Winter themed wedding

I was thrilled when I got this order. The client told me she just wanted shades of blue with snowflakes for a winter themed wedding. I was chomping at the bit to be able to sit down and pipe snowflakes. There's something whimsical and magical about this theme. I really love how the entire set up looked. I look forward to more winter themed wedding orders. 

Cake Nation - you guys are great. I mean, seriously, you've been telling everyone about us. We've been getting cupcakes orders every day. Matter of fact, I have chocolate cupcakes in the oven right now that are going to be turned in to Peppermint Hot Chocolates. Say it all together now ..... Mmmmmmm.

So, here are a few pictures of some of the stacks of cupcakes going out of the kitchen.

Christmas Packs are here!!

Since the Thanksgiving boxes went over awesome, I thought I would offer up a Christmas pack WITH a bonus. The Christmas pack is 9 of our classy cupcake. There are 2 Egg Nogg, 3 Candy Canes, and 3 Gingerbread all for $15. For you CH&L scholars out there, that's 9 cupcakes for the price of 6. Where's the BONUS you may ask? Well, since it is the time of year for generosity, we'll DELIVER your cupcakes for free. Yup. Some serious yumminess from our ovens to your doorstep. What a merry little Christmas.

Finishing on a sweet note

This cake is out of the norm for us. It is fondant-less. Man, did I ever forget how difficult smoothing buttercream can be. I think this cake had a great look when all was said and done. I hope you have a happy retirement from the Air Force, Scott Huddle. Thank you for your service.

Sweetening Up the Holidays!

Happy December Cake Nation! Here at CH&L we are doing our best to bake a difference one cupcake at a time. One of the ways we're doing that this Christmas is by visiting our local Ronald McDonald House. We're going to be going down the week of Christmas to deliver stacks of sweets to these amazing families. I got to thinking, you know what's better than cupcakes? Cupcakes and YOUR  treats. So, you know that one sweet that your family and friends always ask you to make? Yeah, that one. Make an extra platter of them and I will send a pick up person to your place and get them. Then, I'll make a HUGE delivery to the Ronald McDonald House. So, fire up those ovens, Cakers! We're going to be making some major sweets for a GREAT cause.

email me with your sweet @ thebestcake@gmail.com or call 937-985-1870 and ask for Shannon.

Oh, and if baking isn't your thing, here's a link to a list of items that's needed for the Ronald McDonald House. 

Help making Hope a little sweeter

Ever wandered if you could really take a few hours and make a real difference? Thought that you'd like to, but don't really know where to do that? Well, Cakers, meet The Hope Foundation. They are feeding families all around our counties here at home. You can take those few hours you've been wanting something to do with and spend them on a Saturday morning making a HUGE difference to someone here in your own community. Recently, Hope Foundation asked me to make a cupcake or two to offer around town. Here's one of the orders we created.

If you're a social media lover like myself, you can also find them on FB here and on Twitter here. Share the sweet and some groceries this holiday season.

Teacher Appreciation Day

I was honored enough to be asked to create an order for some of the local teachers at an elementary school around here. Growing up, I only wanted to be two things - a teacher and a lawyer. I know I know. Polar opposites. So, naturally when Steve Bowen asked me create a cupcake for this event, I was more than thrilled with the order. Here's what we came up with!

The next time you see a teacher, thank them. Every day should be Teacher Appreciation Day.

Life just got a little sweeter

Just when you thought cakes were the best thing since ... well buttercream, along came cupcakes. Just when you thought cupcakes couldn't be topped, along comes a little something sweet called Cake Pops. A little bit of awesome on a stick. With sprinkles. It's ok to seat dance. I did.

Cake Pops: $21 a dozen

Thanksgiving Box'o'Cuppies

Yes, Cakers, you read that right. It's a Thanksgiving Pack. This box will be packed up with scrumptious holiday cupcakes. You'll be nomming on 3 Pumpkin Pies, 3 Caramel Apples, and 3 S'mores. Seriously, you'll be a hero. The price is a mere $15 per pack. For all of you Cake Nation enthusiasts out there, you know that means you're scoring 3 FREE cupcakes. Happy Thanksgiving!

Holy Cupcakes, Batman!

Seriously, Cakers, we love that you love our cupcakes so much. We love that you're ordering them for weddings, birthday parties, holidays, and any event you can make up. Here's one of the cupcake orders we sent out this weekend.

             

Thank You Veterans.

Thank you Veterans, past and present, for selflessly protecting our beautiful country. I deeply appreciate the sacrifice you and your family make for my family and millions like me. You truly deserve more than one day.

Giant Cupcake Cake

This cake is like a big cupcake of cute surrounded by smaller cupcakes of cute. I've been itching to get one of these Giant Cupcake Pans I've seen all around. I finally got a call earlier this week from a client wanting to order one! Woot! Giant Cupcake Pan secured. 

Happy Birthday, Addy!

Cupcakes Galore!

