Holiday Orders

Thanksgiving & Christmas specials!!

Cake balls/Pops: from $18/dozen

French Macarons: from $15/dozen (depending on size)

Small 6" specialty cakes starting at $30 (covered in white fondant with special design)

Pies: inquire for pricing

Everything is made from scratch, including our delicious white chocolate fondant. 

Email adairweddings@gmail.com or call/text: 760.812.0574

Happy holidays!!

Cheers!

Julia

Valentine's Day

Just a few pictures of some early Valentines Day goodies!

Cheers!

Julia

Mmmmm

Working on lots of holiday goodies!! Peanut butter cup cake balls, Andes mint, lemon, and so many more!

Place your Christmas/Holiday orders now! 760.812.0574 or adairweddings@gmail.com

Mention this blog post for a super secret holiday bonus! Remember, free delivery in the High Desert area for orders over $75. Minimum order this year for the holidays is $25. Please give us at least 48 hours to accommodate holiday orders. Cut off for Christmas is December 18, and December 27 for New Years Eve.

Cheers!

Julia

Cake balls

Favors!

These gorgeous little boxes come in white, red, black and as seen, the brown lined kraft.

These hold 3-4 cake balls each. Pricing from $3.25 in the box color of your choice with ribbon of your choice!!

Call for more details or for a quote for your special event. These are great for corporate parties, weddings, birthday parties, etc. Minimum order of 20 "favors" per order. Please order at least 2 weeks in advance.

Cheers!

Julia

Chocolate Cake Balls!

Mmmm. Put your summer orders in now! We are booking very quickly!

We use the finest 60% chocolate for our chocolate cake balls or pops!

$18/dozen. Discounts on orders of 5 dozen or more. Plain, decorated, doesn't matter! Please inquire for specialty pops.

Cheers!

Julia

Christmas Special!

Call or email to place an order for delivery on the 23rd or the 24th of this month, mention you saw this post, and receive a VERY special Christmas 2011 treat!!

I won't tell you what it is, only that it's pretty awesome, and BTW, we are still delivering on the 23rd and 24th! Limited time slots available for delivery, but it is still possible. Free delivery on all orders over $25. High Desert ONLY. Although, there is a chance for any of my Antelope Valley readers (I.E. Palmdale) to meet me at a central location over there early on Christmas Eve for free "delivery"!

11 days until Christmas! Are YOU ready?

I am! I'm so excited!

Cheers!

Julia

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!

I went all out this year, and "styled" my table, along with a dessert bar, coffee bar, and special menus with some pretty napkin treatments!

Yes, we do style your home for parties and holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Off to have a yummy pumpkin cheesecake cake ball!

Cheers!

Julia

Tasting Box!

Just to give you an idea of what our "Tasting Box" looks like!

It includes 2-3 types of cake for you to try, covered in our delicious White Chocolate Fondant, and possibly a treat tucked in, cake balls or cake pops, depending on what we have going on that week.

Our Tasting Box is FREE if you are booking through the Mountain Lakes Wedding Association, or if your potential cake order is over $300. Otherwise, we offer it for purchase for $20 (cash only please), and that $20 goes towards any cake order over $150 if you choose to use Adair Weddings for your special occasion cake!

This is not something we deliver "just because", it is intended to existing or potential clients who want to taste & see some of our work.

Remember, we do more than weddings! Birthday Cakes, Quincenera Cakes, Anniversary Cakes, the crazier the design/idea, the more excited we get about it!

Stay Sweet!

Julia

We also do a traditional tasting, without all the special bells and whistles, please inquire.

Cake Balls vs Cake "Flops"

Good Morning!!

I have an order pickup today, so I decided to dip the cake balls first thing this morning (7am!) so they would be super fresh and extra yummy!!

Of course, we are having the strangest weather, it's chilly for summer, which means, open up the house, let all the lovely air in!!

But it doesn't bode well for happy cake balls. I had a few more "flops" that usual (for summertime anyway)

So, I had a grand idea! Cake Flops!! I did a candy bar for a birthday party recently, and instead of regular Jelly Belly Jelly Beans, I found Belly Flops, and just thought they were adorable. (it looked cuter on the hand-made sign)

So now, I present to you, Cake Flops!

You can see the difference between the two pictures. The ones displayed prettily on the plate are smooth, round,

and decorated to the max. Shimmer & glitter.

