Happy Birthday Gladys!

Gladys is turning 89-years-old! And when her daughter-in-law asked me to bake her a special cake and told me that she loves chocolate, well, I just couldn't help myself.

This is a chocolate cake filled and frosted with chocolate cream cheese buttercream frosting, and decorated with mini chocolate chips. I hope Gladys loves it and it satisfies her chocolate cravings!

Happy Birthday Makenna!

Makenna had her first birthday party today, complete with cake pops (as party favors), cupcakes, and her very own smash cake.






Makenna's mom, Shea, had a cake shaped like a block at her first birthday party, so we decided to recreate that for Makenna's big day.

I think she liked the result!

Happy Half Birthday to A-Train

Can you believe it? A-Train is three and a half today. And that fills me with such life-affirming pride and such deep sorrow at the same time. He's an amazing little guy and I can't believe it's been so long since he was born. It seems like just yesterday I was holding him for the very first time.

Here at the Sweetshop we look for any reason to celebrate, and a half birthday fits the bill. Since A-Train's absolute favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, I decided to make him a cupcake version.

This is a peanut butter cupcake-- imagine a really moist peanut butter cookie-- covered with strawberry jam buttercream frosting.

I have to admit, this might not be for the adult palette, but for the pre-school crowd, it's a huge hit!

Congratulations Nadia and Jason!

Nadia and Jason got married yesterday. And while I wasn't one of the 300 (gasp!) guests at the wedding, I did get to contribute to their special day.

They chose a small cutting cake resting atop a tower of cupcakes. As you can see, it's a beautiful idea-- not to mention how easy it is to serve cupcakes to a huge crowd.

Here's a close up of the cupcakes. Each one has a fondant M on top to signify the couple's last name. (I totally stole that idea off from my semi-idol, Martha Stewart).

Nadia also wanted 300 cake pops!
Do you have any idea what 300 cake pops look like? Well, take a look at this picture and multiply by three. That'll put you somewhere in the neighborhood.

The couple gave the cake pops as their wedding favors, which is a fabulous idea! Beacuse, really, who wouldn't prefer a cake pop (in coordinating wedding colors no less) to a little bag of Jordan almonds?

Needless to say, it was quite an undertaking. And, fortunately, everything went off without a hitch (no pun intended). Here at the Sweetshop we wish Nadia and Jason many happy years together.