Order Up: Brendan's Graduation!

The Order:

1 Dozen basic chocolate

1 Dozen basic vanilla

Again, another order for Erin. She's the best :)

When talking about Ava's cupcakes, she also mentioned that she would need cupcakes for Brendan's graduation. No problemo...but left me wondering - "OMG I remember when I first met Erin and Brendan was still using a bottle and in diapers - CHRIST I feel old!" Once I got past the shock of that it was onto the designs and baking!

As we talked, it was discussed that they are considered "ducks"...which is awesome because I found the perfect little cucpake toppers - little yellow duckies and little graduation duckies! So again, into the kitchen we went!

Since these were pretty simple, I used yellow and orange cupcake wrappers, frosted with white icing and some yellow sprinkles, then the little ducks went on top!

There was a little drama as I was getting ready to leave, I realized I couldn't find my extra roll of polka dot ribbon to wrap around, so I added pretty ribbon that I had around the house. Also, one tray of cupcakes almost took a turn for the worst...as I was carrying them to the table, they almost slipped right out of my hand - MAN DOWN - but I was able to save it, touch some of them up and add more sprinkles and get them out the door! So glad it wasn't a huge disaster.

Brendan, hope you had a 'quacking' good time at graduation!

Erin, hope you didn't cry too much!

Order Up: Ava's School Birthday

The order:
1 Dozen Vanilla basic
1 Dozen Chocolate basic

My good friend and old co-worker Erin contacted me to see if we would be available to make cupcakes for Ava's birthday...at first I was a little confuzzled. You see, Ava's birthday isn't until July 2nd. Found out that her school allows the kids with summer birthday to celebrate before the end of the school year - how cool is that!?!?

So away we go into the kitchen. Her theme for her birthday party is going to be a tropical theme! Excitement rises and my mind starts going all over. Knowing that Ava is a girly girl it was decided to use tropical umbrellas and drink straws with palm trees and monkeys, pink and yellow cupcake wrappers, also some pink and yellow sprinkles!

They turned out so adorable!

So happy early birthday to you Ms. Ava - hope you and your class enjoyed your cupcakes!

Order up! Kate's Graduation Party

Order up: Kate's Graduation Party

The order:

• 1 Dozen Vanilla basic


• 1 Dozen Chocoalte basic


• 3 Basic Vanilla with chocolate icing


• 9 Strawberries and Champagne


• 6 Reese's Love


• 6 Minty Girl Scouts


• 6 Weezy's Carrot Cake


• 6 Fluffy Elvis

Rose, Kate's mom, was the first official email that we received through the website, right after launch wanting to place an order for Kate's graduation from Penn State. To say we were honored is an understatement! Since this was in early April, we had time to wait to plan what we would be doing, how to be decorated, etc. Last week we finalized the order above, and got down to baking on Saturday.

First up, I made the Weezy's Carrot Cake since that took time to prep the ingredients, once they hit the oven, next up were the Fluffy Elvis! After that was complete, it was time to make vanilla and chocolate to finish out the baking. The house still smells yummy today from all the aroma's of baking!
As the cupcakes cooled, it was time to prep the icings and decorations. Since there were premium cupcakes being made, we let those have the standard decorating. On the basics, we added blue sprinkles, to both the chocolate and vanilla, we added graduation duckies! So adorable.

Once all the cupcakes were frosted and decorations adorned, they werere boxed up to be delivered.

Since delivery was in Jersey, I decided to make the delivery myself, AKA Steph was on vacation and since Winston doesn't have his driver's license or thumbs, it was all me! This is about all Winston contributed during the baking:

Once I arrived at Rose's house, Kate and her friend were nice enough to help me unload the cupcakes and before I even got in the door, people were already staking claim to which one they wanted! It was so nice to see Rose and the family and actually get to display my cupcakes :) I truly loved baking this order!

Congratulations Kate and best of luck to you on all your future endeavors!

Order up: Happy 2nd Birthday Elyza!

