Ok, so you love our cupcakes…they are so yummy and cute.  Well, now you can dress them up in fashionable cupcake couture!  We’ve added these fabulous cupcake wrappers to our line at the showroom, you can purchase them with your order of cupcakes, or separately.  We’re so excited to be the first to carry them in Syracuse.  Jen has her favorite wrapper style, but there are so many to choose from.  Check out how beautifully they compliment cake decor…perfect for those cool couples that want cake AND cupcakes at their event!

These wrappers can be purchased in packs of 12 for 12$ and stand at nearly 2″tall, perfect size for any baked standard, or slightly larger like Jen’s, cupcake.  Stop in today to see the styles available!  And of course we can order for you!  One of Jen’s favorites:

Isn’t this just the cutest?  We love it for place card/dessert dual use.  Just have Jen beautifully write the guest’s name on the wrapper and you can serve it boxed with ribbon or by itself at the table setting!  So cute.  Here are some of the other options.

Just say no to naked cupcakes! We’ll see you soon at the showroom.

all photos except Jen’s cake are courtesy of Bella Cupcake Couture.tm

Josh and Mallory were so much fun to work with; knew what they wanted, provided a tiny challenge while being easy to please, eager to give their guests some great tasting cake, and just plain fun.  I couldn’t be happier with their cupcakes, and I’m thrilled to know that they feel the same way.  They booked their wedding order last year;  180 cupcakes, a topper cake and a new technique later, all is done and gone.

I had intended to use the edible printer system for their logo when the order was placed.  But along the way, I decided to use screen printing for them instead.  I’ve been wanting to use this technique many times, but never seemed to have just the right job for it.  Too many variables usually, too many individual changes needed for multiple pieces for one order.  I’d love to use it for instance on the awesome cookies that Erin and I offer at Sweet Talk Boutique but I won’t make a screen for every single cookie order that comes in, as they do tend to come in singles.  A one color logo is perfect for this technique!  And low and behold, that’s what this amazing couple wanted.

I took the high res image of the logo that Mallory sent to me via email, burned it onto my food safe screen ~ sunlight baby, no chemicals! ~ and practiced with the ink ~ food coloring of course ~ until just right.  The ink has to be exactly the right viscosity for a great image.  The screen has to be crisp and clean as well.  It takes some skill, but I will be using this more and more.  You can have your own logo screen printed in edible format, just give me a call!

So Josh and Mallory wanted their “L” on half of the cupcakes, I made about 120 logos all together, and the other half of the order was to have the prettiest little ice blue flower on them.  Then the topper cake in White Almond with my amazing raspberry citrus schnapps’ syrup and lemon curd/raspberry filling combo was finished off in fondant with the logo applied to the edible band.  As you can see by the photos they sent to me, it’s a lot of cupcakes!  I’m so thankful to be able to share their photos with you, along with a photo of the  cupcake with logo and a variation or two of complimenting looks.  The logo discs are perfect for application to any edible item, and the logos can also be screened directly onto cookies, etc.  The screen is also shown in the final photo.

Thanks so much to Josh and Mallory for letting me be part of such a wonderful day and thank you for your awesome feedback!! You guys are amazing!

from Mallory and Josh:

Thank you Jen!  The cake was AMAZING.  Everyone LOVED it.  And when Josh and I cut into the topper, we nearly died.  It was like butter and was WAY better than we had remembered.  You really helped make our day special.  (Not to mention, the leftover cupcakes were awesome for the bonfire later that night…and for my colleagues at work!!).  We are so happy with everything you have done, and will be sure to contact you again in the future.  Stay in touch!   Love, Mr. and Mrs. LIttle aka Josh and Mallory

It’s T-ball and Little League season here, and one of my little ones is playing ball so I thought it would be perfect to show off some cupcakes from a recent order picked up in Manlius.  Perfect for a sports coach and perfect for your little all-star!

Here are some cakes and cupcakes I’ve recently done for Communions.  I really enjoy doing these cakes.  I hope that they were received well and thought to be fancy enough for the occassion, but not take center stage over the importance of the day.  God Bless!

Here are some cute cupcakes and a topper cake that were ordered for a surprise wedding shower. 

