Sweet Sixteen

I threw together this cake for a friend of mine, for her daughters Sweet Sixteen party today! 

Even more exciting, I channeled my new favorite French Macaron flavour into the top layer: it's a white chocolate cake with fresh raspberries, a pink raspberry buttercream, and pomegranate in the middle. It sure smelled amazing! 

All the flowers are handmade from gumpaste, and I airbrushed the fondant, as well as hand-applied glitter. It's a sparkly shimmery concoction, perfect for a girly girl!

Cheers!

Julia

Cake Pops

Cake pops!

Cupcakes!

I've been taking some time off this month to enjoy my family, and because it has been so hot!!!

But a friend of mine put in an order for some cupcakes this week, and as hot as it is, I was excited to bake today!!

White Chocolate with black glitter
Andes Mint

It's for an "over the hill" party tomorrow.

I also need to post the last cake I made in June this week! And some non-baking projects I've been working on this month. Exciting stuff!!

August is coming, and I will start taking orders again. I'm still taking consults right now, fall 2012 is booking quickly! 760.812.0574 or adairweddings@gmail.com

Hope your summer is treating you well!!

Cheers!

Julia

Cake balls

Kindergarten Graduation Cake

As one of my final "duties" this week as one of the room moms for my youngest, I was asked to do the graduation cake (a big task! 4 classes, two in the morning, two in the afternoon)

As I already had a cake this past weekend, we came up with making one cake for display and to cut for the afternoon class, and two basic "cutting cakes" for the morning class.

The theme was "Nursery Rhymes", and they had a whole production. It was really adorable. I incorporated 4 into the cake:

"Little Girls and Little Boys"
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
"Mary Mary Quite Contrary"
"Baa Baa Black Sheep"

Kids loved it!! Everything was made of either sugar or chocolate. It was hard to cut it up!!

Graduations are happening! We have some fun cakes on our books! Call early, we are booking quite fast these days.

760.712.0574 or adairweddings@gmail.com

Cheers!

Julia

Purple Pants

Yes, I made a purple pants cake for my 10-yr old. Quite fun!

These can be done in any color. I admit this was thrown together in about 45 minutes, so I was a tad careless with the hand-painting. But he loved it!

Cheers!

Julia

Galaxy Cake

Divas of Praise

A local outreach ministry sometimes contacts me for special events. This past weekend they honored all the ladies in their congregation. The Divas of Praise.

I was given carte blanche to do whatever I felt would be appropriate, and here is the end result. It's sort of a hat on top of a box. Everything is made from sugar, and covered in shimmer & glitter!

Set Free is a great organization, they work with the homeless, the unwanted, those coming out of addiction, truly a faith walk for all those involved, especially in these economic times!


Cheers!

Julia

Sugar Flowers!

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

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

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