WEEKEND UPDATE!

Good Morning Wicked Sweets Fans!!! This weekend was quite eventful and also included a LAZY SUNDAY :)

Logan's cake was finished for Sunday afternoon pick up! It was fun making this Halloween themed birthday cake. 2 layers of Orange colored vanilla cake with orange (colored) buttercream filling. All topped off with black/grey buttercream and fondant Halloween icons... hand painted by me :) I also picked up some gourmet lollipops to stick out of the top, they brought it all together and I was happy with the final result! I even decorated the cake board with fun Halloween stickers!!

 

Last night I also started my first mail order... Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie Cookies... 2 dozen! Something horrible happened with the batter and all my cookies came out like crisps... and not so crispy I might add. When i tried to get them out of the pan they just crumbled. I managed to save about 24 of them so I could have atleast a dozen done for this morning.....

So this morning I dropped X off at school... it up Stop and Shop for some more oats and remade the cookies... SO MUCH BETTER!! I figured out what my issue was last night as well...... I only used a cup of flour and the recipe calls for 2 1/4 cups!!!!! Go me!

BUT! Cookies were saved and shipped out this morning via USPS... They should arrive Wednesday!! Some cookies were even still warm as I wrapped them up for packaging!! MmMmMmm!!

Have a Joyous Samhain everyone.... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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ORDER UP!

2 dozen Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie Cookies are on order!!! My first sale!!! I am so excited to get these cookies baked and out in the mail to my friend Heather for her 5 year anniversary of her Hair and Nail Spa!!!!!!

Good things are coming... I just know it! :)

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BAKING - Something I can control

After being lazy all after work yesterday... and drama (life!)... I got some brown sugar this morning so I could finally bake some Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie Cookies!! 2 1/2 dozen have been made... and I still have a dozen in the kitchen left after separating some out to give away (Had to of course pack a bag for Xyanders teachers ;))!! I am itching to get my bake on and start perfecting some recipes! These are the best Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie Cookies yet!!! I gotta figure out my pricing too... I am thinking these will end up being $1 each... its really 2 cookies and filling... Interested in sampling let me know!!! QUALITY CONTROL, right?! lol

Logans cake will be my next project this week!

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batter

ready for bakin!

coolin down

lookin pretty!

HELLO ACCOMPLISHMENT!!

 

Baby Shower cake was a success!!! It was a great sense of accomplishment to not be rushing a couple hours before to get it done. I had it all together and ready for the above pic a whole day before the shower!! Proud of myself for that :) I didnt end up actually eating any but I got plenty of compliments and heard it tasted like... a Suzy Q or a whoopie pie! Fine by me... they both are great!!! I gotta work on my white cake a little more... it did seem a bit dry when I was cutting it to serve but the chocolate cake was plenty moist! 

My next adventure is a birthday cake for this week. Jo-Al's soon to be stepson!! Halloween inpsired birthday cake! I am quite excited about this cake... its going to be fun!! The plan is -----> 2 vanilla round layers (dyed orange) probably 8" cakes. with buttercream filling. Then black buttercream icing on the outside with Halloween icons (pumpkin, ghost, bat, spider, wtc.) made of fondant on the sides. Possibly along with some fun colored polka dots. I would like to have LOGAN spelled out on top and I also have some fun lollipops to put sticking out of the top of the cake. I think they'll enjoy it :)

I also bought stuff to make my Carrot Cake Whoppie Pie Cookies!!! So maybe that will be an adventure for this week as well!!! hmmmmmmm we shall see!

Progress - Hello Kitty

Baby shower cake has some progress made! Gum paste Hello Kitty baby is made, I had to stop playing with it yesterday because I was getting food dye everywhere and didnt want to screw her up where she couldnt be fixed!! So CHECK on that!!

I also baked the vanilla cake for the top tier... its a small 6" round.... PINK AND WHITE ZEBRA PRINT CAKE!!! It was kind of a process to get the print because you had to layer it all but it looks like its totally worth it!!! I cant want to cut into it tomorrow when I have to put the filling in... I am so excited about this cake!!!
Tonight.... more cake work! I gotta bake the chocolate cakes for the rectangle bottom tier. Easy enough... just gotta go to the grocery store later to pick up some more stuff!! I dont know if I am going to make the buttercream tonight or tomorrow.... I actually have to get a hold of a mixer before I can do any of that anyway! I ended up using my magic bullet blender thing to mix the wet ingredients for the cake... it worked great!! Even creamed the butter and sugar... with some help of course! WOO makin it work ;)

Baby Cakes - HELLO KITTY

Last night was the MICHAELS run for Sam and Wes' Baby Shower cake!! I cant wait to get started on this... the idea for it in my head is awesome, we shall see how it comes out!
Todays plan is to shape and create the Hello Kitty topper! :)

Anyway... I've got:

HOT PINK FONDANT - Top round tier

WHITE FONDANT - Polka Dots & Bottom rect. tier

ZEBRA PRINT SUGAR SHEETS - Bottom tier

GUM PASTE - Baby Hello Kitty Topper

This is my plan for the top tier of the cake... but with a pink tinted vanilla cake instead of chocolate.

 

Chocolate cake with a Pink buttercream is my plan for the bottom teir. 

Thoughts - Delivered!

Local deliveries - that was the topic of thought while trying to fall asleep late last night. I wrote down a couple things in a close by notebook before closing my eyes:
-After School Snack deliveries... parents at work for an hour or so before kids get home from work? picking up the kiddos right after work? Why not have a box/basket of goodies waiting for you/them on your front step.... A special gift for a birthday surprise or an any day occasion. Cookies, mini cakes, brownies, pastries.
-Local deliveries.... same day deliveries can be placed up until 7pm?! Late night deliveries until 1030/11pm? Place an order and select a delivery time... Delivered within an hour of baking?

I have also printed out an application for opening a business in the food industry in the town of Falmouth. It does have an option for a in home kitchen. Though I will still need to make a phone call RE: what are the compliance regulations if any I need to take. 

This week I have Samantha and Wes' Baby Shower Cake to work on!!! I am quite excited about it... gotta make a Michael's trip tonight I think