Cupcakes Galore!

It has been about a month since I last sat down to write up a wrap up. It is so amazing how time flies! This has been a really great past month. I have been really blessed by some great contacts and clients and have been asked to participate in some really great events very soon...if I don't pop before then! This past weekend I participated in the Otter Creek Church of Christ Christmas in July Festival! It was fun to see old and new friends and share some yummy holiday cupcakes with all of the guests. I have done a couple of huge cupcake weddings and am excited about getting some pictures of those events soon. In a couple of weeks I will be providing some dessert for Nashville Cream, a battle of the bands and sweets at the Cannery Ballroom put on by the Nashville Scene. For more info check out www.nashvillescene.com. I will have a selection of cupcake flavors for all to enjoy! I was also contacted by March of Dimes a few weeks ago to participate in their Signature Chefs Auction and Event in September, incidentally the day before my scheduled delivery! They pick people who they believe are the top 20 cooks/chefs in Nashville so this is a HUGE honor! I am so excited and hope that my bun is still in the oven so I can get them some sweets to share with all of the guests!
Here are a few pictures of some past events and cakes, ranging from first to eighteenth birthday and more. Enjoy and happy baking!

Time to Breath!

It has been so good to hear from many of you who have located me through my blog! I have been so busy with life, cakes and cooking these past few months that I have not had much time to catch everyone up on Ice This! I am going into my third trimester with my second baby boy so I am starting to slowly not see my feet or ankles. I have made some fun new creations in the past few weeks but like always, I have forgotten to take any pictures. If you are a client and have a photo of an Ice This creation you would like to share, please email the image to brookelit@hotmail.com. I would greatly appreciate it! From whales and ducks to giraffes and monkey's I have been creating just about every animal known to man out of sugar the past couple of months! This past week I also had my first cupcake wedding, only 400 of them, and was able to test out my new custom made cupcake stand! It turned out better then I expected and I hope the bride was as happy as I when she saw the 4' tower of sugary heaven! I promise to post pictures soon.
Have a great HOT holiday weekend. Happy Baking!

Diaper Cakes

In the past few months I have participated in a few shows for my cakes and have become friends with Jacqueline of baby2bnashville.com. If you are going to be throwing a shower for anyone or know of any who is expecting and you need to purchase a gift, baby2b offers a huge selection of amazing and sassy custom made diaper cakes. I happen to know of at least 15 people expecting right around the time I am due so I could easily keep Jaqueline busy for the next couple of months. She and her partner hand make each cake and can customize every aspect for the cake from the burp cloths and blankets to bows and trimmings. Unlike my cakes, hers can be shipped anywhere and will not melt or crumble on the way! Her work is beautiful and I highly recommend a baby2b diaper cake! By the way, I am expecting another boy :)
www.baby2bnashville.com

Long time, No blog

Just because I have not blogged lately doesn't mean that I have not been busy! Our life has been so full of surprises lately it is almost overwhelming. I am currently 18 weeks into my second pregnancy so that alone has made me forget almost everything and be too tired to remember what I didn't forget. Wrigley, my baby is a month away from being 3! It is hard to think of how fast three years has flown by! I want to just sit down and bottle him up right now and capture each word he says and each face he makes and pray that I never forget these precious moments! In the past couple of months I have had a cake showing at the lovely Spruce in Brentwood, had a cake on the cover of the Valentine's issue of the Nashville Scene, been in my best friends wedding and did her cake and been to Oklahoma for my mom to have a last minute health procedure! We have been so busy but life is really good and our cup is really running over. I have been so bad about taking pictures of some cakes (what's new?) but some of my clients have been kind enough to email me their orders and I am so glad. I have several weddings on the books so far for this summer so it looks like it is going to be a fun year coming up. Enjoy and happy baking!

Sweet and Sassy

Mario Kart

50 and Fabulous


Baby's First Birthday!

Where's My Ben? I can't find him!

My good friend Julius turned 4 this year so I was commissioned to do another cake. His ratatouille cake I made last year was part of my "coming out" as a cake baker to the world. This year we decided to do a cake based off of his favorite book, Firefighters to the Rescue! In the book a little boy's dog is lost and found in the fire so I made sure Ben was also part of the cake. I did vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, just in case any of the 30 children decided to test out Carrington's stain resistant carpet!

Monkey Business

I have had a great start to my new year and hope you have as well. Here are some of my January Creations. Enjoy!

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Burnt Sugar
Vanilla andChocolate Buttercream Cupcakes with handmade paci's, bows and baby pins.

Vanilla cake with Chocolate Buttercream and handmade bananas.