who doesn't want cakettes?!

Well it's that lovely gift giving time of year again. We did dainty platters last year and while we specialize in cakes; the cookies and treats drove us to drink (just eggnogg of course :)

So this year we figured, let's give them what they want.

Cakettes.

Perfect for your customers, friends or family, we haven't had someone yet who doesn't like these darn things.

They come in two sizes and will be packaged up in this lovely box. We have a large one of 30 pieces (for $45) and the small with 15 pieces ($25).

They will both come with chocolate cakettes, vanilla cakettes and red velvet cakettes. The flavours can be swapped out with some of our inhouse varieties if you want to change them up. No custom flavours though please, just the choices we have in house.

24 hours needed for ordering, give us a shout at 612-9866!

Fathers Day!

Available at the shop on Saturday!

limited supply...

mother's day 2011

call the shop at 612-9866 to order yours today!

We were asked earlier in the month if we were interested in submitting some photos to Chatelaine for their 14 days of cupcakes. what did we say? Well heck yes, of course!

Who doesn't want to be featured?!

After taking shot after shot i reread the email where it (clearly) states- one shot looking down, one looking straight ahead.

Boo.

Jenn went to town with her artistic creativity and her fancy camera.

So here are just a few of the shots we took that we couldn't submit.

Yum!

Check it all out here!

Thought it was pretty silly to post summer pictures, so to counteract it here are some seasonal favs. Hope you are all ready for the gathering of friends and family.

Take some time to enjoy it all!

happy movember!

doing our part to help save the boys we love!

grow a stash to help raise awareness, or buy a Guinness stout cupcake with Irish cream butter cream to show you REALLY care.

everyone we sell we will donate $1 to Prostate Cancer Canada

check out movember.com to see what you can do

(should growing a stash not be your cup of tea...)

happy halloween!

here comes the halloween cupcake parade!

I remember in elementary school that we would dress up and then parade through the other classrooms to show the other kids our costumes.

So cute.

These little ghost ones kind of tie in with our weather here this week.

They look so cold.

Sitting in a little snow pile.

Shivering.

And the best purchase this season was our chocolate molds, one set of skulls and one set of eyeballs. The trick though? having enough time to make them. So we opted to just do white skulls.

These toppers are available all week on our regular cupcakes, no pre-orders necessary for them, but always appreciated.

We'll stock up lots for Saturday!

how do YOU get to work?

Fancy motorcycle perhaps?

Monster trucks?

Personally, I favor my submarine.

My yellow submarine.

Where we all live :)

almost turkey time!

We hope to see you all down here next week at this time to pick up your Thanksgiving pumpkin pie! Give the shop a call at 612-yumm (9866) to place an order for yours, only $10 for wholesome handmade full of love pie. You can also reach us by email at cakeologycakes@gmail.com

happy spring!

I find it only fitting that as I post about the arrival of spring that I can hear on the radio in the kitchen that we are expecting snow tomorrow.
Lovely.
With a wind warning.
Glad my sign isn't up yet...

But so many other things are ready to go! I hope to be able to call the health inspector on Monday to come in and check us out.

In the mean time, here are some of my latest cakes. I chose some pretty ones as spring time makes me want to make pretty things. Speed up that whole "cleaning up winter" process.
Have a great long weekend!

cakettes for kids

I first want to start with a huge virtual thank-you to Bakerella, who inspires me all the time.
Endless ideas and endless supply of sprinkles
(I like to think that maybe one day I'll be famous enough that she may pop in and say oh hey pam, no problem!)
I absolutely love the online community of people who make things; baked treats, cakes, crafts and sewing... they're funny, they photograph so well and they share. Like we're all good friends :)
Aren't we though?
If you'd like to try your hand at these little cake pops, do it! Bakerella has step by step instructions and lovely pictures. She'll inspire you too, just keep reading her stuff! If you need help you can always ask me too, I'd love to help. In the future we'll offer these as a class at the bakery, so fun!

I did these ones up on sticks to show you how easy they become handout treats. Office co-workers, your kids class, their teacher, your neighbours, grocery store clerks, the sedin brothers, the mailman...really, everyone.
Except me.
(Please honey, if I eat another one of these I will seriously explode. I'm going to need something different for Valentine's Day.)
These and those damn imperial cookies will have me in a sugar coma any day now...

I digress! The cake pops are available from the 8th to the 12th of February, or as I have dubbed it "my staff are going to kill me" week. Just how many will we make? I'll run a contest for you on the 15th. See if I'm alive then.
They come individually bagged, tied with white ribbon and can be boxed if giving as a gift. Please order by emailing me at cakeologycakes@gmail.com, let me know how many you'd like and which day you'd like them. They are $1 each, minimum of 5 please.

valentines day

It's that time of year again. The sugar high of Christmas has long past and the resolutions for the New Year have been shelved for another year. All these short chilly days followed by long dark nights are wearing down my resistance.
Resistance to all things chocolate.
I'm afraid I may be too weak...

