Lisa and Deb in the Bakery

No time to write, but I am having the BEST time EVER!!!

Cakes Cakes Cakes

Whew - keeping up has been impossible! And when I say keeping up, I mean: keeping up with blogging, friends, work, sleep, exercise, laundry, grocery shopping, and just about anything else you can think of. 9 wedding cakes last weekend and 16 (!!!) coming up this weekend. More dishes and pans than I thought possible. More icing than I thought possible. Hundreds of pounds of cake a week. Can you tell I'm grinning from ear to ear? I LOVE it.

Every week I call the city and say "they didn't pick up the recycle" and they say "oh yeah, there's a note from the driver - it wasn't out" and I say, "oh yes it was 'cause I put it there myself and walked past if for three days straight" and they say "oh, we'll send a truck today." Good lord. . . .

At least once a week we're getting requests for special flavors - I love that part! We've done peanut butter filling in a chocolate cake; mexican chocolate cake with white chocolate mousse; vanilla bean buttercream (with the flecks); chocolate and cayenne filling; bananas foster cake - banana cake with rum custard and caramel filling; etc. Next week is a possible green tea cake.

Oh yeah - the COOLEST thing is I get discounts at kitchen supply stores now - oh man is that ever dangerous!!!

More to come . . . .

Woo hoo! Buttercup Bakery

I bought the bakery! I did I did I did! Have I mentioned that I am totally in love with a 60-year old? Hobart that is - it's the 80-quart mixer and boy is he ever a doll! Ancient, bolted to the floor, banged up, three speeds, with a clutch. Two bowls, two paddles, and a whisk. Sounds kinda kinky I know! But it makes me happy every time I walk past! And the 20-quart is no slouch either! OK - you can't see them in this picture. But in the far back right are the old Rainier ovens - beauties as well!!

So far I've been in it 11 days - have only dropped one cake and burned myself 5 times - I'm considering this to be nothing short of a total success, considering my usual performance in the kitchen and the fact that I have baked over 200 pounds of cake during that time, and made nearly and equal weight of frosting!!

Delievered 4 wedding cakes by myself, with 4 more to come tomorrow. I am having the time of my life!!!

Still Coming Soon!

I hope to have more for you soon, but it's all still in the works . . . .

The bakery will offer various Italian pastries, traditional cakes, and some extra special candy items. Just for instance, here is a fabulous Italian pastry called a Sfoglia. The plural is Sfoglie, and really you always need more than one!!

and here is a Budino di Riso (rice pudding baked in a pastry shell)

and here is the special Buttercup Bar - dark chocolate covering a softly splintering peanut butter toffee. omg.

A New Bakery!!

Site currently under construction - look for more here soon!!