Saturday, January 28, 2012
Keeley Keating Turns 13 in Style!
It was beginning to look like senior prom night in the Keating house, but prom is another 5 years away for 13 year old Keeley. 20 of her closest friends helped her celebrate with karaoke, just dance, their very own Henna tattoo artist AND cupcakes. Keeley and her friends enjoyed an assortment of French Vanilla and Red Velvet cupcakes complete with a bright pink butter cream and plenty of glitter. Happy 13th Birthday!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Pretty in Pink!!
What more could a 13 year old want??
This is the order, pacakged and ready for delivery!
On the top is a French Vanilla Cupcake with a Vanilla Butter Cream and Wilton Edible Glitter with Pearls and on the bottom is a Red Velvet Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream, Wilton Edible Glitter and a White Chocolate Chip!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Ciao Bella, featured in the LFG Newsletter
Ciao Bella will be REGULARLY featured in the 'My Dish' section of the Administrative Times LFG Newsletter. This is a sample of the first article, which will make its debut in the February/March issue.
It's so cool seeing my name and cupcakes in print!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Dark Chocolate & Peanut Butter... YUM!
Friday, January 20, 2012
Cupcake Wars!
I recently entered Cupcake Wars in Springfield, MA. I didn't win, but here are the goods! Such a cool experience.
Judges Plates
Amaretto Rose: Disaronno Cupcake with a Raspberry Butter Cream
and a Candied Raspberry
Dominican Vanilla Cupcake with a Peppermint Butter Cream &
a handmade White Chocolate Snowflake
Potato Cupcake with a Shepherd's Pie Filling &
a Potato Cookie with Fresh Chives
Friday, December 23, 2011
Halloween 2011
My first dress cake! Amazing. I am even impressed.
Super gross body part cupcakes!! They are so cool though :)
Halloween 2011
My first Air Brush Attempt, a French Vanilla Cake with a Vanilla Buttercream
Package it in a cello bag and tie it off with a ribbon!
Friday, July 29, 2011
It's a Boy!
Perfectly portioned, french vanilla cakes with vanilla butter cream. Topped with a blue bottle!
Mario 1-ups!
The final product.
I rolled out bright white fondant, and cut out dime sized circles for the spots on the mushrooms.
200 of them!
I baked these in the Wilton Fruit and Nut Cups
(not recommended by Wilton, but worked fine for me)
Baby Shower!
Without knowing the gender of the baby, I went with a fun green frosting (lime) on a french vanilla cake, and topped it with a plastic wilton bottle topper in various colors. Olive Oil & Basil??
I infused the olive oil overnight with a sliced lemon. ------->
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Insane Almond
Just a french vanilla cake (sprinkled with peanut butter and chocolate chips before baking), with my first almond butter cream. Mom says they are, "Insane!!":
Mother's Day Brunch
Half chocolate, half vanilla with simple flowers piped on top! This order was placed by the winner of the Rocky Hill Baseball/Softball Raffle Winner!! (She won a Gift Certificate to Cupcakes by Ashley!!)
Peanut Butter Bits
A simple favorite, a peanut butter cake, with a peanut butter butter cream! DELICIOUS.
TANKS!!
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| Dirty Ice! |
Dylan's 11th birthday was a fun one! He wanted a tank. I used a 13x9 for the base and cut out a piece of another cake for the top. Tracks are made with Twix, wheels with chocolate filled cookies. The camo frosting is a little sloppy, but I worked through it! HOT!
It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!
A Margarita Cupcake with a Lime Buttercream
for the Greater Hartford Arts Bakesale.
We raised over $650, and I WON FIRST PLACE!!
These came out delicious, baked inside an ice cream cone-
(for easy eating)
And packaged in the signature
"Cupcakes by Ashley" cup for easy travels!!
Friday, March 18, 2011
RHHS Lady Terriers!! (School Spirit Debut!!)
My "School Spirit" line has made its debut! The cake is made to match any team's primary color, and the frosting is made to match the secondary color. Or whichever way you want of course! The test run resulted in the Rocky Hill Terriers Colors: Royal Blue Cake, White frosting, and a Red ribbon to accent their 3rd color which outlines the lettering on the jersey. I also tried something new this time... I peeled the wrapper from the cupcake and put the cake directly into the cup. This created a super easy, virtually mess free way to eat a cupcake FROM A CUP! And the best part about it, they were almost all gone at the end of the event!! Good luck this season girls!!
CLICK THE LINK TO SEE THE CUPCAKES IN ACTION!!http://rhhssoftball.com/RHHS_Softball/Photos_%26_Clips.html#4
I had to use an ENTIRE container of Wilton Color gel (Royal blue) in order to achieve the exact color-- that's TWO TABLESPOONS!! YIKES! I find that when the cake is dyed, it doesn't effect the taste the way it does when the frosting is altered. There mouths and teeth were blue, but not even close to as bad as if the frosting had that much!
This was a basic white (no egg yolks) cake, with the food coloring, & a basic white vanilla buttercream. The cake has a small amount of discoloration due to the cupcake liner. I will be conducting a test run without the liners by spraying a non-stick solution into the pan.
CLICK THE LINK TO SEE THE CUPCAKES IN ACTION!!http://rhhssoftball.com/RHHS_Softball/Photos_%26_Clips.html#4
I had to use an ENTIRE container of Wilton Color gel (Royal blue) in order to achieve the exact color-- that's TWO TABLESPOONS!! YIKES! I find that when the cake is dyed, it doesn't effect the taste the way it does when the frosting is altered. There mouths and teeth were blue, but not even close to as bad as if the frosting had that much!
This was a basic white (no egg yolks) cake, with the food coloring, & a basic white vanilla buttercream. The cake has a small amount of discoloration due to the cupcake liner. I will be conducting a test run without the liners by spraying a non-stick solution into the pan. Monday, February 28, 2011
Walk the Red Carpet, Oscar Night Cupcakes
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| 144 Cupcakes!! |
Step 1: Bake 144 Red Velvet Cupcakes, Cool & Place inside an 8oz. Plastic Tumbler (Close up Below)
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| Cakes in the Tumblers |
Step 2: Frost Cupcakes with a Cream Cheese Buttercream, (just a small swirl on the top, as the cake itself is extremely delicious on its own)
Step 3: Set up a packaging assembly line, Frosted cupcake is placed into the bottom of an 8oz. tumbler (Dollar Tree- 10/$1), put into a small size party favor bag (Party City- 25 pack for $2.49) and place a small business card inside the bag. (Steps are illustrated below to the left for further clarification).
Step 4: Tie a 12" piece of gold curling ribbon around the plastic bag (snug to the top of the cup) and curl the ends! I was able to fit 3 dozen in each standard size box for shipping purposes!
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| Cupcake inside tumbler. |
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| Bagged! |
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| Label placed inside |
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| The Final Product. |
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| Away they go! Off to Oscar Night 2011 at DISH. |
Step 5: ENJOY! (A very happy recipient pictured below)
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