Busy Fall!

Business has been fun lately. I've made a few NON-vegan things, too. When people really want them, I'll do it. Although I realized last week that I just don't LOVE doing it. Too much extraneous stuff. I like Vegan stuff because (besides the fact that I can eat it), it's simple. Less ingredients. And that seems closer to pure. Make sense?

Here are a few of the things worth posting:

Here's my friend Jamie's requested Strawberry (non-vegan) Birthday cake. It's nerve wracking to make a real cheesecake for me! It turned out well though, apparently. I wished it had set a little nicer, but it was gone in a matter of minutes, so I guess I did my job! And Jamie is a good friend, with a LOVELY family. He deserves it.

Next is the cake I did today, actually. It was a simple Vegan Vanilla Sheet Cake with Coconut Buttercream and toasted coconut sides. I liked the way it looks though. Hopefully they liked it!


And now, the Wedding I did the other day for a fabulous woman named Elissa. We had a tasting months ago, and she LOVES red velvet cake. I like to make my red velvet a little less red, because too much food coloring freaks me out. Anyway, for her special day she ordered a whole bunch of Vegan Red Velvet's and then wanted me to do some NON vegan german chocolate ones. So I did. Here are a couple pictures her friend Matt took, and I will post more when her pro photos come back!





Here is the amazing email Elissa sent me after her wedding was all said and done:

MEGHAN!!!

Your cupcakes were SUCH a hit last night. I talked to everyone there
and they all agreed that the cupcakes were amazing. They didn't
believe me when I confirmed that the buttercream on the red velvet was
vegan. I only got to eat ONE!!! Some people admitted to taking three.
They were gone in 2 hours! The one that our families tried to save for
us for our anniversary got scarfed up by my old college roommate, who
was drunk and didn't know any better. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I told
everybody who you were; hopefully you'll get tons of new customers.


LOVE!
Elissa

So, that's what I've been doing. Yup, and I'm pretty psyched on it.

Hope the weather isn't too cold in the northern world. I will be in Philly in a few weeks for a wedding, and I couldn't be more excited about it.

xo.

Reusablebags.com!

A few years ago, I bought the best reusable bags off a (what i thought was) random site. As it turns out, it was one of the best things ever, and I still have the bags and their sticker on my wallet.

As it turns out, Natalie, from Bake and Destroy works for them!

They are currently in the running for Green Business of the Year award. They are, as I said before, an awesome company and website. Totally worthy of the award..please go and vote for them!!!

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And here is how to vote:

Green America's People's Choice Awards!

Thanks everyone! And have a lovely day.
cheers.
Meghan

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

The busiest day of the week, if you bake treats for parties!

First, I would like to give a shout out to Melisser of The Urban Housewife. (She stopped by the bar I work at to say hello while she was in Austin.) It was lovely to meet you, lady, and hopefully next time we are in the same town I won't be so darned busy! Hopefully Austin treated you right!

And the reason I didn't hang out with her and the lovely Crystal of Vegan Explosion deliciousness, is because I was baking, of course. After a trip to NYC, where I ate delicious things and hung out with some of the best women around (for a friend's bachelorette party), I was rejuvenated and ready to take care of biz.

Here is how my Saturday went:

Retro Cherry Tall Cake: a donation to an awesome organization called The Open Door Pre-school. They were having a super fun fund-raiser called "Cake, Rattle & Roll", complete with a cake walk. SO...I donated one for the walk. It was vanilla cake layered with cherry, and topped with vanilla buttercream. I thought the retro look went well with their theme.

****disclaimer: I acknowledge that some vegans do not eat marachino cherries due to the Red #40 in them.****

Cupcakes for Sarah. Her's were so good last week, she had to buy some for a friend. The drizzled ganache and just a kiss of Hazelnut chocolate buttercream took it down a notch, for someone who likes a little less sweetness in their treats.



And a small-tall Chocolate Raspberry Ganache covered cake for Annette! Luckily her family or friends wouldn't allow her to make her own birthday cake (thank goodness!) so they ordered one from me! I took the liberty of personalizing it with a little topper, since she ordered it herself. I love making small tall cakes, they are my very favorite!



Today is my friend Jamie's Birthday. He has requested a (non-vegan) strawberry cheesecake. I made it, but at this point I can not yet say whether or not it turned out correctly. Unfamiliar territory, as I've only made one or two in my life. I'll post on that at a later date, but I am keeping my fingers crossed that it's delicious.

My own birthday is a couple days away...i'm going to keep it low key, as always. But you know...if you want to buy me jewels or take me on world travels...that will be acceptable too. ;)

Cheers!.

Sanrio!

Did you know that Hello Kitty has been in existence since 1974? Isn't that crazy? Hello Kitty is older than I am. I'm shocked.

Anyway, these were an order from Frankie, for his girlfriend who loves Hello Kitty, and loves cupcakes! So sweet if him, I thought.

They're yellow cakes with chocolate frosting. The Hello Kitty tops are hand-painted gum paste. Super fun, He was psyched on how they turned out. And I thought they looked pretty good myself...

I love it when people order fun things! I wish more people would, and I look forward to other upcoming stuff! I really want to do some stuff that is not so "cutesy". I need some practice on that sort of thing. I'm sure someone will have a birthday soon, and I will use that as an excuse to make something more...well...edgy.

Hope everyone is doing well. My birthday is later in the month, so all you bakers out there should send me delicious things. ;)

It's raining in Texas, and we couldn't be more thrilled. Neither can the grass, or the pecan trees (crossing my fingers that they will be fruitful this year).

xo.

website in the works...

Hmmm...not sure I really have any pictures to post. Nope. I haven't been photographing, just baking baking baking. That is a good thing. Business is steady, and I have a bunch of irons in the fire, so to speak. Sugar Tooth Website is coming along, and should be done in a matter of days. I will be glad when it's live! The rest will follow...

Allergies down here are awful right now. I think mold spores are attacking my face. Luckily, I am attacking my face too...with elderberry flower, licorice, nettle and peppermint tea concoction. If you have NO idea why I would drink these things, let me fill you in...

Peppermint is a natural anesthetic and is very soothing for the sinuses and digestive system, nettles are high in flavanoids (antioxidants) and helps remedy congestion, licorice gets rid of the porcupine in your throat, and elderberry flower soothes the respiratory tract and boosts the immune system. The entire mix is really helpful in letting me breathe and making me feel well enough to go to work at night. I highly recommend it!

Anyway, off to work at the bar, wake early in the morning and bake cupcakes upon cupcakes! mmm....
Can't wait to hibernate tomorrow evening!

saturday saturday saturday....sing it...

m

Sugar Tooth Bakery on Facebook!

Get with the program, right? That's what I told myself when I decided to make a fan page for Sugar Tooth Bakery

Please become a fan!

Sugar Tooth Bakery on Facebook

Star Wars!

Growing up, all my closest guy friends were a little more than obsessed with Star Wars. Several of them even have Star Wars tattoos. I'm not talking about the new Star Wars, complete with the ever obnoxious Jar Jar Binks. I'm talking about old school, low fi, good ole Star Wars. I'm also talkin' games like Star Wars Trivial Pursuit (which I, myself, wouldn't even bother playing), etc etc...Serious Love.

Anyway, you can imagine my nostalgia and excitement when asked to make my first Star Wars cake, in the form of the the galaxy's best bounty hunter; Boba Fett!

I would have loved to do him in total 3-D and someday when someone offers me a whole bunch of money, I will definitely do such a thing!

May the force be with you.