~Extraordinaire Carottes~

Carrot and coconut cupcake. Simple warm fuzzies. Fresh grated nutmeg and crushed cardamom, orange zest, natural organic coconut flakes, organic carrots, fair trade crushed pineapple and it makes me happy! Topped off with a not too sweet cream cheese frosting, more pineapple with a bit of carrot added. Tastes like fall is here, and I am loving it!

S'more S'more

The Magnificent Smores Cupcake. Graham cracker crust, chocolate divine cupcake, home made marshmallow topping, sprinkled with graham cracker crumbles and a gooey chocolate ganache drizzle. YUM!

Feminist press

Auction time.

Yet another great cause to be a part of. CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women was begun in Corvallis in 1976, more than 100 years after feminist Abigail Scott Duniway began her Portland "human rights" weekly, the New Northwest. CALYX was the first West Coast literary journal with women editors publishing women's works.

We will be donating some delish cupcakes to these fine ladies this weekend. Caramel apple cupcakes, Guinness stout cupcakes and undecided cupcakes. Contenders are chocolate bacon cupcake and carrot coconut cupcake. But that could all change on a moments whim :)

Cheers ladies.

Update: All went grand! Thanks Becks for hooking us up. You, as always, rock. We went with a version of strawberry-wawa, as well as the stout cupcake, and caramel apple cupcake. They were fun and rewarding to do. CALYX is a great organization for women in literature. The ladies there were delightful, and Cynthia, the event coordinator, was warm and welcoming. Good times, good vibes. It is, as always, good to give. Here is our CALYX shout out. Whoot!
http://calyxpress.org/newsletter.html

Wow-sah!

Savory Saffron

I am working on a new cupcake. No name yet. Forest suggested Effing-good, but that is inappropriate.... Maybe saffron surprise, everything but the kitchen sink, Spanish saffron.... who knows. Suggestions??? Dreamy chocolate cupcake, peppercorns, cinnamon, fresh nutmeg, and a hint of coffee and vanilla, saffron spiced custard filling, spiced vanilla butter cream frosting, and finally strawberry puree on top. Words, are nothing. Just amazing. Thank you cupcake, I love you.

UPDATE! Alexis you are a genius. Savory Saffron it is.

I bleed frosting

Well not really.

I am very excited to not announce, and sit on exciting news, that I really want to share! There I said it, I am not telling. But it will come, and I can't wait to share. A big honor. Good things are meant to blossom, and not be plucked to early, or something. Hint- community, not just ours, delicious, sometimes nutritious, and always fantaboulous. So much preparation, and deliberation is coming. Good stuff.

Other news: We have been working in the art in the community as of late. I am thankful for Babs, Paige, and Berni (foxy fun ladies) for looking me up and giving me an opportunity to help give back.

Truly, it has been so cleansing for the soul, inspiring. What an amazing community we live in. Pegasus Art Gallery, Corvallis Art Center, ARTrageous are fantastic companies, with beautiful people at the helm. Such giving, selfless, inspired beings are all around us. We need only look.

We are rolling in the cupcakes, and it is a peaceful kinda thing. If only all life's solutions came in a cupcake liner.

So sented

Art Gallery time! Bad cupcakes on the tips of every ones tongues. Scented cupcakes. Fresh organic lavender, local honey, Guinness Stout, fall spices, all these things come together to make aromatic treats that can't be ignored. So Good! Thanks to everyone for enjoying the Pegasus Art Gallery open house cupcakes.

Spiced Stout Cupcake

Molasses, Guinness, orange zest, and warm fall spices, make this a true fall pleasure. Soft and moist, like ginger bread, topped with spiced whipped cream and orange zest. Hello Holidays!

Love Lavender

Local honey, organic fresh-picked lavender, crispy top and soft center make this sweet cake subtle and lite. Butter cream & honey frosting to top it off, with lavender buds to add a complex and lovely contrast of textures. Even better.

Epic Cupcakes

So We are beat! We just finished a bunch of small orders wrapped around the grand opening of

Epic Day Spa. Epic's opening was exactly that, EPIC!

They know how to throw a party. Good job girls. Your hostess abilities are amazing. The ladies were beaming and beautiful. The guests were happy and spoiled, and they cleaned out our 300+ cupcakes in less than 40 minutes. That just scratches the surface of what happened and was there for the guests. What a great opening, truly amazing.

Below are some of the cupcakes we did this week.

Enjoy.

Strawberry wa-wa

Moist, creamy, vanilla bean cupcake, with gads of strawberries mixed in, and strawberry whipped cream on top.

Cha-Cha Chili

Chocolate divine cupcake with Thai chilies mixed in, dipped in chocolate ganache, with milk chocolate butter cream frosting, and Thai chili on top. Cool on top, spicy on the bottom.

Coconut and lime

Coconut cupcake with fresh lime zest and juice through out, filled with a creamy lime filling, coconut meringue frosting, and coconut on top. Refreshing lime, cool coconut, dreamy flavor.

TurtleRich chocolate cupcake, double dipped in the finest chocolate ganache, toasted pecan, and homemade caramel drizzled on top. Gooey, sticky, GOOD!

Chaco-chaco

Our chocolate divine cupcake with cocoa frosting. Simple, perfect, divine.

The Yvonne

This vanilla cupcake is smothered in white chocolate butter cream and raspberry sauce, filled with raspberry preserves and topped off with a raspberry. Light, fluffy, a bit messy, and delish, enjoy!