Cake Pop Baby Rattles

Happy Friday! I wanted to share these fun baby cake pop rattles I did for a a friend's sister's shower.  She doesn't know what she is having so we went with neutral colors.

Have a great weekend!

Savanna's First 1st Birthday Party!

As I previously mentioned we decided to split up friends and family for Savanna's 1st Birthday since we could not fit everyone inside.  We decided to have the friends party early so we could attempt to have it outside.  Luckily the weather cooperated for us and we had a nice day, it wasn't crazy sunny but it was a great temperature.  We had the party at an outdoor picnic area near one of the town parks.  It worked out great and we were very happy we did it there.  I ordered a full printable paper package from Little Birdie Prints on Etsy and was super happy with them. Kim was very responsive and easy to work with.  I used most of the package, the only things I did not use were the hats (Savanna hates anything on her head) and the thank yous (I already had personalized stationary for her and didn't think it was worth printing and buying envelopes).  I printed everything myself at home and it was super easy and I did not go through a crazy amount of ink.  I highly recommend if you want to add some fun custom detail to your party!

It was a late afternoon party so we decided to keep the food fairly simple.  We ordered sandwiches from a local deli and I made a pasta salad with broccoli and pine nuts and a mixed green salad with roasted butternut squash, walnuts, craisins and pumpkin seeds.  

Pumpkin Breads were the favors :)

Savanna had a blast playing in the ice and any water that had fallen....

For dessert, I of course had to go all out :)

I made chocolate chip ganache cookies, pumpkin cookies, chocolate cupcakes, pumpkin patch cake pops, and sour watermelons and pumpkins.  

Savanna had a personalized soy and dairy free pumpkin cake.  I took the fondant off before she dove in!

We cannot wait to celebrate again!

Weekend Recap and Carrot Cake Roll-Out Cookies

Sorry, I was never able to post last week, I had a ton of baking and prepping to do for our first of two parties for Savanna's first birthday!  We had a super busy Saturday this past weekend.  In the afternoon we had her party. We decided to split up friends and family since we cannot fit everyone inside if the weather was not nice.  We did our friends first so we could hopefully have it outside.  Luckily the weather cooperated for us:)  I will share the details of the party with you after I get pictures uploaded later this week. Before the party Chris took Savanna to the Rye vs. Harrison football game which is a long time rival.  There were 5000 people at a high school football game!  From what I heard Savanna loved the crowd and really enjoyed the action.  I made this cake pop tower (sorry not a great picture) for the boys tailgate on Friday night.  

While they were at the game I had my good friend Katie's baby shower at the Larchmont Yacht Club (where her and her husband got married).  I did some cute favor boxes for which I want to share the details with you today.

I worked with her sister to make personalized boxes for Katie.  We decided to make a trail mix of all of her favorite items; almonds, dried mango, raisins, yogurt covered pretzels, gummies and m&ms.  She is having a boy so we did blue for the gummies and m&ms.  

I then made a baby onesie carrot cake cookie (since carrot cake is her favorite).  I also wanted to share the recipe for the cookie.

I had made a soft drop carrot cake cookie before but, I was afraid that wouldn't hold the icing and I would have a ton of waste from cutting the cookies out.  I searched for a roll-out cookie but failed to find one, so I decided to modify one of my own recipes.  My gingerbread cookies have a fairly wet dough which I thought I needed since the carrots would moisten the dough.  So I substituted the molasses with the carrots and altered the spices and it worked :)  The dough was super moist but it worked as long as you let the dough sit in the refrigerator for a minimum of 4 hours (overnight is best) and used a decent amount of flour.  

Carrot Cake Roll-out Cookies

3 cups flour

3/4 cup brown sugar 

3/4 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp cloves

6 ounces butter

6.5 ounces shredded carrots 

Directions

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer mix dry ingredients

2. Add in butter in pieces

3.While machine is running add carrots

4. Refrigerate dough for at least 4 hours

5. Roll out on floured surface and floured pin to desired shape and size (will need a lot of flour) 

6. Bake 10 - 15 minutes depending on size

A Weekend filled with Birthdays!

We had a lot of birthdays to celebrate this weekend!  It started with this cake I made for one of our friend's daughter's family birthday party. Her favorite colors are purple and orange.  I ordered the cake bunting from Especially Paper and I loved the quality and how quick she was able to get it to me.  I will definitely be ordering again!

