Blizzard of 2013.

Jam packed weekend is on HOLD! 

Look at how cute my husband is, shoveling out Betty and our walk way!

We have rescheduled our events for this past weekend. We apologize to everyone. However Gov. Malloy has stated to stay off the roads. Just because the snow is done, doesn't mean there isn't a lot of clean up that needs to be done. We live on a very steep hill.  Chancing driving Betty down it, and um.. well not being able to stop wouldn't be a great way to start the new week.

Testing recipes all weekend :)

Love is in the air... and so is A LOT of snow!

Valentine Day Sampler Specials

Love Bug: Our Yellow Cake with Oreo Cookies baked in, filled with a marshmellow filling- topped with a chocolate Oreo whipped cream frosting, and of course a little lady bug.

Love Potion #9: A vanilla bean vodka cake is topped with a Godiva whipped frosting, strawberry sauce and an edible rose petal.

Cupids Chocoholic Hold: A devils good cake is baked with chocolate chips, a strawberry frosting, and a heart cut out, with chocolate ganache drizzle.

Baci: An angel food cake is filled with a nutella frosting, fresh whipped cream and coco powder.

Bleeding Heart: A white cake is filled with a berry compote, topped with a chocolate mousse and dark chocolate shavings and heart

Aphrodisiac:  Our dark chocolate and Merlot cake is dipped in a dark chocolate ganache, topped with a chocolate buttercream and drizzled with a Merlot reduction. 

MANcakes Valentine Sampler Specials

Chicken n' Waffles: Our cinnamon spice cake is topped with a maple buttercream, and topped with homemade buttermilk waffle bite and chicken piece.

Burnin' Love: Fit for a King- our chocolate cake is filled with a banana pudding, topped with a chocolate peanut butter frosting and a peanut butter drizzle.

Beer n' Pretzels: Our Guiness Stout Cake is dipped in a chocolate beer ganache, topped with shards of pretzels and caramel and chocolate drizzle.

American Pie: An Apple Cinnamon Cake is filled with Onyx Moonshine reduced apples & brown sugar topped with a whipped vanilla buttercream

Ozzy: Chocolate Bourbon Cake is filled with a chocolate ganache that has caramel and pecans folded in, chocolate buttercream, dark chocolate shavings and salted caramel topper. 

 The D: A cookie crust has a red velvet cake with chocolate chips baked in, a classic cream cheese frosting and a homemade chocolate chip cookie on top.

You can place your orders up to Wed morning, and delivery is free within 15 miles! 
Surprise that special someone with something a lot better then roses! 

Some from the Chocolate Lovers Expo... yes we did it- all of it! I am so proud of myself and Jeremy for doing all this baking, planning, prepping, driving, ordering, messaging just by ourselves that many bakeries have atleast a handful of employees for. We have our parents. Thank God- they help so much with the kids that it really wouldn't be possible.
I have my awesome amazing assistant at our events, Corin- who happens to be our exclusive photographer. Yes, a cupcake shop has a photographer. What can I say.. we are glamorous. Plus pictures are really what do food justice and I love having someone taking pictures of all these events. Check her out on Facebook, and her website- http://corinwintersphotography.weebly.com/contact.html

Can we finish this weekends orders...
I want a BOTTLE of wine, and a whole night of catching up on my bad reality TV shows if I do.

Oh wait, It is Bunny's birthday Monday.
After that, then another jam packed week.

Bunny is going to be 2. If you keep reading our blog- which I really hope you do, I promise I will get better; perhaps more interesting, you will get to know our kids nick names. There is Bunny, Bubby and Babe. Catchy right?

We have a ton of orders this week, PLUS this huge Chocolate Lovers Expo, we were hesitate about- but jumped in and figured WHY NOT?! Then realized Bunny's birthday is the following day, and it lands on Super Bowl. We have some orders for football day. That is one thing that helps- guys LOVE our cupcakes.

Who wouldn't love a chicken n' waffle cupcake, or our superbowl cupcake, with chicken wings on top.
Ok, most people.

There is a lot to do, and there was a lot done today as well. We have been going back and forth on a bakery space, just for commerical baking- then going back and forth on making it retail, and so on. Well I don't know how we did, but we lucked out on who we became partners with.

- Side note, I know many don't know the background, but you can go to our about us page... and figure it out. We partnered up with 2 really amazing, and genuine people. In all honesty, they are smart business people, they are kind hearted and it doesn't feel like a business meeting when we are sitting there for 3 hours, talking about serious discussions and then joking around telling Jeremy to "fuck off." Hey, sometimes you have to lighten the mood.

But yeah, the owners of John Bale saw what we had as an idea, and believed in it- in us, in our dreams.. and now we are trying to figure out the next step... and we did. Jeremy and I thought about it all night while baking and we are really excited about the step up. Stage 2 of Hardcore Sweet LLC so to speak. We will be having our own kitchen area, no more 7pm baking sessions and staying up till 3am, and then up at 6am.. No no, momma is getting on a schedule- which means MORE cupcakes, cakes, brownies, etc... and we will have our own area for retail.
In probably one of the nicest places in Waterbury- with great clientele  with partners that not only support us, but are behind us 1000%. We are excited in this next phase of our business, and can't wait to see what the warmer weather brings! Betty will be out and about as much as we can, that I can bet on! 

Pictures will be up soon from the expo. I am so lucky to have a best friend, who happens to be a fantastic photographer and helper at these events. Corin Winters Photography out of Naugatuck! So I know she will get some Glamour Shots for us.