Cookie Updates - long post :)

We can't leave mom out of the blog updates! She's been booking cookie orders faster than she can get them out of the kitchen. Currently, she's working on 100 cookies to ship next week to California for a Navy squadron's homecoming, and then it's on to a whopping 300 cookies for the re-opening of the Bonner Springs Library next month.... stay tuned for those pictures!

In the meantime, here's just a few she's been working on...
First, 2 dozen cookies for a girl celebrating her birthday at the skating rink... but her theme was the monkeys and hearts from the Justice store (yep, we had to do some research on this one)
Next, some cookies for a friend of mine who was graduating from Nursing school:

A batch of cookies for my niece, who turned 6 in May. Her party was "rockstar" themed. I made a guitar cake and cupcakes, and she made corresponding cookies:
Then, Mom got an order for a friend who was graduating from Oregon State Law School. She made a few Oregon Duck cookies (sorry for the blurry pic) and of course, we couldn't leave out some Jayhawk cookies as well!

.... Then she made some fun spring cookies, wedding favor cookies, and some UBER cute Mother's Day cookies for yours truly:


And lastly, some cookies she made for my cousin in Illinois. They were having a bake sale and she volunteered her to make cookies (the actual words were something like "My aunt makes the BEST cookies - she'll make some for us!" - How can you say no?) The best part? These adorable cookies sold for $5 a piece!!!

The Newest Addition to S&S

Introducing our little Madison Kate Reed :) She's doing great and expected to arrive around October 17th - No doubt she'll be inspecting every cake to leave the Sweets N Such kitchen very shortly!

Grinter House

June 20, 2009: Last wedding of the season! This was a 3-tiered, heart-shaped cake. I thought this turned out great, especially with the large space in between each of the tiers (6,10, and 14 inch). We had an almost-threatening delivery, as Joe had to slam on the breaks at a car wreck in an intersection, but luckily I had foil loosely covering the cakes (it was raining out), so we didn't have any carnage.

The couple also requested a jack-daniels shaped cake. Fondant covered and hand decorated. I love when I deliver cakes, and the people at the reception "ooh" and "ahh" over the cakes once i've set up. The DJ and reception site worker said "that's a CAKE?!" ..... :) .... which makes my job worth the hard work.

USP training center

May 22, 2009 wedding: Delivery to the USP training center in Leavenworth. This delivery was a tad scary, considering the reception site was literally right across from the Penitentiary's activity yard. And there were inmates playing baseball, running the yard, etc, as we pulled in. Oh well, delivery went great:

Chocolate and white cakes with vanilla buttercream filling, fondant covered, black royal icing details. A black monogram topper was placed on top.

They also had a groom's cake, which was SO MUCH FUN to make. I think I enjoy groom's cakes more than the big cake itself. :) The groom loves cheese, so I ran with the idea. The mice were created out of gumpaste.

Lodge at Iron Woods

May 2, 2009: Delivery to the Lodge at Iron Woods. This delivery was 16, fondant-covered, 8" cakes, plus a two-tiered couples cake. These were SO MUCH tougher than doing a regular cake, but they made the room look fantastic.

Flowers for the toppers and the toss bouquet were from my FAVORITE event florist, Linda Dowdle with Floralyn. She's booking like crazy for 2010; any bride would be thrilled to have Linda as their florist!

Couples cake was red velvet w/cream cheese frosting. Individual cake flavors included 4 of each: Chocolate w/Choc. Ganache, Sour Cream lb. cake with almond and orange extract w/almond buttercream filling, carrot cake w/cr. cheese, and banana sour cream w/cr.cheese.

January Birthdays

What a busy few weeks i've had! Here's some neat things i've done so far.


First, a firetruck cake for a first birthday party for my friend's son. And hey, I don't hold it against you that you'd choose firetrucks against police ;)


Next, a Sesame Street cake I did for another first birthday, for the grandson of the owner of my salon (Classy Cuts Too in Basehor KS, they're pretty much the best!)


Next, a birthday cake for a Camp Rock/Demi Lovato enthused 10 year old. Demi is not edible; she was printed out and laminated. (My next big purchase is an edible ink printer.. so c'mon, get your cake orders in! :) )

Aaaaaannnnd..... drum roll please.....

This was done for the same mother of the Camp Rock cake. It was for her father's 70th birthday party. He was an executive chef, and she requested a chef and muppet theme cake. This was SO much fun to make... and took SO MUCH time! I had lots more plans for this, like adding in utensils and a place setting on the top, but I don't have 26 hours in a day! But, it was all worth it in the end. I even made the Sweedish Chef and Chicken Muppet toppers, per the client's request. (I did, however, forget to stripe his apron!) I think I did a pretty darn good job, too!


The next few weeks will be semi-slow; I've got a Star Wars cake in two weeks and i've got to ATTEMPT 14 gumpaste wrestlers for a high school auction. Cross your fingers!

December

Alright, alright... just getting caught up here! I hope everyone had a great December, and is looking forward to a great 2009... I know I sure am glad 2008 is done and gone. But, before I put '08 out of my mind, here's the cakes I did in December....

This was technically right before Thanksgiving, but close enough to December. This was an over the hill Nascar cake for Jeff, husband of Linda at Floralyn. She's an amazing local florist, if you have a wedding, shower, party, banquet, anything big, coming up... contact her for your fl owers! She rocks. Italian Cream cake with Cream cheese frosting.

Then, my mom baked 10 dozen cookies for the Wyandotte County UG fundraiser for the troops. They had BBQ catered for all the employees, and a bake sale to raise money. She sold ALL the cookies! Go mom!






Next is a Harley cake for my good friends' dad. I'm getting much better at the harley cakes! This was chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream frosting... chocolate overload! :)








Mom got in the Christmas spirit and had lots of orders for christmas cookies! The crab and palm trees were sent to my grandma in St.Croix... how cute are they?!













Then I did a cake for my boss. I found this cake on Debbie Does Cakes' flickr stream. Mine isn't as grand and glorious as hers, but hey not bad for a first try! I also had my first "incident" with this cake, right before delivery. See the top left corner... that's what happens when you get too close to the utensil caddy when trying to move a cake into a box! It' fell on the side of the cake and crushed the corner. I had to re-do the fondant strip last minute, so it didn't have time to harden like the others. Oh well, it still tasted good! :) 1/2 sheet choc/white choc mousse, xmas balls are white cake.


Then, I did some cupcakes for a co-worker's son's daycare - chocolate and white winter cupcakes!












That's it for December!