On Saturday we headed to Long Island for lunch to celebrate my Grandfather's 94th birthday.  Unfortunately, he ended up in the hospital (nothing major) and we didn't get to see him. We were still able to have a nice lunch with my parents and my dad's sister.  We then headed into the city and visited our friends Joe and Carol who recently had a little boy and they were celebrating Carol's birthday.  They have an amazing rooftop and it was the perfect evening for it :)

Lastly we headed over to my good friend Caitlin's 30th birthday.  Her husband organized a fabulous afternoon of sailing and friends for her.  We didn't make the sailing, but we were able to meet up with them for some cocktails before Savanna expired :)

Our last celebration was on Sunday. We had Chris's family over to celebrate his brother's 27th birthday! We watched the Giants lose again but enjoyed a yummy lunch and some cake pops! 

Unfortunately this picture didn't come out great and don't ask why Savanna is naked :)

Hope you are having a great Monday!

I Love NY Cake Pops

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week.  We have been busy over making these cake pops :)

One of my good friends from when I was working at JP Morgan is getting married today! I started at JP Morgan after I graduated from college and made a group of really close friends through the training program.  Out of the five of us there is only one still there, but we have stayed close which is really nice.  I am very excited for the wedding and honored that I could do the favors.  

We have a busy weekend ahead!  My husband is headed to a bachelor party in Miami this morning until Sunday and I have the wedding tonight. Saturday should be a lot of fun. The library in town is having their 100 year celebration which will include, a petting zoo, Music for Aadvarks and lots of other fun things for Savanna.  On Sunday we have a BBQ with the Rye Newcomers group which should hopefully be a great place to meet other new families. Savanna should have fun too since it is at the Nature Center and they have animals there :)

What's on tap for your weekend?  Congratulations to Stephanie and Fran!!

Kristen's Wedding Dessert Table

I am so excited to finally share with you the desserts from Kristen's wedding that I told you about a little while back.  I was honored to not only be apart of her wedding, but I did the desserts AND Savanna was the flower girl! The wedding was in the barn at Martha Clara Vineyards on a picture perfect day the first weekend of June.  All of the pictures were captured by the fabulous Stephen from W Studios New York and he graciously shared them with me.  I highly recommend everything about the wedding, we had an absolute blast!

For the Dessert Table I did a vanilla with raspberry and nutella two tier cake, cake pops, oreo pops, chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate chip cookies.  

My personal favorite is below :)

Zoe's Birthday Party!

Savanna's friend Zoe turn 1 a few weeks ago!  Unfortunately, my good friend Kristen's wedding was the same weekend so we had to miss the party.  Since we were unable to go to the party, I was excited that I could at least do the desserts.  Zoe's party was a farm animal theme and they even had a petting zoo there! Zoe's Mom and Dad went to HS with Chris.  They were a different year in school but last year we discovered that they live around the block from us which has been a lot of fun.  A girl from their HS has a beautiful photography company. She took all of the wonderful shots below.  You should check out the rest of the party here, along with with all of the other amazing work she does.  

Cow, Pig and Duck Fondant Cookies

Mini Animal Mixed Berry Pies

Zoe & 1 Cake Pops with mini cupcakes

I love this one of Zoe digging into her cake!

This is such a cute shot of all the other kids "helping" her :)

This is my favorite!

Kristen's Shower

One of my best and oldest friends is getting married in a month, I am very excited for her and cannot wait for her wedding!  Kristen and I sat next to each other in Kindergarten and have been friends ever since.  We played sports together growing up, she vacationed with my family and then we lived together in NYC after college.  We used to get quite the look when we went out together and we both introduced ourselves with the same name because we are also both petite with medium dark brown hair.  Her shower was this past weekend at the beautiful Glen Cove Mansion.  You can tell they do a lot of showers and weddings there; they were pros, super helpful and very prepared.  Savanna came with me for the first part of the shower and Chris was Mr. Flexible and came out to LI early and then picked her up (He also has her for his first solo weekend when I go to Florida for Kristen's Bachelorette).  Savanna enjoyed meeting some of my friends from High School that she hadn't met yet.  I was honored to do the dessert table for the shower and I wanted to share the details with you.  Per the bride's request I made a banana cake with chocolate filling, chocolate covered pretzels, mini mixed berry pies, cake pops and heart cookies.  Her bridesmaids dresses are a pretty coral from Jcrew so I did a color palette of light pink, coral and white.  

I hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend!

April Projects

Good Morning and Happy Friday!  I wanted to share some of the projects that I worked on in April with you today.  I am sorry I have not been great about getting good photos so these are all instagram.  Hope you are enjoying this wonderful weather - Have a great weekend!

