the Mother’s Day Cupcake orders. I decided to go with a purple theme – with purple cupcake liners and shades of light and dark purple fondant flowers. I was very happy with the result and hope the mother’s are as well! […]
A new trend in sweets is hitting the road – literally. I’ve known about Curbside Cupcakes for awhile now. They make stops around the DC area and offer combinations such as Cookies & Cream and Key Lime. But just recently a friend of mine told me about Buttercream Philadelphia. I love this company because the owner […]
While mixing up a giant batch of my meringue buttercream, I started thinking about the color. My buttercream has a ivory/pale yellowish color. Every retail store’s buttercream is pure white. Butter is yellow – so why isn’t buttercream yellow? Well this sort of goes back to my blog post about the mystery of grocery […]
This last week was a very busy week for orders and it looks like the whole month of May is following suit. In addition to my enormous 2 – 0 cake, I also had an order for some cookie bags for an HR event. Since the bags were for some out-of-towners, my intention was to […]
If you asked me to do a shaped cake a year ago… I wouldn’t have agreed until I found a shaped cake pan which, as you can imagine, can be quite limiting. If you’ve ever watched Ace of Cakes or Cake Boss, they stack layers of cake and frosting and then use their giant cake knives […]
My company rewards those with several years of service with a department lunch and an office-wide cake party. In honor of a co-workers 20th anniversary, a shaped cake was suggested. With a cactus and a chili behind me, I decided this would be a great idea! I made a shaped “2” and a “0” from […]
I’m very fond of dogs – that’s just a common fact about me. Even more fond of dachshunds, but I love all dogs. So you can imagine my excitement when I was asked to make some dog-friendly birthday treats. After researching a few recipes, I decided to try some PB Doggie Delights. How could a […]
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to make cupcakes! Head over to Stephanie’s blog to find out how to color and combine cake batter to make sweets that look like our planet. And then here you can find a “geologically correct” Earth Day Cake!
This past Friday was my father’s birthday and we traveled home to visit so I obviously made a cake. He has two favorites – German Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Cake with Aunt Ninny’s White Icing. Aunt Ninny’s White Icing is my great aunt’s white icing and it is A-MAZ-ING. But I decided to try out a […]
Watch out… those crazy scrapbooking moms are going to become cake decorators over night.ProvoCraft has released a Cricut Cake™ Personal Electronic Cutter that makes cake decorating a cinch. I’ve never used a Cricut, so I’m not really in the loop. At first, I was disappointed. There’s something to be said for cake decorators that can […]