Logo Cookies

I really need to be better about taking pictures and posting custom cookie orders that I do. Some of my favorite cookies to make are logos. Here are some of the custom logo cookies that I have done!

Starbucks Logo

The Siren

Christmas Cup!

One of my favorite local breweries

I love Redhook! I am so lucky to literally live 10 minutes away from my house. I love going there in the summer and sitting on there patio. Also their brewery tour is fabulous and so much fun! Definitely go and check it out.

Redhook Cookies

These cookies I made for the Redhook holiday party which was a lot of fun and turned out to be a hit :)

Redhook Logo Cookies

Pandora

If there is one thing I have learned about sales people, it is they love to "sweet talk" you. So when the Pandora reps were low on swag for their clients, who so they call - hint: not ghost busters...

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Happy 30th Birthday

When I was 21, 30 just sounded so old, now that I am only a few years away, it doesn't sound so bad. Still no crow's feet wrinkles or gray hairs! 

These cookies are for the 30 years young ladies out there. The party theme was "vintage" pink and white, and very girlie. 

Flower Petal Cookies

I just ordered a new fluted circle cookie cutter which I thought would add a nice "girlie tea party" type touch to the cookies when I typically use just a plain circle cookie cutter.

Rose Cookies

For some reason the white buttercream frosting was a little thinner than the pink, but that is probably just me being a perfectionist? They still taste yummy. So note to self - don't use TOO much milk when making frosting. Its hard to go back.

Flower cookies

Also, higher quality vanilla makes a HUGE difference in the taste of your frosting. I am not saying there is anything wrong with Wilton's clear vanilla (what I use in frosting so it doesn't tint the frosting and distort your colors) but I recently discovered a higher quality baking clear vanilla and I think the buttercream tastes a lot more flavorful!

30th Birthday Cookies

My number cookie set are one of my favorites and I think this was the first time I have used the number 3...

The Big 3-0

Be My Bridesmaid?

I've been really bad at posting blog posts this year so far, it doesn't mean I haven't been baking, just been busy. Christmas is a busy time of year for me. Lots of holiday parties and baking so after the New Year I did take a little break...but I also got ENGAGED! Woo hoo! After 4 years we are finally getting married and I couldn't be more excited to marry my best friend! 

Will you be my bridesmaid? cookies

I have been dreaming of my wedding for a long time and I knew right away who I wanted to be standing up there with me. I am a big fan of Etsy. As a "local" business, I like to support others who have there own business based on their love and passion. I scoured Pinterest to find cute ideas to ask my girls to be bridesmaids, but everything just seemed over done. I wanted to do something personal and "me."

Wedding Ring, I Do Cookies

So naturally I thought about making cookies. And the more I looked on the internet the more I decided I liked that idea. So I grabbed some of my "girly" cookie cutters and got baking. 

Wedding Cookies

For colors, I am not doing pink and purple, I just think they are bright and fun, girly colors. One of my favorite cutters is my dress. 

Initial Cookies

I packaged them all up in boxes and invited my girls over to my place and surprised them. Now as I mentioned I like Etsy and I found some really cute custom hand made cards that said, "will you be..." to go on top of the package. 

Bright Flower Cookies

All the girls were surprised and excited. One even said before opening it, "are there cookies in here?" So I knew I picked the right way to ask them. One girl even started crying she was so surprised which made me really happy to have her apart of the big day this summer. 

Unfortunately, one of my girls lives in California and so I couldn't give them to her in person but I also tested out shipping the cookies to her. She said that they did arrive in one piece for the most part, only one broke and got a little squished. 

12th Man Cake Pops

I know it has been a while since my last post and I apologize. The holidays were CRAZY this year which is a good thing. Lots of baking and delicious treat deliveries and then I was a little burnt out. After some R&R I am back in the game making and baking things! Never fear!

I have to admit, I was a little nervous during last Saturday's game. I had confidence that the 12th Man would be out in full force, despite the miserable weather we had. My parent's we planning on having a bunch of people over to their house to watch the game. At about 11:30am, a huge gust of find kicked up and pelted their house causing the power to go out.

After some frantic texts messages the party was relocated. I was bummed because I made some delicious 12th Man Seahawk cake pops for people to enjoy too! We decided to go watch the game up the street at our friends place. So I sent my folks with some cookies and cake pops to take anyways. 

12th Man Cake Pops

Seahawk Themed Cake Pops

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Hello Kitty Birthday Party!

I can't believe my little sister Kylia is turning 7! Where does the time go?! I will never forget the day she was born - for all you Seattlites you remember the BIG wind storm we had on December 14th 2006. Some people were without power for 2+ weeks. And after the storm we had a DEEP freeze. So with no power, and a brand new baby...it was pretty scary.

The Birthday Girl!

She is a total girlie girl and right now she really likes Hello Kitty. For her birthday party, I made for her friends some Hello Kitty cookies. A lot of people ask me if the cookies I make, which is piped buttercream, can be put into bags - the answer is YES! I let the dry over night and in the morning they are ready to be bagged. Now they are not as "durable" as royal frosted cookies so you do still have to be gentle.

