Monday, October 31, 2011

All Things Spooky . . .

Happy Halloween! A full week of spooky treats. 


Buttercream witch hats.


Sugar cookies.


Front view of a Halloween birthday cake.


Side view, so you can see the ghosts, of the same Halloween birthday cake.


A spider-themed 1st birthday cake.


Sparkly Halloween cake pops.

Two brand new cupcake flavors on the menu this week! Come in and try them out - Pecan Pie and Orange Creamsicle.  I have to say, they are both good, but the Pecan Pie is amazing!

Monday, October 24, 2011

A Few Changes . . .

Another busy week and another one on the horizon.  Halloween is fast approaching and we have tons of special requests for spooky treats.  We are completely booked for Saturday orders but still have a slot or two for Friday or Sunday pick up.  Yes, I said Sunday.  Normally we would be closed on Sunday but this Sunday, in honor of Halloween, we will be open from 10 - 2.  These are special holiday hours, not something we are planning to do weekly, at this point. 

We are, however, making a permanent change in our Friday hours.  After several weeks of talking about it and watching our sales during the early mornings and later hours of the day, we have decided that as of this Friday, we will now be open from 10 - 6 on Fridays.  We just do not have enough early morning traffic or later evening traffic to justify opening early or staying later at this point.  We appreciate the 3 or 4 of you that have come by early on Friday mornings and are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.  We just don't seem to be generating much business for breakfast.  Everybody wants cupcakes!  We will now be offering our Cinnamon Rolls just on Saturday mornings for those of you who still want to come by for breakfast.

A few pictures from this past weekend (it was all about babies this week) . . . 


A baby shower cake to match the new baby's bedding and shower invitations.


Baby girl shower favors.


A cupcake tower, cake and cupcakes.


This little baby just made me smile!

Have a great week! 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A Customer Review . . .

I meant to post this in my weekly post on Sunday, but am just now getting around to it.  One of our first time customers sent me an email this past week after visiting our shop.  She bought our All Chocolate Cupcake and here's what she thought . . .

Hi Amy,

I just visited your cupcake café and enjoyed a chocolate ganache cupcake. I was thinking as I left with my cupcake, “Oh this is a big cupcake; I will eat half when I get back to the office and the other half later after dinner.” Well, I took one bite and I was lost in the land of chocolate, butter cream, chocolate, ganache, and more chocolate. I ate the whole thing in a state of mesmerizing chocolaty bliss! It is, umm, was, the best cupcake I have ever eaten! Wow! Whatever you are doing in that kitchen of yours is working, keep it up! I will be back soon and often.

Still smiling thinking about that cupcake,

Dawn

Love to hear good things! Thanks Dawn!