Order Up: Happy 2nd Birthday Molly!

The order:
1 Dozen Vanilla Cupcakes

Wow!  So sorry it took so long for me to get this together - I *just* realized that this blog was still in draft mode!  I'm so sorry it took so long!

A few weeks ago, I received an email asking if we could make Elmo cupcakes - which I have to say, Elmo is one of my favorite to make, so of course we were in!  Then it got even better, she wanted 6 Elmo and 6 Cookie Monsters!  Done and done!

Into the kitchen we went, baking away and making frosting so the coloring could set while the cupcakes cooled.  Once they were cool, it was time to assemble!

First up was pipping the "fur" onto the cupcakes!

Once that was finished, the cookies were assembled for the mouths, white chocolate rounds were made into eyes with a little bit of black frosting then placed onto the cupcakes.  Final touch for Elmo was an orange peanut M&M to give him a nose!  

Can I just say how I love Cookie's eyes?  Every time I make them and they are crooked I can't help but giggle!  What do you think?

Thank you so much for your order and the pictures, Kathy!  I think Molly likes her cupcakes and hope she had a wonderful time at her party!!

Order Up: Happy Birthday Terri Anne!!

The order:

1 vanilla sampler

1 chocolate sampler

A few days prior to Ter's birthday,  her kids and husband called me to let me know that they were having a surprise birthday party for her and wanted to order some cupcakes! Of course I'll make her cupcakes - I mean she did babysit Steph and I when we were growing up :)

They wanted her to give a variety so they chose the sampler packs!  Into the kitchen we went to make these little pretties!  First baked was the vanilla, then onto the chocolates!  I must say, for having a little quiet time the last few months between orders, it has been REALLY nice to get back into the kitchen and have the cupcakes bake without a hitch!

Here are some pictures of the cupcakes that made their appearance :)

Vanilla and Strawberries and Champagne

Vanilla Sampler (Minus the Cookie Dough)

Boxed up and ready to go!  No matter how many times I see it, I love our logo!

Chocolate Sampler!

Minty Girl Scouts!

Reese's Love and Death by Chocolate!

Happy Happy 40th Birthday Ter - we hope you enjoyed your surprise and had a wonderful birthday!  Love you!

Order Up: Bridal Shower!

The order:

2 dozen Vanilla with Vanilla Buttercream

1 dozen Strawberries and Champagne

A few weeks ago, I received an email from one of our customer's Erin asking if we could make cupcakes for her co-worker's bridal shower.  After checking the schedule I realized that I'd be traveling for "real" work...but then Steph stepped up and was able to make the order!

This order was especially awesome since she requested to have the cupcakes in the shape of a bride's dress :)  We've seen a few of these hanging around on pinterest and were waiting for the right moment to make one...so this was perfect!  

Here's a picture of setting the cupcakes up to "look" like a dress :)

Next up was frosting the cupcakes and adding some details so there were no holes...

Final touches of pearl beading and a very pretty brooch!  

All boxed up and ready to go!

Congrats to the Mrs. to be and thanks again Erin for your order!

Order Up: Bridal Shower Sweets!

The order:

1 Dozen Reese's Love
1 Dozen Strawberries and Champagne
1 Dozen Oreo Oh
1 Dozen Vanilla

A beautiful collage of all of the shower!

My my my it's been a quiet few months!  A few weeks ago, one of our awesome clients called about cupcakes for her sister in laws bridal shower!  They were doing a sweets table and wanted to include our cupcakes!  After playing phone tag a few times, we got the order down and into the kitchen we went!

It had been a while since we were baking for a customer order, so it felt good to get right back into it!  It was a beautiful day and so happy we had a chance to make these cupcakes!

First up were the oreo, strawberry and vanilla cupcakes into the oven - then the chocolates went in.  Frosting was made while they cooled off and then the fun part of piping the delicious buttercreams and adding the final touches!

Here are some of the beautiful pictures that were shared of the sweets table!

Sweets!

Such a beautiful display!

Hi little Oreo oh!

So pretty! I love the cupcake stand!

The carousel is beautiful!!!

Thanks again Lohanny for the order and best wishes for the soon to be Mrs!