Hello Kitty Cookies

Hello Kitty Cookies in Treat Bags

Of course we have to still sing Happy Birthday and blow out the candles, so I made her a Hello Kitty cake of course! When I asked her what kind of flavor cake she wanted (even though I knew the answer) she said CHOCOLATE! What girl DOESN'T want a chocolate cake?!

I purchased the cake pan from my local Michael's craft store. The challenge with this cake pan was I wanted to do 2 cake layers and so I was going to bake half the batter at a time. However the detail of the cake make that hard to do so I had to bake it all at once and then cut it in half. 

Hello Kitty Shaped Cake

When you are making a cake there are some general rules of thumb to follow to make the cake turn out as best as possible, but for this cake I had to throw them out the window. I actually had the bottom layer backwards so the bow was on the left instead of the right like in the picture. So I had to flip it over very swiftly and almost broke the cake in half! 

In the middle is homemade chocolate mousse which in case you didn't know, easily squishes out of the side, so don't over fill it...like I did. 

Let's just say, thank god for a crumb layer and star technique because this cake was almost an epic fail hahaha. I even had a regular round cake as back up JUST IN CASE. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIL SIS! I hope you liked the cake! 

Holiday Dessert Table

I am so proud of myself. I literally did 85% of my Christmas shopping not only in one day but online! Normally I am all about the adventure of going to the mall and hunting for those gifts. But if they are offering free shipping, then why not?! Basically the same thing.

This year though, I really just didn't have the time as Christmas is quickly sneaking up and I have been very busy with baking orders!

Christmas Cookies

This past week I did a dessert table for a property management company downtown Seattle. We had frosted sugar cookies in various christmas shapes, peppermint bark cake pops, brownies, and mini cupcakes in three flavors. Now for a bakery this would be down in a day, but for just one person, this took a lot of time and planning. I had to admit I was a little nervous about it since it was a pretty big order and it wasn't just my cookies. 

Christmas Wreath and Snowflake

I was all prepared for the delivery, got there earlier than they asked so I had enough time to carry everything in and set it up for them. I was thinking initially it was for a residential property management company which seemed odd to me to have a christmas party with carolers come in the middle of the day...silly me. Turns out SAFECO works in this building as well as a few other businesses - kind of a big deal. 

Santa and His Homeboy Rudolph

Luckily everything went smoothly and I got an email saying that the desserts were a hit and quickly devoured. YAY! Pat on the back for myself! I definitely felt very accomplished after this order. 

Angel and Wreath Sugar Cookies

HO HO HO

I only had friday evening to recover until I had to get started on 325 cake pops! I love cake pops. Especially how I make them and I will give you a BONUS TIP on how to make them - the secret? DON'T USE FROSTING!!! It is too sweet and you feel like you are high on sugar after, not to mention added calories. All you need to use is literally 1-2 TBLS of French Vanilla coffee creamer! YUP. Trust me. Maybe I will write a separate "how to post" on that. If you are dying to know, email me :) 

Peppermint Bark Cake Pops

I call these Peppermint Bark flavored cake pops. It is chocolate cake on the inside dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled all over with candy canes bits! YUMMY! I had some extras so I took 6 over to my parent's. My dad called me and he was like "those cake pops were so good, I ate them all! So...if you have to make anymore, feel free to bring some over." - Thanks dad!

UPDATE: 12/23/13
Adding on to the Cake Pop theme here. I just celebrated Christmas this past Saturday with my extended family. There is usually a group of about 30+ adults and I can't even count the kids anymore. Everyone brings a dish to share and I was in charge of a dessert. I thought I would mix it up and instead of brings cookies or brownies, I would bring cake pops. They are fun, easy to eat and kids LOVE them!

I typically do a swirl sprinkle design on my cake pops but I decided to come up with some other festive christmas designs that were simple to do and below is what I came up with.

Christmas Cake Pops

HO HO HO, Squiggly Christmas Tree and my Signature Swirl cake pops! - TAH DAH! OH and if you are wondering where I found that AWESOME cake pop stand - Safeway $18 - I know! I bought 3 of them. They are also dual cupcake stands as well and are clutch. 

I made about 6 dozen of them but I think I only came home with about 2 dozen. So I had some extras to take some close up photos. I am so bad about remembering to take the photos BEFORE hand. 

Ho Ho Ho Cake Pops

Vanilla Flavored Cake Pops

Merry Christmas Eve-Eve. Can't believe it is Christmas already!

Tacky Seahawk Sweaters!

OOPS! I meant to post this on Sunday during the football game but I was busy in the kitchen working on another order of cookies! hehe. One of my clients requested Seahawk themed sweater cookies for her tailgating friends! So much fun!

If you can't get enough of the legion of BOOM, check out these Seahawk themed tacky sweaters! LET'S GO SEAHAWKS!

Seahawk Themed Tacky Sweaters

Happy Holidays! If you would like to order cookies please hit the contact me button at the top for information!