Amongst all the cakes we've been sending out, we've also been knee deep in cupcakes. Well over (sometimes double over) 500 a month. Cakers, if you're not a Cupcaker yet, look up top and click the CUPPIE tab and look at all the sweets you have yet to discover!

Cakers, have I ever mentioned my obsession over animal prints? Yeah, well, I've got one. So when one of my absolute favorite clients (and one of my first clients) requested a zebra print cake, my heart skipped a few beats. Here's what I came up with for her daughter's 14th birthday.

Flower Cascade

I love getting to play around with gum paste flowers. This was one of those cakes the client said, put some flowers on it and make it pretty. No color specification and no particular flower. Just have fun. Man, I love my clients. 

Monkey themed Baby Shower Cake

I was pretty excited to get a baby shower cake. I was especially excited to do this one when I saw the quilt that I was designing the cake around. I mean, who doesn't like cute little monkeys with sweet curly tails? To top everything off, I got to use my giraffe print ribbon I purchased at least 6 months ago. I've been patiently waiting to use it and I thought this cake was perfect for it!

Dinosaur Friends

This cake was an order spin off from the Caveman Spongebob and Dinosaur cake I had last week. I was thrilled to be able to make another. This order was for Matthew's 4th Birthday! I hope you had a great birthday!

Caveman Spongebob and the Dinosaur Cake

Some cakes are just plain fun to make. This was one of those cakes. I love when a customer comes to me and says give me dinosaur and give me spongebob. And on one cake. That means it's time to get creative. I especially loved that this cake was for GIRLS. I love cool chicks. Happy Birthday Ladies!

Chocolate Decadence

Sometimes as a cake maker I get so caught up in fondant and colors and all the things that go in to one of the traditional type of CH&L cakes. So, when I got this order from one of my regular customers, I was a little hesitant at first. I mean, hello, where was the skill in this. BOY OH BOY - was I ever knocked down to size by this chocolate piece. Have you ever tried to make really long and tall chocolate curls? Yeah, not really as effortless as they seem to look. At all. The end product was so dramatic and it smelled like a chocolate dream. Happy Anniversary Erinne and Gerry!

I sometimes like getting free design reign on cakes. This was one of those times. I really liked how these cakes turned out for a brother and sister shared birthday party! Happy birthday Holden and Skylar! Hope it was the best day for you both!

Race Car Cake

This was a tricky cake to make. I always offer a discounted price to someone when it's the first time I'm making a certain cake because I never can promise how it will turn out. The client seemed over the moon with the order. I'm loving the Save the Ta Tas logo for the front!

Marshmallow and Chocolate Popcorn Balls

Bring back sweet childhood memories with these scrumptious Popcorn Balls. They can be made with the color of your choice and with either white chocolate or sweet milk chocolate. Tied off with ribbons, they'll make the perfect treat this Fall.

$4.50 per half dozen or $8.00 a dozen.

Guitar Cake

This cake was great to make. My husband and I listened to great music and painted in to the wee hours of the night. I am very pleased with how this turned out. 

Happy Birthday, Jacob!

Cupcake for a Cure

Cupcake for a Cure - During the month of October, CH&L will be baking support for Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Cupcake for a Cure is a moist Vanilla Cake topped with shimmer frosted White Chocolate Buttercream. $15 a dozen with 25% going to Breast Cancer Awareness.

www.nationalbreastcancer.org

Cupcake Display For the Hope Foundation of Greater Dayton

CH&L loves to help give back to our city, Dayton. We don't know of many people better to partner with to do this than The Hope Foundation of Greater Dayton. We were more than thrilled when they asked us to make a display of cupcakes for their Open House at The Foodbank of Dayton. So, here's what we came up with!

Enjoy, Cakers!

Modern Wedding Cake

I love making cakes. Seriously, there's something about each one that makes it my favorite. This one, though, steals my heart. I love every single thing about this cake. From the poured sugar tiles, to the square shape, to the re-invented poppy flower, this one wins for me. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Cupcake wedding!

I swear this doesn't look like 250 cupcakes, but it is! This cake was great to make because it was CUPCAKES! Cupcakes with hot pink buttercream to boot. Seriously, good times!

Congratulations, Alysha!

India Inspired wedding cake

This cake was SO much fun to research! If you've never Googled Indian weddings, man are you ever missing out on some eye candy.  So, I nearly hopped out of my seat at the chance to get to make something like this. This is an 8" and 6" Chai infused Vanilla cake filled with a Cinnamon Ginger buttercream. I then covered the entire thing in fondant and air brushed it with a deep purple mixed with luster dust to give it some shimmer. Next, I hand piped the design on to the cake with royal icing. And finally, I followed up with a tiny paintbrush and edible paints to give the design the color. It was a blast to make! Enjoy cakers!

Cakers! How are you out there? All sugared up with some yummy CH&L goodies I hope. Here's one of the cakes we worked on this weekend. This is a 3 tiered wedding cake. The sizes are 10" - 8"- 6". The entire cake is covered in fondant and all decorations on the cake are edible - even the flowers. Enjoy!