Sugar and Spice... and Everything Nice

Kim contacted us a little while ago and asked if we wanted to do her baby shower cake. She sent me a picture of a cake by PinkCakeBox, and I adored the design!

I was so honored when Kim asked and jumped at the chance! I couldn't wait to do a stacked cake box and this one was just so sweet I couldn't wait.

The cake was two layers each of red velvet cake. The cake was filled with our secret Chocolate Chip cream cheese filling.

Gumpaste bows adorned the cake and really gave the cake it's "Box" look.

Congratulations Kim , Daddy and Baby P!! So glad to be a part of your day!

Tiffany's... Sweet 16 and theme!

When Laura contacted me about a Tiffany Theme "Side" cake and red velvet sheet cake I was beyond excited. I love anything Tiffany Theme!
She sent me a picture of a cake that she wanted exactly and I decided to put a little finishing touches on it!

So, Silver of course because Tiffany's it known for their silver, and a heart on the shoes because Tiffany's is known for their Tiffany Heart. I added the shoes on top of a pillow because I just thought it gave it more of an authentic "Tiffany's" feel.

The shoes are gumpaste.

Happy Sweet 16 Tiffany!

Here Comes The....Groom!

Kelli contacted me a few weeks ago about a Grooms cake for her Fiance... Actually... Now as of today... HUSBAND! (congratulations Kelli!!)
She wated the cake to represent the two things he likes, Football and Baseball and more importantly- Yankees and Giants!

Being a grooms cake we went the traditional route with a gumpasteYankee sign (I added some tootsie roll gloves to the base...

And the same for the top. She wanted it to look like a football field with yardlines.

The baseball glove :) Yummy.

The cake was a Yellow cake mix with french vanilla. It was filled with canolli cream cheese (And it was delicious!)

Congratulations again Kelli and Mike!

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Besides giving some of the best hugs known to man, Laurie and her husband started this amazing, reasonably priced DJ company and it has become a well known company in the last year.

So, be sure to "Like" and visit their page, because they are Little Mrs' Fav!

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How Much...Takes the cake...

I figured I would post the serving guide used by restaurants.
This is for a one layer cake of each size. Obviously two layers would be more but, you get the picture :)

Yummmm!

Check out a picture of my recent coach cake cut into. Strawberry filling with strawberry buttercream- YUM-O

The Lil Mrs Answers a frequently asked question....

So, I get alot of questions on how-to's and, our marshmellow fondant recipes...

However the most frequently asked question is always...

"Why can't I use a box mix and box frosting?"

So, here is my take on the answer...

Box mixes usually come with "one cup of pudding" in the cup. With that being said, you know when you make those pillsbury cakes and they are ultra moist and fall appart? Well... imagine trying to stack them and add 4 lbs of fondant over it... not easy huh?

Now, I've also had some people ask why, even though they've used their own cake, they always ruin the fondant with the "frosting" that they buy in the stores...

They mean the frosting in the cans with the red labels. The reason? Look at the ingredients- Mostly vegetable oil. Vegetable oil is used to soften fondant. So Imagine, you cover your cake with this extremely soft vegetable oil frosting... it is only going to break down the composition of the fondant. Remember all fondant (The real stuff not the plastic wilton kind) really is is sugarand water or milk in some cases. Most gumpaste glue is made with melted fondant!

So whathappens? The fondant sags. It gets wet...it gets bumpy... it doesnt stay hard... and...in some cases... it molds (Ewww)

So, try your hand at some real recipes, and i promise they will get easier as you go along.

Hope that helped!

Love and Sprinkles

Jenny

It's whats on the inside that counts... in this case that is!

What girl doesn't want to get a coach bag for her birthday? lol. Well, for Jess for her birthday all she wanted was a "Mrs Cupcake Cake". She didn't specify what kind... but because I know her love for all things pink, gold and coach, I decided a bag would do just fine ;)

I decided to add the loops because she loves bags with hardware! Gold rings adorned with pink straps!

Close up of the zipper!