Order Up: X-RATED!!!!Bachlorette for Rosie!!

NOTE:  If you have children sitting around you...you probably don't want to continue reading until after their bedtime...or you may be having the birds and bees convo sooner ;)

The order:

2 Dozen Mini Chub Rub

1 Dozen Vanilla 

This order really pushed our limits ;)  A friend, Tina, who I work with was hosting a bachlorette party for her sister Rosie who was described as "very modest and not into the whole penis decorations at all! And to that, Tina wanted to get her cupcakes decorated like the male anatomy!

After thinking about how to make the decorations (chocolate candy molds, the picks that you can buy at the store)...and to date other than the picks, the cupcakes are 100% edible...so I figured why not try something with buttercream?  And if I'm being honest, I filled up a piping bag and didn't attach the tip on it correctly, and a mound of icing fell out...in the shape of, you guessed it!

So I decided to use a large round tip, and voila - all shapes and sizes ;)  To be extra gross (hey why not, we had free artistic range...and it really was just buttercream!) we decided to add some hair!

After I completed the cupcakes, I decided to terrify Rich (my fiance for, oh not even 24 hours ;) and ran in and asked him what he thought.  He screamed "AH GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME".  I knew I did good!

Congrats Rosie!  I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating and enjoyed your X-Rated cupcakes!

Order Up: Bye Bye Boobies!

The order:

2 Dozen Mini Take Pride

Ok, so this is going to be note a normal post!  Our Cupcake Gremlin, aka Angie contacted us about doing an order for a party she was hosting for her friend - psssh no problem at all!  Well this time the theme of the party was a little different than we are used to making for Ang!  

This time, she was hosting a party for her friend who made the decision to have a breast reduction and wanted to know if we could decorate them to look like boobies!!!  Ummm heck yeah!

However, on a serious note:  Breast reduction should not be taken lightly.   I know a few people in my life who have had this done or contemplating it.  Yes, most women are always lusting after bigger boobs, etc, however those who have had or deal with larger breasts are sometimes at a health risk for back pain, scoliosis, or other factors that can impact their day to day life.  So if you hear of someone who is having it done, don't tell them they are crazy or "I wish I had your big boobs" - you don't know the struggles they have to go through! 

/end soapbox

Now onto the goodies!  Since I was baking for a personal order that day and I love Ang, I added in a few more cupcakes for her!  Check out all of the different designs we were able to create!  

Boobies comes in many shapes and sizes...

No two boobs are the same right?

Sometimes boobies come pierced!

Tata for now!

Afterwards, we saw that all was well with the surgery and recovery is underway!  Bye bye boooooobies!

Order Up:Pink or Blue Gender Reveal!

The Order:
3 dozen Vanilla Cupcakes

A few weeks ago, one of our awesome customers sent us an email that she was pregnant and was planning a gender reveal party.  <Insert crazy amounts of excitement!>  This was so sweet and I was so happy for Christine and her hubby!

She wanted to know if I would be able to do the cupcakes for the party, topping some cupcakes with blue frosting, some with pink, and then having one cake contain the "gender" color! She told me that she wasn't sure if she was going to find out at the ultrasound, but that I would find out from her or her best friend.

About a week before the party, Christine emailed me to let me know what color to put inside...however I had already spoke with her best friend Lohanny where she gave me the real scoop!  We planned a way to surprise Christine by creating 2 "reveal" cupcakes.  One to prank her, one with the real gender!

"Gender" cupcake

The "real" gender

I am not going to lie - this one was tough...Christine has been such an AWESOME customer to us over the last year that tricking made me a little nervous - but at the end of the day, it was all going to work out! Here are some pictures of the cupcakes before they left!

All wrapped up and ready to go!

This holds the key to the gender!!!

Andddd how awesome is it that our customer send us pictures of the cupcakes at their events?  I love love love it!

Cupcake Tree!

Dessert table!

Wow - I really love the way they turned out!

How adorable!! I can only imagine him saying "Wellllll what is it?"

Mommy-To-Be  digging in!

 
And the result is?

Baby Boy is due to make his appearance in February of 2013!  

Maybe there will be a special delivery for momma when she delivers! Congratulations Christine and Chino - we couldn't be happier for you!