Football Madess

Happy Tuesday everyone!  See, I told you I'd have another post for you, didn't I?  I know, I'm pretty proud that I was able to follow through!  Especially with it being so close to my bedtime!  (I just glanced at my clock and it says 5:27pm).  I've been turning in pretty early, trying to catch up on my zzz's.  That's probably why I have enough energy to write another post!  Anywho, since we're in the middle of (or start of?) football season, I glanced through my files of posts to write and came upon a football dessert table that I created a few moons ago.  I don't think I had the pleasure of sharing it with all my fans, so here we go!

Sorry for the terrible lighting, but this was a football banquet that was held in a bowling alley!  The table was set up in the front, where the projector also shined (shone?) upon....hence, all that blue lighting.  Anyways, a dear friend commissioned me to do a football dessert table for her little boy's football banquet.  Yes, dear readers, this lovely table was for a bunch of young(ish) kids!  But don't you think even young'uns can appreciate the look of their desserts and not just the desserts?  I think so, and I think those boys loved it.

Here are some of the awesome desserts I made for this banquet.  We had mini "sliders" cupcakes accompanied by sugar cookie "fries," mini chocolate chip cookies, tiny apple strudels, cake pops, caramel popcorn, mini palmier cookies, puff pastry shells filled with home made whipped cream, chocolate candies, and donut holes from yours truly's shop: San Diego's Finest Donuts & Bakery.   What kid wouldn't find all these yummies appealing??

Here's another shot of those cool mini sliders!  I think mini slider cupcakes are one of my favorites.  It's probably because I love hamburgers in real life, so anything that reminds me of burgers...me like!

I wanted to divert your attention to the lovely green "field" that the desserts sat upon.  I actually made this linen myself.  And because it's all about football, I thought the kiddos would get a kick out of my football field linen.  (I think they did!)

This was definitely a fun event to cater, and definitely a different theme than what I've been doing prior.  However, it was just as fun and I am always stunned at the end product.  Thanks for stopping by!

Maria and Thanh

Hellooo blogworld!  Oh boy, it's been a while since I last posted! Not intentionally, of course...it just seems like time flies by so fast!  A blink here and a blink there and next thing I knew, it's the end of the year already!  So much has happened since my last blog post!  I am still doing catering and dessert tables and tons of sweets.  I'm also still taking tons of pictures of my creations and goodies...I just need to find the time to share it with you!

Anyways, today's post is super special and very close to my heart.  Today, I am sharing with you my cousins's wedding...from back in May!  She had asked me to be her Maid of Honor (and of course I said YES!) and I was also Superwoman enough to make her a dessert table and her wedding cake!  I know, what was I thinking right??  I think it was pulled off without too many hitches though!  My cousins's wedding was held at Bernardo Winery.  She chose to go with the rustic chic kind of theme and I think she did a fantastic job at making sure everything tied in!  So here we go, check it out!

I made a few sweets for the dessert table.  We ended up having chocolate dipped strawberries, strawberry trifle cups, chocolate mousse, mini pies, chocolate dipped pretzels, pizzelle cookies, French macarons, and mini cronuts!  Yep, you heard that right...mini cronuts!  I customized them in pink chocolate and white sprinkles to complement my cousin's wedding colors.  I must say, they were a hit!  Actually, now that I think about it, the entire dessert table was a hit!  Check out the simple cake:

 Simple.  Rustic.  Charming

Oh, wait, I almost forgot about the wedding favors.  Yep, yours truly made and packaged that too!  My cousin decided on my yummy caramel bacon popcorn to give out to her guests.  I also drizzled white and dark chocolate all over the popcorn...it was super yummy! I packaged it in clear bags and tied it up with twine and a special message from the bride and groom!

Thank you Maria and Thanh for giving me the honor of being part of your special day...in more ways than I could imagine!  I wish the very, very best for the two of you!! And a very special thank you to Dapper Images for the beautiful pictures!  Until next time!  (Sooner than you'll realize!)