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2/27/09

Impeccable Eye Grand Opening

Please join Simply Sweets this Saturday, February 28th, to celebrate the grand opening of the Impeccable Eye at Scottsdale Marketing Place. We will be there giving away mini cupcakes and some other sweet treats.


Scottsdale Marketplace
6310 N. Scottsdale RoadScottsdale, AZ 85253
Saturday, February 28th
1 pm



ImpeccableEye

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2/26/09

2 jungle animal themed baby shower cakes

Both of these cakes were designed to coordinate with the nursery theme and were inspired by our previous jungle themed baby shower cakes. The 2 tier cake was created to coordinate with the quilt. The second cake was made for a couples BBQ shower and was done to coordinate with a giraffe and purple themed nursery.


yellow and green jungle animal giraffe monkey and elephant baby shower cake




purple yellow and pink giraffe themed baby shower cake



Inspriration cakes:



Tan and green jungle themed baby shower cake




Jungle themed baby shower cake

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Surprise 60th Birthday Celebration

red and black package 60th birthday cake



We created this red and black sassy circles version of our popular package cake for a surprise 60th birthday party. This cake is very popular and works great for a man's birthday and has also been used for baby showers and baptisms. This cake is iced with buttercream with fondant accents - you can even eat the bow and tag!

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2/25/09

A Pink and Green CupKate Celebration

pink and green first birthday cupcake tower

This 1st birthday cupcake tower was created for a pink and green cupcake themed celebration. The little one's name is Kate and her nickname is cupcake or cupKate so this were the perfect design for her 1st birthday. The jumbo cake was used as her smash cake which she definately enjoyed and made a big mess with chocolate cake everywhere. The mom requested pink, green and sparkly so to get the cupcakes extra sparkly we dipped them in crystal sugar - so girly!



pink and green first birthday cupcake tower topper smash cake




pink and green first birthday cupcake tower cupcake view

The party favors were white chocolate dipped marshmallow pops sprinkled with pink nonpareils. The custom tags were made to coordinate with the adorable party invitations that were handmade by a local crafter.

1st birthday pink marshmallow pops



CupKate invitation


This is another first birthday I've done this year where I also did the their mom's baby shower cake, the popular pink and green 2 tier baby shower cake - so exciting, can't wait for the second birthday!

Baby Rhoads

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Apple Green and Pink Sassy Circles Bridal Shower Cupcake Tower

Green pink and white sassy circles bridal shower cupcake tower

This cupcake tower was ordered for a bridal shower with an apple green and pink theme. The design is our popular sassy circles design. The topper cake was ordered for the bride to be to take home and enjoy with her fiance. This tower display was delivered to North Scottsdale.

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Chocolate Baby Blocks Baby Shower Sheet Cake

The 1/2 sheet cake (12 inches by 16 inches) was ordered for a recent baby shower with a blocks and baby feet theme. The baby blocks that we make are very popular - each block is made from 6 pieces of molded chocolate and we have the option of using 4 blocks to spell BABY or 3 blocks for ABC (or any name that you spell with the letters ABCY such as ABBY).



blue and white baby block and rattle baby shower sheet cake

Here's a few other baby shower cakes we've done in the past incorporating the chocolate baby blocks:


Pink Baby Blocks Baby Shower cake




brown and blue bears and baby blocks themed baby shower cake copy




Baby Shower Baby Matthew

And then there's the Baby Block themed cake that was a large 3D block:

3D Baby Block Cake

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2/24/09

Sage green and brown polka dot umbrella baby shower cake

sage green polka dot umbrella baby shower cake



I love this cake - the colors and the design. This cake was ordered by a customer who I had created her baby shower cake for her (the very popular pink and black ladybug baby shower cake) and when it was her turn to host a shower she contacted us to create a design to coordinate with the partyware and invitation for a couples shower. The cake is white sourcream cake with 2 layers of chocolate mousse filling and a center layer of raspberry mousse and iced with chocolate buttercream.

The cake we created for the host for her shower last July:

pink and black ladybug themed baby shower cake

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3rd Birthday Construction Themed Cupcake Cake

Brendans construction 3rd birthday cupcake cake


I created this cupcake cake for our family party for my son's 3rd birthday. I've already posted his dinosaur cupcakes that I sent to school and I still have to post his big birthday party that was dinosaur themed. Because he has a December birthday we had a small party on his birthday with family and then a larger party with his friends in mid January. He's a typical boy and loves construction trucks and has learned the names of all the different types. The road is made from fondant and the dirt is Oreo cookie crumbs. I purchased the vehicles from Toys R Us.


birthday boy

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2/9/09

1st Birthday Sesame Street Themed Celebration

1st birthday red blue yellow and green birthday cake




blue 1 smash birthday cake

This cake and smash cake was design to coordinate with a line of 1st Birthday Sesame Street themed partyware. This cake was inspired by my son's 1st birthday cake which I have repeated in different sizes and color schemes.

