ca-ching

the cups of cake have been delivered. 

the cupcake delivery went pretty smoothly this morning.  2 dozen funfetti cupcakes, & 2 dozen red velvet cupcakes.  i was lacking cupcake inserts for the boxes, that made delivery a little difficult.   they shifted in the boxes a little but they still looked completely fine when i got to the house.  i spent quite a bit of time on the red velvet's but the hard work paid off.  these were for a bridal shower and the wedding is going to be vintage with a lot of lace and twine, hence the red velvet decorations!  hopefully i can make this more of a regular thing.  

for the love of sprinkles

it is official!  i got my first real baking order.  to be completely honest, my goal of 1O commissioned orders for the year 2O12 isn't looking too hot if this is my first....but i'm still so so excited!  i love baking and i'm hoping to make enough of an impression to maybe get some more orders down the road.  this order is for a bridal shower, her theme is vintage.   i'm making 2 dozen red velvet and 2 dozen funfetti per the brides request.  to add my own personal touch & perhaps a little vintage style to the treats i'm wrapping lace and twine around each cupcake liner!  they should be adorable.  but tonight i tested out a new funfetti recipe.  if the batter is any indication of what the baked cupcake will taste like, i better attend a couple of classes at the gym tomorrow.  anyway, back to the cupcakes, i love using sprinkles and this was the first time i actually got to cut open a vanilla bean and use actual vanilla beans.  those things are cool and smell divine.  but really, who can turn down something covered with sprinkles?

rodeos & cupcakes

this past weekend we spent mostly with family.  we started making cupcakes for konnor’s 2^nd birthday friday night.  he loves a show called ‘timmy time’ that has a sheep named shaun.  so I made him some shaun the sheep cuppies.  they turned out pretty cute.  i shaped tootsie rolls into faces, made eyes with white chocolate chips and a dab of black frosting.  frosted the bad boys and mallowed them up for the wool.   i initially had the ambition to put some black licorice or something for legs but I ran out of time and figured they were cute enough, and he is 2 so…..i think he’ll forgive me for the legless sheeps.  it worked out perfect for the party, azure had a red barn she had made as her valentine drop box for school that we used to pose the sheep in and around at the party.  once again, konnor is 2, he didn’t care where the sheep was he just wanted it in his tummy!!  

let’s back track though, friday night forb and i had a much needed date night.  we live with my parents now and it has actually been pretty great.  but the little sisters don’t really give us any alone time.  so any chance we get we sneak away.  we ate at wingers…too much I might add.  we wanted to go to the driving range but it was so blasted hot we went to target and walked around for a bit.  bought stuff for the cupcakes and headed home where i did a test run of shaun’s head to make sure tootsie rolls would work.  then we went to the driving range, i must say i hit a lot better.  probably by the end of the season i’ll have mastered how to hit the driver, just in time to maybe play 9 holes.  saturday morning we both worked and that night we went up to park city with my family.  we enjoyed some chinese food at my favorite chinese restaurant szechwan.  next time you go to pc try it, I promise you won’t be disappointed.  {but definitely go before 3, it’s a lot cheaper to buy lunch.} we drove a little further up to oakley where we watched the oakley rodeo.  it was a really great rodeo, we thoroughly enjoyed it.  sunday evening was konnor’s party, and the sheep were a hit.  one day i’ll get to open that bakery…one of these days.