These were Monogram Whale Cake Pops for a Whale Themed First Birthday Party.  I had the tags made by the wonderful Jaime who is the owner of a creative online paper store, Bushel and Peck.  You should check out her etsy site too!

I made these wine bottle cookies for my friend Stephanie's shower (which I was unfortunately unable to attend).  It was a late afternoon shower with wine and appetizers.  To go with the wine I also made dark chocolate covered cake pops with rock salt and red wine chocolate cupcakes.

I made a little Hippo cake for the welcoming of Baby Harper.  The shower for her was supposed to be the weekend we had the snow storm in February so they postponed it and had a welcoming party instead.  

The Baby Boy Cake Pops were for a shower. The Baby Girl Cake Pops were for her big brothers to take to school and brag about their new little sister :)

These frog cake pops were for a frog themed baby shower.  The adorable Lily pad tags were made by Jaime from Bushel and Peck as well!

80th Birthday Party Cake!

March Treats and Easter

We are super excited to be heading out to Chicago on Friday to visit my sister and nieces for Easter.  Since Savanna cannot color eggs or have an egg hunt this year I think it will be fun for her to watch her cousins. We stopped by the park yesterday (yay is spring finally here??) and she really enjoyed watching the kids play.  I think it will be fun for her cousins too since they will be able to interact with her more than when they were here in January (such a big difference from 2.5 months to 4.5 months).    

Today I wanted to share with you a cookie recipe that uses hard boiled egg yolks.  It would be great for your leftover easter eggs, but of course I could not seem to find the recipe anywhere this week.  Hopefully I will find it over the next year so I can share it next Easter.  So instead I am sharing some recent projects I have worked on :) 

These were for a dessert table Little Miss Party Planner put together for a 40th Birthday - check out there blog posting for all of the details from their fabulous party!

 

This was a birthday cake for a little girl who turned 6 and had a Ninjago themed party

These were for a Sweet 16 :)

I made a cake, lemon tarts, and glazed carrot cake cupcakes for a bunny themed baby shower.  The favors were "Its a Girl" Nail Polish with adorable bunny tags.  I matched the cake to the tags :)

Have a wonderful Holy Week and Easter!

Election Day!

Happy Election Day!  Make sure to get out and vote!  

     I am finally headed to the hospital this evening to have our little girl!  We are going to vote on our way to the hospital :)  I must have made a good home for her since she does not want to come out :) Between the storm and being overdue, this past week has seemed like forever!  

     As a note to all customers, my assistants are busy at work in the kitchen and we would love to take your orders. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept new orders for this week, but please email us if you would like orders for next week / any future orders.  For the rest of November we are happy to take all your orders but kindly request 72 hours notice to make sure we are properly staffed. Thank you for your understanding!

Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone made it through the storm ok!  We were very lucky to never lose power in our home, but unfortunately the kitchen is out of power :(  We hope we will be up and running by the weekend!  No baby news here fortunately/unfortunately so we are now just in the waiting game! We hope everyone has a safe Halloween and our thoughts and prayers are with all those families who do not have power and had serious damage.

New York Botanical Gardens and Wedding Dessert Table

Hope everyone had a great weekend and you are having a good week!  We are trying to keep busy over here  on the weekends, I am officially under the 2 week mark now (that is if she wants to come on time :) ).  My husband had the wonderful idea to visit the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx.  We have both never been and we were very glad we went!  It is a great weekend activity, even for those who have kids!  They have a section dedicated to children, which is now has a Halloween theme, where they can carve pumpkins etc.. over the holidays they are famous for the train show.  For adults, they have a wonderful Monet exhibit going on now and the rose garden is still in full bloom.  If you are looking for something to do, I highly recommend!

I also wanted to share with you a Wedding Dessert Table that I did.  The wedding was held at the Ink Hotel which has a stunning rooftop!  The dessert table was filled with yummy treats such as cake pops, oreo pops, mini cheese cakes, mini chocolate pretzel tarts, cookies and candy!

Halloween Orders!

Make sure to get your Halloween Orders in early!  All orders placed before October 20th will receive 10% off. Check out some of my fun Halloween treats below!  I have fondant toppers for cupcakes or Paper Flags made by Bushel and Peck for cupcakes and cake pops!  I can also do jack'o'lantern, ghost and black cat cake pops.  Adding a tray filled with candycorn makes it easy to transport to your party!  

