November 21, 2008

Pumpkin Cupcakes

It's not to late to place your order for Thanksgiving cupcakes! Cupcakes are wonderful fun and different dessert to serve for your holiday feast, but will still give you the familiar tastes of the day. Place your order for Gingerbread Cupcakes with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting now. I'll be baking early Wednesday morning (the day before turkey day) and then will have your cupcakes available for pick-up @ Blackberry Rose in downtown Cadillac between 10am and 1pm. The cupcakes that will be boxed and bagged to stay fresh for the next day come in 6-packs for $7.50 or a dozen for $15.00. Mini cupcakes will also be sold by the dozen for $7.50. Call me today @ 248-765-6957.

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake

October 24, 2008

Cupcake Taste Testing

Come on down to Blackberry Rose, 109 N. Mitchell St., in downtown Cadillac on Saturday, October 25th from 10am-3pm. The October flavor, Rocky Road Cupcake will be available for sampling and purchasing in packages of 6. The Rocky Road is a moist chocolate cake topped with mini marshmallows and a pecan fudge frosting. I'll also have the November pumpkin cream cheese frosting available for sample and will begin taking orders for Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving Cupcake will be a Gingerbread Cupcake with the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting. Give your guests something different this year, while giving them the same tastes of this holiday season!

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
248-765-6957

October 10, 2008

Cupcake of the Month Club

If you are interested in treating yourself or a friend to a gift that keeps on giving while donating to a local church, then join me on Saturday, October 11th for Octoberfest at St. Ann's Church in Cadillac, Michigan.  Megan's Cupcakes is presenting a silent auction item, the Cupcake of the Month Club.  The winning bidder will be able to take home a 6 pack of the September flavor, Caramel Apple Cupcake, then receive a certificate for 3 months of cupcakes.    The winner will join me at Blackberry Rose in downtown Cadillac to pick up their freshly baked cupcakes on the following dates:  Saturday, October 25th / flavor:  Rocky Road (a chocolate cake w/ marshmallow, pecan fudge frosting.  Saturday, November 29th / flavor: Gingerbread Cupcake w/ Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting.  Saturday, December 20th / flavor: Red Velvet Cupcake with Butter Cream Frosting.  

September 26, 2008

Blackberry Rose 9/27

I'm off in the morning to be the guest baker at Blackberry Rose, 109 S. Mitchell St., in downtown Cadillac, MI. I'll be baking the September flavor of the month, Caramel Apple Cupcake. This is an apple spice cake with butter cream frosting and caramel drizzled on top. Stop by and taste a free sample of our mini cupcakes, try a frosting shot, and take home a six pack of regular size cupcakes for $7.50. I'll see you there from 10am-3pm.

September 24, 2008

Holiday Desserts

It's only September, but it's not too early to start making your holiday plans. Tomorrow morning I'll be baking some holiday sample cupcakes for an large upcoming holiday event. Two combination flavors that go great together are the Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cupcake with Fudge Frosting and then the Red Velvet Cupcake with Butter Cream Frosting.
Chocolate lovers love my pound cake like cupcake with the old fashioned cooked fudge frosting and of course the Red Velvet is an old southern traditional holiday cake that is hard to come by in a traditional bakery setting. My weekends are starting to get booked for November and December, so planning ahead is key! Hope to hear from you.

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake

September 14, 2008

Cupcake flavor of the Month

This weekend people hosting dinner parties around town in Cadillac, MI were able to experience a little taste of Michigan fall with the September Cupcake Flavor of the Month! Must have been all the rainy gloomy weather that gets us in the mood for spicy winter flavors. The first and foremost important ingredient are freshly picked Michigan apples from the local farmers market. The apples are sliced and chopped in small bits and added to the cake batter along with some cinnamon. The result is an old fashion type spice cake that is moist and fluffy with bits of cooked apples in every bite. The cakes are then frosted with a generous swirl of butter cream frosting, then creamy caramel is drizzled on top of the butter cream blending all the flavors of the apples, cinnamon, butter cream and caramel. They apsolutley melt in your mouth! Call me if you would like to try some- this one will only be available through the end of September.