The "flops", well, they are still smooth, the chocolate, but they cracked right down the center!

I still applied shimmer to them, as it helps ME to identify which is which without putting my hands all over them, but I omitted the glitter on top.

I got to thinking then. When I do huge Cake Ball orders, I tend to have a dozen or so of these cracked ones. My family loves it, they get to eat them. Or, if I have a cake tasting scheduled within the week, I use them for that. (it's quite easy to slice the flops in half to serve on a tasting plate!)

But why not offer them for sale? Facebook and Twitter are such instant communication places...I can offer them, and first come first serve. They aren't PRETTY, per se, but if you are crazing a cake ball, they WILL fulfill it!

So, cake flops. Coming soon to Facebook & Twitter. Half price of current special cake ball pricing. PICKUP only on these, unless I am already delivering a full-price order. Buy one, two, or whatever I have available!

Off to post these ones on Facebook now...although I'm sorely tempted to KEEP them...they really are soo yummy when they are fresh. Mmmmmm.

Happy Cake Balling!

Julia

Random Musings

So, in an effort to try and "blog" more, I am trying to catch up on recent work (I'm fairly far behind!), and, well, just post some random thoughts.

So, first, what is a cake ball?

It's cake & icing mixed together, rolled into a ball, dipped in melted chocolate.

Mmmmmmm. And it's much harder to make them perfectly round AND smooth than it looks.

The key is to use the right chocolate, AND to temper Milk, Dark & Semi-Sweet properly. Otherwise, you'll get a wierd melty-type chocolate coating that tends to clump, never dry, and do strange things outside of the cooler!

For white chocolate, it's different, mainly because it doesn't need to be tempered as perfectly as chocolate chocolate. It just needs to be the right consistency where it doesn't clump on you. Hence, add a touch of crisco to the melted chocolate. How much crisco? I think it really depends on the type of chocolate you are using, and your skill level.

Overall, anyone can make cake balls & cake pops. With some time, effort, and attention to detail, you too can make beautiful treats that everyone will love. And even if they aren't perfect, everyone will love them anyways.

I mean, who doesn't like chocolate, cake, & icing???

Of course if you'd like some treats without all the work, please call or email me, and I'll hand-deliver a dozen or more for no cost here in the High Desert. Keep an eye on my facebook for what I have "in stock" this week.

And for those of you NOT in Southern California, YES, we do ship!!! Even in the summer months!

760.812.0574.
or
adairweddings@gmail.com

I do not ship cakes or cupcakes, but cake balls & cake pops ship nicely. I do charge you the shipping & packaging, but it is my exact cost, not a penny more.

Cheers!

Julia

Summer 2011 Specials

Summer 2011 is nearly here! School is almost out, and the fun of water, sun, sand, beach, summer parties, and birthday parties begins!!

We are running some specials this year for summer.

Mini Cakes (as pictured here) $4 each, minimum order of 4 cakes. Order a dozen and receive a break, $36 for a dozen mini cakes! The flavour combinations are limitless!!

The cakes pictured here are white chocolate cake with a strawberry compote filling, topped with white chocolate fondant & airbrushed with pearl shimmer. The small forget-me-not is made from gumpaste and hand-painted. We can do other types of small flowers, please inquire!

Cake Balls or Cake Pops
Tray special pricing!! Order a tray of 40 cake balls for only $50!! Flavours are picked in quantities of 10.

1 dozen cake balls OR cake pops only $18.

Pick of flavours (mix & match!) Cake balls come packages in a box, and cake pops come packaged individually wrapped in a clear bag. Your pick of decor! (edible glitter, shimmer, designs, flowers, hand-painting!)

Discounts on orders of 5 dozen or more.

Call us today to place your order! We are still taking some orders for Father's Day. 760.812.0574 OR adairweddings@gmail.com

Cheers!

Julia

October 2010 Temecula Wedding

Back in October of last year, I did this lovely wedding out in Temecula, CA at a winery.

The cake was a 3-tier red velvet with cream cheese icing & white chocolate fondant.

We also did a display of cake balls.

Brownie Cream Cheese
Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake
Red Velvet
White Chocolate

Chocolate

The flowers we mainly used were dark red roses, and for the bridesmaids I used a pale cream rose for some "color".

It was just a lovely day for a gorgeous wedding!

