April cupcakes

We are always inspired by the changing seasons and local flavors available! 

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Super excited by the summer weather we experienced in Early April,

we were baking up 

Berry Berry and Lemonade cupcakes.

We decided we'd rather combine them and now offer a

 BERRY LEMONADE cupcake: 

an assortment of  handpicked berries and fresh squeezed lemonade

add a taste of summer to this white based cupcake.

Traditional buttercream gets some berries and lemonade stirred in - 

and we top the cup with fresh berries.

L to R  

BERRY BERRY, DOUBLE BUBBLE GUM, LEMONADE, PEEPS EASTER CAKES + PAPA GARY.

(Double Bubble Gum is a bubblegum cupcake topped with bubble gum WHIP frosting) 

PEEPS EASTER CAKES: 

classic chocolate and vanilla cupcakes

 topped with marshmallow frosting and a colorful PEEP.

PAPA GARY:

This business has risen form the baking frenzie that was the past year of my life,

since my mom's passing on Easter, 2011- 7 years after my Dad's 

on Christmas Eve 2004.  

She had just turned 59.    He was only 53. 

The baking soothes me, connects me to my roots and through baking I have come to realize and appreciate the creative influence that my parents have had on me/my life - and  I am inspired to honor that influence and keep their memories alive for my children through my baking.  

For this cupcake, I was inspired by the memories of summertime in my Dad's garden,  coming in from weeding to the smell of fresh from the oven (straight from that garden)blueberry muffins, the way my Dad took the time to create ANY shape pancake we girls - and then MY girls desired - even if it was a school day. His pride in local grown, local sourced products. How he took me and my sister sugaring (the process  of tapping sugar maple trees, harvesting the sap and boiling it down into pure maple syrup - not the stuff you get from Aunt Jemima;) - EVERY single winter and how he always bought maple syrup right from those local sugar makers.  

blueberry pancake cupcake, 

with REAL maple syrup frosting - not extract! and topped with crispy bacon crumbles. 

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We also did 5 dozen mini cupcakes (we call 'em love bites)

for a local school's

 Enchantment Under the Sea Father/Daughter dance...  

COTTON CANDY and BUBBLE GUM cupcakes with a blue vanilla bettercream*

topped with smarties and bubble gum respectively and a REAL seashell topper.

These cupcake flavors HIT THE SPOT with the crowd of girls - grades K-4 -

and even some of the parents ate and loved them. 

HOWEVER a few of the littler girls attempted to EAT the seashell toppers. 

So maybe we shall save those for a bit of an older guest list. 

This would be a fun cupcake for a summer party/BBQ  too. 

*bettercream is a fosting that tastes like traditional buttercream yet is constructed to withstand it's shape in  hot + stuffy temperatures.  Like a basement church hall filled with young girls and fathers dancing and hula hooping and doing the Cotton Eyed Joe. 

This month, I also teamed up with Diane, a VERY talented and creative sugar artist and I can't wait to see what we create together. Get 10% off of your CUSTOM CUPCAKE +/or CAKE order when you use the code: WELCOME DIANE

TO SHOW APPRECIATION + WE HAVE SIGNATURE CUPCAKES!

Although the beginning of   April  didn't bring any showers,

it did bring LOTs of cupcake orders. 

many people showed appreciation this month...

Orders for doctor office staff,  veterinarians +  staff,  volunteer meetings, 

librarians, teachers

and,  of course, Easter.   

We are  THRILLED  to  ALREADY  have established  SIGNATURE  flavors!!! 

While all of our cupcake flavors have been enjoyed, and we have received many compliments on the structure of our cupcakes - we hear the words "melts in your mouth" and "so light and moist and delicious" ALOT - there are already a select few that have left quite the first impression - acquiring a following consisting of repeat orders and referrals. Here are those cupcake creations, in no particular order...

top to bottom

hazelnut supreme ::  a mildly chocolate cupcake with a "supreme Hazelnut filling*" + topped with a mildly chocolate + hazelnut frosting* then rolled in chopped Hazelnuts!!! This cupcake creation is choc full of real nuts and balanced with the perfect ratio of delicately mild chocolate = mmm, supreme! 

bittersweet :: a golden vanilla* and bittersweet chocolate chip cupcake topped with Bittersweet chocolate Italian buttercream + topped with a generous drizzle of fine bittersweet chocolate

better than a brownie :: this creation has no leavening ingredients, creating a brownie-like texture with cupcake flair. EQUAL PARTS  CHOCOLATE and CRUSHED PECANS + BUTTER, they are topped with  a simple homemade whipped cream and a cherry on top. 

these are our high-dome plastic carriers, 

created to leave enough room so all of the frosting + toppings  

stay on the cupcake where they belong!

to the left is one of our ClassiCups TM - 

chocolate cupcake with tradtional cream cheese frosting and pastel sugar

on the right is another SIGNATURE FLAVOR:

white cloud coconut :: the dreamiest kiss-of-coconut white cupcakes topped with a cloud of traditional cream cheese frosting and rolled in real coconut flakes. 

the shaye :: This cupcake was created with Gina's vision and Shaye's self-proclaimed  all things chocolate + pb candy created by you know who  expertise*. A classic chocolate cupcake simply topped with Italian peanut buttercream  frosting and a nod to it's inspiration. 

*Peanut butter frosting (in my humble opinion) has a way of coming out too strong or too sweet, so I was hesitant to try and create a cupcake reminiscent of the not-just-a-flavor-combination, it's Americana So, when it came time to construct the frosting, I turned the reins  Kitchenaid over to my 10 year old daughter, Shaye. The frosting she whipped up? PERFECT!! When you take a bite of this cupcake it tastes like it was baked by you know who themselves!








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*golden vanilla is slightly different from a vanilla cupcake. Can't tell you, it's our secret ingredient ;)