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
Cadillac, MI

September 12, 2008

Caramel Apple Cupcake

After living in Miami, Florida last year, I realized I hadn't experienced a Michigan fall in two years! There are lots of fresh veggies and tropical fruit in Florida all year long, but nothing like going to your local farmer's market and harvesting yourself a bushel of fresh picked Michigan apples. Today, my kids made caramel apples for dessert. Remember the old fashion kind? Where you peal the wax paper off the perfectly shaped piece of sticky carmel and use the wooden stick provided in the kit to poke your fresh apple? There is something about the changing seasons that can inspire us all. Look forward to an Apple Spice Cake with Butter Cream Caramel Frosting Cupcake tomorrow! It is the September Cupcake Flavor of the month!

Free Delivery of Birthday Cupcakes

Besides being the "Chief Cupcake" of Megan's Cupcakes, I am also....Megan's Mom, Timmy's Mom, the laundry lady, the chef, the taxi driver to get the kids from soccer games, ballet lessons, guitar lessons, Sunday School, and the reading tutor. The beginning of the school year can be hectic time, keeping up with all the new schedules that run our household! So, in honor of all those working Mom's (in our out of the house!) I am here to offer you free delivery of Megan's Cupcakes to any of the Cadillac Area Public Schools to make your son or daughter's birthday special. Call me on my cell phone @ 248-765-6957 with the number of cakes you need (make sure you don't forget one for your child's teacher and principal), the flavor (check out my web-site for flavors) and the time and day you need them there. Give me @ least 24 hour notice and I'll guarantee you that your big day will be a little less hectic for Mom!

August 27, 2008

Triple Berry Cupcakes

There is nothing better than summer than the tastes of summer. Strawberry season is way behind us, but my kids and I were able to squeeze in one more dog day summer activity, blueberry picking! We all probably ate as many blueberries as went in our bucket, but they were all little tiny bites of pure delight! Hence, our August cupcake flavor of the month, tripleberrilicous! If you liked the strawberry cupcake, you'll love our triple berry cupcake! It is the same white cake batter combined with a red raspberry, blackberry, and blueberry puree. The same puree makes up our new tripleberry buttercream! Join me this Saturday, August 30th @ Blackberry Rose, 109 N. Mitchell St., in downtown Cadillac between 10am-2pm for a free sample. If you just didn't get enough, after your sample, try a new frosting "shot" to succumb your sweet tooth. Then for $7.50 take home a six pack of cupcakes for your after dinner dessert! Hope to see you then, you won't be dissapointed!

August 9, 2008

Happy Birthday Cupcakes for Uncle Jack's 80th

One of the best parts of having your own baking business, is being able to share these delightful treats with special family members! Today, I attended my Great Uncle Jack's 80th Birthday Party and Feeheley Family Reunion with 6 dozen cupcakes in tow. I love it when my customers email me and tell me how their cupcakes went over at their event. This time, I got to attend the event and watch everyone enjoy lemon cake with lemon butter cream, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, chocolate chocolate chip with fudge frosting, and angel food cake with key lime filling and coconut. It was great to see my long lost cousin, Kevin, to hear the great stories about Uncle Jack, and special thanks to Winston and Carrie for hosting!

July 20, 2008

Chocolate or Lemon?

Chocolate or Lemon? That was the question of the day at the annual Cadillac Art Fair Taste of Cadillac Dessert Tent Friday and Saturday. The Love Inc. pies were a big competition, but still, everyone loves a cupcake! What we didn't sell, our church members devoured at coffee hour this morning. Every cupcake was eaten and enjoyed by all!

July 18, 2008

300 Cupcakes on the way to Taste of Cadillac

After spending most of the day in the kitchen, we have baked and frosted all 300 of our cupcakes for the Taste of Cadillac this afternoon and evening. We hope the rain will hold off so lots of people can come down and experience Megan's Cupcakes in Cadillac, Michigan. We look forward to seeing you!

Best wishes,
Bridget, Chief Cupcake
Megan's Cupcakes
Cadillac, MI 49601
www.meganscupcakes.com

July 17, 2008

Megan's Cupcakes at the Taste of Cadillac in Cadillac, MI

Megan's Cupcakes will be at the Cadillac Annual Festival of the Arts Taste of Cadillac Dessert Tent on Friday, July 18th from 4:00 - 9:00 P.M. and Saturday, July 19th from 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Individual cupcakes will be available for purchase. Megan's Cupcakes will feature our lemon with lemon butter cream cupcakes and chocolate chocolate chip cupcakes with fudge frosting. This is a great opportunity sample some of our best selling cupcakes. We bake our cupcakes in small batches so the supply is limited each day.

