THE SWEET SPOT

Cupcakes are just the in thing! Since 2006, the number of cupcakes I've baked up and decorated for customers exceeded the total number of cupcakes I made from 1998 through 2005! While some people request "exotic" flavors (coconut, lime, etc.), many are eager for the standard vanilla cupcake with buttercream frosting. And as for designs, some are interested in special customized decor, but most just want the generous 'bakery swirl' of frosting with a dash of rainbow sprinkles on top! Cupcakes are comfort food that take us back to our earliest days, when a cupcake was quickly devoured in a couple of bites at your best friend's birthday party, leaving you plenty of time to get back to the business of playing. (Or for the picky-eater kids, just the frosting licked off and the cake part left behind!) Kids still love cupcakes; when I deliver both a cake and cupcakes at a party, I've noticed that they won't stand still long enough to wait for the cake to be c...

I've been asked to create a purse cake before for a little girl's 5th birthday, but hadn't done one for an adult until earlier this year! I was so excited to do one for a suprise 30th birthday party in January! The cake was her favorite, intensely chocolate with chocolate chips, and the purse was pink (her favorite color) and black buttercream and fondant. It was a hit with the birthday girl, and lots of fun to create!

How sad is it that I can only update my supposed up-to-the-minute blog every two months?! I've been busy though! Lots of cake orders and some lovely paper orders, large and small. Here is a sample of what I've spent my winter months on: Transformers 'Autobot' Logo Cake My first Transformers cake! He really wanted a 3D 'Blackout' Transformer cake, but I convinced him that an ENTIRELY BLACK helicopter cake might not be as exciting to look at as one might think . . . ! The yearly "Superbowl Sunday" Football Cake! It's a bit of a tradition now for me to do something Superbowl-ish each year. This year I was in a bit of a rush, so not the most creative cake, but still satisfying. She asked for a 'retro stars' cake, and I'm not sure if this was what she had in mind originally, but she loved it anyway! Classic Winnie the Pooh Cake I'd never done a "classic" Pooh cake until this year, using the more subdued colors of Pooh illustrat...