not a real post

I am just posting pictures of my two latest cakes, I think they are too cute!! The first is another flower cake. I love flower cakes because they are so cupcake friendly. This one is made of seven vanilla cupcakes and has a strawberry butter cream frosting. The second is a heart cake made from ten chocolate cupcakes and it has a strawberry butter cream frosting as well. So far the strawberry frostings are very popular. I have a strawberry butter cream and a strawberry cream cheese, and they are both delish!! Well until next time...

What can go wrong will

Where to begin? Word of mouth is truly the best advertisement. This week, was a very busy week for me. I had an order of 2 dozen minis for Thursday, after I dropped them off at my friends house (who braids from her home), she called me with two more orders for Friday. One of my co workers ordered 60 minis and 60 cookies (both pictured above) for his organizations picnic, and I had to bake 3 dozen regular cupcakes to sell at two local Masjids. Today I have two cakes, one heart and one flower.
I try to do my baking early to leave room for error. Even though I have orders I am still a beginner and I know from previous experience that the kitchen has a mind of its own. The two major setbacks that I experienced were my chocolate cupcake recipe and the cookie dough. I am trying to come up with my own chocolate cupcake recipe, I want it to be chocolaty but sweet. I don't want it to taste like coffee or to be serious, I want it to be playful and fun. Thursday evening after I had been baking for two days straight I went against my instinct of adding more chocolate to the batter and the cupcakes came out the same color as my carrot cupcakes. I was soo upset because all I wanted to do was lay down. If you know me then you know that I needed my naps, and this was my third day with out one, and it was around ten at night, the bed was soo close, but after those brown cupcakes came out I knew that I had to put my sleep off for another 45 minutes or so. After I sulked for a couple of minutes I sucked it up and followed my instincts and the cupcakes came out exactly how I wanted them to be. Lesson learned follow instincts!!
Even though my addiction is the cute cupcake, I make a delicious cookie too. I made the cookie dough Wednesday night so that it could freeze over night so all that I would have to do is bake them and they would be good to go. As I started baking I noticed that the cookies were coming out super thin. They were falling apart when I touched them (after they were cool of course). But me being the queen of denial, I baked them all, thinking that since they were smaller than usual the dough was acting funny. The next morning (delivery day), I was not loving these cookies so I began making another batch of cookie dough, and as I read the ingredients, I knew what went wrong, I added the same amount of brown sugar and white sugar, when the recipe called for a whole lot of brown sugar and a tad bit of white sugar. Fortunately the guy texted me saying that he needed a later later drop off so everything worked out great. Leson learned follow instrutions!!
When I am in the kitchen I try to move slow, and I try to do a maximum of two things at a time, because each recipe is different and as you can see if you don't pay attention the first time you will just have to do it over again.
Well I have to get these cakes together.
Until next time....

Nearly one year later

I have recently realized that I think within the box. I owe my new outlook to my husband, because he doesn't even know that a box exists. I have put a lot of emphasis on degrees, and the conventional way of doing things. Applying for jobs, looking into graduate programs, when in reality I do not want to do either. I am blessed to be around a variety of individuals. I know people who will be doctors in a couple of years, and I know people who have great marketable skills. I want to be a little of both. I want to have my plaques on the wall, but at the same time you have to have that thing that you enjoy that can pay for your weekend getaway to Savannah. Right now, I am on a break from school. I see myself going back, but I have to be in a different place mentally. In time everything will fall together, I am in no way worried about my educational future. I am just trying to live, and not let life get the best of me. My first degree has given me the privilege of working at a place where i get poop on my shoe (literally), so I am not rushing the second one.
There are so many ways of learning. Small business owners need help, and interning is a great way to learn how things are done in the trade that you are interested in. Just send a flowery email, and set up a meeting (don't forget to smile), and I am sure they would be happy for the helping hand. Well, it worked for me, I am extremely grateful for my time at the bakery. My experience at the bakery allowed me to become comfortable with baking and I learned a lot of tricks of the trade. Unfortunately my internship turned into me doing what every one else did not want to do. When that became a constant occurrence I informed the owner that I would only be able to come in once a week, the following week she told me that my services were no longer needed.
Now that I have some professional experience under my belt, I am comfortable with taking orders. And boy have I been getting orders. All I have to do is mention that I sell cupcakes, and boom they order a dozen. lol. I have done a couple of cupcake cakes too (one is pictured above). I love it!! Never before have I felt this passionate about a career. So with the help of God, I will be able to be my own boss in due time.
I will try and be more consistent in my posts, and give updates on my orders. Until next time...