New supplies for Cakes by Casey

In the past week or two I've had a great time "expanding the business." I made a list of all the things I might like to have to be more organized, or more successful, and went to the internet to make it happen. Thanks to several sites such as Zazzle and Vistaprint I now have a few new fun things!

Here are some of my new finds-


Pink Boxes!







Box Labels


And finally... Flavor Lists and Pricing Guides!







Feel free to contact me for copies of either. I have digital versions as well as hard copies that can be mailed.

Enjoy!

Onesie Cupcakes... Thanks Pinterest!

I've been waiting to post this until I gave away my last "batch" of onesie cupcakes. I sent a box to my soon-to-be Sister In-Law who is expecting her first baby this spring, and rolled up a second set for a close high school friend's shower this past weekend.

As much as I'd love to take credit for these sweet creations, it was no doubt a pinterest find that inspired me. I think I've found my newest baby shower gift for all of my friends that will be needing fun baby clothes in the future!






Check out the tutorial here.

Enjoy!

Wedding Shower Cupcakes

I'm so excited about this event because it not only gave me the chance to reconnect with a JMU friend Dara (sister of the bride for whom this was held, and bridesmaid), but it also gave her sister Taryn a reason to contact me about a groom's cake! I love it when I can make something for the same client/family twice!

These cupcakes were modeled after some that we had both eyed on pinterest, but after a few tweaks they took on their own personality. They were fluffy and romantic, and perfect for a girly afternoon.

Flavors pictured: Lemon cake with raspberry buttercream, and yellow cake with whippy vanilla frosting.

Kayla and Joey's Wedding Weekend

I can't think of anything more romantic than a Valentine's weekend wedding. Kayla and Joey are the sweetest couple with so many great ideas. I really enjoyed getting pictures from them with ideas throughout the cake process, and for each decision they were so laid back. It was a perfect team to have as clients! After 180 regular cupcakes, and 180 mini cupcakes for each guest (cool idea!) their wedding dessert was complete.






Cupcakes for the happy couple!






Featured Flavors:
Yellow Cake with a light chocolate buttercream
Funfetti Cake with a whippy vanilla frosting
Red Velvet Cake with a cream cheese buttercream

Super Bowl and Valentine's Day

...two of my favorite holidays! The Super Bowl doesn't technically count as a holiday, but when food and friends are involved, (and the Patriots!) it's as good as any. This year I took a particular liking to Super Bowl Sunday since I'm a Pats fan. I was tempted to make the Giants cookies uglier so nobody would eat them, but that wouldn't have been fair. It also would have made me look bad.

Although the Patriots didn't take home the trophy, the old fashioned sugar cookies did ok.





And then there's Valentine's Day. I've always enjoyed the decorations, and colors of Valentine's Day, although I'll agree that it can be a bit over the top. Now with the help of my first graders, and all of the fun weddings in my life, I've had many excuses to create heart shaped treats! These were for Kristina's birthday weekend in Harrisonburg. We ambushed her on the 12th and drove her to one of the happiest places.

I'm the luckiest!

A quick blog post to show off some of my new baking stuff!

I'm so lucky to have friends and cake eaters that think of me when they see fun cake and kitchen things!

This apron came from the fabulous bride, Bonnie from before the New Year. She was so sweet to include it in a thank you card. The pictures of them eating my cupcakes at their wedding would have been thanks enough!




And these earrings, perfect for a first grade teacher and baker deluxe :)
They were dropped off by my dear friend Zoe's mom as a Christmas gift. (They're 100% inedible.) Thanks McDowell family!

Back, and ready for 2012!

After a holiday hiatus, filled with tons of baking, and not enough pictures (I never remember my camera,) I'm ready to kick off 2012 with a bang!

The exciting news of my own engagement has gotten me thinking about cakes in a new way. Now it's not just, "what can I do?" but rather, "What do I want??" There are so many possibilities. I'm excited for the perspective that the other side will offer to my business smarts. Tastings, here we come!!

I ended 2011 with the beautiful wedding of Bonnie and Shane. They did a lot of planning for their wedding from out of town, so I feel honored to have sat down with them for the planning and tasting. Their venue was beautiful and for a Dec. 30th wedding, they were pretty darn lucky to have 50 degree weather. Who could ask for a better wedding day?





I was able to create a cupcake display using some of my pedestal collection. Although the provided table was round and didn't fit their vision exactly, we made do, and the result was festive and abundant! Happy wedding to Bonnie and Shane, and Happy New Year to everyone else!





Featured Flavors:
Chocolate Chunk with Peanut Butter Frosting
Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Buttercream
The growing classic, Coconut with Lime Cream Cheese Buttercream

Pumpkins!

Fall is the best. The weather is great, the flavors are fragrant, and I find myself in the kitchen again.




A friend from school had a few of us over for a pumpkinpalooza where we tasted everything pumpkin! I tried a recipe from my new favorite website, pinterest. It seemed too easy to be true but the results weren't terrible. 1 can of pumpkin and 1 box of yellow cake mix. That's it! It was more like a bread than a cupcake, but with some cinnamon cream cheese frosting it was edible.





Later this month, Jared had a function for work that required him to bring "something." (Thanks for the details, Jared!) We decided to test out the cookie cutters. Can't go wrong with a pumpkin cookie.






Finally, after failing to resist a sale at Target, I came home with a giant cookie pan to try... candy corn! It's my favorite Halloween symbol so I couldn't wait to bake it up. Tough to tell in the pictures, but it's bigger than most of my pedestals.





Happy Halloween!

A very Irish Wedding

After a long year of planning, BJ and Angel's wedding finally took place over Labor Day Weekend. Luckily, the MOB is a coworker from school so they were all very understanding of the busy timing... it was the weekend before the first day of school.

Being of Irish heritage myself, I really enjoyed the ideas they both brought to this cake. They showed me a picture for guidance, but added lots of their own decorative touches, all Irish!

The picture displayed were taken before the florist arrived to place the final flowers. I am excitedly awaiting pictures of the finished product, so this will have to serve as evidence until then.

The cake was a white brides cake with a cherry, white chocolate mousse filling. The topper was a Claddagh symbol, the border was a Celtic Knot, and the fondant drape color was appropriately named "clover." After a rainy day delivery, the cake was displayed and eaten up at a very beautiful ceremony.

60th Bday at the Beach

When I was babysitting for two sweet boys this summer their mom, Trish asked if I could make something for her Mother-in-Law's 60th birthday. They traveled to the beach with the family to celebrate, so I knew it needed to be something classy and beachy. Thanks Trish for giving me the freedom on this one! I had a great time using my new starfish cookie cutter.







Pictured: Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream

(Doesn't get much more pure than that!)