Order Up: Bridal Shower!

The order:
2 Dozen Premium Cupcakes

One of my friends Meg called me last week in a panic - that we completely forgot to discuss what cupcakes she needed for an order this weekend...I told her it was ok - I had her on the schedule but what did she need, it wasn't a problem at all. (Side note: She needed the cupcakes for Sunday, but her mind was occupied with the wedding she was in on Saturday night!)

Since we had other orders, I was able to provide a pretty good assortment for Meg (almost like our sampler packs) - so included were Reese's Love, Smitten Snickers, Vanilla with Cream Cheese and Carrot Cake.

She also let me know that the theme of the party was a luau - perfect right? I love the little drink umbrellas that we were able to add to each cupcake!

Look how pretty the colors are when they are all wrapped up and ready to go!

Thanks again Meg for another order and best wishes for the future Mrs!

Order Up: Partylite Girl's Night!

The order:
1 dozen Fluffy Elvis
1 dozen Bacon Pancake

Some of you may or may not know but my friends Denise and Lizz have an obsession. Yes, yes they do. It's for fun with the girls and The Fluffy Elvis. The first encounter they had with Fluffy was for Lizz's birthday and from there, the posts on Facebook and hunting down a reason to order more.

Insert a Partylite party Lizz was hosting. *Ding* We're in. Not only was this order awesome because we got to make more Fluffy's, but got to make a recipe we haven't had an order for yet - the Bacon Pancake.

Prior to making the order for Lizz, I decided to run another test batch in the oven to make sure I was still satisfied with them. Results? I was. Guess you can say I made the bacon and fried it too!

Into the kitchen we go, the cupcake has bits of maple bacon inside of it as well, topped with a maple buttercream, and a crispy slice of maple bacon. And there you have it:


12 happy little bacon faces:

Next up was Mr. Elvis. The batter was made and put into the oven, once out, cooled and then stuffed with the peanut butter filling and topped with marshmellow fluff frosting. Oh yeah baby!

Without waiting, here's the star of the show, The Fluffy Elvis:


Cool thing about packing up this order for delivery? I got to actually stay, hang out and talk to hopefully future customers - and of course a little girl talk with Denise :)


All in all, I'd say this was a successful order...especially when one was taken right out of the box as soon as I arrived and put away for safe keeping (aka, midnight snacking ;)

Order Up: Happy 50th Birthday Uncle Nicky!

The order:
6 Dozen cupcakes - vanilla and chocolate

So if you didn't know, birthdays are a big deal in my family. We love to celebrate them, big or small, but when it comes to a "special" birthday, we all go out on a limb...or really just give ourselves another excuse to get together?

So when it came time to plan my uncle's 50th, I knew I wanted to do the cupcakes. I was already dreaming up ideas in my head. Uncle Nicky is a mechanic and his one hobby is racing jeeps/racecars...bascially bouncing around in something with a supped up motor and lots of mud. Insert idea! Making a bunch of cupcakes, setting them out and having them appear like a racetrack.

Here are some wonderful pictures (courtesy of Stephanie Ulrich Photography) to capture the details!

Monster truck climbing up a graham cracker dirt covered cupcake mountain.


Oh hello little flipped over police car.

Slow down says the signs in the back coming up on the big turn! And yes, that is a mini-mater resting in case someone needs a tow ;)

The little trucks wishing one day they will be a big truck!

The Avenger coming to take out the Big 5-0!!
Last but not least, happy birthday Uncle Nick! Hope every wish you made comes true!
Now where's the cherry vodka?!?!

Test Recipe: Success!

Request: Snickers Cupcake

A few weeks ago, one of our customers sent us a request for a future order, but it had a twist. Having tasted the Reese's Love, she knew she wanted a dozen of those - but also wanted to know if we made a Snicker's cupcake.

Challenge accepted.

After doing a few searches (google magic my friends!) I decided to take ideas from the recipes that I liked best, mix and match and create my own Snickers cupcake.

First decision was a chocolate cake as the base of the cupcake. Simple right? Wrong - there was a new technique that I read about that I wanted to try - cooking the butter and sugar before creaming them together. After a few test batches (yes there was some burned butter), the batter came out just right. The result? A fluffy, moist(have I ever mentioned how much I hate that word? Well I do, but there's no other description out there) cupcake.

