Officially in Business!

Well, I’m officially in business! I had the opportunity to be a part of a home boutique this past Thursday to benefit the Hopeful Hearts Foundation where I was able to sell my baked goods, pass out quite a few business cards, and make some new contacts. The Hopeful Hearts Foundation was founded by Adam and Terra Chez (residents of Santa Ana, CA) to bring awareness of and support for families who have children born with congenital heart disease. It was great to be able to be a part of something which benefitted such a great cause. Visit the Hopeful Hearts Foundation website to read about Adam and Terra’s story, and to find out more information about the organization: http://www.hopeful-hearts.org/.

The car all loaded up and ready to go!


This boutique was the first opportunity that I’ve had to actually officially sell my baked goods. I was there along with some friends of mine-my friend Nikki was there selling items from her line: The Ritzy Glitzy Baby Boutique (blinged out pacifiers, adorable burpies, and more) http://www.etsy.com/shop/mrsandrews07 , and my friend Dana, who does amazing graphic design work, was there promoting her new Christmas card line: http://www.danagrogger.com/ .

I was baking up a storm for the boutique, and it was extra crazy that week because I had accepted a 2-day sub job for the two days before the boutique, which left me with Monday as my only full day to get things ready. Thankfully my mom was able to help out a lot, which made things go much smoother, and we were able to get everything done on time!

I ended up making 3 different types of cupcakes (red velvet with cream cheese frosting, pumpkin spice with cinnamon cream cheese frosting, and vanilla cookies ‘n cream with vanilla cookies ‘n cream buttercream), 3 types of cake balls (red velvet dipped in dark chocolate and pumpkin spice dipped in white chocolate), and fall shaped cinnamon shortbread cookies. The cake balls were a definite hit, as were the cupcakes. I had 64 cupcakes and 120 cake balls to sell…I ended up selling 60 cupcakes and 96 cake balls…I was more than happy about how well it went!!

Cupcakes: Flavors & Pricing

-Classic Flavors-

Black & White
Deep dark chocolate cake topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting

Pure Chocolate
Deep dark chocolate cake topped with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting

Simply Vanilla
Fluffy vanilla cake topped with a creamy vanilla buttercream frosting

-Gourmet Flavors-

Red Velvet
Rich red velvet cake topped with cream cheese frosting & white sparkling sugar

Pumpkin Spice
Luscious spiced pumpkin cake topped with a cinnamon cream cheese frosting

Classic Cookies 'n Cream
Vanilla cake infused with Oreos and topped with cookies 'n cream buttercream frosting

Vanilla Cookies 'n Cream
Vanilla cake infused with Golden Oreos and topped with golden cookies 'n cream buttercream frosting

Raspberry
Vanilla cake filled with raspberry preserves and topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting and a dollop of raspberry preserves

Lemon
Vanilla cake filled with lemon curd and topped with lemon cream cheese frosting and a dollop of lemon curd

Birthday Cake
Rainbow sprinkle studded vanilla cake topped with creamy vanilla buttercream frosting and rainbow sprinkles or rainbow nonpareils

*all flavors available as mini cupcakes

-Prices-

Cupcakes: $2.75 each; $28 per dozen (minimum order of 1 dozen)

Mini Cupcakes: $1.25 each; $27.50 per two dozen (minimum order of 2 dozen)

*Prices subject to increase

*All orders must be placed at least 1 week in advance; Holiday orders must be placed 10 days in advance.

Email to place an order: meghan.samsvick@gmail.com

Cake Balls: Flavors & Pricing

-Flavors-

Red Velvet
Rich red velvet cake mixed with cream cheese frosting; dipped in dark chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate

Pumpkin Spice
Luscious pumpkin cake mixed with cinnamon cream cheese frosting; dipped in white chocolate and drizzled with dark chocolate

Cookies 'n Cream
Vanilla cake infused with Oreos, mixed with vanilla buttercream frosting; dipped in white chocolate and topped with Oreo crumbles

Dark Chocolate
Deep dark chocolate cake mixed with buttercream frosting; dipped in dark chocolate and drizzled with more dark chocolate

Simply Vanilla
Vanilla cake mixed with vanilla buttercream frosting; dipped in white chocolate and drizzled with more white chocolate

Birthday Cake
Rainbow sprinkle studded vanilla cake mixed with vanilla buttercream frosting; dipped in white chocolate and topped with rainbow sprinkles or rainbow nonpareils

Vanilla Cookies 'n Cream
Vanilla cake infused with Golden Oreos mixed with vanilla buttercream frosting; dipped in white chocolate and topped with Golden Oreo crumbles

White Chocolate Raspberry
Vanilla cake mixed with raspberry cream cheese frosting; dipped in white chocolate and topped with a dollop of raspberry preserves and a white chocolate drizzle

*Seasonal decorations available by request

-Prices-

$2.00 each; $24 per dozen (minimum order of 2 dozen)

*Prices subject to increase

*All orders must be placed at least 1 week in advance; Holiday orders must be placed 10 days in advance

Email to place an order: meghan.samsvick@gmail.com

Catching Up

Things have been insane lately and I haven't had any time to blog. Things have picked up in terms of substitute teaching, which has been a blessing, so I've been staying busy subbing 3-4 days a week and then spending the rest of time baking and hanging out with my amazing boyfriend :-) And to top it all off I just survived selling my baked goods "officially" for the first time at a home boutique yesterday (a whole blog post coming on that soon!)...it's been crazy!

Anyways, I'm behind on posting pictures and recipes, so this blog post will mainly just be pictures of some different things I've baked over the past few weeks.

Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes









Mini Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes












Vanilla Cookies 'n Cream Cupcakes



Pumpkin Spice Cake Balls