Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I will be making cute Red White & Blue cupcakes BUT our picnic is on Saturday the 7th this year since the 4th fell right in the middle of the week :(  I have hunted down so many cute summer time ideas for cupcakes so please let me know if you would like some kupkakes with personality for your summer picnics & parties :)

June is the beginning of summer & a very busy time in the Kupkakes by Kimmie kitchen :)  I have showers & birthday parties galore!  As the cupcakes are done I will post pictures.....I seem to have a run on little boys birthdays.  Some day maybe the dream will become a reality of opening a "real" Kupkakes by Kimmie little cupcake store!  The more fantastic responses & referrals that come in the closer it becomes!  Please keep your fingers crossed for me & keep those kupkake orders flying in LOL :)

Well it's a spring business boom!

The 1st 3 months of 2012 were alittle slow to say the least in the Kupkakes by Kimmie Kitchen :)  Orders are now flying through the door, with birthdays, bridal showers & graduations!  All I can say is thank goodness for the first few slow months because.................I actually fell 9' out of the attic & lived to tell about it!! I was going up to store some glassware & when I got up into the attic I raised my head to quickly & knocked myself out cold on a beam.  I then fell backwards & head first down the pull down steps.  I awoke a while later with one of my dogs crying & licking my face.  Once I realized I wasn't paralyzed I was a bit hysterical with all the broken glass, blood & I thought I had broken my shoulder but thankfully I was just VERY bruised & scraped up.  8 hours later at the ER, a very young doctor(didn't even look like he shaved LOL) tells me he just CANNOT believe I didn't break anything at my age!!!! Thanks buddy if I could lift my arm I'd smack you!  So due to the accident I just could not use a pastry bag to save my life, it just hurt SO bad to try & squeeze the bag.  So now that I'm feeling all better & orders are coming in all things are good in the Kupkakes by Kimmie Kitchen........bring it on I have an angel watching over me..........no order too big!!!!! LOL

Christmas Time

As the year end is drawing near, I look back at the cupcake tasting I had in late May & think .....did I really make so many cute cupcakes for so many people!?  It amazes me that everyone has loved my cupcakes.  Nothing makes me happier than making cupcakes for my friends & family & watching their face when they first see them!!!!!  I look forward to next year & to making more people smile :) all because of little ol cupcakes!  I actually had to stop saying yes to people for the month of December!  After all it is Christmas time & I have to make it special for my own little family.  Thank you to everyone that has sampled my creations this year & Kupkakes by Kimmie wishes you all A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!!!!!!

Better than those cupcake shops in Hoboken

WHAT?! Last weekend I did kupkakes for an engagement party. The couple & alot of their friends live in Hoboken where there are ALOT of bakeries & cupcake shops.  The mother of the bride told me the wedding couple & their friends thought the kupkakes made by Kupkakes by Kimmie were better, they loved them & they were the hit of the party! WHOO HOO!!! Are you kidding me? WOW I was so excited to hear this I was jumping up & down!  Even though I was so excited I think alot has to do freshness, I make my kupkakes the day of the event or bake the kupkake the day before at the earliest for huge orders.  Everyone should know very few bakeries bake their cakes the day of the event most are frozen so maybe that had something to do with why they thought mine tasted better. But whatever the reason I was elated, & now they can't wait to have kupkakes for the shower! WHOO HOO again :)

Foodnetwork Magazine Halloween Cupcake Contest

Well I've entered another contest!  FoodNetwork Magazine which is very exciting although the chances of winning something so huge is slim to none!  I imagine there will be 1000's of entries.  My witchiepoo is made completely out of fondant & the stars on her hat & cape are edible glitter.  There is a toothpick down through her head to stabilize but other than that it is completely edible :)  Witchie poo is sitting on a Red Velvet Cupcake with Orange(colored not flavored) buttercream icing.  I had meant to use a Halloween cupcake liner but I forgot so I just sat the baked cupcake in a Halloween liner....how I could have forgot that is beyond me!  I guess I was too worried about taking the photos because all you had to do was upload a photo of your cupcake!  I wish there was more to it like sending along your recipe or something! I believe the entries have to be in by November 10th or sometime in November...so I will keep everyone updated if I hear anything.  Oh by the way the prize is $500. to spend at The FoodNetwork Store & the cover of the magazine(I imagine for next years October edition)  I was excited about the possibility of buying a pot & pan set & my daughter said, " MA it's the COVER for Pete Sakes!!!!!" LOL

Septemberfest Baking Contest 2nd place winning recipe

Pina Coloda Cupcakes
Preparation
Pour cake batter into 2 dozen paper cup lined cupcakepans.
Bake at 325° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of each layer comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

 Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup shortening 2 cups sugar 3 cups cake flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup milk 2/3 cup water 1 teaspoons vanilla bean paste 1 teaspoon coconut emulsion 1 teaspoon creme bouquet 6 egg whites

Preparation
Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with milk and water, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in extracts.
Beat egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form; fold about one-third of egg whites into batter. Gradually fold in remaining egg whites.

 

 Use any Rum Buttercream Frosting & pineapple/ coconut filling of your choice.......hey I can't give away all my secrets ;)