Enjoy!!

Cheers!

Julia

Hello Kitty Cake Balls!!

These were such a treat to make. Little Hello Kitty Cake Balls!

I had intended to make them into cake pops, but it was a super-last minute thing, and it seems that EVERYONE where I live is currently MAKING cake pops! Soooo, everywhere was sold out of the little sucker sticks. OOPS. (it's fine now, I have plenty, I ordered them)

I love making special cake balls like this, the shapes, etc. Hand-painting them it even more fun!

They were Mint Chocolate & Carrot Walnut Cheesecake, and the little pink ones you see in the box were Strawberry Cheesecake cake balls.

Lots of new flavours on the menu!

Perfect cake balls & cake pops? Call Adair Weddings!

Cheers!

Julia

Valentine's Day 2011

So, this year, that wonderful day of lovers falls on a Monday. So, the question is, what will YOU be doing for your sweetheart this year?

Here at Adair Weddings we are offering a special on Valentine's Day deliveries. Book your order by January 31st, get 10% off your total (in addition to any bulk discounts), AND free delivery in the High Desert area! This year, we are also happy to offer packages! Flowers and Cake Balls, delivered direct to your sweetheart!

Valentine's Day Pricing:

1 Dozen Long-Stemmed Roses & 1 Dozen Cake Balls $55

2 Dozen Long-Stemmed Roses & 1 Dozen Cake Balls $75

We can also put together a custom arrangement for you. Please note the roses will come packaged with light greenery, and pruned for your sweetheart in a beautiful box! If you would like them in a vase arrangement, please add $10 to your total. You can also add an addition dozen cake balls to any order for $18/dozen (special Valentine's Day pricing)

This is a limited offer, and a first-come first-serve type thing. We only have a limited amount of room on our delivery route, and spaces are filling up!!

Call Julia today to place your order! 760.812.0574

Happy New Year!

Cheers!

-Julia

New Holiday Flavours!!

Mmmmm, the "elves" over here at Adair Weddings are busy busy busy this holiday season!!

Here's some new flavours:

Milk, Semi-Sweet or Dark Chocolate:

Chocolate Toffee Crunch

Chocolate Cherry

Chocolate Rasbperry

Chocolate Cheesecake

White Chocolate:

White Chocolate Cheesecake

White Chocolate Rasbperry Cheesecake

White Chocolate Peppermint Crunch

Almond

Just a few of the new flavours we've been whipping up here at the end of 2010!!

Call us to place your holiday orders! 760.812.0574

Mention you read this blog, and receive 20% off your holiday orders.

Happy Holidays!!

-The Elves at Adair Weddings

Christmas is Coming!!!

Christmas is JUST around the corner! We're cooking up some amazing new delights for the holiday season, here's a teaser of some new flavors...

Almond White Chocolate Cake Balls
Orange Dark Chocolate Cake Balls
Dark Chocolate Double Mocha Cake Balls
Peppermint Cake Balls (White Chocolate Cake, crushed peppermint, mint white chocolate)

And a few of last year's favorite holiday flavors:

White Chocolate Eggnog Cake Balls
Kahlua Cake Balls (double chocolate cake, Kahlua, dipped in White Chocolate)
Grand Marnier Cake Balls
Amaretto Cake Balls
Red Velvet Cinammon Cake Balls
White Chocolate Cake Balls


Mmmmmmmmm. My mouth is watering just THINKING about all these luscious flavors, the yummy chocolate, peppermint...Mmmmmm.

Call us today to place your order! Mention you saw this blog, and we'll take 20% off your holiday order.

Cheers!

Julia

Artwork

What IS this? Just a little mini-cake I threw together last night.

White Chocolate Fondant, hand-painted with shimmer dust (Super Pearl), and then some fondant accents (handle, rope, and the "11"), and the leaves and little accent is out of candy clay, molded and painted.

I used Silver Luster Dust, Super Green, and Champagne. I also used edible glitter for the "11"

The inside was Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese icing. My special mix! Yum yum!! It was cake that was MUCH enjoyed! This was used as a centerpiece. It looked like some sort of figurine, one lady thought it was a porcelain piece! Maybe a teapot!!

We have a wedding coming up on 10-10-10, so watch for an update with pictures! We're doing the cake, flowers, AND cake balls.

