Pink Elephant {Baby Shower}

When given the option to select the theme for a baby shower our friend was giving I was flooded with ideas. I knew I wanted to use gray, it is the trendest neutral, and pink for a baby girl. I thought of a sweetest thing theme using candy or cute as a button with yarn and buttons, but we decided on baby elephants and chevrons. Instead of doing gray elephants and pink chevron I thought reverse that and have pink elephants and gray chevron. The final cake and cupcakes were so super cute and the cake topper was just precious.


2 tier pink elephant baby shower cake with gray chevron accent

pink elephant fondant cake topper with gray bow

strawberry cupcakes with strawberry frosting and fondant chevron disc toppers

we like to use the 1M star tip for fun festive parties

the toppers are white fondant discs with gray chevron added.

Yellow and Gray Cupcake Display {Wedding Cupcakes}

Gray is the new neutral and yellow is a perfect sunny addition. The color combination looks great used here on this wedding cake/cupcake display. The cake is clean and classic, allowing the yellow ruffle sugar with a vintage gray button flower to be the focal point. The cupcakes are also adorned with a gray vintage button. The white ceramic tree stump stand (from BHLDN) is the perfect piece to display them on. I fell in love with the stand the first time I saw it and felt it would be the perfect addition to a dessert table, used a cupcake stand (shown here), or to display a tiered wedding cake.

Ceramic tree stand with yellow and gray cupcakes

vintage gray button toppers

yellow ruffle sugar flower with a gray button center

the tree stump cake/cupcake stand has great detail on the top and the base

love, love, love this stand :)

Green Army Men {birthday party}

When our good friend Stephanie from Stephanie J Designs told us the theme for her son's birthday was going to be green army men we were super excited. We created a 3-D green army men jeep cake, chocolate cake pops, chocolate chip cupcakes, vanilla medallion sugar cookies, and we found green army men gummies and green apple jelly beans to top it off. Stephanie with the use of star medallion tags, fun names for the treats, coordinating place settings and burlap table cloths pulled the whole party together. The treats were placed down the center of the table, instead of on a separate dessert table, it made for an impressive party table for the kids to eat and play at. 



Super cool personalized camo canteens

  

invitations like no other by Stephanie J Designs

 

Stephanie came up with fun names for the treats, so chocolate cake pops became chocolate cake grenades.

 

treat bags customized with tags and more clever army references

 

bags filled with caramel popcorn were labeled cracker bullets

 

my favorite snack were the star medallion sugar cookies we made. They were labeled "atomic sugar cookies"



instead of the traditional candy bags, we filled large glass mason jars with green army men gummies labeled "infantry" and green apple jelly beans labels "shrapnel"

The centerpiece to the party was the green army jeep cake (yes that is cake!) It was placed on a cake drum covered in raw sugar sand

another angle of the jeep cake, it was over an inch of the stand, which is a custom made stand decorated with ribbon and paper. The sugar cookie were created to match all of the amazing papery created by Stephanie J Designs.

a picture of the table with all the snacks down the center and place settings complete with camo plates and a set of dog tags



another view of the full table design with camo cupcakes being guarded by green army men. We had placed several green army men along the table.

 

one last pic of the cake with the star candles lit.

The party was also featured on
Hostess with the Mostess
Kara's Party Ideas
Green Wedding Planner
Glam Canada
Stephanie J Designs

The tags, invites and treat bags can be purchased at Stephanie J Design's Esty store



Cupcakes for a Cause

It is that time of the year again when we look to you for your support. Sweet Cakes by Rebecca will be selling our fabulous cupcakes to help raise funds and awareness for CancerCare for Kids from Sept 20 to Sept 26 They are an amazing organization that offers free, professional support to parents and children dealing with cancer.

For each cupcakes will sell at $2.50 we will donate $1.50.

For each half dozen we sell at $13 we will donate $10.00.

For every dozen we sell at $25 we will donate $20.00.

We have prepared a yummy variety of cupcakes to choose from and there is definitely a flavor for everyone.

The Menu

* Very Vanilla: Vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream and bright sprinkles

* Cookies and Cream: Vanilla cupcakes with Oreo cookies and cream frosting

* Chocolate chip cookie dough: Vanilla cupcakes baked with cookie dough and chocolate chips topped with vanilla buttercream and chocolate chips

* Oatmeal Cookie: Oatmeal vanilla cupcakes with vanilla Cinnamon buttercream

* PB&J: White cupcake filled with strawberry preserve and topped with peanut butter frosting

* Sweet & Sour: Lemon cupcakes topped with a swirl of raspberry whip and purple sprinkles

* Pucker up: Lemon cupcake topped with a swirl of lemon whip and yellow sprinkles

*Rocky Road: Chocolate cupcake with walnuts and topped with a toasted marshmallow swirl

* Mochachino: Mocha cupcake filled with vanilla cream and topped with a swirl of vanilla buttercream and topped with caramel

* Scarlet: Red velvet cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and red sprinkles

* Razzle: Red velvet cupcake filled with raspberry and topped with a swirl of milk chocolate buttercream

* Pink Dream: Chocolate cupcake with pink vanilla buttercream and red sprinkles

* Decadence: Chocolate cupcake with rich fudge chocolate frosting and mini chocolate chips

Cranorange: Orange cupcake with cranberry filling and orange zest buttercream

* Banana Split: Banana cupcake with strawberry filling, vanilla buttercream topped with chocolate ganash, sprinkles and a sour cherry ball

When the cupcakes are purchase we will place the CancerCare for Kids sugar logo on top. (as supplies last)

We will be open Monday Sept 20th through Sunday Sept 26th from 10am to 6pm. We are located at:

7601 Sunrise Blvd #5

Citrus Heights, Ca. 95610.

