A couple months back we were contacted by one of the members of the Renegade Rollergirls (SO CAL) for a cupcake order for a huge event they are having on Sunday, June 28. These girls are CRAZY (in a good way)! For those of you unfamiliar with roller derby here’s the rundown (according to Wikipedia):

Roller derby is an American-invented contact sport—and historically, a form of sports entertainment—based on formation roller skating around an oval track. In past decades, roller derby had been primarily a professional or paid sport for both women and men. Contemporary roller derby is international, predominantly female, typically operates on an amateur       (or unpaid) circuit, and has a strong do it yourself ethic which often features both athleticism and a satirical punk, third-wave feminism aesthetic.

I have to admit, I am very intrigued by this sport. In fact, if I wasn’t pregnant, didn’t have 2 kids, or a business to run, I would SO OWN THE RINK! 

So, this event they are having I believe is a fundraiser type event that looks to be fun for the entire family. The so called “Battle of the Burrito” is a rematch between the Renegade Rollergirls SO CAL (who were defeated in the last match) vs. a San Diego team. The event is Sunday, June 28 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Held at the SO CAL street hockey roller skating rink at 11700 Knott Ave., in Garden Grove. Admission is FREE and there will be a D.J., moon bounce, face painting and more! The main event…THE REMATCH, is at 2:00 pm. Be sure to check them out!

So, for the cupcakes, we wanted to make sure the represented the attitudes of these ladies…Senious, Raw, and IN CHARGE! We went with, of course a roller skate, it is roller derby…a skull with a bow, their style is rockabillyish and we thought that would fit right in…..a band-aid, after all, this is a FULL CONTACT sport….and a grenade, cause these girls are lethal! We placed each decoration atop a fondant circle outlined in pink (to keep it girly) and added some camouflage in the middle to match their web page. Here they are:

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My youngest sister Alicia is pregnant with her first baby! She is due August 7, 2009 and I really could not be more excited! Being 7 years older than her, I have seen and remember a lot of her childhood. Alicia has been through A LOT in her short 21 years of life….some things brought upon herself, others just plain bad luck. Through it all she has come out on top and has a much better outlook on life. I still worry about her a lot (almost as if she were a daughter of mine) and about the decisions she will make in her life. I can truly say I am proud of EVERY single one of her accomplishments, big or small, and  how far she has come, especially this past year. Alicia…I love you more than you could ever know and I will be here for you always!

OK….ON TO THE CUPCAKES!!!! So, Alicia is very girly so I knew her cake/cupcakes would have to reflect that. Her shower will be held at Mimi’s Cafe and will be decorated in pink, pearls, and flowers! The cake had to fit in perfectly. We started with the obvious….pink, pearls, and flowers. Then we decided upon some little pink booties to tie in the baby aspect of it all. Here’s what we came up with!

Baby Adrienne, I cannot wait for you to arrive! I can’t wait to see you smile, laugh, cry, and all that other baby stuff! I can’t wait to hold you in my arms, rock you to sleep, and yes, even change your stinky diaper! I can’t wait for you to play with my kiddos! I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BE AN AUTIE!

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As graduation season winds down, we’ve finished up the last of our graduation cupcakes. Cupcakes Take The Cake has featured some of them on their blog!

Congratulations again to the GRADUATING CLASS OF 2009!

This weekend we had an order that was especially close to us. Our big brother Juan and his girlfriend Grace were engaged a little while back, and this weekend was Grace’s bridal shower. What could be more fitting than cupcakes at a bridal shower?!?!?! But…not just any cupcakes, that’s right, Two Parts Sugar cupcakes. And, not just any Two Parts Sugar cupcakes…..technology inspired cupcakes! I know what you’re thinking….technology inspired cupcakes for a bridal shower?!?! So, I’ll let you in on when this inspiration came from.

Our brother Juan Sanchez has always been computer savvy and into the latest and greatest of all things computer-like. You will never see him without his ibook or iphone. As any woman (or man for that matter) with a business driven partner may know, sometimes you feel as though you are competing with these new gadgets. My husband is glued to his phone, but it’s business and I think we all realize it is a necessary part of business life. So, a while back Grace and I were joking about making a cake to look like an ibook with a bra slung over it. So, when it came time for cupcakes, I thought why not? 

