i finally saw grace today... after 8 long months!!! nothing can make me happier than to send her home an all chocolate box. here we have a caramel filled chocolate cupcake with whipped cream topping and sacher torte cuppies. her better half rudy loves sweets a lot... i hope this box gets 2 thumbs up so i can get to see grace more often. oh how i missed grace!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
gouda's box
here's a box specially made for brandon (his wine shop rocks!). an assortment of 6 different flavors - this box is pretty hard to beat. here we have (from left to right, top two rows) strawberry banana swirl, banana chocolate swirl, blueberry cheesecake, tropical, (bottom row) lemon and caramel apple cupcakes.
best served with moscato!
best served with moscato!
daphne's box
being a true fiesta that she is, chocolate is always at the top of her agenda. here is a trio of chocolate cupcakes known as her power of three. first we have the delectable chocolate cupcake with chocolate chips topped with a creamy organic peanut butter frosting. next to it is a black forest cupcake, filled with cherries and topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate shaving. last but definitely not the least, we have an espresso chocolate cupcake with an espresso buttercream frosting. chocolate overload!
for kathy
t'was Kathy's birthday last aug. 11 and i made something special for her. she always says that coconut with lemon filling frosted with 7 minute icing is her childhood favorite. i know i can never top mabel's cakes, but from her favorite, i decided to make a whole wheat coconut cake then filled it with a tangy homemade lemon curd then topped it with meringue (torching made me VERY happy). knowing that she is a chocolate lover like me, i made her a rich whole wheat chocolate cupcake topped with whipped cream frosting then covered with chocolate ganache. as Kathy would say... yummy!!!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Oliver's Assorted Box
My grade school friend Oliver wanted to bring some little cakes to work for July 20. Early that week, i had to make a batch for a health food store and he took a box with him to work as well. This box was an assortment of coconut, banana chocolate swirls and mocha. He said his work friends loved it. Dyle and Kathy got the same box too for an engagement dinner over at their place. Everyone thought the mocha was 'spot on'. Happy happy happy...
martha's box
Martha wanted a box of chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting to call her own. She wanted her daughter's teacher to try them since she's all about eating organic. Yummy yummy yummy!
vero's birthday cupcake
My friend Veronica's biggest addiction in life is anything chocolate with nuts. I conived with her daughter Griz and agreed to meet up for lunch over at Tarantino's in Pasadena on Friday the 13th! Little does Vero know that it was a surprise lunch for her! Martha joined our Italian feast. Too bad Alicia was having a wonderful time in Virginia with Jazzie and totally missed the fun. I made her a nice batch of in your face chocolate cupcakes with creamy peanut butter frosting (freshly ground pure peanuts from LA farmer's market). Also in her box (but not in picture) was my first batch of black forest cupcakes. It was a 'girl thaang' according to Griz. We were full and happy.
mocha platter
it's daisy's boss' birthday. daisy wanted me to make a 'tooth' cupcake. idea was great and more than fitting (he's a dentist) but it wasn't really sold to the idea of bunching up the cupcakes together then slathering it with white frosting on top. so here we have the mocha platter surrounded by strawberry cupcakes. all's well that ends well. they loved it.
Event date: June 30, 2007
Event date: June 30, 2007
coconut cake
I managed to win Mrs. Adam's sweet tooth when I first brought this to school. Actually, it was her idea for me to bake instead of teach little ones. So here goes one for Luke's birthday. This features a rich coconut cake with coconut cream frosting with raw coconut chips inside and out! Talk about coconut overload! Charlie Chaplin would have loved this!
Luke's birthday train
I made a birthday cake for Luke, my friend Veronica's most favorite son. The cute little boy that he is, I wanted to make something special for him. Aside from making a coconut cake, I decided to throw in this train cake. Though not exactly Thomas the train, at least i gave him a whole train set. What makes this cake special? It's an all organic blueberry cake that is accentuated by using raw organic honey from Canada.
event date: June 30, 2007
event date: June 30, 2007
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