How am I supposed to say no to something that cute? Something so delicious and unsuspecting. I have no defense.
Nada.
Nothin.
Zip.
I surrender, white flags are waving...
Ask me how many of these I've already eaten through the photo shoot.
No wait, don't ask...

So please, drop me an email and order some of these for your loved one and help me spread the deliciousness. And help get them away from me. It's simply not fair for me to be the only one enjoying them :)

(and what exactly are they you ask? cakettes! of course! our classic chocolate or vanilla cake mixed with butter cream icing, hand rolled and dipped in dark or white chocolate)

$10 for a box of 9, all packaged up pretty for you. Drop me a line at cakeologycakes@gmail.com to place your order. They'll be ready for February 11th, 12th & 13th.

you can't eat roses....

In a rare and unexpected turn of events, I have actually beat a time line. I had hoped, skeptically of course, to have some Valentine's Day treats made, tested and photographed by January 31st.

And it's only the 14th!
What the bleep!
Go me!
(and no, I will not disclose what got pushed aside in order to fart around making imperial cookies...)

Regardless, aren't they pretty? And oh so tasty. My favorite is waiting a couple of days to eat them (oh so hard, I have to literally hide them). Sure, cookies are great fresh from the oven, but when it comes to imperials, a couple days is worth their weight in gold. The glazed icing seeps into the top cookie, making it soft and rich, the jam dries slightly to the touch, giving it that thick gooey texture. Don't even get me started about the flavours! This is just the beginning...
The reds, classic favorite, strawberry. Can never go wrong with the strawberry. The yellow ones are peach. Pretty tasty too, but next time I'll try apricot. Let hubby decide the first run of yellows and while the peach is good, I think the apricot will be a stronger flavour. We'll keep you posted :)
And the piece de resistance? The deep purple ones.
Saskatoon's.
That's right, a Manitoba classic meets a classic cookie. So good.

So, should you like, these lovely classics are for sale.
They are $20 per dozen, ordered by the dozen only please :)
please indicate flavour choices-strawberry, raspberry, apricot, peach, blueberry, saskatoon
(around 3 or 4 flavours per dozen makes a good mix)

And in true Manitoba spirit, who doesn't like a deal? Order by February 1st and I'll have them packaged up all pretty and delivered on February 12th to the place of your choice! (Winnipeg city limits please)

valentine oh valentine...

In amidst all of the meetings and plannings I've been trying to think of something clever for Valentines Day this year. These berries are looking mighty good...

snowgirls

Cute little snowman cake, combining the season and her birthday!
I have come to seriously love crystally rock sugar. I think I used it on at least 50% of my cookie designs and now can`t get enough of it on cakes. So sparkly. Time for good ole' bland January to rear her ugly cold head. Fortunately I'm up to my ears in license's, permits, plumbers, used equipment, auctions, lawyers and my in-laws :) nothing to make time fly by like being busy!

join the handmade revolution...

So many things to touch on with this post...where to begin...

Let's start with the owls. Am feeling the owly love around these parts lately. Owls to me, remind me of fall, and fall has certainly arrived. I haven't seen the sidewalk for a couple of days now.

I had the prestigious opportunity to be in my first wedding show this weekend, and with none other than Madeline of Madeline's Wedding's herself. It's been a real honour to work with her and her team as their "cake girl" and appreciate the lovely couples they send my way. Knowing their cake will be in a stunningly decorated room makes me even happier.

Madeline's hosted her very own wedding show, with her hand selected vendors at the St. Boniface Golf Course this past Sunday. I did up two cakes for the event and this is one of them.

So pretty.

Back to the owls...

In my excitement to do up some demo cakes with no limits to the design, I hit up etsy for some topper inspiration. I knew I wanted some cuties for the top and cuties I found. The world of handmade has exploded and places like etsy are a treasure trove of fun. I like to look through the "shop local" category and find some local artists. That's how I came across Heather Bays. I contacted her with some pictures and asked if she would consider making me these adorable owls for this show and away she went. These little guys arrived in the mail a couple weeks later and the rest is history. To see what else she makes and some other fabulous cake toppers, go here. Isn't she great? Just lovely work :)
Thanks Heather!

my first competition!

I entered a dessert competition last week and here's the cake I did for it. It's a four layer pumpkin cake, with cinnamon butter cream. Did the outside all in fondant, all the decor too.
Sigh.
I didn't win :(
It was for a hospital foundation though, so really didn't need to win, needed to make a fantastic cake they could auction off and raise some money with.
That, I did do :)