April 2012
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Happy 30th Birthday Becca Boo!
The owls are back folks! Just in time for a special lady’s 30th birthday… Becca Brown! One of my very best friends and high school buddy celebrated her birthday lots of days this month… that a girl. I’m totally down with a birthday week or even a month of celebrations.
She had a Surprise Dinner with friends! Oak Island Beach vacay with family! Camping (that...
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Martini - Customer of the Month!
Scrumptious. A mix of chocolate cupcakes with different frostings; chocolate, strawberry, chocolate with marshmallow creme drizzle, and cookies & cream. Amazing idea Jaime Martini aka my best customer to date!
Don’t be jealous of my fondness for Jaime… this girl knows a good cupcake folks. Luckily enough, they’re my creations! Jaime thinks of me for any special...
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Happy Wedding Cupcakes for the Office!
I love weddings. There’s something so innocent about them… those happy couples have no idea what they’re getting themselves into or if you’re like us… you totally do and sign up for craziness anyway! :)
Just kidding, you know I couldn’t live without Tyler. Surely, he may want to strangle me some days, but he also really goes into depression without his...
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Guess Who's Back?!
Ekk, monkeys and giraffes! This time for a little boy!
Hailey Klepcyk works with me at Wisdom Beverage and discovered my love for baking through my blog. One of her best friends had an upcoming baby shower that she and her family were hosting… and they needed cupcakes!
At first when Hailey asked me if I could bake the cupcakes for her friend’s shower, I said… no. Whoa, my...
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Bring Cupcakes Everywhere You Go!
It’s my motto in life! 95% of the time, I arrive at parties, get-togethers, dinners, etc. with a cupcake carrier in hand full of sugary butter love. I usually have a few extra cupcakes after a marathon baking weekend or maybe if someone just needs a half dozen. Wisdom and Earth Fare always get a fair share of them, but it always is nice to surprise others too!
Michelle and Alex Baldwin...
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Happy Birthday DeAnn Cupcakes! You're 30!
Ahh, I took a little hiatus from blogging. I’ve actually really missed blabbing about cupcakes and my busy, crazy life. With the amount of events, happenings, and STUFF going on it’s nice to sort it out on paper and recap my efforts.
The cool thing is that I have LOTS of cupcake blogs to post! I’m still making my way through cupcake orders from the weekend of April...
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Happy Engagement Cupcakes!
I love baking cupcakes for showers and parties! I get to share my sugary butter love with lots of new folks and am part of someone’s special celebration.
My friend, Cathy B… Cathy Hinek, but I still like to say Cathy B… ordered cupcakes for a cousin’s engagement party this past weekend. Together their initials will be “MAR” with “A” as their...
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A Baker's Life for Me! Baby Book Theme Cupcakes!
What a wild and crazy weekend! I baked over 14 dozen cupcakes, ran a half marathon, spent time with Penny and our nephew at the hospital because poor Bryson was having trouble breathing, meet Lila Baldwin (our awesome friends, Michelle and Alex’s gorgeous newborn girl), cleaned our kitchen 4 or 5 times, caught up with our boos, Kristy and Bart, and slept a few hours. NUTS!
I’m so...
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My First Half Marathon! Run Raleigh 2012
I feel like writing a story just like a 3rd or 4th grade assignment. My scribbled stories never had an ending. They were always over the page limit and I never finished them. I made sure my illustrations were awesome though! I have so much to tell and gab about with this huge event in my life that I promise to make this as short and sweet as possible… with an ending.
I’m pretty...
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Sampler Part III : Hot Cross Buns Cupcakes!
Today, one of my co-workers and friends, Tina said that these were her absolute new favorites. (Grandma, close your ears and eyes) She also called me a b*tch, because she ate cupcakes ALL weekend, while she tried her hardest to get back on a diet before her birthday next week.
Tina is hot. She’s crazy. Tell her to eat as many cupcakes as she’d like.
Sooo, let’s talk about...
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Sampler Part II : Ducky Happy Easter Chocolate...
