sweet talk
Peach Cobbler Cupcake with spiced peach filling, mascarpone buttercream, and crumbly top
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went with SOUR power cupcakes for a big banged 4th of July... new recipe for lemon cupcakes (deelish) topped with cherry buttercream and chewy sour candies. oh yea, for extra kick, i sprinkled a citric acid/sugar blend over the whole thing. pucker up buttercup!
060212
delivered a new cupcake order. we went with fun flavors since it was for a little girl's birthday party. S'MORES!! i love to experiment with fun, new flavors and i'm open to suggestions/ requests... check out "cheat worthy treats" on facebook for more info. i also started a twitter account @CWT_SweetTalk. all this high tech internet stuff is a bit overwhelming but i'll get the hang of it!
to crumb or not to crumb?
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my first official cupcake order!!! 1/2 red velvet and she said to surprise her with the other half. i created a chunky peanut butter cake with peanut butter frosting, caramel drizzle, and fluff topping that made my mini focus group have a food-gasm. i'm thinking of making an ode to elvis cupcake using banana cake instead and topping with a banana chip. mmmmmmmmmmmmmhmm. yea, yea!
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it's hard to put something out there to be judged / criticized but... here's my new logo. a year, a month, and a day after i first thought about a baking business. the website is currently a work in progress but, at least i have the domain. haha
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mom's birthday cake: layered chocolate crepes with dulce de leche buttercream and dulce de leche whipped topping. yea... it's bueno! the caramel sauce thickened up too quick so instead of drizzling it on top i set it on the side.
but, what to do with the hole in the rest of the crepe layers?
haha. mmmmmmmmmm....
040812
i baked lemon chiffon mini cupcakes with strawberry lemonade buttercream. i'm a goof and forgot to take pictures. the recipe yielded 100. i only had to eat 4.
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valentine's day cupcakes. baked then delivered to 15 out of 18 members of my "focus" group... exhausted! but, i love putting smiles on people's faces. :) i'll get the 3 tomorrow.
strawberry cupcake with strawberry buttercream
topped with a chocolate dipped strawberry
red velvet goodness! mascarpone and
vanilla bean swiss buttercream with
crumb sprinkles
happy valentine's day. i think i'll start
charging soon. haha
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been going on sampling missions to check out the competition. all i can tell is my cupcakes taste much better! haha. i hope people will pay a little extra for the quality ingredients though. my friend james was on a peach cobbler kick. i named my latest after him. james and the giant peach cupcake. tasted exquisite but will definitely add more peach next time. thanks to my friend bryce for helping toss ideas around. he is an excellent baker. i choose my friends well.
white cake with peach, streusel filling
caramel glaze with peach buttercream
and toasted crumb topping!!
122011
trying something new... i used to drive all the way to west LA to get these from my favorite patisserie. my mom said mine taste better... so there. i cracked open, roasted, shucked, then ground hazelnuts to make hazelnut flour for these french macarons. added some cocoa too for color and flavor. american style buttercream with nutella sandwiched inbetween. delectable! luxurious! amazing! i was so nervous but they came out perfect.
121111
mint chocolate chip buttercream and chocolate ganache atop a minty chocolate cupcake. note to self: just use mint flavoring in buttercream and ganache.
coconut cupcake with orange glaze and topped with black cherry buttercream with almond flavoring. my first attempt playing with gum paste. sooo fun! the only thing i would change is the darn pastry tip. too small. changed the design last minute.
christmas gift packs ready to go.
my fav - white chocolate/ egg nog cupcake with mascarpone and real vanilla bean buttercream. topped with a caramel dipped hazelnut. lots of butter today. but the swiss merengue buttercreams came out perfect!
112011
gettin there... chocolate hazelnut cupcake with chocolate hazelnut ganache sprinkled with crumbled hazelnuts and hazelnut wafers. i made a nutella buttercream. haven't decided if i'm going to fill it or top it next time.
101611
trying to invent the best chocolate cupcakes on the planet! the cake came out perfect. i think i'm going to add more cocoa to the hazelnut buttercream. and, maybe a ganache base. and, maybe fill it with chocolate mousse. too much? never.
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i love this time of year! lots more fun to come!
pumpkin cupcakes, cinnamon maple cream cheese frosting, and fun fall fondant leaf hand painted by meeee!
no work involved. all of this was surprisingly therapeutic.
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mom dropped her box of cupcakes and thought they were ruined till this genius idea. check out what i call the double dinger!!
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pb and choc cupcakes with pb buttercream and choc ganache topped with a reeses pb cup. mmmmmmmminis too.
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been working on some cake recipes and decorating. we'll see how serious this gets... btw, check this out:
http://www.cheatworthytreats.com/
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shouldn't be watching cupcake wars right now. one, it makes me think i can open a bakery. two, it makes me want cupcakes. and three, it makes me stay up till 1am. but, i can't stop watching!
