Winter Weddings

Winter weddings are definitely my favorite. So beautiful and SO cake friendly! No melting, sinking, sagging, etc. to worry about. :-)

I have a pretty open schedule as of now and would love to fill it with your winter wedding cakes! Pricing is pretty flexible, I'm happy to work with you to create the cake of your dreams.

Remember with the holidays coming up, it would be nice to not have to worry about your holiday desserts. If you'd like a beautiful dessert table centerpiece, such as a dazzling Christmas Red Velvet Cake, a delicious chocolate or spice yule log, pumpkin & cream roll, pies, cookies, pralines & fudge tray, or any other yummy treats you can think up...just let me know. I'd love to help make your holiday table a memorable one. :-)

I offer beautiful and delicious appetizer trays as well. Sausage balls, pinwheel sandwiches, cheese balls, meat and cheese trays, vegetable and dip trays, fruit and dip trays, cheese straws, pigs in a blanket, fresh hummus and pita chips tray, sugared pecans, stuffed mushrooms, spanakopita bites (xtra mmmm...), honey walnut and brie tartlettes, and so many more.

Any questions about pricing, or special requests? Just e-mail me.

jennifer74thomas@yahoo.com

I check this email several times daily, so I'll be able to get back to you quickly.
Thanks!

October!

Ahh...October! Maybe my favorite month. :-) So many opportunities for creative treats...graveyard cakes, pumpkin cookies and cakes, cupcakes topped with everything from ghosts and witches to 'fingers' and 'eyeballs'!

If you're planning a Halloween party, whether it's a big bash or just a small get together, get your orders in SOON for all your Halloween treats. No job too big or small. :-)

jennifer74thomas@yahoo.com
801-420-0281

'Sushi' Cake!

I made this cake today for a friend who ADORES sushi. Well, I certainly am not getting near any sushi, so I made her a cake that just looks like it. ;-)
It came out really cute, and it was a lot of fun to make.
Not too difficult, either....chocolate cake frosted with vanilla cream cheese frosting, and then some clever garnishing to give it a true 'sushi' look.

SPECIAL!!

It's creeping on up toward Fall, which just puts me in a good mood. :-) So I felt like offering a little something to maybe put y'all in a good mood, too.

Starting Friday, August 13th and running through December 31st (2010), with the purchase of any special occasion cake (and this is any day that's an occasion to you. :-) Birthdays, Anniversaries, Baby or Wedding Showers, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or 'just because'), you get your choice of either: ONE DOZEN big cupcakes or jumbo cookies...decorated to match the theme of your cake, and in the flavor of your choice..for FREE!

These aren't your supermarket cupcakes/cookies. They're made with the same care and quality, fresh ingredients that your cake is made with, and in just about any flavor combination you can think up.

This offer is a 24 dollar value, so make sure to get your order in. Don't miss out!

This is a great idea for a special Fall dinner party...think moist cinnamon carrot cake loaded with pecans or walnuts and frosted generously with fresh, buttery cream cheese frosting, with just a hint of orange...paired with a dozen delicious matching cupcakes or melt in your mouth frosted cookies of your choice?

Or a Family Christmas gathering, with a traditional, classy red velvet cake...decorated with frosted cranberries and white chocolate holly leaves, surrounded by sweet red velvet cupcakes or my unique, scrumptious red velvet cookies...makes a gorgeous centerpiece for your dessert table. :-)

24 hour (or more) advance notice is appreciated, but if you're in a bind I can usually work with you.

I deliver to many areas in Utah for a small delivery fee, so just ask. :-)

Cocoa Puffs are evil.

They really are. Evil little puffs of chocolatey goodness. They lure you in with their seemingly harmless cuteness...and before you know it, you are stuffed, bloated, unable to breathe normally, and just plain uncomfortable.

Bad, BAD cocoa puffs. They must swell up or something once they get in your stomach. I'm seriously uncomfortable here. Whoa...

Don't ask why I'm posting this. It's almost 3 a.m., I'm tired and delirious, don't know why I'm awake, and I decided to have a bowl of cocoa puffs. Now I'm suffering the consequences. I really hope I don't dream about that stupid 'Cucoo for cocoa puffs' bird. That would just be the straw, you know? The one that broke the camel's back and all.

By the way, it was a big bowl. A big, stupid, full bowl. You'd think I would learn a lesson from this. But I won't. This isn't the first time I've witnessed the evil side of cocoa puffs. And I'm sure it won't be the last. I'm hard headed like that. By morning, I'll have forgotten all about the incident, and I'll stumble to the pantry, half asleep, reaching without even thinking for that sinister box of pain puffs.

I've got to go sleep.....

Spaced Out

No, this is not a description of me. Well, maybe. A little. Sometimes.
Anyway...I'm finally posting some pictures of the finished outer space birthday cake I made for my son.

I will say that it didn't turn out exactly as I had planned. The yellow stars on the black cake are not at all what I imagined. But, I was really tired, and I knew my son wouldn't care a whole lot about the stars. ;-)

So, here it is...the making and completion of the space cake.



Rice Krispy planets, covered in marshmallow fondant. Okay, so they don't look a whole lot like any planets *I* recognize. It's okay. I just made up some new ones. ;)













Swirly cake batter...pre-baked and post-baked.







Fondant stars that I had to free hand, dangit, because my sweet little 3 year old lost my star cutter.











Bottom layer was supposed to look something like the sun. ;-)








And finally...the finished cake.









My sweet birthday boy, blowing out his candles...








And wow...it was for sure a colorful cake. If I ever do another one, I won't go quite so crazy with the drizzling colors. It's a little messy. :-)


All in all, this was a fun cake to make. It's fun to just get creative and colorful with something and not really have any restrictions. It was cool having two different flavors of cake as well. I'm a certified chocoholic, but I have to say that the french vanilla butter cake with that vanilla maple buttercream frosting was my favorite. Sooo good. That was the first time I'd ever thought to make my vanilla buttercream with the addition of maple extract. You have to go careful, so you don't overwhelm it. You just want a subtle taste of maple. Yum! :-)

Chocolate Love...

So my friend Angie was sweet enough to feature me on her blog and say a lot of nice things about me and my cakes. And she's also been having kind of a crappy week. So I wanted to thank her, cheer her up, and give her a little comfort. So I made her this cake.
I call it 'Chocolate Decadence', because that's exactly what it is. Not your everyday, "oh, I think I'll whip up a cake" cake. This is reserved for special occasions. And for a serious chocolate fix.
I decided to take pictures as I put the cake together, so you could get an idea of what all is going on in there. ;-)

This is a chocolate fudge cake, made with buttermilk, extra vanilla, and chocolate chips.

On this first layer, I've spread on some thick chocolate ganache. (Bring heavy cream just to a boil, and pour over chopped chocolate. Stir til silky and melted, add some pure vanilla, and you've got a bowl full of sin right there.)

I covered the *bottom* of the second layer with chocolate buttercream. I gave the ganache layer a little time to firm up and then sandwiched the two together.


I then frosted the whole cake with chocolate buttercream, put dollops of frosting on the top of the cake, garnished with Lindt chocolate hazelnut truffles, and using a sandwich baggy with the end snipped off, I drizzled ganache over the whole thing.



I think I gained several pounds making this thing. It feels like it seeped through my pores. I swear, I feel heavier just thinking about it.