The "C's" had to be perfect because i am a perfectionist. These took the longest...and def took a toll on my back but, SO WORTH IT!

The cake was our signature vanilla cake filled with strawberries and strawberry buttercream. I have some pictures so I can definitely tease a little!!

Happy Birthday Jessicat!! Love u!

Something Blue...Who say's it can't be edible?

For Sheila's shower, the bridesmaid's contacted us with a theme "Something Old... New... Borrowed and... "You got it- Blue!
So, they asked our opinion on how each table could represent that theme. They first thought a cakein the middle of the table, where each table would borrow their cakes... But that would be too confusing...
So, Mommy cupcake and I came up with these little darlings.
Vanilla cupcakes, with blueberry filling, and three simple blue flowers to represent "Past Present and Future".
The cupcakes were in clear round containers and placed with adorable poems on every guest's dish.

"J&G, everyone loved biting into the "Something Blue" cupcake and finding "Something Blue". They had espesially loved the little poem cards about the history of "Something Blue". Our Brides wedding was complete and she has not stopped talking about the cupcakes! They were an absolute HIT- not to mention...Delicious! Since we have three more occasions booked with you, we were wondering if left over's can be sent our way!lol."-Claire

Happy 30th Birthday Tommy!

Gina contacted us a few weeks ago about making a cake forher Hockey loving husband, Tommy.

Tommy is an Islanders fan, so I wanted to make sure I got their uniform just write, as well as the hockey puck. The hockey puck is hand painted, not printed.

I had to add a picture of the skates- painted silver :)

Love this guy- He really seemed to enjoy his cake lol

The cake- which I think I may have gone overboard with jimmies with, was a
"Funfetti" chocolate chip cake. I got to taste the left over and it was delicious!! I used the wilton Jimmies because they bake into the cake much nicer than the ice cream ones.

Southern Cuppies for Chantal!

When Chantal's sister in law contacted us for her baby shower, she wasn't sure what to get regarding cupcakes...

Since Chantal is a Southern Belle, she wanted to do a variation of her favorite... strawberry shortcakes... In "short cake" form! She is "Team Green" so we did all three colors to go with her "Spring" theme!

I got to eat the left overs from this weekends cakes- and let me tell you besides my buldging belly, These cuppies proved they were the BEST!

The Fluff Frosting, mixed with the white cake and Strawberry filling was unbelieveable ! It really tasted like strawberry shortcake!!

Baking in the light of Gramps...

Everyone has that man in their lives that means the world to them. That makes them believe that the perfect "Prince" from Disney will actually come and make your lives better. That makes marriage look like it's worth ever trial and error...

That person was my Grandfather. Today is the anniversary of one of the worst day's in my entire life.

He married the love of his life (Getting a tattoo with my grandmother's name on it after TWO dates) and took care of her like a princess.

I'd like to think that my Mom sister and I all got our baking skills and decorating skills from him. The quiet, mild mannered man was a handful in the kitchen. Cookies, pizza, Pasta... you name it. If someone wanted to help? "Out... Go inside". lol

Okay...so at least we know where we got our perfectionism from!!

My son, who loves to take the wisk and mix the mixes into the bowl already at 8 months reminds me of him already. Large working hands. Strong like an ox...

I only hope that my grandfather's love of baking and "Macho-ism" in the kitchen will be part of my son's personality. It sure is a large part of me my mother and sister's passion.

Seems like every family has "That" person that stands out to them. For us and my cousin's.... that person was our Grandpa.

Woah! and I felt bad charging my prices!

Recently a customer contacted me regarding ordering a cake. One of her first questions was "I know charm city has a 1,000 dollar minimum...please tell me yours is less. I will come pick it up"
I nearly choked on my coffee!!!
I guess that makes me feel better about my prices- that I am barely making profit off of!

Little Sprinkle's trouble!

So.. when my little man saw Connor's birthday smash cake- He was obsessed! Everytime we passed it, he giggled! So, Daddy Sprinkle put him near the cake while I was photographing it- and low and behold- Cookie almost lost his head!

Just wanted to share... Love this little guy