Duckiesss! So stinking cute to make! Definitely one of my favorite marshmallow fondant toppers ever. These beauties topped my Black Forest Easter cupcakes last weekend. I made my go-to chocolate cake filled them with a cherry preserve topped with a whipped almond buttercream frosting.
Amazing. Very decadent and rich cupcake that will be a winner in my kitchen always.
The ducks took me...
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Sampler Story Part I : Happy Easter Coconut...
Happy Easter Lovelies! My cupcake sampler was a hit as always! I think everyone really just likes to try out some new flavors and I have the best family and friends that want to support me, so they have tons of cupcakes at their disposal for life.
On the menu!
Happy Easter Coconut Cupcakes! Fluffy coconut cake with a coconut cream filling and coconut buttercream frosting covered in… guess...
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I Want a Master's Jacket!
…Or how about golf theme cupcakes for a special lady’s 30th birthday?
Oh yes, I did! Nancy and Hayden’s friend, Lydia is a huge golf fanatic who turned 30 last week. As a gift, Nancy ordered cupcakes for Lydia’s weekend birthday shenanigans!
They had a color theme of black, silver, and white… and Nancy really wanted Red Velvet and Cookies and Cream cupcakes....
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My Co-Workers are Super Lucky Cupcake Eaters!
Not only do my co-workers receive free cupcakes on a regular basis, but they also have a lovely baking lady ready at hand for whenever they need to bring home a special surprise for their girlfriend or wife’s birthday, neighborhood BBQ, Valentine’s Day, etc.
Convenient, right? And, they don’t even have to pick them up usually! I’ll drop them off on the weekend if they...
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Get Your Penguin On!
Yay for finally writing about last week’s cupcakes! Let’s first talk about how long I’ve known the lovely lady that ordered them. I met Michelle in 2001 when I started nannying the Mitsch Family. She was 11. 11, people. Michelle can drive… drink… pay bills… she’s all grown up…
…and this means that I’m 11 years older. YIKES.
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Sweetest Aunt and Uncle... Most Awesome Godmother
After an exhausting 3 crazy long work days and being super depressed that we didn’t hit our sales goal for March… basically because Duke and Carolina didn’t feel like going to the NCAA Final Four. Yes… our sales are THAT dependent on those two teams. And, why not my alma mater, NC State you may ask?
Come on son! Let’s be real. I almost forgot that State played...
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Update on New Year's Resolutions!
What? It’s April?! Time for a review of my 2012 resolutions!
1.) Curve saying “F”!
There’s been improvement… I think… Not really, but I’m aware of every time I use the word. I guess it’s a good thing that I’m reviewing my resolutions to remind myself to stop using “F” like a normal vocabulary word and a dirty dirty sailor.
2.) Run a...
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Happy Birthday Nancy Cupcakes!
Can you believe I’m still posting about LAST weekend’s cupcakes? I haven’t even started to blog about this past weekend’s orders. Crazy town.
After creating marshmallow fondant toppers for the Red Bull Total Zero Launch and little red heart Ws for Alex and Jay’s friends’ engagement party on Friday night… I slept just 2 or 3 hours before I was right back...
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I Love Chocolate, Hearts, and Marshmallows!
What a combo! Friends of Alex and Jay just got engaged and they needed NC State theme cupcakes for their engagement party last weekend. Monograms… red… little Ws… basic flavors that everyone likes.
I whipped up several dozen of chocolate and chocolate, vanilla and vanilla, cookies & cream, chocolate and chocolate with marshmallow filling inside and drizzled over the...
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I'm That Red Bull Now Let's Fly Away.
CRACK. OH, that familiar snap and smell of a Red Bull can opening.
Red Bull drinkers… you know what I’m talking about. Why am I blogging about cans of Red Bull when I usually write about baking or my crazy life?
OH, YES I did!
Using my normal vanilla cake base instead of my normal cup of milk or buttermilk, I used regular Red Bull. Crazy! Don’t get disgusted just...
