Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Banana Scotch-a-roo!

Yes, I made a cupcake this past Saturday that was a banana cupcake and topped with butterscotch cream cheese flavored frosting. Carol Ann thought I was crazy and no one in their right mind would buy such a flavor. But lo and behold there were buyers of the cupcake flavor and not only did they buy them but there were even a couple who said "wow how did you think of this?" and "this is a really great flavor combination!!!" Carol Ann of course thought I had paid them to say this in her presence!! But no, these were spontaneous comments.
Oh, let me not forget there was some snickering about the name also. Just where does the "roo" come into the name, she asked? I said, have you never heard of the oatmeal cookies with butterscotch chips in them, they are called oatmeal scotch-a-roos. She had not and thought the name of the cupcake matched the flavor, both strange.
That's my story and I am sticking to it!!! LOL!!!

It worked!!

Ok, so I just tried it and it workes!! You just have to click on the title of the post and it takes you straight to out part of the downtown website!!! I was first looking for the link in the actual post and thought I had missed it somehow but after looking around for a minute I found it and was so happy. It really is the little things sometimes!!

Link to website

Just wanted everyone to know we are on the Downtown Waxahachie website. It has a few pictures, our sandwich menu and our cupcake flavor list. I am going to try to post a link, wish me luck!!!

Sunday, September 7, 2008

What is September already?

O.k. so all of sudden I'm looking at the blog and realize a month has whizzed by. So if Debbie is feeling guilty about not blogging more, maybe I should? The shop is just cooking. We are getting more and more catering gigs and I am loving that. Yes, I love selling the cupcakes, and I really get excited about making the sandwiches. However, when I really get revived up is when I get the phone call or referral for a catering job. I just love talking to the people and showing them how we can fit there needs. It's so fun! Plus when people realize all the flavors that Debbie has come up they get excited about getting to pick from such a long extensive, fun flavorful, list of cupcakes to choose from. I love meeting more people in the community. If you haven't had the chance come on in . If you want a real treat, come in on a Saturday and watch Debbie work with me. She has a full time job, and comes in the evenings to make cupcakes and then on Saturday. To funny to watch her work the register, get tea and serve cupcakes at the same time. Ok so it's the little things that make me happy. Don't
get me wrong, she does a great job, she has a smaller threshold of impatience with her self and gets a little cuffed. To fun!
Bottom line, we have great cupcakes, super flavors in a relaxed atmophere. Come on in. I'd love to see you sometime soon.
Carol Ann A.K.A, lil sis

Thursday, September 4, 2008

I am a horrible blogger!!!

I know, I know, I am a horrible blogger. I read other blogs and find myself upset when they miss days. Well, I have missed a whole month. We have been keeping busy but there is still room to be busier.
We have been so blessed to have a group of regulars that happen to be local downtown business owners that come in themselves but they also recommend us to their patrons.
Today Carol Ann said there was two men that came into the shop and said, "The word on the street is I need your cupcakes." They ended up leaving with over one dozen nutter buddies to take for a meeting later in the day.
One of the most fun things still is to come up with different flavor combinations and then to name the cupcake. Sometimes they just have a regular name like chocolate orange,(chocolate cupcake with orange cream cheese frosting). But then someone will say you always have such fun names why such a plain name? The reason that comes to mind is sometimes it is just too hard to come up with something fun and different that suits the flavor. The chocolate orange cupcake, we were talking about calling it something like "whack an orange", in reference to the chocolate oranges you see at Christmas that you have to whack on the table to break it apart. But, we always have to think of how many times Carol Ann can explain the name before she will crawl over the counter! LOL!!!
OK, come by and buy cupcakes!!! Remember if we don't have the flavor you want, all you have to do is order one dozen and they can be ready for you the next day!!!
Big Sister

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Chocolate Strawberry



Chocolate cupcake with strawberry frosting and chocolate shavings!!

Raspberry Beret

This is a Raspberry Beret. Vanilla cupcake with raspberry cream cheese frosting. Yummy!!