A new cake ball flavor! Cream Cheese Brownie. Mmmm. It's GOOEY!!

Cheers!

Julia

Cupcakes and Ice Cream!!

I got a call from a good friend of mine, she wanted cupcakes for invitations. Hrm. Shipping cupcakes, maybe not. SO, I thought, hey, cake ball cupcakes!



So, I took the tutorial that Bakerella has (her blog BTW, FANTASTIC. Thats where my baking inspiration started!!) on her blog, made it my own, and off I went.

THEN, because I didn't have peanut butter cup candy molds, and they were on sale (yay!), I bought these really cute dessert cordial cup molds. They kind of look like miniature ice cream cones.

Ice Cream Cake Balls!!!

Here's the two different ones side-by-side.

I don't "play" around that often, so this was really fun. Usually I'm running so many different directions, I do what's on the order sheet, and I'm done. So, it was a treat to "play" this morning!!

And the "sprinkles" I used are actually edible glitter. I get SO many requests for this stuff!

Still trying to update all the things I've been making lately, still behind. But this is a fresh post, as in, I finished the ice cream cones, took pictures, and here I am posting! It's a first! =)

Oh, the cupcakes are a Double Chocolate cake with Chocolate Ganache. Dipped in white & milk chocolate.

The Ice Cream Cones are Mocha Cake, with a Dark Chocolate Ganache, MORE Coffee to strengthen the flavor, and dipped in white chocolate (cone) and Dark Chocolate (top)

They are the BEST Mocha Cake Balls I'd put together to date!

Here's some updated Flavors you can order from us;

Dipped in White Chocolate

White Chocolate

Strawberry Cheesecake

Lemon

Red Velvet

Amaretto

Bailey's Irish Cream

Almond Flavored White Chocolate

Dipped in Milk, Semi-Sweet, or 60% Cacao Dark Chocolate

Double Chocolate Cake

Red Velvet

Mocha

Red Velvet with Cinnamon

Rum

Chocolate-Coconut

Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake

Cheesecake Brownie

Grand Marnier

There are SO many possibilities!! These are just some of the flavors we've created, contact us if you have a special request!

Please note, we do request a week's lead time for a special request. Sometimes we are able to accommodate same-day requests, but please call for availability. We are not a regular shop, but a made-to-order specialty bakery/flower shop.

Now, I'm off to have a wee taste of my new creations. Isn't that my job? To taste them??

Cheers!

Julia

Cake Balls!!!

Thanksgiving, 2009, I went a little crazy with the Cake Balls. Not that anyone complained or anything!! It was actually a bit of an experiment, as I wanted to play with some flavor combinations, colors, luster dust, and see how long it actually took to dip & decorate 350 cake balls (not as long as I expected!!)

I did 5 different flavors, and they all pretty much went off without a hitch.

White Chocolate Eggnog

White Chocolate Cake, Buttercream Icing, Eggnog (the kind with REAL brandy!), dipped in White Chocolate, and dusted with pink luster dust

Kahlua

Dark Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Icing, Kahlua dipped in a

White Chocolate and dusted with either Gold Luster Dust or

a chocolate "K".

Rum

Dark Chocolate Cake mixed with a Coconut-Pecan mix, and Rum dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and dusted with gold luster dust.

White Chocolate

White Chocolate Cake mixed with Butterream and dipped in a white chocolate. No embellishment, as I needed to distinguish between alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

Chocolate

Chocolate Cake mixed with Chocolate Buttercream, dipped in milk chocolate. No embellishment on these either.

The new flavor combinations were a hit, I think the Eggnog were the favorite. I have since done some other alcoholic combinations, using Bailey's Irish Cream (with white chocolate!), Amaretto (also with white chocolate!), and am going to experiment with Grand Mariner very soon!!!

A couple of weeks ago I was making Red Velvet Cake Balls, and got this insane inspiration to add Cinnamon to the mix, and use chocolate chocolate instead of the white chocolate. Mmmm, it was AMAZING. It was the "extra" thing I felt it needed.

Back to the kitchen to create more exciting treats!! Watch for updates after Valentine's Day, as we are going to be busy busy busy baking in the kitchen!! Cake, Cake Balls, it will be a sugar fest!

Have a lovely weekend, and go find your sweetie something sweet and amazing for Valentine's Day! They deserve it!!

Cheers!

Julia