If you can't make it in to enjoy a yummy cupcake, you can visit http://www.cupcakesforacause.org/ and send a virtual cupcake to a friend with a $1 donation. Please help support the great cause!

CancerCare is a non-profit organization founded in 1944 that provides free, professional support services to anyone affect by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones and the bereaved. Children and teens affect by cancer have special needs and concerns; CancerCare for Kids offers practical support, education, and advice to parents and counseling for children and teens to help them to understand cancer. All services are provided by professional oncology social workers and completely free of charge. For more information, call 1-800-813-HOPE (4673) or visit http://www.cancercare.org/

Thank you from Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

Super Sweet 16 - Dessert Table

So when my niece celebrated her sweet 16th birthday I knew I had to give her the best cake ever. One problem, she is around the bakery and cake all the time, she has had almost every kind of cake we make and each year we make her cakes bigger and better. So this year we decided to make her a dessert table with a big variety of yummy treats sure to please everyone and most importantly her. We started with a very modern, graphic 2 tier cake and then took the color scheme and made matching cupcakes, mini cupcakes, sugar cookies, caramel covered pretzels, cake pops, and candy filled jars. I started with a color scheme of purple, black and white and then I threw in yellow and lime green. The horizontal black and white stripes are a fun background for the circle discs pressed with different textures. Those textured circles became the unifing theme for the dessert table. While I worked on the cake, Hector started to work on the cake pops and Rose started to make the sugar cookies, which we decided would also be on a stick.

I repeated the textured circle theme to decorate the wall behind the table. I took 12x12 pieces of scrapbook paper and cut various size circles out to be hung as the back drop. We added balloons to the sides and once all of the elements were on the table the finished look was nothing short of perfect!

The left side of the table...

In the back was grape flavored purple licorice whips, sour apple-o's, and giant jawbreakers. In the front was mini cupcakes (yellow cake with milk chocolate frosting), cookie pops decorated like whirly pops, an cupcakes topped with textured discs to match the cake and a pot of red velvet cake pops covered in white chocolate and purple and yellow drizzles.

The right side of the table...we repeated some of the treats for symmetry, but we did add banana laffy taffy, green sour candy and Hector's caramel dipped pretzels (knots and rods) with purple and yellow drizzle.

Details...and more details...

mini cupcakes with chocolate frosting and yellow sprinkles in purple papersclose up of the cake and the texture on the circles

Red velvet cake pops dipped in white chocolate and drizzled with purple and yellow and then arranged in a black pot with green ribbon curls caramel dipped pretzel rods and knots with matching purple and yellow drizzle sugar cookie pops decorated like lollipops vanilla cupcakes with matching yellow textured fondant circles, purple sprinkles and green polka dot papers there was even color matched soda, lima and pineapple Jarritos!

Cupcake First Birthday

A couple of weekends ago we created 2 cakes that were very similar. We were requested to create a cake with a cupcake on top to match the baby's first birthday party decorations back in August. Then just about 2 weeks before we are set to make the cake a second request came in to create a cake with a cupcake on top, but this time they provided us with a picture for inspiration. Well the picture wasn't to much different from the cake we were already set to make. So we made 2 tiered cakes for the same day with a cupcakes on top for baby's first birthday. Here they are... you can choose your favorite.

Help us help kids.

Sweet Cakes by Rebecca will be selling cupcakes to help raise funds for CancerCare for Kids program. They are a wonderful organization that offers free, professional support to parents and children dealing with cancer.

We will donate a $1.50 for every cupcake, $10 for every half dozen and $20 for every dozen sold this coming weekend, Sept 26-27.

Please take a moment to visit our bakery and have a special treat. We will offer a variety of flavors to choose from, including our cotton candy, bubble gum, and our newest pomegranate cupcakes.

We are located at:

7601 Sunrise Blvd #5

Citrus Heights, Ca. 95610

916-370-7760

Saturday 10am - 6pm

Sunday 10am - 4pm

If your unable to come in a have a sweet treat then please go online to create and send a virtual cupcake to friend, visit http://www.cupcakesforacause.org/

CancerCare is a national non-profit organization founded in 1944 that provides free professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved. Children and teens affected by cancer have special needs and concerns. CancerCare for Kids offers practical support, education and advice to parents, and counseling for children and teens to help them understand cancer. All services are provided by professional oncology social workers and completely free of charge. For more information, call 1-800-813-HOPE(4673) or visit http://www.cancercare.org/