Friday, August 19, 2011

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Cupcake Flavors Week of 8/1/11

Starting this week, I'm offering weekly cupcake 6- packs filled with special flavors of the week!

I will be baking the following flavors this week (8/1/11):

Vanilla/Vanilla
Chocolate/Vanilla
Snickers
Oreo Cookie
Vanilla/Peanut Butter
Red Velvet/Cream Cheese
Strawberry Velvet

Cupcake 6/packs are $15 each. Please email sweetsbyjen@gmail.com with your order no later than Thursday August, 2011 by noon.

Pick up will be available for Saturday morning at 11am.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Summer Treats....

Lately I've been so focused on expanding the business that I've been awful with updating my latest cakes. Here are a fewof the cakes I've worked on in the past two months:


Kristin and Jim's Bridal Shower Cupcake Tower!
Monogram Toppers and Orchids for their upcoming fall wedding

Brooke's First DollHouse


Hand painted silhouette on the back of the dollhouse


Ian's Handy Manny Toolbox Cake

A Guitar for 2 year old Rockstar Cole!

A 3D  Scooby Doo Mystery Machine for Nicholas!


Fourth of July Cupcake Tower


Happy Fourth of July...Lexie LOVES Cake Shooters!

They were like little fire crackers!

A sweet housewarming gift!

Congrats to Graduate Taylor and Good Luck at Pulse Beauty Academy!


Summer Flowers for Christie's  Bridal Shower


A yellow and gold cupcake tower with Cala Lilies and monogram toppers.




Much more to come...Check back soon!!!

The Summer of Never-ending Weddings....

This summer/fall we have a ton of weddings and celebrations coming up. I'm so happy to be able to share such momentous occasions with the people I love most.

To start us off...this past weekend, dear friends; Dan and Maria were married at the Chester County Historical Society. As a gift to them, I prepared a sampling of my goodies to be displayed at the rehearsal dinner. I tied in the theme of "love birds" as well as the vibrant colors of orange and magenta into these signature desserts.


Desserts included; Cupcakes (Snickers and chocolate Strawberry flavored) Chocolate and Buttercream Whoopie Pies, and My Signature "Cake Push Pops" in various flavors.


 Snickers and Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes with Monogram  and Hand Painted Love-birds toppers.


 Cake Push Pops in Vanilla/Peanut Butter, Chocolate/Peanut Butter, Traditional Vanilla/Vanilla, and Chocolate/Vanilla


Mini and Regular sized Whoopie Pies (Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Fluff Buttercream)

Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor. May your lives be filled with love and "Sweet" moments, all the days of your lives!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Wine and Sports

Recently I did two orders for 30th birthday parties; one was a wine themed party, and another was a Philadelphia sports themed party.



Cupcakes are the easiest thing for adult birthday parties.They basically serve themselves.  With tons of flavors to choose from, your guests are sure to be satisfied. I always do my best to represent the theme/decor of each event and make the cupcakes the "hit of the party". 

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Truly Amazing...

Ok ladies....get out the tissues, you're going to cry your eyes out!
If you've ever loved or are in love you'll understand!



LUCK - NYC Marriage Proposal from Aria Melody DJ on Vimeo.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Introducing....


Cupcake Shooter are Cupcakes in a Push Pop dispenser. Perfect for all ages and ocassions!

These bring me back to the summer days as a kid when the "Jack and Jill" truck would come chiming down our block every evening. 

Shoots come in any combination of cake flavors, filling, and icing. Decorative Sprinkles can also be added.
Shooters start at $3 each with a minimum purchase of 12 shooters.

Impress your friends with the latest in cupcake technology!!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Wedding Season......

As we approach wedding season it's time to shower those brides with some Sweet Treats!

 My Bridal Shower Cookie Favors are just what you need to really WOW your guests. Who wants another candle or coaster, give your guests a Sweet Treat they'll be sure to LOVE!

All cookies are hand-baked to perfection with my signature Sugar Cookie Recipe.  Each one is hand-decorated  to match your decor, theme, or colors. Everything is customized for your specific event!

Check out some of the fun favors I've done lately:


"Cut out for each other" Cookie Favors (customer added heart shaped cookie cutters to each favor)

*Cookie cutters are not included*


LOVE Statue Cookies Designed after the famous Love Staute by Robert Indiana


Bridal Dress Cookies



**Good News for our friends who aren't in the Philadelphia area.....We can ship these anywhere in the US!!!! Standard Shipping Rates Apply (allow at least 1 week for delivery)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Too Cute!

