Hi Everyone,
I'm back to give you a quick update on what Honeysuckle Catering has been up to! It's been a few short weeks since we wrapped up filming (there will be more videos soon to come!), but we have been keep very busy. More and more, I've been inspired to perfect my baking skills and to think outside of the box, so I decided to bake... ALOT. Get ready, because here goes everything we've been up to:
Baby Shower:
My good friend Charise recently had a baby shower for her son who is due to arrive in less than a month! We are so excited to meet little Thomas. Since Charise's husband is a bonafide chocaholic, they requested chocolate cupcakes. I decided to make them a dark chocolate cupcakes with blue buttercream frosting! We also threw in a chocolate chip and dark chocolate platter to accompany those little cupcakes. Now the funny thing is, Charise is not a huge fan of frosting, though she told me that she couldn't stop eating them. They were not too sweet and had the perfect frosting to cupcake ratio. I took that as a great compliment! Check out how they turned out!
Bake Sale:
What started out as a way to spread the word out to the community about our Catering company turned into a fundraiser for local ministry,
http://www.bayshore.org/ . We were so inspired by what the ministry's goals and touched by what the students had to say that we wanted to support their efforts through our bake sale.
I had been browsing through various websites to get ideas and came across an amazing blog by
http://www.bakerella.com/ that showed us how to make these little cupcake burgers and cookie fries. They were such a hit!! Nate also made his family's secret recipe chocolate chip cookies that we packaged perfectly. Finally, we also made these cupcake lollipops that were so adorable, they're sure to become a party favor favorite. These little treats took long hours to put together, but the final products were soooo adorable and yummie, they were completely worth the effort. (Everything listed today is available through Honeysuckle Catering if you need it for your next baby shower or kid's birthday party! ;P)
Garden Party:
Okay so this was something I've always wanted to do, and what better way to celebrate my birthday than to do a Garden Party! I was able to share my special day with friends and family with some of my favorite foods! I made strawberry cupcakes, cucumber tea sandwiches, bruschetta, potato salad, roasted pork loin, and pesto pasta salad! These dishes were also accompanied by a delicious Berry Spinach Salad that Maly made and little cookie cups that Nate created. It was the perfect day for the perfect birthday party.
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Whew, that was an extra long post! Anyway so in a nutshell.. kind of, that is what we've been up to!! One more thing, if you are interested in ordering the cookie cups, they're available at $10 per dozen plus delivery. They're shippable and edible and deeeeelicious! :D
Talk to you later!