We went with Grace’s favorite Raspberry Red Velvet and topped them with ibooks and bras, iphones with hearts, and hearts with the couples initials. All were lined with custom cupcake wrappers which display their engagement photos (notice the one in the middle….iphone pic!). They were so much fun to make and it really captures not only Grace’s great sense of humor (and patience with these gadgets) but also Juan’s passion for technology. 

CONGRATULATIONS JUAN AND GRACE! We wish you all the happiness in the world!

Another school year has passed! We want to extend a big congrats to all those who have completed another year of school! We know how much work goes into every quarter, semester, year, and especially finishing an entire block of years! So to all you Jr. highers, high schoolers, college, and other graduates, CONGRATULATIONS on all your hard work! 

We recently made some cupcakes for this special occasion. Our customer requested graduation cupcakes with mortarboards (grad caps), diplomas, and in primary colors, the year and words “grad”. So, that’s what we did. The party was decorated in all bold colors and was very cute…the cupcakes fit right in!

THEN…..today our cupcakes were featured on Zen Cupcake!!! You should all know by now Zen Cupcake is the cupcake blog God!  If you have any questions or comments, or would like to place an order you can contact us here.

So, this weekend my eldest daughter turned 3 years old! How time flies! She wanted a Dora party and immediately I started thinking CAKE! Anticipating the sunny California weather, I thought hey, let’s do a water type party. We can get an inflatable water slide and make it a Dora Mermaid theme. Needless to say the weather was horrible the week prior and we canceled the slide and went for the bouncer instead. Too bad all the party favors I got were water guns, inflatable Dora swim rings/tubes, and other water related items…go figure! But the cake, ahhhh the cake! I immediately knew what I wanted to do.

I wanted a 3D type effect for the waves and wanted it to be fondant, dora Mermaid on rocks as a topper and filled in with little fish. Well, it was a fairly simple cake (or so I thought) until I got to that darn fondant! i wanted to do marshmallow fondant cause I wanted it to be yummy. Ok really people….made of marshmallows or not, NOBODY eats it! I am SO going with pre-made from now on! I had to get 9 different shades of blue for this cake….and marshmallow fondant is not easy to blend colors (as I am finding out). I pulled one of many all nighters (which I am trying to steer clear of) and spent most of my time kneading fondant to get a smooth color….not fun! Another issue I had was, because it took so long to get the colors I wanted, my fondant did not have enough time to set and thus was a bit limp. I just took it on shade at a time and finished, went off to the party site and set up, spent the day with my girls, family and friends and enjoyed the day. Then….came home and CRASHED! Long weekend but so much fun! So here it is…my daughter’s Dora Mermaid cake for her big birthday bash!

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This weekend we had a lot going on. We just finished a “King of the Jungle” baby shower cake and cupcakes, My Little Pony cupcakes, Lingerie cupcakes, two engagement cakes and cupcakes, and 4 wedding sample boxes! 

The “King of the Jungle” order was so fun to do and we loved how it all turned out. The cake was raspberry red velvet with raspberry cream cheese icing, as were the cupcakes. You can read more about it here. 

 I can not tell u how much we loved the cake & cupcakes!! I never expected the cake to look as beautiful as it did!! U matched our theme to a T! Our guests couldn’t stop talking about it…

-Lisa Plata

…It was the greatest cake I’ve had!

-Desa Dowell

The My Little Pony cupcakes were for a little girl named Natalia who was turning 1! They turned out so sweet. It was an order for 40 cupcakes, half marble with chocolate buttercream mousse, and half raspberry red velvet with white chocolate buttercream. It was the funniest thing too…when I was working out the last details with Natalia’s mom it turned out we had actually gone to school together and were on the same cheerleading team!!!!!! I couldn’t believe it! You know, first and foremost, this business is a means of income for my family and me. Second, it is a creative outlet for me. I wouldn’t be doing it though, unless it was bringing smiles to the faces of our clients. I love when one of our cakes or cupcakes just wows someone and brings a smile to their face. Now, as an added bonus, it has been reuniting me with old friends and allowed me to meet new people. Man, I have the best job in the world!!!!