1st birthday 2tier



shooting stars 1st birthday single tier



black and red 1st birthday 2 tiered cake


This was a special cake to do because I also did the cake for Matt's baby shower

Baby Shower Baby Matthew

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Blue and Brown Sassy Circles Cupcake for Child's Birthday Party

These cupcakes were ordered by a mom who won one of our gift certificates at the Stetson Hills PTSA Quarter Auction and she used it to order cupcakes for her daughter's birthday. Cupcakes are done in blue and brown with half iced with American buttercream and half with chocolate buttercream.


Blue and Brown Sassy Circles Cupcakes

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Packaged Dinosaur Birthday Cupcakes

I created these packaged cupcakes for my son's birthday celebration at his preschool. The cupcakes were done in a bright blue, green and orange topped with a stegosaurous or triceratops on each with a note that read "Happy 3rd Birthday Brendan". They send the treats home with the kids so I packaged the cupcakes in bags with custom tags. The cupcake are iced with fondant so that they wouldn't get messy in the bags.



packaged dinosaur cupcakes

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Sleeping Bear themed baby shower cake

This baby shower cake was designed to coordinate with the nursery theme of bears, paw prints and plaid in a muted red, brown and tan. This cake is a 12 inch round which serves approximately 45 - we decided against a two tiered version because the customer was transporting this cake several hours north.


sleeping bear blue brown and red baby shower cake



We love to hear from our customers and received 2 great emails right after the shower from our customers who ordered this cake:

I know my mom sent you an email regarding the cake. I too want to thank you for working with us and really making it a big hit! We did pass out cards and people thought it was delicious! I hate to say this, but I was really nervous that people wouldn't stick around for the cake and/or not want a piece thinking it would be too much. But some people came back for seconds. We of course, had a piece and it was great! Everyone couldn't say enough about the taste and the presentation of it. I'm sure you get a ton of compliments on your work, but we really wanted to express our thanks and the feedback. S.

the second email

Hello this is D., S.'s mom. You delivered the absolutely most cutest bear cake to us Friday. We delivered it with no problems up to Chino Valley and it was in good shape. I'd like to thank you for making it and going way above what we expected. I know you put a lot of work into it, to make it to our color specs etc. Its obvious you do good work by your website, but to see it in person, was so much more unbelieveable...Everyone was very impressed with it, and the taste was wonderful. We had plenty for everyone, including all the men we anticipated taking home pieces. your suggestions on how to cut it and to take the little bear off really helped. it worked out perfect. he came off all in 1 piece, including the Brady ribbon in front to save for the parents. thank you again for everything, it was delicious. Good luck with your future baking!! D.

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Dinosaur 3rd Birthday Cake

3rd Birthday Dinosaur Volcano Cake

This is the dinosaur volcano cake I created for my son's 3rd birthday party. This year he got 3 Simply Sweets creations - dinosaur cupcakes for school, construction themed cupcake cake for our family party and this cake for his big party.

The themed of the party was dinosaurs - you can read more about all the details on the Desert Parties Blog - Real Parties: 3rd Birthday Dinosaur Themed Celebration. I chose a volcano because my son loves volcanos first learning about them from Little Einstein's Hawaii episode and he thinks the mountains near our house are volcanos. The volcano part of the cake is double chocolate sourcream cake with chocolate buttercream. The base of the cake is white sourcream with strawberry mousse filling.

I also made chocolate dinosaur suckers for favors.

Here's his 1st and 2nd birthday cakes - both have become very popular with our Simply Sweets customes and we have repeated the designs multiple times!



Brendans train cake 2nd birthday



1st birthday 2tier

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2/3/09

Its time to order your Valentine's Day Simply Sweets Treats

cake, cupcakes, chocolates, brownies, sugar cookies...so many options - what will you order?

husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, children, teachers, classmates...don't leave anyone off your list.

Here's some photos of creations we've done in the past to give you some inspiration


Valentine basket




red Valentine cupcakes




pink Valentine cupcakes




Valentine rice krispie treats




Valentine rice krispie treat in mailbox




Oreo daisy pink striped baskets




Valentine pretzels




Valentine fortune cookies




pink chocolate marshmellows




kiss




heart pretzels




heart box with oreos




boxed valentine oreos

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