Next up - the great dilemma of using ingredients to make the cupcake taste like a Snickers, or actually using a Snickers. After some thought (and more google searches to find some pattented information that I just wasn't going to find), I decided to use actual Snickers. And I wasn't about to bake a full snickers inside the cupcake. The solution? Chop them up into little pieces, mix it with some homemade caramel sauce and fill the cupcakes! Um, yum.

After that it was time for frosting. To round out the experiece, we started with a basic vanilla buttercream icing, drizzle in more of the homemade caramel sauce, add some heavy cream and voila - heaven in your mouth. Serioulsy, give me a bowl of this with a spoon and I'd be a happy, happy girl.

Now onto the good part - the pictures! Thanks to Steph for taking time out of her day to take these pictures!

So there you have it, the Snickers cupcake was born (catchy clever name to be decided and the website will be updated soon!). We took this test batch to girls' night and the response was SO positive. We even converted our Michelle (http://www.michellebaron.com/ - go check her out. Right now.) who is in love with our Reese's Love said "OMG this is the best cupcake ever - it's so moist. I think I have a new favorite flavor!".

Now you know you want to order them, so why wait?

Order Up: Bachlorette Party!

The order:

1 Dozen Strawberries and Champagne


How fitting for a girl's night huh? Nothing like a little Strawberries and Champagne! Megan contacted me about a month or two ago letting me know that she wanted to make sure she could place an order for Jenna's Bachlorette party, and I was more than happy to oblige!

First step was making the cupcakes...by now, I can maybe make the vanilla cake in my sleep...but I won't attempt, I promise. After that, it was onto the icing. I seriously love making this icing - I've probably said that before, but this icing is just so girly and smells wonderful. After the icing was made, I put it in the fridge to set and then it was onto making the chocolate covered strawberries. YUMMMMY. There may or may not have been a taste testing.

Once they were set and I confirmed with Meg what time they were needed, it was time for frosting. I used a new tip that I had to make the icing more "flat" since we were going to be topping with the strawberries, I didn't want to have them sliding all over the place. Learning new techniques each time is something that I love! Never settle right?



Well ladies - I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating Jenna's last fling before the wedding ring! Cheers to many happy years!

Order Up: Happy 1st Birthday Laney!

The order:
2 dozen cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, decorated as cartoon ladybugs


Steph's friend Meghan emailed her about the new cupcake business and asking if we could make ladybug cupcakes. Of course Steph told her we could!

After a few email exchanges with Meghan - we realized that she didn't want traditional red lady bugs, but something that matched pink and purple and was a bit more cartoonish. Sold!

Into the kitchen we went, and since I'm a girly girl and pink was mentioned, I knew I wanted to do the majority of the ladybug in pink. And besides, she got these ADORABLE little boxes to put the cupcakes in! http://www.1stwishes.com/LadyBugs-Cupcake-Box/66792/PartyItemDetail.aspx

After I mixed up the frosting colors, I was putting circles out of frosting to make the dots and they weren't coming out just right, so I decided to use Reese's Pieces to make the dots on the back. Then I used a purple-ish colored frosting for the lines and antennas, used a star tip for the yes and then added little blue sprinkles for the eyes and little white sprinkles to top off the antennas. What do you think?
Hello little Laney-bugs ;) I think they turned out adorable and look very cartoonish!
After they were complete, it was time to be boxed up and ready to go!

Happy 1st Birthday Laney - hope you enjoyed your cupcakes and your birthday celebration!

Order Up: Happy Birthday Matt!

The order:
2 Dozen Red Velvet with Buttercream frosting

For those of you who don't know, Steph, Katie, Matt and I did the Irish Pub Tour de Shore 2 weekends ago. It's a 65 mile bike ride from Philly (Irish Pub 20th and Walnut) to Atlantic City (Irish Pub). It was tough, but it was such an accomplishment and I can't wait to do it again! Also, it was Matt's birthday, but since we were pedaling, the celebration was on hold until the next weekend.

Prior to the ride, I decided that I wanted to sponsor our little team. Since we couldn't do anything huge, we had my cousin Michelle draw up some TShirts. They were AWESOME, so everyone who came to meet us and the 4 of us had tee shirts. It was also on the ride that Matt and I solidified our FB friendship.

So Katie asked me if I could make her cupcakes to bring to her brother's celebration - how could I say no? So it was off to the kitchen to get to baking. First off, the cupcakes were baked (duh!), then frosted with buttercream.

To finish them off, I added red sprinkles and boxed the little bad boys up.

Final result? Pretty little cupcakes ready to go for a celebration!

Happy Birthday Matt - hope you enjoyed every bite...65 miles again next year?