baker for hire

i love watching food network. multiple shows highlight common folks who are good cooks (arguably) and upon the suggestion of friends ("you should do this for a living"), open a restaurant or bakery and FAIL!
i'm not cray cray-i know that i am far far away from that. but i do, however, have catering potential (at a small scale).
case in point...baby shower. i did these cute german chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla butter cream frosting (nothing special at all) for a colleague's shower. she requested chocolate-i delivered. she has a jungle theme for the baby's room so i found some cute stickers at micheal's, made my own toothpick kreatures, and voila. very delish and lots of awwws.

second case in point...graduate student reception. larger scale than the shower (~100 folks as opposed to 12). my goal for this one was variety. variety. variety. i also like things in 3s so i did 3 different flavors each of 3 different goodies. cookies (chocolate chip, peanut butter, & shortbread), bars (lemon, espresso cheesecake, & brownies), & cupcakes (lemon blueberry, orange chocolate, & coconut lime macadamia). all of the cookies were tried and true recipes, and two of the three bars were also old favs. but the cheesecake bar and all three cupcakes were brand new. and boy oh boy...oh boy!!! and holy cow. and gadzooks!
(i'll let the pictures try to capture the awesomeness of these flavors and scents)

coconut lime cupcakes with coconut key lime butter cream topped  with toasted coconut and macadamia nuts








lemon blueberry cupcakes with lemon butter cream frosting








 orange chocolate cupcakes with whipped frosting with orange

 

they were so delightful, citrus playing a unique role in each kreation, all wildly different flavors.

 

just wanted to throw this out there...this baker is for hire! i love doing these things and i think at a small to medium scale, i would be so happy doing this all day.

so step right up and place your order :)