Caramel Cup

Ladybug Birthday Party

2012-01-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

This little blog sadly gets neglected a lot. But, NO MORE, I say! It's a new year, and we have new motivation. We also have lots to post, since we have never gotten around to posting the majority of stuff we have done. So, here we go with the first one.

A couple months back, we put together a dessert table for a ladybug birthday party.

We had individual strawberry shortcakes complete with matching pinwheels.

There were vanilla almond cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and a little chocolate ladybug to top it off.

And delicious little brownie pops dipped in chocolate.

The ladybug cake was strawberry with a white chocolate ganauche frosting. Dangerous.

Kristina designed all the cute ladybug tags.

There you have it. The first post of 2012. Many more to come.

Cupcake Kits on Etsy

2011-10-23T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well, we have finally started an etsy shop. We put a couple of Halloween cupcake kits on there (yes...a little late), and we will be adding some Christmas kits soon. Here is a bit of what you can find in our shop right now.

These kits include 24 cupcake toppers, 25 cupcake wrappers, and a piping bag and tip for frosting cupcakes. They are packaged up nice and cute, complete with a recipe for buttercream frosting. Check them out here in our shop!

Molly + Eddie

2011-09-14T20:38:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law, Molly, got married to her love, Eddie Sanchez, on August 6th. The wedding was gorgeous, and my sisters and I were priviledged enough to do the dessert table and some of the other decor for the wedding. We made the majority of the desserts, but Molly enlisted some of her friends to make a few of the dishes as well.

Here's how it turned out.

To create the chalkboard sign, we used one of our frames and nailed a sheet of chalkboard painted plywood inside. With the rustic table we were using, we decided to use our white and clear dessert platters. We also incorporated some of our other rustic pieces into the table as well as several of our vases and sign holders. Molly loves reading, so we decided to mix in some of our old books. We created some globes to hang above the table and some pinwheels to hang on the sign. Kristina's business, Plum Paper, created all the labels for the desserts.

Some of the dessert items we made....

Almond Spritz Cookies

Build Your Own Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Almond Tart

Vanilla Almond Cupcakes

Vanilla Cake Pops

Kristina, our sister who owns Plum Paper, designed paper to match Molly and Eddie's invitations. We cut hearts from the paper to put on the sticks for the cake pops.

And of course chocolate cake with chocolate ganache.

Some other favorite items of ours that were used included....
Our rolling tea cart and chalkboard signs

Our vintage briefcase, decorated and used to hold cards

Our cookie jar, filled with delicious cookies made by some of Molly's friends

And our vintage wooden crate

The whole wedding was one of our favorite of all times. Everything came together beautifully.

Congratulations Molly and Eddie!

and the winning theme is...

2011-04-07T14:57:00.000-07:00

The votes have been cast and counted, the themes debated, and the location chosen. After much deliberation we have decided Mindy's 30th birthday party theme will be...

...Enchanted Forest!

Now that you know the theme, you may be thinking to yourself "what does one wear to an enchanted forest party?" We thought we would help you out with that and offer you some inspiration for your attire for the evening's festivities. (you may notice these men are all particularly good-looking...I have had dreams of marrying most of them at one point or another and thought this board would be so much more inspiring with them on it. don't you agree?)

images via:
jcrew, weheartit, treverhoehne, flickr, 28.media, allieiswired, images.google, fashiongonerogue, daisypies, pinklemondesigns, thestorycanresume, 1.bp, timetrotswithal, community.thenest, suicideblonde

Final 30th Theme

2011-03-31T17:39:00.000-07:00

Theme #3: Enchanted Forest

images via:
wiley valentine, once wed, style me pretty, oh, hello friend, wiley valentine, r&r, green wedding shoes, bridal cookie, pottery barn, green wedding shoes, birch and bird, wiley valentine, style me pretty

Well there you have them...our 3 thirty themes. We want to turn them all into real parties (and probably eventually will) but we need your help choosing the best one for a 30th birthday! So tell us your favorite!

