Happy Spring!

It is so nice out today! It feels so Spring! It makes me happy! Another thing that makes me happy is Moscow's Young People's Arts Festival that the city's department of Arts puts on for the kiddos! It's this Saturday amd here's a peak at one of the cupcake creations I'll be teaching in "Cupcake decorating with The Cupcake Co." You can still sign up just contact Keely Garrity at 208-883-7036 or stop by Moscow Jr. High Saturday morning at 8:30am. Hope to see you there!

Wedding F.A.Q.

Q: Does The Cupcake Company cater cupcakes for Weddings?
A: Yes, we do!

Q: How do I reserve The Cupcake Company's FANTABULOUS cupcakes for my special day?
A: Send us an email with the date, approx number of guests, a list of flavors you are mulling over, and a check for $75.

Q: What is the $75 for?
A: It is a non-refundable deposit that we require for orders over 4 doz cupcakes, it will be applied toward the total amount due.

Q: How many cupcakes do I order?
A: A good rule of thumb, if you want make sure there is a little extra, is the approx number of guests plus 1/3. SO . . . let's say there are approx. 90 guests coming, 1/3 of 90 is 30, and 30 + 90 = 120 - place your order for 10 doz cupcakes. Otherwise, take your 'guests attending number,' and divide by 12
90 divided by 12 = 7.5 - The Cupcake Company's cupcakes come in sets of 1 doz, so you can choose to round up to 8 doz cupcakes or round down to 7 doz cupcakes.

Q: How many flavors can I choose?
A: Every 4 doz cupcakes can be one flavor.

Q:Can there be variation within each flavor?
A:Possibly . . .

Q:Like 2 doz Lemon Resolution with white chocolate chips and 2 doz without white chocolate chips?
A:That sounds very reasonable.

Q: What if I would like to sample a few flavors?
A: You can purchase a sample box of 4 different flavors. The Cupcake Company will announce Sample box dates and which flavors are available on our blog.

Q: Will you travel to cater cupcakes at my wedding?
A: That depends on the location, our schedule, and your date. We have a few suggestions for couples who need our cupcakes to fly, etc . .

I hope this is enough information to get you started, Congratulations! And Good Luck!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter my friends! Might I suggest coloring cupcakes instead of eggs this year, all you need is your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe and Betty Crockers Classic Gel Food Colors - you end up with brighter colors, I get mine at Winco - whip your batter up, divide it into separated bowls and add different gel colors to each bowl of batter. Then you can layer the different colored batters in each cupcake liner however you like. This is the cupcake version of the rainbow cake I'm sure you've found in your blog stocking rounds. My kids love it and I don't feel any pressure to consume hard boiled eggs for days. However pretty and pastel decorated Easter eggs may be, they are still hard boiled eggs - let's just say I'm not a big fan, so I'll take the cupcakes.

April Fools!

Don't you feel like a hot plate of spaghetti and meatballs . . . on cupcakes! April fools! What may seem like a beautiful plate of marinara with meatballs is actually a plate of my vanilla brown sugar cupcakes, fabulous cream cheese frosting (piped on helter skelter with a very small tip), strawberry jam, and Ferrero Rocher chocolates. This is my tribute to some fun cupcakes you can find in Hello Cupcake, an amazing cupcake cookbook full of decorating ideas for cupcakes - a must have for you cookbook collectors out there. Here's another view from the side with grated white chocolate simulating Parmesan cheese.



It's the strawberry jam, it makes such a nice fake marinara sauce I am totally psyching myself out! My tummy is growling for some paste goodness, but what are you gonna do? What are some of your April Fools day gags?

Cup of tea, Cupcake origins

There are two arguments that exist to explain the origin of our fine little cake friends. The first supposes cupcakes received their name because they were traditionally baked in tea cups or small cups. The second speculates that practicality is the root of their title as a mnemonic for their recipe: one cup of butter,sugar, flour, and eggs. I favor the the first theory, doesn't it seem more romantic? Can't you picture yourself in an 'Anne of Green Gables,' book or something? Though if I'd lived a couple of decades ago the only way I could remember Mrs. Stacy's amazing "cup," cake recipe would be the mnemonic.

Happy 4th Birthday Son!

I know it's been awhile, one of those crazy months+ that never ends, we moved, everyone took turns being sick (wouldn't want someone to feel left out :), then we celebrated Gunner's (our oldest son) 4th Birthday. And I wanted to share some of those pictures - not us moving or being sick . . . the cute birthday ones :)
Gunner wanted to do a Super Hero Birthday party, so we did. My husband and I designed a Super-G symbol - my son tells me it means "Super Gunner-Man!"- then whatever we could put it on we did! Water bottles, cupcake toppers (of course), drinking cups, and my AMAZINGLY talented friend, Kathleen Tribble, couldn't make it to the party so she dropped off some personalized sugar cookies of Gunner's name and the Super-G!





Once all of our Superheros arrived at Headquarters, saving the world from evil commenced! Each child got to design their own Super-G, K, O, etc . . . and affix it to their cape. I bought the cheapest red and blue shiny fabric I could find and cute out a cape shape. I also had some sticky velcrow tabs parents could help apply, just in case superheros wanted to switch to citizen more than once :)



Our superheros used their super strength to run races, play follow the Superhero leader, and pass a glowing stick of kryptonite - I totally made such a rooky mistake and bought a blue glow stick from the dollar store instead of the green one.





When I asked what kind of cupcakes Gunner wanted for his birthday he said "Colors!" so that's what we did; blue, red, and yellow Super-G cupcakes.



Here's Gunner and little brother Jack consuming cupcakes frosting first, of course!



Anatomy of a Super-G cupcake!



Truth, Justice, and The American Way!

Will you be my Valentine?