You can have your pie and eat it too!

Today is my son's 14th birthday! Instead of a cake, he wanted me to make him a pie. So, I made him 2 lemon meringue pies and 2 chocolate pies. He loved them!! This was the first time I have ever made any kind of pie and both turned out pretty good. Next pie I want to make is pumpkin. Sure there're easy to make from what I've heard but, I still want to make them for myself and hope they come out well. Pictures to be posted soon of the two pies I made for my son.

HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY ANTHONY! - Love, Mom <3

Oh Me Oh My, I Like Pie

My son's 14th birthday is coming up this weekend. I asked him if he wanted me to make him a cake.... his response was "no, I want a lemon meringue pie." This will be my very first attempt at making a homemade pie. If this pie comes out great, then I think I will try making more pies.

Bake Sale

This past week, I took orders for cookies and cupcakes. I didn't think I was going to receive many orders but, I think I did pretty good for the first time. For the first cookie order I filled nine dozen cookie orders which consist of 5 dozen bacon chocolate chips, 2 dozen chocolate chip with walnuts and 2 dozen butter pecan. These orders were filled for Wednesday. I then took a second order which turned out pretty good too. I sold 7 dozen cookies, a half dozen cupcakes and 1 dozen brownies with walnuts. I feel good about these two days of sales. I love to bake and hope the sales continue to grow. I can't wait for the next turn-out of orders!

Taking Orders

I have been trying to figure out how I'm going to start selling my baked goods.... Sure, I've set up a table here and there a few times but, it wasn't consistent. My husband meets with other artists every Wednesday for "Skessions" so, I brought my idea up and asked if it would be cool to take orders from them. I am starting off taking cookie orders to see how that goes. If it goes pretty well the next few weeks, I think I may start taking orders for cupcakes and/or brownies too. So far, I only have one order but, I posted my pitch just last night to the Skessions artists. Keeping my fingers crossed and I hope this turns out a pretty good success.

I am also excited that one of Mike's friends asked if I do character cakes. This is going to be something new I would like to do. I'm going to make a mock cake and see how it comes out and if it looks great, then I will take his order and hope for the best. I am pretty confident I can do this. I knew that trying to get my little side business off and running will take lots of patience and hopefully one day it can be full-time.