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Fresh Raspberries & Cream Cupcakes and Wedding Shower!

21 Saturday Feb 2015

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Raspberry Frosting, raspberry mousse filling, Strawberries Raspberries and Cream Cupcake, Vanilla-bean cake, vanilla-bean frosting, wedding shower

This week I had the opportunity to provide the dessert for a darling girl who was celebrating her upcoming wedding with a shower on Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, it was a cold, blustery, snowy Saturday.   But her family and friends braved the weather and were there to wish her well (and to enjoy a few cupcakes :0)

These fresh raspberry and cream cupcakes are a vanilla bean cake filled with fresh raspberry mousse. Topped with a pillow of raspberry buttercream and a swirl of vanilla-bean buttercream, they are crowned with a sugared fresh raspberry to add to the Valentine theme…

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The bride-to-be also ordered sour cream chocolate/marshmallow and chocolate turtle cupcakes (see later posts), so I provided her with flavor signs and set up the display at the venue (these pictures are taken with my ipad, so they are a little dark).

I typically don’t get to see this part of the process, so it was a pleasure to deliver my goodies and help with the set up.

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Congrats on your wedding, Ashley!  I hope you and your guests enjoyed the cupcakes!

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Pink Buttercream Rose Swirl Birthday Cake

15 Sunday Feb 2015

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homemade marshmallow fondant, pink ombre, Raspberry Frosting, raspberry mousse filling, rosette, Sour Cream Almond

I made this cake for a dear friend for her Mother’s 80th birthday last summer. She wanted a simple, elegant cake and this buttercream rosette swirl design fit the bill.

rose-cake-1 rose-cake-2It’s a 3-layer 8″ sour cream almond cake with raspberry mousse filling, covered in raspberry flavored buttercream with swirls made with a Wilton 1M tip.  The pictures don’t show it very well, but the swirls were actually pink ombre (graduated darker at the bottom to lighter at the top).  I added pink pearls to give a little shimmer and made a monogram plaque with her initials and age from homemade marshmallow fondant.

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Pink ombre rosette cake…no better way to say “I love you…”

Happy birthday, Lisa’s dear mother!

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Valentine White Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes with Pink Fondant Hearts

02 Monday Feb 2015

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homemade marshmallow fondant, raspberry mousse filling, sour cream almond cake, valentines day cupcake, white chocolate buttercream

These scrumptious white chocolate raspberry cupcakes will show anyone how much you love them….for Valentine’s Day or any day!  The sour cream vanilla cake is filled with fresh raspberry mousse and topped with a fluffy swirl of white chocolate buttercream–a TERRIFIC combo!  Then they’re topped with sprinkles and a dainty pink fondant heart.

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I packaged some up last year for a Valentine treat for the sweeties in my life.   Who can resist love in a cup tied with a bow?!

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Life is crazy and I love to bake. I'm a wife, mother of 3 nutty kids, and an admitted sugar-holic. Ten years ago I left my job as a senior consulting engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to get out of the rat race and raise kids. We up and moved to a quiet, small town in NE Ohio to be near family and bought a 180-yr-old historic home, always a dream of mine. Along the way, I discovered my joy of baking, which allows both my engineering side and my oft-suppressed creative side to emerge. It began with the desire to bake birthday cakes for my kids (I hated to buy them) and has blossomed into a cupcake-baking business for a local bakery. Over the years, many people have asked if I take orders. So, here they are. Check out the site, we'll be adding new cupcake flavors weekly as well as the occasional cake. And in case you're wondering about the name, it's an homage to the big, old gray barn in my back yard. What a bonus, it came with the house! Put on a smile and BAKE!

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