My First Post!

So far 2011 has been very eventful.  I launched my Cupcake Website for the Brookline and Boston area.  I auditioned for a commercial, and I'm planning my wedding, I did a massive catering project for a sit-down dinner for 16 guests and I'm slowly but surely getting my small-business ideas started.

As for my cupcake website, http://www.kittycupcakes.com/, the project has been a labor of love.  Of course as I was typing my ideas and creating links for my site, my two kittens Meowser and Mortimer were jumping on my keyboard and trying everything and anything in their power to distract me into rubbing their bellies, or throwing their mouse toys around the house.

The thing I love most about baking cupcakes, cookies and pies is the calming effect it has over a mind that is always pulled in opposite directions.  It's still fascinating to me to be able to mix simple ingredients like flour, sugar, eggs etc and create something so amazing.   I never thought I'd have the ability to slow down enough, or have enough discipline to bake.  I've always been more of a cook.  But either I have the most amazing beginner's luck or I have found my destiny.

It all started with my Best Friend, Clare Taylor Pam and being her Matron of Honor for her wedding.  For her wedding shower I wanted to create a red and white fantasy filled with red balloons, flowers, and finally for treats, Red Velvet Cupcakes.  I contacted some local bakeries to order about 100 cupcakes or so and was informed over and over again, that they would cost approximately $3.75 a cupcake.  Daunted by the enormity of this price, and not having been offered a discount for the amount I was proposing to purchase, I decided to do a little homework, I mean how hard can baking cupcakes be?

Turns out, the baking part is easy, piping the frosting?  Not so much!  But when you get it right, there is nothing quite like it.  And so here we are.  Fast forward 8 months later and not only have I made amazingly tasty and fresh cupcakes, but I've also tried my hand in pies, and cookies.  Projects I never thought I was capable of.  I set out to create cupcakes that are incredibly fresh, with all natural ingredients and using as many organic products I could fine.  I'm still learning alot, hopefully it will continue to be a labor of love.

Until next time,

Nina