Heart Garland

Crochet Heart Garland

Use size J crochet hook and worsted weight yarn. I used Bernat cotton in red
Heart
Round 1
Chain 4.  Make all of the next stitches in the first chain. 3 trc, 3 dc, chain 1, 1 trc, chain 1, 3 dc, 3 trc, chain 2 slip stitch
Round 2
Chain 3, in first trc make sc and hdc, in next stitch 3 hdc, in next stitch 2 hdc, sc in next four stitches, chain 1 dc in trc, chain 1, sc in next four stitches, 2 hdc in next stitch, 3 hdc in next stitch, hdc and sc in next stitch, chain 3 and slip stitch in center

Round 3
Chain 3,  sc in  top of chain 3 from previous row , 2 sc in next stitch, sc in next stitch, 2 sc in next stitch, then sc in each of the next stitches until point of heart, chain one for point, sc in next five stitches, then sc in next st, 2 sc in next stitch, sc in next stitch, 2 sc in next stitch, chain three and then slip stitch in center of heart.  Pull the loop to the back and fasten off.

Garland
Chain 45, in top of heart sc, chain 6, sc in top of  other side of the heart, chain 12, sc in top of heart, chain 6, sc in top of other side of the heart, chain 12. Repeat until all hearts are joined, chain 45 fasten off.

Waldorf Astoria Red Cake Eatons

Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Eatons Downstairs
Eaton’s Foodateria 284, 379 • Lunch Bar • Eaton’s Basement

My absolute fondest memories of my Gran! I smile everytime I see Eatons memorabilia or red velvet cake. I of course had to wear my red velvet coat, black patent shoes and white gloves for the Christmas Waldorf Astoria/ Santa event. Love you Gran xox
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup shortening
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 ounces red food coloring
* 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 1 tablespoon baking soda
* 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 cup milk
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1. Cream together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
2. Make a paste with food coloring and cocoa. Add to shortening mixture.
3. Add salt and buttermilk to mixture.
4. Next add flour, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda in that order. Mix.
5. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) in two 8 inch round greased and floured cake pans. Let cool.
6. To Make Frosting: Cook 5 tablespoons flour and 1 cup milk until thick, and then cool.
7. Cream together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 cup butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla 'til fluffy. Add to flour mixture.
8. Cut layers of cake in half lengthwise. Spread frosting on each half layer. Stack and frost over all.

Three Tier Cupcake Stand back in stock at Sweet Cuppin Cakes

 

Cupcake Party Three Tier Stand, by Tag. Metal stand with guard rail holds cupcakes in place. Powder coat finish. Collapsible. Measurements - small tier: 8.5" dia. medium tier: 11.5" dia. large tier: 14.5" dia. overall height: 20"h.  We finally have these wonderful cupcake stands or treat stands back in stock after a very long wait!!

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Colour Chart Now Available

I have colour charts for our cupcake liners should you need to special order for your wedding. When we book a wedding we ask that the bride order 500 liners so that all incidents can be avoided. We also ask these bookings occur 3 weeks in advance because your liners have to be made and perfected. We would never send out off center cuppie cake liners.
Our solids go like this



We then have a wonderful splash of polka dot designs. They are just so fun! The minis are soooooo cute!



At present we do not have the brown and gold dots, pink and gold dots or black and silver dots. Hopefully they will be available soon!
Our High Tea is out of this world and is perfect for so many settings. Even the spookier celebrations. Creativity counts here folks.



And finally my personal fave of all time HOUNDSTOOTH!The hot pink and camel colours are not yet available but hopefully very soon!