The order:
18 Cupcakes, 9 Chocolate, 9 Vanilla with buttercream frosting. Decorations were Minnie Mouse.
12 Cupcakes - Assorted Flavors: Strawberries and Champagne(without the alcohol for the little ones), Oreo-Oh-Oh, Reese's Lovin, Red Velvet, and Chub Rub.

Karen called me right after the website was launched and told me she wanted to order cupcakes for Lyza's birthday and wanted them decorated like Minnie Mouse...immediately my mind went into overdrive! YAY - girlie cupcakes! I googled some images and decided that I was going to make some have a ruffly dress, the other would be plain frosted with polka dots. Each one used 2 chocolate discs for the ears and a white chocolate bow. They were SO much fun to decorate.

The other cupcakes - they were also fun, but I learned a lot when making them! Organization needs to be #1 when making multiple types of cupcakes or you run into the "I just made 8 batters for 10 cupcakes...now who is going to eat all the leftovers?!!?" I didn't really have that much left over, but I planned the chocolate perfectly - and OMG the Reese's Lovin' were SO much better this time than the test batch! Chub Rub got rave reviews, and the Strawberries and Champagne were delicious!

I know I say it in almost every post, but I really love making each order - it's so awesome to see it go from separate ingredients, to batter, to these perfect little round creations - then onto decorating them!

So little Ms. Elyza - I hope you had a wonderful 2nd birthday and enjoyed your cupcakes!

Order up: Happy Mother's Day (For Teri)

The order: 12 chocolate chip cupcakes, buttercream icing, decorated with pretty accessories for Mother's Day.

This order was for my neighbor who babysat us when we were kids! I love her and her family like they are my own. She emailed me late last week and I was able to add her order with no problem.

For these cupcakes, I used a plain white buttercream icing applied with a swirl, added blue royal icing flowers to some, others I used pink, yellow, blue and purple "sprinkles" added to the tips of the swirls. I love making "girly" accessoried cupcakes - sooooo much fun!

Happy Mother's Day Ter! Enjoy those cupcakes :)

Order up: Kelli's 17th Birthday!

The order: 12 chocolate chip cupcakes, buttercream icing, decorated with Pink/Purple for a birthday celebration.

This order was due to be ready on Saturday, and was an addition to the 2 orders I had on deck. I was excited to make these cupcakes for Megan's sister - because we all have a love for chocolate chips and buttercream icing :)

I decided to try the 'painting' technique we learned in decorating class, so I used pink, purple, and teal. After decorating the first few cupcakes and not getting the result that I wanted, I decided to make purple icing and I had these cute little party hat and cake picks that I used as additional decorations. Overall - these cupcakes looked adorable in the box! Jim came to pick them up on Saturday afternoon, so I sent them on their way.

Happy 17th Birthday Kelli - hope you enjoyed your cupcakes!

Order up: Stephen's First Birthday

Last weekend I had an order due for my cousin Erica. It was her son Stephen's first birthday party and the theme was Sesame Street.


The order:
50 Cupcakes: Decorated as Elmo, Oscar, Grover, Cookie and Big Bird. 25 Vanilla, 25 Chocolate with butter cream icing.
1 giant cupcake for Stephen to enjoy


I did some research to look for pictures to see what techniques I liked best. I decided that I was going to use Oreo cookies for the mouth so they would have a smooth finish, along with candies for the eyes and noses.

I started the baking on Friday night when I got home from work - all went smoothly and the cupcakes turned out exactly how I wanted them. Then it came time to make the frosting and start coloring to match the characters.


I can honestly say that I enjoyed making these cupcakes so much! They were so much fun to pipe the "hair" on, and turn them from regular cupcakes into the characters. I started with Oscar first, then moved onto Elmo, then Grover and Cookie. I did Big Bird last - he probably presented the hardest challenge...making that beak was rough! I think I have some ideas for how to make it next time (if I have to make them again!)


All in all, it was a success. I received messages from Erica and my aunt saying how they loved the cupcakes and they tasted great too!

Pictures can be found: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.115390331875592.23739.112047062209919

Up next week, Minnie Mouse and a variety pack!