Chocolate Raspberry

Chocolate Raspberry

 

Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Mousse Filling and Raspberry Buttercream Frosting.

Spring Baby Shower

Photo Courtesy of Emily Schiesl Events

I had so much fun on this project! Emily asked if I would be available to do a spring baby shower. Two of my favorite things...babies and spring. How could I resist?!

She had seen the champagne raspberry (white with pink sugar dots and white daisies) on our website and found the baby birds online here and asked if it was something I could recreate.  Never one to turn down a creative challenge, I enthusiastically said yes!  We took the baby bird cupcakes a little further and created an almond joy (based off the popular candy by the same name).  The parents-to-be are leaving the sex of the child as a surprise (I know, kudos to them, I don't think I could wait!) so we mixed a little blue and a little pink and swaddled it up with a lot of flavor.  (get it swaddled - babies...you see where I'm going with this)

I had the pleasure of meeting mom/dad-to-be as well as their first born (a very energetic little boy!) when I dropped off their treats.  Creating something that people eat and enjoy is kind of an intimate experience, so being able to meet the guests of honor always helps me feel like a project is complete. 

It was a beautiful spring day to shower a beautiful mom-to-be!

God bless you, your family and your future little one!

Enjoy the Sweet Things,

Tortina and Vino

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Double Chocolate

 

CHOCOLATE (cake) CHOCOLATE (frosting) CHOCOLATE (sprinkles) CHOCOLATE (candy)

OK...so maybe we should call this quadruple chocolate. 

Whatever you call it, you'll love it. 

Orange Chocolate

Orange you glad we added chocolate?  (could be sleep deprivation but I could NOT resist and I'm NOT sorry)  In all seriousness, this cupcake is divine.  Orange with chocolate is a classic winter indulgence add a cream cheese frosting and you have an awesome dessert.  Pair it with a moscato and you have an event! 

Chocolate Raspberry

We've helped mother nature improve the raspberry!  (as if it needed any help) 

We added C H O C O L A T E.  Now I realize, we're not the first people in history to make this leap, but I can say that I don't even like raspberries and I love this cupcake!  If you like raspberries AND chocolate, you will LOVE this cupcake.  Raspberry is truly the star of this cupcake, although you wouldn't know by looking at it.  A raspberry mousse is perfectly balanced inside this chocolate cupcake and topped with chocolate frosting. 

Double Gingerbread

What's better than curling up in front of the fire with a glass of Zinfandel and a gingerbread cookie?  Eating a cupcake instead... topped with a cookie.  Add a spiced lemon cream cheese frosting and you'll be singing "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!"

Nutella Triple Cream Cheese

Why three types of cream cheese?  Because if one is good and two is better...three is best.  Vanilla, Peanut Butter and Nutella Cream Cheese frostings swirled together on top of a Nutella and cocoa flavored cupcake.  A coworker tried this for the first time. 

Three words.  You're.  An.  Angel.  <said with a mouth full of cupcake and a frosting mustache> 

She missed out on the best part - the Cabernet that pairs perfectly with this.  For those who would prefer a non alcoholic option, (why? I don't know, people have their own reasons) this is also great with coffee.  I had the coffee combo this morning for breakfast because I had to go to work today...and they frown on drinking before and during work.