As many of you know I carry quite a few sizes of liners and can get my hands on pretty much any size you can throw at me. The important size measurement of course is the bottom one! Turn your pan upside down and measure the bottom straight across the circle. Most are 2" BUT a nice professional yielding pan will give you a 2 1/4" bottom. My minis are a gorgeous size because they are not too small they are 1 1/2" across the bottom. Not as finicky as those #36 that are 7/8".
Size 39 is 1 1/4" bottom
Size 55 is 2" bottom standard wilton type size but MUCH better quality
Size 70 is a 2 1/4" bottom professional muffin pan
Size 75 is 2 1/4" bottom but taller so you get MORE CAKE!!
Now you can head over to the cupcake link and stock up for your holiday baking!
Cheers! CLICK HERE

Now Available Fred Cakewich

And so much fun! What a way to be even more creative in the Baking mother department x

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Our Tea Cup Moulds by Fred

Our Tea Cup Cakes Mould by Fred is now on clearance with very few left! I love mine for those little whimsical times in life

DIY Christmas TAGS and Cupcake Toppers

Tis the season to be Merry and also time for Sharing
These DIY Christmas tags are a fantastic evening project
Email me if you would like a copy sent to you
Happy Christmas from all of us at Sweet Cuppin Cakes

Holiday Cupcake Wrappers Santa Sleigh

Now available for Christmas our Holiday Wrappers!
Red Santa Sleigh. Reusable top notch quality manufactured in Australia.We are proud to offer you these.
Set of 12 $14.99

Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery and Cupcakery Supplies

Giving back something sweet!

Find out about the outcome of our awesome cookie drop off courtesy of Drop In and Decorate dot org.

www.swedersideoflife.wordpress.com

It was an AMAZING success!

Brides Pinks

Funnily after thinking that we would not complete the task of making 500 of these roses for our Princess White bridescakes I pulled it off! My thumb was so sore but it all ended well! After asking a lot of decorators about how to dry these roses of royal frosting, they were actually pretty much a hands off process. I had worried they would crack etc but no, all went remarkably well. Here is what I did, I piped them all on parchment squares and placed each rose on a square on a huge cookie sheet. I left each to sit and dry for 2 days and then flipped them upside down on the squares for 3 days ... They were quite hard and crusted by the time I used them a week later. I stored them in clean paper egg cartons which worked fab! So my friends now I am no longer leery to make royal icing roses that I hear can last decades haha! Cheers

Espresso Chip Brownies...have a great morning!

8 ounces of your favorite dark chocolate

1 cup of unsalted butter

5 whole eggs

3 cups white sugar

1 tablespoon Neilsen-Massey vanilla bean paste

1 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour

1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

1 tablespoon instant espresso granules

-Don't blink because it is very easy and the outcome is dense and velvety. Perfect for the holidays. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 13 by 9 baking dish.

-Place the butter and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl and heat on high until the chocolate is fully melted, about 2 minutes but watch carefully. Stir until fully blended.

-In a standing mixer with the paddle blade; place the eggs, sugar and vanilla bean paste. Mix on high for about two minutes. Then on a very low speed or stir setting, slowly add in the butter and chocolate mixture. Next add in the flour and beat on medium only until combined and then stop! Overmixing is deadly to brownie texture!

-Remove the paddle blade and grab a spatula. Pour the chips and espresso into the batter and fold them in by pulling the bottom batter to the top gently. You only want them evenly through the batter, you don't want to 'mush'.

-Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for about 35 mins. I love this because it is the perfect amount of time to make dinner!

Additional ideas: I poured a bag of marshmallows on top of the brownies this year and they were AMAZING!!! I have also added in dried cranberries or cherries. Get creative and play with your food. Enjoy!

Anita can sure decorate a cupcake

Happy Deepavali
Originally uploaded by Anita Jamal

These were submitted by Anita Jamal to our Sweet Cuppin Cakes Flickr Group which made me very happy! The reason I am so happy is then I get to share them with all of you.

I adore all the details on these and the colour work is fantastic. It makes me wonder what everyone else is up to in their kitchens and bakeries for this holiday season coming quickly upon us.

If you have something to show us, or you have someone you are so very proud of come join our group and hang out with a nice big mug of cocoa and be ready to be inspired to the point you will go bake I promise!!

Our crew also has a fan page where you can post just about anything you want, after all anyone doing sugar arts is a Celebrity in my eyes!

Happy Holidays and thank you again Sweet Anita!

