Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is coming up! For this special event I have a special offer for those in the area!
Offer starts February 1st and ends February 15th at midnight!

New Business!

Hello readers!
I have now created my own website for my business. The name of my business is Sarah's Sweets . Since I now have this new website, I will be using this blog for my business. This business is based in Mt. Pleasant, MI, so for those reading that are in the area, you are in luck! But even if you aren't, please check it out, and share. This business is still in the beginning stages, and could really use some advertisement! ;)  To help get the word out:
~ Like and Share my page on Facebook
~ Follow me on Twitter
~ Add and Share my page on Google+
~ And check out my website! Sarah's Sweets

Thanks so much!

~ Socialbutterfly

My first wedding

Hello Readers!
Aren't these beautiful?
I made these for a wedding, and they turned out beautifully! If you remember, I actually the same thing for the Victorian cupcakes. They are just in white, and have really cool cupcake wrappers.

And by the way, Thumbs up to the new Wilton boxes! They are so much sturdier than the others, and I was able to transport all 160 cupcakes in them without any of them breaking!

Thanks for reading!
Keep Baking!

Socialbutterfly
 

Victorian Cupcakes

Hello Readers!
Look at these gorgeous cupcakes that I did for a little girl's birthday!

 

These were so pretty, and so easy to do! The first step was to create the flowers that were on top of some of them. The smaller flowers are violets, and the larger ones are prim roses.

I made three different kinds:

The ones on the far left were probably the most simple to do. All they are, is a swirl of frosting, with edible pearls from Wilton, and a buttercream flower on top.
The ones in the middle:

 Were also pretty simple. I just frosted the cupcake, then I took a large star tip and piped stars all over. Then I put edible pearls in the middle of each "star", and added leaves.

 

The Last ones were a bit trickier. I used my large star tip and made a shell border around the edge, then I piped a large mound in the middle. I added leaves and put on some edible pearls. 





Thanks for reading!

Keep Baking!

 

Socialbutterfly

Two cakes

Hello readers!

Today I made two cakes:



 

 

 

 

 

 The one on the left is a dark chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling, and fudge frosting.

The decorations are white wilton roses made with a #104 tip, and green leaves, and a white shell border using a #32 closed star tip.

 

 

 

The one on the right is a yellow cake with raspberry filling and cream cheese frosting. The decorations are smaller wilton roses using a #101 tip and the color was made by adding some golden yellow to pink. the shell border is made with a #32 closed star tip, and green leaves.

 

Thank you for reading!

 

Socialbutterfly

 



Summer Testing

Hello Readers!
 Summer is here, which means no school, and a little more time to relax. But, as summer gets closer, cake orders become more frequent. But this year I am determined to try some new recipes to add to my "menu". Here is a list of what I am hoping to try this summer:

Gluten-free:
Lemonade Cake
Hot Cocoa Cake (really want to try this one!)
Passion Fruit
Chocolate Orange
Banana
Strawberry
Chocolate
Yellow
White

Regular:
Red Velvet Cake
Lemonade Cake
Hot Cocoa Cake
Passion Fruit Cake
Orange Cake


Yes, you read right! Gluten-Free Lemonade Cake. Sounds a little weird. I heard it is really good, and decided that I should try to convert it to a Gluten-Free cake, so that my little brother, Beany, can have it. Plus, it would be a good edition to my business, on account of how many people are Gluten-Free. I am also working on adding Dairy-Free as well, on account of my other brother, Builder, not being able to have Dairy, which is really hard on him, since he is the first one that offers to lick the spoon! Now since two of my brothers have restrictions, that helps me in a way, because they are my official taste testers. I also have a few friends who would love to help me. Who knows, maybe I will figure out a Gluten-Free recipe that is really good!
Thanks for reading!

Keep Baking!

Socialbutterfly

~How To~

Here's another "How To"! Don't worry if you are getting tired of the "How To's", I'll soon be posting about how to make a cake from a box taste like a cake made from scratch.

Anyway let's get to it!

This cake is a triple chocolate cake, filled with dark chocolate ganache. 

You can either use canned frosting, or make your own dark chocolate frosting.

After you have made your frosting, frost the cake generously with it.

Then place Hershey's kisses and pipe stars around then as well as on on top of

each. Then with a larger tip, pipe stars around the bottom for a boarder.

Then pipe on the words.
This cake was made for my neighbor's radio station.

Thanks for reading!

Keep Baking!

...Socialbutterfly...