And check out Mindy's "20 from my 20's" posts leading up to her big day. Yep, only 20 days until she leaves her 3 sisters (and her husband) behind in their 20's and enters a new decade. And apparently she thinks she's getting gifts for this birthday because she's dropping hints on her blog...

Another "Thirty" Theme

2011-03-22T19:01:00.000-07:00

Theme #2: Parisian Fête

images via: BHLDN, simplybloomphotography, Amy Atlas,

weheartit, Grey Likes Weddings and Dandelion and Grey

Vintage Circus Invitation

2011-03-22T11:04:00.000-07:00

Check out the invitation sister #3 designed for this theme over at plum paper! I'm in love!

Thirty

2011-03-08T14:59:00.000-08:00

Yes, that's right...the eldest of the four of us will be turning 30 this year. I know, hard to believe considering her youthful good looks and the fact that people still mistake her for a 12 year old. Big birthdays, of course, must be accompanied by fabulous parties. So, the planning has begun! First on the agenda... we have to decide on a theme. So we've come up with some inspiration boards to help us choose our favorite.

Theme #1: Vintage Circus

images via greenweddingshoes and rocknrollbride.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-14T08:16:00.000-08:00

I went a little heart crazy this year in honor of Valentine's Day.

 
I have never decorated for Valentine's Day before, but felt inspired this year.  I now have these hearts hanging in 3 different places around the house.

The Office:

The Living Room:

Our bedroom:

You can read more about the process here.

Have a lovely Valentine's Day with your loves....

(Here are my loves just for fun)

My Mountain Man My Beller Butt

Happy Birthday Emily Kate

2011-02-11T12:22:00.000-08:00

Another year has gone by.

My sweet little Emily is four now.

I feel like it was yesterday when I would rock her to sleep in the church nursery.

Man, I miss that little baby girl!

Now, little Emi is cutest, most talkative girl I have ever met!

She is so funny and so sweet.

Her hugs melt my heart.

But, I still miss that innocent little baby...

This year, Emily decided she wanted Strawberry Shortcake's house for her birthday cake.

Here's how it turned out!

Don't you just want to open the door and go inside??

Emily loved her cake!! She just stared at it forever! So sweet!!

Here is the inside...

Her favorite color is pink :)

Here is the MacHarg family this past Halloween. I love all five of them so much!!!

That's right!! I said FIVE!!! In August, there will be another little baby MacHarg!!!

I am so excited for Heather and Skip!!

Here is a funny story about how I found out about this new addition:

The MacHarg's had been gone for a few weeks in Atlanta over Christmas. They are originally from Atlanta (where sister #3 now lives) and moved out here for Skip's job at Chick-fil-A.

When they came home, Heather asked me to babysit. I came over and Heather was already gone taking Connor to school, so I didn't get a chance to talk to her. (I'm assuming this is why I didn't already know about the baby ;) right Heather?)

I played with Emily for a while and then took her to school and went on to pick Connor up from Kindergarten.

As we're getting in the car and chatting, Connor nonchalantly says,

"Hey, did you know mommy's having a baby?"

Me: "What! Are you serious!?"

Connor--very casually: "Yeah, she really is. I think she's like nine weeks or something."

Me: "Seriously!!?? Connor, I don't think you're supposed to be telling people that."

This was followed with lots of excitement and the six year old shaking his head at me is if to say,

"Miss Kimmy, I don't understand why you are freaking out. It's not that big of a deal."

I love this family and I can't wait to meet the new baby!!

Happy Birthday Emily Kate!!!

12th Birthday Cake

2010-11-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for a 12 year old girls birthday party. The top cake was a vanilla almond cake with vanilla buttercream and the bottom was a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. The cake wires are from Duff Goldman's line at Michael's, which can be found here. The pink fondant is also from Duff's line and it is wonderful! It is so easy to use!

Wedding Cake and Cupcakes for Grandma

2010-09-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

I made these cupcakes for one of my Grandma's "Batty Broads" sewing meetings. Every once in a while, she has a big gathering with her "sewing ladies", as we like to call them. So, special cupcakes were in order for this event. I'll have to do it again when she meets with her other sewing group, the "Sew and So's".