The dessert tent is located by the Cadillac city dock and Rotary Pavilion on the shores of Lake Cadillac in Cadillac, Michigan. So, stop by and indulge yourself and have a cupcake!

See you this weekend,

Bridget, Chief Cupcake
Megan's Cupcakes
Cadillac, Michigan

July 10, 2008

A Cupcake Party in Cadillac, Michigan

Today was a true test that both the young and the old love a cupcake! This afternoon, I did a Cupcake Party for a local chapter of the Red Hat Society in Cadillac, Michigan. I presented a cupcake baking demonstration of the all time classic Red Velvet Cupcake. While the cupcakes were in the oven, I whipped up a fresh batch of buttercream frosting, but added some very vibrant purple food coloring for the cupcakes. The red hatters, 4 at a time, took a try with a pastry bag and a 1M tip frosting their cupcakes and topping them with some red sprinkles. We all had a great time and the cupcakes were beautiful and yummy too!

July 9, 2008

Cupcakes at Kenwood Park in Cadillac, Michigan

Yesterday, we did our first test batch of our July cupcake of the month, our Chocolate Cherry Cola Cupcake with Butter Cream Frosting. Made with fresh Michigan cherries, these delightful treats are simply outstanding. These cupcakes are very light and fluffy with a hint of cherry and coco. Today, we made some Chocolate Cherry Cola Cupcakes to share at the Kenwood Park group play date in Cadillac, Michigan. My guess is mommies and kids alike will really enjoy our July cupcake of the month.

July 7, 2008

Michigan Sweet Cherry Cupcakes in Cadillac, MI

Megan's Cupcakes is recovering from our weekend of house guests and making almost 20 dozen cupcakes for various 4th of July events around Cadillac, MI! I never even got around to baking the new chocolate cherry cola cupcake flavor of the month for July, because everyone keeps raving about the Strawberry cupcakes! One bite of the strawberry cupcake and the next thing I know my phone is ringing for more! My son, is using our new cherry pitter to pit some fresh Michigan Sweet Cherries so I can make a test batch this week of some cherry cupcakes! Remember to indulge yourself. Have a cupcake! Bridget

July 2, 2008

70th Birthday Party Cupcakes in Cadillac, MI

We had a chance to restock today for our birthday cupcakes we are baking this weekend. We are baking cupcakes for a 70th birthday celebration. We are making three flavors of our birthday cupcakes. They are chocolate chocolate chip cupcake with fudge frosting for our chocolate lovers. The carrot cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting for those who want that old fashion taste in a cupcake. Last, for the weight watcher conscious, the angel food cake cupcake with key lime coconut.

July's cupcake flavor of the month is chocolate cherry cola cupcake, so I am on the look out for some fresh michigan cherries. I purchased a new cherry pitter kitchen gadget at Blackberry Rose in downtown Cadillac, MI so I am ready to go. I think our 4th of July house guests will be sampling these or maybe I'll just use more of the strawberry puree from the fresh Michigan strawberries my kids picked last weekend and make our wonderful strawberry cupcake with strawberry butter cream. They taste just like summer! Happy 4th of July cupcake lovers!

June 24, 2008

Ready to bake cupcakes again this weekend

We are putting together our shopping list for our weekend cupcake baking demonstration at Blackberry Rose www.blackberryrose.com at 109 N. Mitchell St. in downtown Cadillac, MI. It was nice to have a few days off after our big wedding cupcake order this past weekend. As the month of June comes to an end, we are planning to switch from June's strawberry butter cream cupcake to July's cupcake of the month -- our Chocolate Cherry Cola with Butter Cream Frosting.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at Blackberry Rose.

Best wishes,

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
www.meganscupcakes.com

June 23, 2008

A Wonderful Wedding Cupcake Weekend

Well, we did it, we baked and delivered 300 wedding cupcakes this past weekend in Cadillac, Michigan. We also had some birthday party cupcakes as well (Happy Birthday J.P.). For both sets of cupcakes, we used our chocolate chocolate chip with chocolate fudge frosting and our June cupcake of the month our strawberry with strawberry butter cream frosting.

