THE SWEET SPOT

Image from www.cupcakesforacause.org September 21-27 is the fifth annual Cupcakes for a Cause Week ! Cupcakes for a Cause was launched in 2004 by CancerCare , a national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer. Cupcakes for a Cause enlists bakeries to sell specially decorated cupcakes to raise funds for the CancerCare for Kids program. So to help raise even more funds for this awesome program, here are some things you can do: 1) Design a FREE E-Cupcake and send it to a friend! Powered by 1-800-FLOWERS, they will donate $1 for each E-Cupcake sent. 2) Host a bake sale in your community anytime during the month of September and donate the proceeds to CancerCare for Kids. 2) Purchase cupcakes from participating bakeries around the country. Each bakery will donate a portion of the sales to CancerCare for Kids . Sweetest Whimsy is not a sponsor because we do not have a brick-and-mortar retail storefront, but we are happy...

You are cordially invited to take part in a fairy tale Mother/Daughter event, My Princess & Me , at the elegant and historical Red Berry Mansion on the Lake on Sunday, October 11! For just a $30 donation, each little Princess will receive a professional hairstyle from top hairstylists in San Antonio, make-up application, a tea party, music, dancing and a keepsake photo with her Queen Mum – all while helping support the children of St. Peter – St. Joseph Children’s Home . Princesses will arrive in their most royal finery with their Mothers (or Grandmothers, Aunts, Sisters, Friends). All Princesses will receive a magical treat of hair design and makeup from our very talented fairies. And this year, my company, Sweetest Whimsy , invites all Princesses to decorate their own royal cookie treats and dine on special Princess Cake and punch with their Moms! I will provide all the sweet ingredients for each girl to let her inner sugar artist come out! There will be time for a fairy...

I have been on "vacation" mode for most of summer, taking just a few orders here and there. One notable exception was these cakes, created for the wedding of a lovely couple who happen to be Carys and Thalia's preschool teachers' parents: The bride wanted a romantic, traditional cake with pillars, flowers and swirls and dots in ivory buttercream. I hope she liked the finish product! The groom wanted chocolate cake with German's chocolate filling on the inside and a simple Dallas Cowboys motif on the outside. Just transporting the cakes to the wedding site was quite a challenge! (Note to self: Avoid summer weddings on 100+ degree days.) The buttery buttercream was getting slightly soft on the ride to the reception, despite the A/C being on full blast and at the lowest temperature in my car. But it all came together in the end, as it always does. And there were some "fun" cakes too, like these Transformers cupcakes and Optimus Prime shaped cake for a...