12/30/11
Gift Boxes filled with Cupcakes Topped with the Company Logo
We created these cupcake gift boxes for a local technology staffing company, Prime Team Partners. Each gift box contained 6 cupcakes topped with their corporate logo (done with an edible image on a fondant plaque). We heard that the gift boxes were a huge hit with the recipients!
12/27/11
Christmas Themed 30th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
We created this 3D package cake and coordinating Christmas cupcakes for a 30th wedding annviersary party. Their annviersary was earlier in the year but they waited until the holidays to celebration when family and friends would be in town. The cake is iced with buttercream decorated with a scroll design and topped with a 3D fondant bow. Cupcakes were done in a mixture of buttercream and fondant.
Holiday Chocolate Dipped Oreo Gift Boxes
Chocolate dipped oreos are always a hit! These are some gift boxes we created for the holidays in a mixture of white chocolate topped with peppermint candy, dark chocolate with white snowflakes, and milk chocolate with sprinkles.
Custom themes available. These would make great hostess gifts or perfect for Valentine's Day.
12/21/11
Christmas Mini Cupcakes - last chance to order for Christmas Eve
Or how about some Christmas Candy Kabobs - great stocking stuffers! $3.50 each. We have some ready made (while they last) or call ahead to reserve your sweets.
Christmas Cookies and Mini Cupcakes Holiday Gift Delivery
We delivered a box of our Christmas ornament glace sugar cookies and mini cupcakes to a medical office as a holiday gift from one of their patients. Have you tried a glace iced sugar cookie? Much tastier than a traditional royal iced sugar cookie - yum! And mini cupcakes are always a hit.
12/20/11
Pink Flamingo 21st Birthday Cake
Our customer ordered this cake for her son's 21st birthday celebration - the party was themed around a photo of him imitating a flamingo and party decorations included a lot of pink and black. We delivered this cake to a residence in Paradise Valley.
12/10/11
Pink, Red and Aqua Blue Train Cupcakes for a Girl's 4th Birthday
Oue popular train cupcakes this time done in pink, red and aqua to coordinate with the party colors. This party was held in the train party room at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. We also made mini cupcakes for the adults and topped them with a 4 - the birthday girl's age that was being celebrated.
Cupcakes Topped with a White and Blue Cross Topper for a Boy's Baptism
Cupcakes for a Joint 50th Birthday Party
These cupcakes were ordered for a 50th birthday party for two people that was held at a country club. Our very popular golfball cupcake for the man and pink and green girly monogram cupcakes for the woman.
12/9/11
Racecar Themed 7th Birthday Cupcakes for a Ridemakerz Party
These cupcakes were topped with racing flags, racecar tires and flames all done in red, orange, yellow and black for a party that was held at Ridemakerz in Glendale. Cupcakes were white sourcream and baked in our black foil cupcake liners (love these!). We also created a personalized jumbo cupcake for the birthday boy.
customer feedback:
Unbelievable!!! That is all I can say.They were not only amazing looking, but really good!Even the store said they never saw anything like it before.Thank you
70th Wedding Anniversary Picnic Themed Cake
We created this cake for a 70th wedding anniversary celebration held in Paradise Valley. The event was catered by Jonathan's Catering and was a picnic themed party. The cake was designed as a country scene with a white picket fence, grass and flowers. The cake was topped with a red and white checkered tablecloth and a picnic basket (chocolate fondant covered rice krispie treat).
12/8/11
Pink, Yellow and Green 6th Birthday Cupcake Tower - hearts, butterflies and flowers
We created this cupcake tower for a 6th birthday celebration that was held at Pump It Up, Scottsdale. The birthday girl requested pink with lots of flowers and vertical hearts on top. The cake is topped with a 6 surrounded by a cascade of flowers. Cupcakes were topped with flowers, hearts and butterflies. Our customer rented our 4 tier cupcake stand for display.
photo of the setup (taken with an iphone)
Candy Kabobs - kids love them!