Baby Shower Cake.... very very late

2010-07-08T11:54:00.000-07:00

I made this cake in February for a baby shower that my sister Kristina was throwing for one of her friends. The theme was "Queen of the Jungle" so I made the cake match the invitation.

I apologize for the lack of posting lately. A lot has been going on since February, all of which can be seen here.

Happy Birthday Emi!!!

2010-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:00

This weekend I made a Tinkerbell cake for Emily MacHarg, the sweetest little girl in the world! I have known Emily since she was 8 weeks old and today she turned 3. I cannot believe how time flies!! I had so much fun making this cake for her and celebrating her birthday with friends. I babysit for Emily and her brother Connor (whose birthday cake can be seen here) along with many of their family friends. I love the MacHarg's so much! They have become like family to me over these last few years and I am so thankful for them!

Hope you enjoy the cake!!

I am really not very good at this whole blogging thing, but you should check out my sister Mindy's blog here because she is an excellent blogger :)

Here it is!!

2010-01-09T20:04:00.000-08:00

These aren't the best pictures but I will post ones from the party another day.

Sports Cupcakes!

2010-01-07T21:04:00.000-08:00

Here's a little preview of the cupcakes for this weekend :)

Come back soon to see the sports cake that goes with these cupcakes and the Tinkerbell cake!

2010-01-04T00:04:00.000-08:00

This week I am taking on two cakes and fifty cupcakes. One cake is a sports themed cake along with sports cupcakes and the other cake is a Tinkerbell cake. I am a little nervous to make two cakes in one week, so I am starting early :). Check back next week for pictures of my cakes!

Baby Shower Cake

2009-12-12T17:07:00.000-08:00

This last weekend I made a cake for my friend Jahana's baby shower. The cake is a white almond sour cream cake with a strawberry filling. For this cake I decided to try and make my own marshmallow fondant because the store bought kind does not taste very good. Although I like working with the store bought fondant better, the taste of of the marshmallow fondant made it worth it. I spent the entire weekend baking and babysitting and ended up not having enough time to make the favors for the shower. Mindy came to my rescue and did a wonderful job on the favors.

Thank you to everyone who helped me last weekend! My mom spent over an hour cleaning the kitchen while my dad and I delivered the cake. Thank you for all your help!

Pretzels

2009-12-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

I made these for a baby shower last weekend. They were delicious!

Wait until you see the cake Kim made for the shower.

It is UNBELIEVABLE!

Halloween Treats

2009-11-05T10:24:00.000-08:00

Made by Kim

Happy Birthday Chris!! :)

2009-10-21T23:34:00.000-07:00

Today was my boyfriend Chris' birthday, so of course I had to make him a cake. Chris is obsessed with diving so I decided to make him an ocean cake.

We went to dinner with Chris' family at an Italian restaurant in Seal Beach and had the cake for dessert :)

Happy Birthday Chris!!

Happy Birthday Connor!

2009-10-04T12:29:00.000-07:00

Last week my little buddy Connor turned 5 years old and I was asked to make his birthday cake! I have been Connor's babysitter for a few years now and love his family dearly. Connor wanted his birthday party to be a Backyardigans theme so I decided to make all of the characters from the show out of fondant and gumpaste. This was my first time making any type of characters and I had SO MUCH FUN making them! So thank you Heather and Connor for letting me be a part of your special day!

Here it is!

And so Caramel Cup, please do not be disappointed anymore... I have finally completed my first post. (now if you could only get the other girls to do the same we might be able to get people to actually read it besides ourselves.)

Esther's Wedding Shower

2009-07-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

After baking all day Saturday, and frantically rushing to get everything done by 1:00 on Sunday, we finally finished our preparations for Esther's wedding shower! We made absolutely delicious desserts. Seriously the best desserts I have ever had.

Check these beauties out...along with our food labels in action!

Of course we had to have food too...

...and drinks...

....and the most magnificently marvelous cake around.

Can you believe Kim made this...her first time with fondant!

INCREDIBLE!

More pics coming soon of the bride and her friends enjoying the shower.