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First Order Completed!

9:52 pm  , ,  7 comments

I received my first official order from a friend at work for her daughter's 18th birthday party. She wanted 60 cupcakes and some kind of American theme, as that was the theme of the party! I have never made that many cupcakes before but was ready for the challenge! We decided on making an American Flag out of cupcakes! Here are some pictures from the order! Everything needed to make 60 cupcakes! Icing sugar went EVERYWHERE! ...

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Got a Logo!!

7:05 pm    1 comment

Mike's Baking now has a logo! Which color is your favorite? Thanks to Aaron Demant for designing the logo, check him out on twitter!  new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 1, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#333333', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#000000', color: '#ffffff', links: '#748285' } ...

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Test Kitchen: Frosting

6:14 pm  , , ,  3 comments

So, every time I follow the butter cream frosting recipe that I have, it always comes out very thin and doesn't hold it's shape. Until today!! I decided to leave the milk to the end and add very little amounts at a time, until I got the thickness I wanted. I hardly used any milk, only 15ml, and it came out the perfect consistency, just what I was looking for. Here are some photos of the frosting with the new piping set I got this weekend. ...

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kMix vs KitchenAid

10:07 am  ,  10 comments

Which one is better? I am trying to save up for one of these mixers but not sure which one to go for... HELP! March 2012 - Update - I finally got my stand mixer and went with the kMix! LOVE IT!...

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Visit to Georgetown Cupcake

9:03 pm  , , ,  1 comment

After watching their TV show and hearing good things from friends, I really wanted to try out Georgetown Cupcake. It was actually the first stop of our visit into the city. There wasn't a line out the door, so we were right in! There were so many yummy flavors to try out and I follow them on twitter, so I had the secret free flavor of the day to try as well. I tweeted the sisters telling them we were coming but they didn't respond, maybe meet them...

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