OMG Monica, UR cup cakes were amazing….my guest loved them! especially the rasp. red velvet! OMG to die for…

-Betty Castro

Next, we had an order for some bridal shower cupcakes. You can’t have a bridal shower without some of our lingerie cupcakes! This was an order for 24 minis, in purple, lavender  and white. They were marble cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream icing. These were the littlest lingerie pieces we’ve done to date.

Those were for my Bridal shower last weekend!! They were AMAZING! THe frosting just melted on my mouth. Great Job!

-Erin Burgoon

Then, we had our largest order for the weekend…two 6″ cakes and 3 dz cupcakes. This order was fun because we more or less had creative liberty on it. The only specifications were the flavors, and one cake was to be blue buttercream with the words “She said yes” and the other to be covered in white marshmallow fondant and covered in blue swirls. So, we went with it!

The first cake was vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing. It was covered in blue vanilla buttercream and adorned with edible pearls. When we ordered the pearls we requested them in 4 sizes all in the same color. Well, as you can see some of the pearls were more white than other. We ordered them from Fancy Flours and once they found out they took care of the situation immediately. A big thank you to Fancy Flours for their amazing customer service and speedy delivery timing! So, we wanted to keep it simple, so we did just the pearls and the requested “She said yes” on top. Then, as I was taking the cake out of the refrigerator as we were loading up to go, I scraped the entire top of the cake on the shelf above (mind you I had only gotten an hour of sleep the previous night)!!!! Luckily I was able to repair it to where it looked as though nothing happened and we were able to arrive on time. 

To go along with this cake we did 1 dz raspberry red velvet cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese frosting, decorated with sugar sprinkles, and edible pearls. We also included white chocolate macadamia nut cupcakes topped with fondant flowers.

The second cake was pumpkin cake with cream cheese filling and covered in marshmallow fondant. The request for this one….white with blue swirls. I had a hard time getting started on this. Swirls….hmmm…do I use buttercream or rolled fondant, how big should I make them, should I add anything else? I just started covering the cake with the MMF (marshmallow fondant) and once that was done I added the turquoise border. Then it hit me, well partially. I decided to go with a lighter fondant swirls and cover just the sides. After that was done, it just needed something else. So, I added the swirls at the top to match the border. It still did not look finished. I am always very cautious at this point because it is very easy to go overboard instead of just stopping and keeping a design clean and simple.  I followed my heart and added the flowers. Then, last minute, I decided some shimmering dots would make a nice accent and tie in the darker turquoise. That was that. I absolutely loved how it turned out!

To go along with this cake I wanted to incorporate the dark and light turquoise. I almost went with swirls, but wanted something a little more romantic. So, I went with interlocking hearts…what could be more appropriate for the newly engaged couple. They were set atop coconut cupcakes with coconut icing and toped with toasted coconut. We also added some of the white chocolate macadamia nut cupcakes with flowers to finish it up. 

Lastly, we had 4 sample boxes to get out for some prospective wedding orders. The flavors included chocolate/coconut, raspberry red velvet, white chocolate macadamia nut, coconut/coconut, marble/white chocolate, pumpkin/cream cheese, chocolate/chocolate, and vanilla/vanilla. We’ve booked one so far and are waiting to hear back from the orders…wish us luck!