Candy Kabobs are so popular with our customers as party favors or just a fun surprise for kids! We can design them to go with any color scheme and add a personalized tag for a fun and unique party favor.
Holiday Special - Preorder Holiday Candy Kabobs for $3.50 each (no minimum order). Great for stocking stuffers or gifts. Color options - red/green, red/white, blue/white. Minimum 3 day advance notice is required for orders.
12/7/11
Colorful 9th Birthday Cake for a Lego Ninjago themed birthday party
Legos are so popular for boys especially the ages 5 - 10 (my almost 6 year old son is in a lego phase, especially Lego Ninjago). This cake design has been very popular this year - cake is iced a bright yellow with red and green stipes. The fondant covered cake board is imprinted with a dot pattern and we made fondant buliding blocks arrange in the shape of the number 9. Our customer added some Lego Ninjago characters to the cake and cake board. This is a 8 inch round perfect for a smaller party. Fun!
inspiration cake:
12/6/11
2nd Birthday Construction Themed Cake
We created this 2 tier 2nd birthday for a little boy who loves trucks and tools. The cake designed in blue, red, yellow and orange with a dump truck on the top tier and the sides decorated with tools.
12/5/11
Yellow and Pink Bee Hive Baby Shower Cupcake Tower
We created this bee hive cupcake tower for a baby shower for a girl. Our customers stopped in our shop to order a jungle themed cake but when they saw a photo of the bee hive cupcake tower that we did a few years ago, they switched the theme. Because this shower was for a girl, we made the flowers pink and white, iced half the cupcakes pink and tinted the cake batter for the bee hive cake pink. Our customer rented our 3 tier cupcake tower for display.
inspiration cupcake tower topper (this one was for a winnie the pooh themed baby shower):
12/2/11
Cupcake 101 and Cupcake 102 - upcoming Simply Sweets decorating classes
Cupcakes are so popular and great to make for parties, get togethers, gifts or just fun to make as a family fun activity. We have created 2 classes, Cupcake 101 and Cupcake 102 to teach you everything you want to know about decorating cupcakes.
In Cupcake 101 you will learn how to ice a cupcake with buttercream using the 3 main icing tips - tube, open star and closed star. You will also learn how to use some of the smaller decorating tips to ice a cupcake for a more creative look. We will cover decorating with sprinkles, pearls, edible glitter, disco dust, airbrushing, candy and molded chocolates. We will discuss cupcake liners, display ideas, tansportation and storarge. We will review the different types of icings and their applications and our reccomendations of recipe resources. We will also show you our favorite methods for filling a cupcake. Everything is included and you will take home 1 dozen decorated cupcakes.
In Cupcake 102 we will covered fondant cupcake toppers and covering a cupcake with fondant. You will learn about using gumpaste modeling tools, cutters, embossers, molds, pearl and luster dusts.
Both classes are offered in the evening and daytime - please visit our class schedule page for more information. Advance registration is required!
Race Car Themed 2nd Birthday Cupcake Tower
We created this cupcake tower for a 2nd birthday race car themed celebration. Everything was done in red, yellow, black and white. The cupcakes were topped with a monogram, 2 for the birthday boy's age, happy birthday and black and white checkered racing flags.
12/1/11
Pink and Purple Polka Dots Topped with a Bow for a 2nd Birthday Minnie Mouse Celebration
Minnie Mouse is always a popular theme for little girl's birthdays. We created this cake in with bright pink and purple polka dots to coordinate with the birthday girl's outfit. The cake is topped with a large polka dot bow.
Here's a small collage of some of the cakes and cupcakes that we've created this year for Minnie Mouse themed birthday celebrations:Horse Racing Themed Cupcakes for a Retirement
We created these cupcakes for a retirement party on 11-11-11. The party was held at the local race track, Turf Paradise, and we topped the cupcakes with horses, trophies, horse shoes along with a monogram and 11-11-11. Everything was done in cream, green and brown and our customr rented our 2 tier rustic metal tower to display the cupcakes.