tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57594066155141766392024-03-05T23:14:28.531-08:00cuppycakesMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011545611529265011noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759406615514176639.post-49188118103435062402010-11-08T18:34:00.000-08:002010-11-08T18:34:58.443-08:00NEW FAVORITE CUPCAKESChocolate fudge cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream=Ah-mazing!!<br />
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These combine two of my favorite flavors, and turn out very moist. I have a new technique Ive tried out to make a cupcake that is more moist than I've ever been able to make before.....but if I wrote it down here, it wouldnt be a secret, and wouldnt make my cupcakes uniquely moist, now would it! :)<br />
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Below are some baby shower cupcakes using my new favorite flavor combo. They were light blue with chocolate safety pins, rattles, rocking horses, and baby bottles. CUTE!<br />
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The toppers where white chocolate skulls and Tech Deck skateboards. <br />
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Also, these were featured on a website, <a href="http://www.munchkincakes.com/">http://www.munchkincakes.com/</a> . Check them out!<br />
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The butterflies were my favorite part.<br />
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Like, you've hated peas your whole life, and one day, you wake up and cant get enough. Well, my friends, pumpkins are my peas. I am not a fan of pumpkin pie, pumpkin scents, pumpkin ANYTHING.<br />
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And yet, one day, on a whim, I decided to try some pumpkin cupcakes. They turned out SO dense and moist, I will NEVER use another recipe. Its weird and dumb luck that I've found the perfect recipe on the first try and that now, all of a sudden, I have pumpkin fever. In the months since I've made these, I've got pumpkin flavored febreeze, candles, body wash, cant go more than a week without Panera's pumpkin spice latte of Culver's pumpkin pie cheesecake "mixer", and have plans for an elaborate caramel pecan pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving!<br />
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These guys were topped with my new favorite piping technique (super cute and completely effortless) with honey almond buttercream and almonds for garnish.<br />
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The crown-topped "C" in the middle is for Chelsey, the guest of honor!<br />
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These turned out so moist and tasty, and you DEFINITELY need a glass of milk handy when you eat one of these boys!<br />
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I would like to try different flavors of oreos with this same cupcake concept: strawberry milkshake, mint, peanut butter, golden oreos, the blue summer-time oreos, banana-split oreos....ok, I'll stop.<br />
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I did 2 topiaries and surprisingly, they worked amazingly! I learned from my mistakes and trials/errors from the Mother's Day bunch, was able to charge more, actually make a profit, and had FUN doing these.<br />
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Check out both sets below!<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I got some new liners and such while out shopping for supplies for my upcoming 4th of July cupcake topiary project (no worries, only doing 2 this time, charged enough to cover my costs, and correct my mistakes from last time!!! :)). See them here!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Now.....back to something I CAN do....cupcakes! :)</div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011545611529265011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759406615514176639.post-68069230385254638022010-06-06T14:58:00.000-07:002010-06-06T14:58:16.323-07:00MOTHER'S DAY Topiaries<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yes, this blog post is coming a little late, but better late than never. I decided that for Mother's Day, I would take as many orders for these cupcake topiaries as possible, and I ended up with 18 orders. I charged $20 a piece for them and should have charged twice that much with how much everything ended up costing. Also, this was a HUGE mistake on my part to try to take on a task this big with never having attempted one of these before. This took up an entire week of my life, staying up most nights until well after 1am....but, After a few mistakes and "trial run" looking orders, I had some REALLY cute looking topiarys, and I am glad that I will have several "examples" for a website that I hope to build at the beginning of next year. I plan to make a Cupcakes 4.0 website with options for cupcake bouquets, cupcake kabobs (coming shortly), themed cupcakes and cakes, and gourmet cupcakes and cakes (where Ill specialize in flavor and design less than a "theme".) I also plan to open a booth at the Valley Junction farmers market every Thursday night next year and sell "cupcakes in a jar, adorned with bows and lid stickers, in different themes, ect, as well as cupcake kabobs. To "beat the heat". I will have to buy big shallow tubs for ice to display the jars in, and havent quite figured out how I'll do the cupcake kabobs, but Ive got a whole year to figure it out, right?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Ive also bought a few pre-patterened cupcake boxes for smaller orders; the only problem is that I havent really had any smaller orders and it wouldnt really be cost effective for me to make orders in such small quantities. Theyve been cute to dress up a bit and put small cupcake gifts to family in though. (see below)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Making these mini's have been easy and fun to experiment with. Ive been using only a "very vanilla" cupcake to keep things simple and just experimenting with colors and designs. I want to start experimenting with some different piping tips, but Im afraid that usually by the time I get to these "leftovers", Im so worn out from the actual cupcake order I've just finished that my effort is lacking. :) Ive been charging 15.00 for 24 of these mini's, with 24 being the minimum order amount. Kevin and I (cross your fingers) may be getting a mini chest deep freeze and housing it in the garage (gotta love apartment square footage), so that will make things MUCH more cost effective for me to just freeze the leftover unfrosted minis that my different batters mad and allow people to order them in whatever quantities they wish. I feel lucky that cupcakes freeze so well!</div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011545611529265011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759406615514176639.post-22775293912228004732010-05-12T17:48:00.000-07:002010-06-08T07:03:00.990-07:00Catching up!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yes, Ive been MIA, but not for lack of business BOOMING. Ive gotten my business cards, am collecting items for my portfolio, working on making a website, and am looking into farmers market vending opportunities. First, Let's catch up.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">On March 19, I made my very first ever layer cake; a strawberry-banana checkerboard cake with caramel and strawberry filling and frosted in malted chocolate buttercream. I made the cake for Kevin's younger brother Zach for his 15th birthday. He is a big fan of "Tapout" and the UFC, and I wanted a chance to work a little with fondant, and this was the result.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">My next venture was purely motivated by my taste-buds: The chocolate-chip cooke-dough cupcake with chocolate-chip cookie dough buttercream. NEW FAVORITE!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, took some leftover batter and frosting from all of this cupcaking and made some "retro-cakes":</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We brought them to work and people were literally talking about them the next day!<br />
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Also, I recently booked a wedding for later this fall; I cant wait! The wedding colors are lavendar and dark purple, so I'll really be able to have fun with that! 150 cupcakes wont be too bad either! ;)<br />
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Next weekend I'll be making some birthday cupcakes for a girl at work, and then after that, its on to the valentines day project, with fondant! I cant wait!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011545611529265011noreply@blogger.com0