Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! This is a special holiday to me because my mom does so many amazing things for me; she really is the best mom. But I guess I'm probably biased.

This year we are celebrating with some really rich cupcakes, but they are delicious! I found the recipe at Pale Yellow and they are called Cookie Crazy Cupcakes. I highly recommend them if you love rich cookie dough, Oreos, and chocolate chips.

I also made some Mommy-To-Be cupcakes for my boyfriend's co-worker, and they turned out SOOO adorable! I'm sure she will make a wonderful mom someday soon!

Happy Mother's Day, go spend some time with your Momma and tell her just how much you love and appreciate her.

New Letterhead and Order Forms!

This past week I decided since I've been more orders lately, I needed to become more official. I found a template on Microsoft for a purchase order, and completely personalized to make it really cute! I'm still trying to think of a name, Kaitlin's Cupcakery is only temporary. If any of you have name suggestions, let me know! Also let me know your opinions please. (:

Recent Cake Orders

I've been pretty busy the past few weeks, between the end of school, Wilton classes, and cake orders. But I am finally getting around to posting some pictures of my cake orders! (:

Two weeks ago I made a wedding reception cake for Cathi and Bill. I made a red velvet cake filled with cream cheese frosting and decorated in red and black because they are University of Georgia fans. They loved the way it turned out and it was my first stacked cake.

This past week I made an adorable birthday cake for a little girl who was turning six. I absolutely loved the colors and was very happy with the way it turned out. The mom who ordered it found a picture and sent it too me, and I have to say it turned out really close to what the picture looked like. The cake was strawberry and the cupcakes were white cake.

Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

These delicious cookies appear in just about every grocery store I've ever been in, and for good reason. They are soooooo addictive! If you've never had them, the cookie is really soft and cakey and the icing is super sweet but in a good way to complement the cookie. Everyone should at least try one of these in your lifetime.

I tried the copycat recipe for these cookies and they turned out great! The cookie part was almost identical to the real thing, but the icing was a little bit off. I decided not to do the classic round cookie, but instead I made Easter eggs and flowers.

I got the recipe from Sweet Pea's Kitchen and its posted below. Enjoy!

 

 

Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

(makes about 2 dozen 2 1/2 inch round cookies)

 

Ingredients:

3 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3/4 cup light sour cream

 

Directions:

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar at medium speed for about 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add eggs, one at a time, and mix until each is mixed in well. Add vanilla and sour cream and beat at low speed until combined. Start with 2 1/2 cups of flour and add the other dry ingredients, mix until just combined. If the dough is too soft to be rolled out add more flour until it is the right consistency. Split the dough into two halves, wrap in saran wrap, and refrigerate at least 3 hours but overnight is best. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thick. Use a 2 1/2 inch round cutter to cut circles for the classic cookie or any other shape desired, but remember they will expand a little and not completely hold their shape. Transfer the a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 425 F for 7-8 minutes. They will still look white on top but the bottoms should be golden brown. Cool on a wire rack until completely cooled.

 

Any type of buttercream icing can be used on these cookies. They real ones just have a really sweet butter and powdered sugar icing. You can use my vanilla buttercream or anything you like.

 

Hope you enjoy these cookies, I sure did!

Wilton Course 2, Night 4

This past Monday I completed the second Wilton Course and with much success! We learned the basket weave technique in this classes and some other flowers, but I chose not to include them on my cake. I made the Duncan Hines German Chocolate box cake for my final cake. I was really worried about chocolate crumbs showing through my icing, so I made chocolate icing just in case but there wasn't any crumbs! I was delicious and I filled it with German Chocolate icing.