Thursday, July 30, 2009

Saturday's Options!

Hey fellow cupcake lovers! Here are our flavors for this Saturday:

Carrot Cake with a Cream Cheese Frosting
The Half and Half-- a black tea cupcake with a lemonade frosting. The Arnold Palmer you can eat!
The Jackpot-- a rich chocolate cupcake with a mint buttercream. (Behind the name-- we got married on 7.7.07 and served cupcakes instead of traditional wedding cake and this was our favorite flavor!)
And back by popular demand, our Baby Loves Berries-- a moist vanilla cupcake with a swirl of homemade blueberry jam, topped with a blueberry cheesecake frosting.

I'm still working on a low sugar/sugar free carrot cake... we hope to have a few on hand this weekend.

Come see us at the Market!

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Thank You!!!

Wow. Wow. Wow. What an amazing first day at the market! In case you missed the FB announcements or saw me anytime after noon today, we sold out! We took 150 cupcakes and we. sold. out. So many of my friends and family came out and thank you-- Mom and Kristin, Callie, Jason and Cash, Jessica and Chris, Leigh Ann, Lloyd and London, Taylor, Shelley and Maurecia, Nicole and Ben, Anna B and Oliver, Tulie, Scott and their boys, and a handful of others who were out and about. My biggest thanks today go to Jason and Whitney. I really appreciate all of you and your support.

And we're coming back next weekend! We took informal surveys today and found that we need to work on a few diabetic-friendly recipes (and maybe some gluten free treats as well) and that people want carrot cake, so those our goals this week. Next Saturday, we're planning on the following flavors:
Carrot Cake (a diabetic friendly version and a regular version with a cream cheese frosting!)
The Half and Half-- a black tea cupcake with a lemonade frosting
Chocolate Cupcake with a Mint Buttercream
Baby Loves Berries-- our most popular cupcake today will be back next weekend.

We may have one more flavor, depending on how the week goes. I've got a few flavor ideas I'd like to play around with this week. I got a great deal on some peaches from Thaxton and thinking about a peach and ginger mini bundt. I found some great homemade mimosa jam and am thinking that might make a great cupcake, too!

For those of you who found your way to this blog, thanks for checking us out. We'll have a few more pictures posted on the Flickr site tomorrow, so be sure to come back.

Happy Cupcakes!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Let the baking commence!

We're getting ready for our debut at the Salem Farmer's Market! We'll be busy tonight and tomorrow, measuring and mixing and baking and frosting. We're also thinking ahead about flavors for next week (I'm always inspired by a trip to the grocery store or farmer's market; earlier this week, I scored a great deal on some peaches grown in Thaxton and I'm planning on making a yummy peach and ginger cupcake!).
We can't wait to see you on Saturday! If you'd like to get in touch with us, email us at:
halfcakedinsalem@gmail.com

Happy Cupcakes to you!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Come see us at the Salem Farmer's Market!

Welcome to half*caked, a small side project that we're currently working on. After much hemming and hawing, we've decided to try this selling-our-baked-goodness thing a go and we'll be setting up shop at the Salem Farmer's Market on Saturday, July 25th. Our plan is to be there for 3 Saturdays in a row, to see how it goes. If things go well, we'll get our tax permit and be there on most Saturdays until the end of this year, or until the cold becomes too much to bear. Next Saturday, we'll offer one breakfast cupcake, the Squashed Banana, and four anytime cupcakes-- a Plain Jane (vanilla cake with a chocolate buttercream), Pucker Up (lemon cupcake with lemon curd filling and a lemon cream cheese frosting), Baby Loves Berries (vanilla cupcake with a swirl of homemade blueberry jam and a berry cheesecake frosting) and my personal favorite, a dark chocolate cupcake with a peanut butter buttercream. If things go well next Saturday, we'll be back with different flavors on August 1st.
We'd love to see you next weekend and hear from you here! Leave us a comment and let us know what flavors you'd like to see at the Market!