Had to share this cute video...What a little stud!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

CertainLEE an Exciting Week!

Last week I was honored to make a birthday cake for a special young boy Jaxon. Not only is Jaxon one of the coolest 10 year olds I've met, but he happens to be the son of  Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher Cliff Lee.

10 years old is a Big Birthday, so why not have the Coolest birthday cake to commemorate the occasion. Jaxon wanted non-other than our beloved Phanatic to celebrate in style. (Not to mention, the Phanatic was just name the #1 Mascot in all of Sports! )


Jaxon is a huge Phillies fan and who could blame him, his dad does a great job of keeping our beloved Phillies ontop! We delivered to the ballpark where Jaxon was surprised with his cake (he didn't know he was getting a Phanatic cake, but was very hopeful)  along with a few of his envious buddies. 

 I also did matching tye-dye cupcakes for the kids to eat because Jaxon didn't want to cut the "coolest cake ever" until everyone had a chance to see it.


The Lee's are a very down to earth and friendly family. It was a true pleasure to work with them and I was honored to help create a wonderful memory for Jaxon!

Happy 10th Birthday Jaxon
Go PHILLIES!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday Tips 4/26

So I ordered a few new tools. Once they come in I'll update how they work.

Here's what I'm trying out this month:

This Baking rack insert will give me more room in my oven for cake/cookies.

For $20 I thought why not!


I also got this Cooling Rack, another $20 for more counter space.
I had also purchased this Oven Mitt a year after I burnt myself three times in one weekend. Lets just say that I won't be doing any hand modeling with all my baking scars.
I'm also trying out some New extracts and oils I just got. Including new Madagascar Vanilla Bean Paste.

Sorry For the Lack of Posts the last two weeks. I was swamped with orders then went on vacation in the Wonderful town of Boston. 
While there, I did a little researching.....

We visited Sweet Cupcakery and their cupcakes were fabulous! (My favorite was Red Velvet, while Nick fell in love with the place, the cheesecake cupcake and the counter girl!)


Have a Great Rest of the week.....It's a very exciting one for me, check back soon to see why!

Spring Fever

I've been so busy with Spring babies and wedding showers lately that I haven't had the time to update my latest cakes. After a much needed vacation, I'm refreshed and ready to get back to business.

Here are some of the cakes I have been up to this month....

Bridal Showers

Bridal Shower LOVE Cookies

"Cut out for each other" Bridal Shower Cookies.

Kitchen Themed Bridal Shower

 Kids Parties
Caleb and Wyatt's Cars themed Birthday
Toy Story Cupcakes for Justin and Morgan

Babies
Baby Bum Cake


"How Sweet it will Bee when Two become Three"


Celebration Cakes
Handy Mandy Retirement cake for a Maintenance Manager at Powell

Garnet Valley High School Cheerleading Team

Philadelphia Soul Logo Cake

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Words to Live by!

Check out this great article on The Daily Love. The 7 P's of Success:

  • Persistence
  • Passion
  • Personality
  • Positivity
  • Partnership
  • Plan
  • Profit

 It's an awesome website that inspires and motivates!

"Put as much hard work as you can into doing 
what you love. Forget Plan B... If you want to
join the Great's,  focus on Plan A only!"

Tuesday Tips! 4/5/11

Due to a 4 Hour Power outage, my Tuesday Tip is a little late.


Here's a few helpful tip for baking.

First, I use Flower Nails  upside down in my baking pans as a baking core. This will ensure that your cake comes out evenly baked and takes a little less longer to bake. Wilton sells a baking core for $8 and it's a piece of CRAP, not to mention it leaves about a 2" hole in the middle of your cake. Save your money!


These Nails are about $1-$1.50 depending on size, you can get them at any supply store (Michaels, Joann...etc). I recently picked up a four pack of Aetco Heating Nails for $5.


For Cakes 10" or larger nails should be used. I use them in all my cakes, especially in my deeper 3" pans. Here's a picture of what it looks like in the pan:




Don't forget to spray your pan and the nail  with quality baking spray before adding batter. I've experimented and quality counts, so I typically use either PAM Baking Spray or Baker's Joy. 

They are both great and definitely worth it. I used a few other brands and wound up with a pile of crumbled cake with half of it stuck inside the pan. It is VERY Frustrating! 

Thank goodness my co-workers and friends enjoy my cake scraps!

Happy Tuesday Wednesday!

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