The Road to Sweetness...

A tale of two sissies and their journey to open the Skinnie Minnie Bakeshop.

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

28 Red Balloons

I met up with four...woops, I mean five (sorry baby Charlotte!)...very special ladies this evening to celebrate a very special birthday. 

The one and only Red h'editor took one more step on that plank towards 30 this evening at hibachi mall. I mean Okinawa Hibachi Steakhouse in Ossining, NY.

And of course no birthday is complete without personalized balloons, an orange chocolate shoe, AND CUPPIES!!!!

Cuppies made with all the love in the world from a soon to be new-mommy and amazing baker and cake artist in her own right, Miss Samantha Mittler-Eichenberg. She brought chocolate-raspberry and classic chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting. Did I get the flavors right Sam?


Anyway, Nicole and I have no problem giving credit where credit is due. See her work on her Facebook page.

And I can tell you from personal experience (particularly with this cat and this penguin) that it's visually stunning and absolutely D-LISH! Hmmm....(can anyone say recruit?).

Happy Birthday Becky! Love you lots.

~aMaRAno

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

A year and a half!!!???

Just read this under the "About Us" tab on the Sugar Sweet Sunshine Web site:


"Debbie had a dusty old Betty Crocker cookbook that her parents had given her and decided it was a good a place to start. So, every Sunday for the next 1-1/2 years in Deb’s kitchen the two experimented. Some of the things they baked were great triumphs and others…well, it was back to the baking board." 

Is it really going to take that long??? :(

~AnnMarie

Monday, April 26, 2010

Trials Come to Ossining, NY

So I must admit, I thought I'd just start up this blog, light a little fire under my sister's ass and POOF!--we'd have a bakery. Things haven't exactly worked out that way.

Unfortunately, we still have day jobs (Nicole will in fact be starting a new one next week! Round of applause...) And I still have a mouth to feed besides my own:

So alas, we cannot fully commit ourselves to our cuppie goals completely just yet. But we're workin' on it.

This week, trials actually came to Ossining, NY! Which I was particularly excited about because it meant I didn't have to cross any bridges for one day. So despite a disgruntled clean-freak of a boyfriend who was having heart palpitations at the thought of my sister and I taking over the kitchen, we took over my tiny attic apartment to continue working on carrot and chocolate. Here he is below in the living room trying to sleep his way through it:

Even with the angled ceilings, and our stealth maneuvering, we were able to get through one more round of each (carrot and chocolate). And they only keep getting tastier and tastier! It's been reported that Sebby and Barbara (dad and mom) thought this was the best round yet after taste-testing when Nicole returned to New Jersey later that night (after some Ossining Pizza AND The Hangover).

Who let the dogs out!!???

Nicole trekked all the way here with her bags of supplies which ended up spread out all over our tiny kitchen. We both felt like we definitely worked much faster yesterday than we had in the past for some reason.

She looks like she's singing in this one.
 
This one's just funny.
 
Now she's dancin'.

One problem we had that I'd like to throw out to you all is that for some reason our tops are flattening out and not fluffing and puffing out. Any suggestions? See our Frank Lloyd Wright chocolate cuppie below to see what I mean.

Waiting for brother-in-law Jimmy to give us a Godaddy lesson so we can set up our Website and apply for our trademark! And I will be taking the first ICE class on May 15. Can't wait!

~AnnMarie

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Godaddy?

On it now, aaaaaaaaand...confused. Well, maybe not confused, just hesitant.

Have to consult with sissie on this one.

~AnnMarie

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010

HOLY CRAP!

OOooookk....guess I got my answer! Line wrapped around the freakin' block!

Cupcake Camp NYC 2010 from Nichelle Stephens on Vimeo.

I do, however, do not see anyone carrying cuppies and they specifically said if you bring your own you'll get to the head of the line...

~AnnMarie

Cupcake Camp NYC

The cuppie blogosphere was all abuzz about Cupcake Camp NYC last week. Did anyone attend on Friday? Let us know how it was. It was a bit early for us to make a debut there, but hopefully we'll be up and running for 2011.

~AnnMarie