Skyline in Full Bloom - Top of the Garden Event

I had the pleasure of being apart of the Skyline in Full Bloom Wedding Event that was hosted and designed by Roey Mizarhi Events.  It was held at Top of the Garden which is wonderful space on the 16th floor of the Historic Rehearsal Recording Arts building that connects to a beautiful rooftop! Roey put together an incredibly fun evening and a wonderful group of wedding vendors which are listed below. Thanks to Allan Zepeda for the amazing pictures!  

Roey Mizrahi Events • Elan Artists • MirrorMirror Designs • Hushed Commotion • RCANO Events Catering • Amber Gress Photography • The Booth • Blade Floral and Event Design • Sugar Flower Cake Shop • SB Beauty • Nectar Imports • Extensions by Jill • The Chocolate Nation • Dynamic Drape and Decor • Robert Stark Lighting • Bonobos • Sarah Jassir Bridal • The Cocktail Guru/Wedding Cocktail Design 
Ruth Fischl High End Event Rentals• Hitch Switch • Kreated by K• Mustard Lane•Weditors Video & Photography•Grande Harvest Wines•Van Gogh Vodka

Wedding Towers

I have been honored to be apart of numerous weddings over the last two months.  I wanted to share some pictures of dessert towers I did for two of them.  Both brides wanted to have a cake for the ceremonial cutting of the cake, but did want a 4 tier cake.  I helped them design a tower that allowed them to have a cake (small) and have some fun cake pops and cupcakes along with it.  

I will share some more fun and unique weddings next week!

 

Back to School!

I hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day weekend!  It was a quiet one over here, so nothing too exciting to report.  I did some organzing for the baby and tested out some pumpkin recipes for the fall menu :)

School officially started this week and fall is here (altough it still feels like summer out there in the gross humidity), so I made a fun Back to School Basket that I wanted to share with you.  Good luck to my youngest niece, Monica starts her first say of pre-school today!

 

Little Miss Party Planner Events

Hope everyone is having a fabulous August week!  I wanted to share some of the treats I made for the wonderful parties that Little Miss Party Planner put together this spring and summer.  I have included the links for each party so you can check out their entire spread and beautiful decorations!

For a 30th birthday party on a boat in April, I made mini lemon meringue tarts, white chocoalte covered oreos, cheesecake pops AND the cake.  The birthday boy loved Kite Surfing :) LMP did a such a great job with the nautical theme.

For a 40th brithday party I made some fun cupcakes with an old photo from when the birthday boy was little as well as some 40 cake pops!  Don't you just love the way LMP displays everything!?!

For Seri's (one of the LMP owners), son's bris she put together an amazing party only a week after she gave birth!  This had a fun "Got Milk" theme and she used some pictures that were captured in the hospital.  I made "Got Milk" cookies, cupcakes, cow cake pops and some white chocolate covered oreos with an L for Luke! 

 For a lovely rustic bridal shower, I made some chocolate espresso cookies, pie pops and purple glitter cake pops!

 

We both share the same wonderful and talented photographer, Raquel, from Raquel Bianca Creative, and Raquel's sisters asked LMP to plan her Bridal Shower.  LMP centered the theme around Long Beach Island, where they are getting married, but added in a lot of cool camera props as well :)  If you check out Raquel's website you can see her cool paper design that she did for her wedding. For the party I had the pleasure of making some mini pie tarts, chocolate espresso cookies and some really cool camera cookies!

  

Barn Animals!

I recently had the pleasure of doing two fun barn animal parties that I wanted to show you :)

I was lucky that one of my customers sent me fabulous pictures of the dessert table they put together with the desserts I made.  Look how cute it was!

The sunflowers and chocolate pigs were from Jaques Torres

 

The Cupcakes!

The Cake close-up 

The second was a barn cake and cake pop barn animals :)

Pippa's Dohl

One of my friends from JCrew threw her daugher an amazing Dohl, which is a Korean first birthday.  In regards to the scale and importance of the event, Korean first birthdays can be compared to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or a Sweet Sixteen.  A large dessert table is one of the traditions in which I was excited to be apart of!  One of the other traditions is to lay items of signficance out and whichever one they pick is what determines their future.

The colors of the party were grey, pink and white and it was a bunny themed birthday since Pippa was born in the year of the Rabbit :)

This wonderful party was held at Bann Restaurant and all of the fabulous pictures below were captured by Mike Ngo Photography.

This is my favorite photo of the birthday girl!

Here she is determining her future!

A Bunny Cake Pop and Cupcake Tower

My Bunny Birthday Cake!