Cakery

We recently received our new license plate and wanted to share it with those of you who haven't spotted us yet driving around town. Cakery - I think it describes our business well, at least when you are limited to 8 letters and numbers.

Our car decal was done by Quote the Walls, a local web-based business. If you own your business, you should order a car decal - its great advertising if you do as much driving as I do.

Remember, Simply Sweets delivers to all parts of the Valley - delivery starts at $10 and price is based on the delivery address. Especially popular is our surprise birthday and thank-you deliveries to offices with a gift box of cupcakes or a gift basket of chocolates - please place your orders ahead of time.

Happy 4th Birthday Brooke {Princess Tiara Birthday Cake}

We created this very girly princess tiara cake for Brooke's 4th birthday Princess Tea Party - cake iced with light pink buttercream frosting, bright pink diamond design with pearls, pink princess tiara with her name done in a very girly curlz font and the finishing touch with the ckae board wrapped in a hot pink feather boa! We've been creating Brooke and her brother's birthday cakes for a few years now and its always exciting to hear about their next birthday party - their mom plans the best themed parties! You can see more details on the party on their family blog.

This cake was inspired by some past tiara cakes:

Brooke's 3rd Birthday Cake - Little Mermaid themed Swim Party

Calfiornia Cake Camp 2009 - Las Vegas, NV

We had a great weekend in Las Vegas for Cake Camp. What is Cake Camp? Its hosted by the California Cake Club and its 3 days of classes taught by instructors who travel from all over for this great event. There's also a vendor area so its always a great way to stock up on some of the latest new cake gadgets. Its inspriing to spend 3 days with other bakery owners, cake decorators and hobbyists. Even though its hosted by the California Cake Club, the last 3 camps have been held in Las Vegas, NV at the Riviera Hotel and Casino. This was my 4th year attending camp.

I took many great classes from some great instructors many of whom you may recognize from cake challenges on Food Network and TLC including Colette Peters, Marina Sousa, Norman Davis, Zane Berg, Becky Rink and Susan Carberry.

Vegas is such a unique town - I ventured out of the casino during a break to get a soda - where do you think I am???

Its McDonalds - only in Vegas. It was huge, very different from your typical shop, and they had free wi-fi.

I took a little side trip off the strip to visit a local Las Vegas manufacturer of amazing sugar craft supplies - Chef Rubber. They create molds, supplies, and ingredients to many of the top sugar and chocolate artists. Their shop is amazing - shelves and shelves of amazing colors, dusts, pearls, molds, cutters and so much more. I brought back some dragees, pearl and disco dusts and a variety of airbrush colors - can't wait to get in the shop to play with these!

The drive back to Phoenix always takes longer because of the traffic jam through Hoover Dam on a weekend. It looks like they're building a bridge to go over the dam to help with traffic - hopefully this will be completed before my next drive to Las Vegas in 2011!

We're back in Phoenix and very busy with baby showers and other celebrations. We're also getting ready for a great October with Halloween treats and some special pink ribbon treats to raise money for Komen for the Cure.