New Cupcake Flavors!

Sorry, I haven't posted for a while!  There was Thanksgiving, and Christmas, a lot of orders to make, and a bunch of other exciting things going on (that I don't want to announce yet....) AND cupcake testing!

So, here are three of the new cupcake flavors that I have been perfecting! 

  

Grasshopper 

Chocolate Cake, Mint Buttercream Filling, Chocolate Buttercream, 

Fudge Drizzle and an Andes' Mint on Top

Chocolate Covered Cherry

Chocolate Cake, Cherry Filling, Cherry Vanilla Buttercream Frosting,

Dark Chocolate Ganache, and a Maraschino Cherry on Top

Peanut Butter Cup

Chocolate Cake,Chocolate Buttercream Filling, Peanut Butter 

Cream Cheese Frosting, Fudge Drizzle, Peanut Butter Cup on Top

Birthday Cake Pops

I am so late getting these posted!  I haven't been very good about keeping up with the blog lately, I have been busy baking, filling orders, and working on a secret project!

This was four dozen cake pops with a customized stand for a very special lady's 40th Birthday!  It was a great party and  a good time was had by all!  Happy Birthday (belated still counts, right??)!

Poker Party Dessert Table

I'm just getting around to posting photos from this amazing dessert table that I did for an amazing person's 90th birthday.  It really turned out great and everyone seemed to enjoy the goodies!

  I had a few major design elements to work on for this one, I redesigned the way I am doing my backgrounds, which should make them a little easier to move around from now on.  They are 8 feet long and can get really heavy!  I also designed the reusable cupcake stand to be adjustable and I able to decorate it with custom colors to match the event.  My husband and I were getting the kinks out of that right up until the last minute!

There are four different flavor combinations of cupcakes...and each flavor is identifiable by the "suit".  I piped the diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs out of royal icing.  I was concerned with the taste of those, because very red and very black frosting usually does not taste the best, but I tweaked my royal icing recipe, and these were actually good.

 

The cake pops were done in matching colors, of course!  Birthday Cake, Red Velvet, Pumpkin, and Snickerdoodle.

 I had lots of matching candy on this table as well.  There was red and black licorice, red and black gum balls, candy coated peanuts (Boston Baked Beans), wrapped cinnamon hard candy, mints, red raspberries and blackberries, and red Peanut M&M's.  I ate a lot of those raspberries while I was working on this table!  There are some great websites out there that list candy by color when you are trying to do a table like this. 

 I also made chocolate dipped pretzel sticks in two different colors.

 These truffles are Oreo Cookie flavored.  Looking so nice in their little rows!
 

Thank you to everyone for all of your compliments at the party!  The party was a big success and hopefully I'll get to do a 100th birthday in ten years!

The BIG cookies for Halloween are Monster Cookies!

I baked some BIG cookies for Halloween this year for some special kids who were out and about in their costumes.  I thought these monsters would be soooo cute for Halloween.  Maybe I'll try different colors next time.  I thought the purple and green looked pretty great though!

They are BIG....4 inches across.  I used my Great Grandma's famous sugar cookie recipe, and decorated them with homemade royal icing, so they are delicious too!!

It's time for Halloween Cake Truffles again!

I am making the same flavor/decorations as last year, because they were a big hit!  I love these boxes!  AND the truffle papers match....how cute is that?  The flavors in the assortment are....Birthday Cake, Mocha, Snickerdoodle, Pumpkin and Chocolate Brownie Mint.

I've got a limited supply of these Halloween boxes for those of you who are interested.  I am taking orders now, so if you are interested in ordering a dozen assorted Cake Truffles for Halloween, email me and get on the list!  They are $28 for a dozen wrapped up like you see above.

Here is another picture of how they are decorated......

If you want to order them in bulk for a party, if you order three dozen or more, they are $24/dozen.   Email me asap to get on my baking list.  I can only bake so many of these!  The official deadline is October 22, 2011 -- but, my schedule may fill up before then if I end up with some big party orders!

Baby Shower Buffet

Here is the dessert buffet that I did recently for a special baby shower.  All kinds of yummy things to choose from!  Cake Pops, Cake Truffles, Sugar Cookies, M&M's, Jelly Beans, Peanut Butter Candy.....delicious!

We had Cake Truffles: Birthday Cake, Very Berry, Peanut Butter Banana, and Chocolate Chocolate.  Peanut Butter Banana is one of my newest flavors, and is becoming a favorite!

 

 Here are some Flat Top Cake Pops with Diamond Tags that say "It's a Girl!".  They really dress up a tray of Cake Pops and are totally customizable.

 

Below are Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream frosting.  The little medallions that are on top are made of gum paste with a little glitter on them and are completely edible.  I have special boxes that I made for a tiered effect when I display my cupcakes.  They can be wrapped with a matching fabric or paper and ribbon.

 

The next photo is of the party favors that I made.  They turned out so adorable!  They can be done in any flavor, of course.  The flower on top is fondant with a pink candy pearl in the center, again, totally edible.  They look great on a tray or cake stand and the guests are so excited to be able to take one of these home with them!

Sports Cake Pops

 

These awesome cake pops are a little time consuming to make, but they are so cute!

The footballs are Chocolate Chocolate flavor, the baseballs are Birthday Cake, and the basketballs are Peanut Butter Banana.  You can order them any flavor* that you like, but the Peanut Butter flavored chocolate is the perfect color for the basketballs!!

Prices for 2012 are $30 a dozen. 

*(We have a few flavors that are only available as Cake Truffles and NOT Cake Pops...Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Oreo Cookie, and Chocolate Brownie Mint).