Photo above is Megan's Cupcakes' cupcake wedding tree with fresh spray roses. Photo by Bridget Coffey. For more information about our wedding cupcakes, please visit our website at http://www.meganscupcakes.com or call my cell at 248-765-6957. On a side note, we are happy it is finally drying out up here in Cadillac, Michigan. We had several inches of rain and both Lake Cadillac and Mitchell were over the banks. It looks like the lake is starting to go down.

June 20, 2008

Wedding Cupcakes, Lots of stuff to buy...

We have completed our shopping for our wedding cupcake project this weekend. When you are baking for a big event like a wedding, you need lots of stuff. We have 40 sticks of butter, 20 cups of flour, 26 cups of granulated sugar, 40 eggs, 40 cups of powdered sugar, and 6 cups of fresh Michigan strawberry puree ready to go. The best purchase I ever made for the business is my Cuisinart professional mixer. This mixer has a bigger mixing bowl and 20% more power than the Kitchen Aid (and costs $100's less). I bought the mixer at Blackberry Rose, http://www.blackberryrose.com, in downtown Cadillac, Michigan. Without this power tool to make wedding cupcakes, we would be in trouble.

If you have questions about wedding cupcakes, please visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com or call my cell at 248-515-2265.

Best Wishes,

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
Megan's Cupcakes LLC
Cadillac, MI 49601

June 19, 2008

Wedding cupcakes are on the way

After spending hours in writing out grocery lists, we are ready for our first big cupcake wedding! As with any small business, you learn things along the way. Like, how many cans of paint does it take to paint a wedding cupcake tree stand? The short answer is three. I can spare you the details of driving to down each time I ran out of paint. In addition to baking wedding cupcakes, we are also making birthday cupcakes for our good friends son's birthday.

We have always believed that cupcakes are a delightful treat for any occasion.

For more information about Megan's Cupcakes, please visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com or e-mail me at meganscupcakes@gmail.com

June 18, 2008

Megan's Cupcakes @ Blackberry Rose in Cadillac, MI

Megan's Cupcakes will be presenting a free cupcake baking and frosting demonstration on Saturday, June 28, 2008 from 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. The cupcake demonstration will be conducted at Blackberry Rose located at 109 N. Mitchell St. in downtown Cadillac, Michigan. The program will show how to make strawberry cupcakes with strawberry butter cream frosting. Megan's Cupcakes will provide free tasting samples. For more information, please visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com

June 13, 2008

Baking Cupcakes in Cadillac, MI all weekend

After a short break this afternoon from the cupcake business, we are gearing up for a weekend filled with cupcakes for Cadillac, MI. Our cupcake flavors for Megan's Cupcakes this weekend are white cake cupcakes and strawberry butter cream cupcakes. We are making plans to work on our wedding cupcakes next weekend.

Cadillac, MI schools are out for the summer and we have been having at least some fun with the kids. As always, please feel free to visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com or e-mail me at meganscupcakes@gmail.com

June 9, 2008

New Kitchen?

Well, we had a great weekend. We are thinking about new kitchen space for Megan's Cupcakes in Cadillac, MI. One of the hardest parts of starting a baking business is to have access to a professional kitchen before you are able to open your own store. We have found one. But, we really want to have our own. Please visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com or e-mail me at meganscupcakes@gmail.com.

June 7, 2008

Megan's Cupcakes

Well, here we are up early and working on Saturday. We are baking three of our flavors today: Strawberry with Strawberry Butter Cream, Red Velvet with Butter Cream, and our Angel Food with Key Lime Coconut. The Red Velvet is in the oven and I am taking a break from working on the Strawberry to type this post for Megan's Cupcakes.

We have our first order for wedding cupcakes. We are very excited about this new opportunity for Megan's Cupcakes.

As always, please feel free to call me at 248-765-6957 or e-mail to meganscupcakes@gmail.com. Please visit our website at www.meganscupcakes.com for more information.

Best wishes,

Bridget
Chief Cupcake
Megan's Cupcakes
Cadillac, MI 49601

June 6, 2008

Welcome to Megan's Cupcakes

Welcome to my blog about Megan's Cupcakes. We have opened a cupcake only catering business in Cadillac, MI. We are excited to announce our cupcake flavor for the month of June is Strawberry with Strawberry Butter Cream frosting! For more information, please visit out site at www.meganscupcakes.com.