With a honeymoon in the tropics, brightly painted tropical shirts and flowers were in order.  Aren’t they cute?!

The shirts are little hand cut fondant pieces, then I painted them with food colors.  The topper cake also has hand painted flowers on it and then as you can see there are some little tropical fondant flowers as well.  I hope they were enjoyed as much as I enjoyed making them.

Laura and Joe from the Penguin Custom Ice Cream family came to me with a plan, and their finished cake is so close to the original vision it’s just wonderful. Very few edits or changes were made except for a minor serving number change so all in all we can add this order to the ever growing list of most enjoyable wedding cakes. They were fun to work with too, so I hope we were on their list of most enjoyable vendors. What kind of cake does a cute, funky, young couple want? How about chocolate fondant and chocolate butter cream cake and cupcakes capped off with very pink and orange mod circles? Yeah, that fits the bill!

The cakes have just been picked up and are on their way to final destination. I am now in clean up mode and preparing for a trip to a family friend’s wedding which just happens to be in Cooperstown - where the a fore mentioned ice cream shop is located.

Guess where I’m going for a treat? Of course none of Laura’s wedding party will be there, and she and Joe and Val and the gang aren’t working, but Val assured me the staff on hand will take care of us. So while I’m enjoying a cold one, they’ll be enjoying their cakes; my white almond cake with signature raspberry citrus Schnapps’ syrup and fresh lemon curd and raspberry filling, my Chocolate Chambord cake with ganache and raspberry filling and a perfect amount of Chambord, and my pink velvet cake. Yep, pink velvet. Think red velvet only pink. It’s a little lighter but just as yummy. and helloooo, it’s pink!

As the years have gone by and my business has grown to the point where I feel it will burst, I’ve begun to really try and fit it all together in a more cohesive way, it’s still just me here baking and designing. It’s a lot of hard work. The hardest part is sometimes the balance. I won’t be taking a cake to our friend’s wedding, I decided as soon as the engagement was announced that even if I were to be blessed enough to be asked, I would much rather be a loved family member in attendance than a vendor - or even worse a guest who couldn’t keep her eyes open because she was too tired after 2 days of cake leading up to the wedding. I’d miss the ceremony all together no doubt. Most certainly I’d miss the rehearsal dinner and since my husband is in the bridal party we can’t have that nonsense. So this order for Laura and Joe was a happy little ironic circumstance. They’re essentially from the town where I have to go for our friend’s wedding. At first I debated taking the order; on the one hand I could drop it off on the way…how convenient. On the other hand; see above sentence regarding sleeping through a ceremony. But then fate set in and Laura and Joe would require the cakes to be done early for a pick up today because their ceremony and reception is not taking place in Cooperstown. So, there you have it. I love it when it all comes together and I can be part of a very special day for a great couple. and, now I have an “in” to a new ice cream shop!

Congratulations Laura and Joe, my very best wishes for a wonderful life together, and thanks again for letting me be part of your day!

I had so much fun creating this little cutie, it was a real joy to design this cake for one of my favorite families (between mom and daughter #1 they’ve become welcomed regulars). The cake for Audrey’s first birthday was based on a handful of photos that were sent to me and a copy of the invite - with a cupcake on it of course. We needed to pump up the colors just a tiny bit, and make the cupcake the focal point. I love that Audrey’s mom let me sort of do my own thing with the cake within the idea range she sent me. They loved it!

Birthday girl was napping at delivery time so I’ll have to wait to see her reaction in photos; I especially hope to see her with her very own little coordinating “smash cake” sitting to the side of the cake. I make those for every first birthday cake I do as my little gift - hey…gotta get ‘em hooked young!

The bottom cake is a 4 layer 10″ round Caramel Apple cake (one of my signature flavors) and the cupcake was made using a couple 6″ layers, a 7″, and half of a ball pan. No giant cupcake pan here, just a little carving and voila! Add some delicious butter cream, made from scratch fondant and a chocolate #1 and there you have it - a first birthday cupcake fit for a princess!

After delivering the cake, I took my own little cupcakes out for a great day of some very last minute back to school shopping. It was a terrific day all around!