Lemon Shortbread Cupcake Cookies A Recipe

 When it would happen I did not know. I knew it would happen though, so that is an intuitive A++ for me. Cookies! Well indeed cookies happened, but to find an actual cookie cupcake recipe! For reals you guys. This just sets my little shoppe into trendy trendy trendy avant-garde territory. Now I better tell you why. I had thought of the cookie project myself and played with recipes because after-all cupcake liners are finicky little papers whether we would like to know that or not. They are not all so conforming to some recipes as we have learned in some point of our baking careers.
After deciding brownies sucked in baking liners I moved on. So I go and order a bunch of my 39 size liners, a bunch and to get them made a have to wait quite a while not to mention all the bakeries we supply to gobbling them up. Okay on with it, I do have some in stock and waiting for you, how long I couldn't say But this recipe I just had to share because I love you.
Lynds

Lemon Shortbread Cupcake Cookies

2 cups all purp flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 cup confectioners sugar
3-4tbsp finely shredded lemon peel (you can add orange here too)
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (real lemon juice)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp vanilla and please use real vanilla too I like Neilsen Massey Vanilla Bean paste for this recipe
Lemony Glaze
Oven temp 300 degrees. 24 mini cupcake liners neatly set into your wee pans.
Stir together flour and cornstarch set aside a bit
Put your confectioners sugar in a bowl and the lemon peel (this step makes a huge difference) then push that lemon peel through and through until your sugar is fragrant and yellow Oh YUM.
Then in you mixer beat the butter until almost white (yes it does) Add sugar mixture and then flour mixture. Perfect
Now roll into 24 equal balls (I use a small ice cream scoop (disher) for this)
You can also use a scale but use something.
Now press your perfect little balls into your pretty pans lined with festive paper.
Bake gently at 300 for 20 minutes they will be only very very light brown
Now to glaze:
Do not do this in advance or your liners will fall off! When ready to serve beat up in a wee bowl 1 1/4 cups confectioners sugar, 1 tablespoon of milk, 1 tablespoon of corn syrup (I like the golden) and 1 1/2 - 2 tsp finely shredded lemon peel and finally 1 tbsp of vanilla bean paste. Perfect (it will be a little thick) Por your glaze into a squeeze bottle (yeah I am gonna say it Wilton) and gently squirt the glaze on your cookies Let stand a bit and serve!

Oh yeah you can freeze those cookie cupcakes for a month without the glaze. Alternatively you can decorate these cookies with glaze and royal frosting flowers or what have you!

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An easy and sweet way to spread love!

A few weeks ago, Lyndsay shared a beautiful link that caused me to take action.

http://www.dropinanddecorate.org/

It is a simple idea. Make some cookies, decorate them and donate them to food pantry, soup kitchen, shelter or any other agency that feeds those in need. The great thing is the reaction you can get for such a simple act of generousity. You can teach your kids the act of giving. You can get that warm, "I just did a good deed" feeling. And the most important, someone that really needed a smile gets one.

I decided to make it a Thanksgiving mission. I called Minot Area Homeless Coalition and asked them how many families they serve for the holiday. I found out they help 30-60 families, based on reservations and last minute additions. Simple math provided me with 15 people needing to bake 4 dozen. That is very easy, even for a beginner. You can buy 4 packages of break apart sugar cookies(SUPER EASY), you can make up a large batch of sugar cookie dough and divide it up for your friends to bake(Easy for the home-baker) or you can get crazy creative and bring the most gorgeous cookies your hands can make(easy for the greatly skilled artists on this site). Does not matter how you get it done, just have fun! I shared it as an event on Facebook, before I knew it I had a great surprise.

I had 30 bakers! 30 bakers making 4 dozen cookies EACH! I am able to provide all the cookies needed for both the Domestic Violence Crisis Center and the Minot Area Homeless Coalition. Amazed.

So now I have a dare. Can you out bake me for your town? Can you provide baked yummies for your local soup kitchen or charity? I DARE YOU! Then let this lovely lady know on her website! Take pictures, share your event with friends. You can even turn it into a new tradition for a holiday. If you take up my dare, leave a comment. I would love to see what special yummies you can come up with also.

I can't wait to show you my progress! Thanks, Lyndsay. I can feel the love already.