1 dozen chocolate with light blue buttercream
1 dozen vanilla with light blue buttercream
1 dozen chocolate with light green buttercream
1 dozen vanilla with light blue buttercream
Last week I received a call from a new customer Erin wanting to place an order for a baby shower she was having for one of her co-workers. She wasn't exactly sure what she wanted, or how she wanted them decorated - so we got to talking and went with keeping it simple - tinting the icing light blue and green and topping each with a chocolate "bootie".
Since the shower was being held during lunch on Thursday, we agreed to a Wednesday night pick-up. Wednesday morning, before work it was into the kitchen to make the chocolate cupcakes and buttercreams.
The night before, Steph took the white chocolate and the mold to make the little booties...yeah, it sucks when you only have one mold that makes 4 and not enough white chocolate. So I had to cheat. On the way home from work, I stopped at Lore's candy and picked up some of their chocolate baby booties...worked out well since 1/2 were white chocolate and 1/2 were milk chocolate. And let's be honest, Lore's chocolate is delicious.
Once we got home, it was onto the vanilla cupcakes. It's funny looking back and realizing how quickly I can make a batter and bake the cupcakes compared to when I first started - the recipes that we tweaked become second nature now and whipping up a batch doesn't take much time at all (as long as I remember to let the products get to room temperature ;)
Since the chocolate were cooled from the morning bake session, I frosted those first after tinting the frostings. I love the way the swirls turned out and the little booties tied them all together! So here's the little chocolate monsters:
Close-up of the baby bootie Steph made - gotta give her props!!
Once the vanilla were cooled, I frosted the remaining cupcakes with the green and added the chocolate booties to them.
Next up was packaging time so they could be transported home to await making their debut at the baby shower!
I absolutely loved them - mgiht be time to start experimenting with some chocolate toppers as well!Best wishes Mom-to-Be on the soon arrival of your little bundle of blue!
No comments:
Post a Comment