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Just over two weeks ago we were contacted by a woman who needed a cake and cupcakes for a jungle themed baby shower. We were excited to do it…we love when we get request for something we haven’t done before. So, we ask the woman for the date she needs them and she tells us May 30. Well, we already had orders for an engagement party which consisted of 2 small cakes and 3 dozen cupcakes (all different flavors), 24 lingerie cupcakes, and 40 My Little Pony cupcakes…all for that same weekend. There is nothing I dislike more than turning away an order…especially when it sounds like fun! We are however, only three sisters (technically only 2…one is still on bed rest with her pregnancy). We always want to insure plenty of time to produce the best quality cupcakes with the most creative decorations and not take on too much. So we took this order and made the cut off there. I don’t think I have gotten more requests for a single weekend before! We had to turn down 8 other orders!!! It’s times like these that I wish I had my own shop….some day:)

We received an e-mail with all the details, flavors, name, ideas, colors and a link to a photo of the invite and party decor….she said to take it from there, and we did. 

Plates and invites for the party

Coordinating cake and cupcakes!

We had so much fun with this order and the woman LOVED them! While the plates and invites only included “the king of the jungle,” our client requested we give him some friends and incorporate a zebra and monkey. Congratulations and a warm welcome to baby Aiden!

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“Sprinkling” the community with LOVE!

As many of you following our Blog may already know, one thing we love just as much as cupcakes is our community. We love to help out where we can in giving back to help others in need. My husband has a wonderful wrestling program where he coaches wrestlers and trains them to become elite wrestlers at the high school level. He coaches kids from many different schools, including Trabuco Hills and Rancho Santa Margarita High Schools. A few of the parents who are involved with the schools contacted us about some fundraising events. We were happy to lend a hand. We were able to donate cupcakes and gift certificates to the Trabuco Hills High School Wrestling Team for fundraising events. Also, we participated in the Rancho Santa Margarita Senior Fashion Show with a donation of cupcakes and gift certificate.

While these were smaller fundraisers that were for organizations we were familiar with, we were later informed about another cause that we could help with…..The Arthritis Walk. We learned about a girl named Faith who suffered from Juvenile Arthritis. She quickly became an inspiration to us all. We attended The Arthritis Walk 1,000 cupcakes in hand and enjoyed the day with many other volunteers and Arthritis survivors. We believe in helping others when we can. We all feel truly blessed to be able to do something we LOVE and will continue to share it with as many people as we can. Zen Cupcake calls it Cupcake Karma and we couldn’t believe in anything less. 

Happy Birthday Eliana!

On Saturday, May 16 Eliana celebrated her 1st birthday! Her mom contacted me to do a Strawberry shortcake cake in the shape of a strawberry, made to look like Shortcake’s house. So, I did some research and found tons of Strawberry Shortcake cakes. There were about 5 really cute strawberry shaped cakes that I used to reference my design. I took a few of the elements  I liked best from each and incorporated them into my design. Eliana’s mom also wanted 4 dz cupcakes, marble with plain green vanilla frosting. She had little paper toppers she wanted to use, instead of having me make some custom ones for her (so I don’t have any pics of those). 

 Def the best part of the party besides my baby girl of course.. Monica is the best…

-Carmen Trevino (Eliana’s Mommy)

This cake was a lot easier than I had anticipated and I had a blast creating it! I delivered it to the park at about 1:00 (in between baking/decorating a wedding cake and baking 1,000 minis for the Arthritis walk) to a local park. Well, I pulled up to the park and quickly realized you had to pay $5.00 for parking! I had zero cash on me (I never do) so I decided I’d have to charm the parking attendant to let me in just to drop off the cake. Well, first off it was a woman parking attendant (shoot!), I thought I’d give it a go anyway!

I explained to her I was just dropping off a cake for the party and wasn’t staying and asked if she could waive the fee. She then asked if I owned a bakery/business. I had the cake up front with me and she saw it. she started saying how professional it looked and again asked about the business. I told her that yes, we did own a business and before I could get another word out she tells me I am not an approved vendor and I could not enter for liability purposes! She told me I’d have to inform the person in charge of the party and they would have to come pick it up. So, I parked my car, called Eliana’s dad and he met me at the entrance. A friend of his pulled up in their car and he hopped in with the cake crossed the entrance, parked literally 30 feet away (where the party was being held), handed me the cake and we continued to the party site for set up. Kinda weird, but whatever…it all worked out. Eliana’s mom LOVED The cake and it looks as though the party was a big success!

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