This past weekend was CRAZY BUSY with tons of birthday celebrations, 4 CAKES (!!!) and a trip to the states tomorrow for (yep!)– another celebration. That will be cake #5.
I gifted myself with a CANDY CRUSH cake this year because… I’m a nerd like that.
Here are some more detailed shots of Damien’s cake. I love, love LOVE details and anyone who has had one of my cakes knows this statement to be true. The birthday boy’s mom was so happy with the cake that she sent me multiple messages filled with gratitude.
I just need to tell you that you are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo TALENTED!!!! This cake was ridiculiously amazing!!! The detail on it is off the hook and everyone at the party couldn’t stop taking about it. At one point Damien just sat in front of the cake and was staring and forgot that there was a party going on around him….lol…he said I just want to look at my cake please..lol it was so cute. Honestly Jennifer, I wish I could have picked the cake up from you to give you a big hug and show you how much it meant to Damien he really LOVED IT! His reaction was WOW lol.
We can’t thank you enough you are truly gifted!
xoxo”
BEST. MESSAGE… EVERRR!!!!
We celebrated our grandmother’s 80th birthday on Friday with a Chinese banquet dinner with our whole family. It was a crazy night with loot bags, centerpieces for each table, slideshows, bouquets and bouquets of flowers… and cake 
Hi everyone! Happy Friday! I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful day.. the weekend looks promising! 
It was my Zachary’s 4th birthday yesterday — I can’t believe he’s 4 already! Where has the time gone?! My life changed 4 years ago all because of him and I’m so excited for our future filled with fun and crazy adventures.
This will be a short post today because I’m SWAMPED with orders (but in a good way 
)… so here’s a picture I snapped of Z and his cake. Will explain the design later and will post two videos about his cake. If you want to see the videos, check out Sweet Escapes’ Facebook page
Baby announcement cake from this weekend I had troubles letting this one go! I want to make one for myself and not eat it but stare at it. And take selfie pictures with it and post it on Instagram. And every other social media outlet available.
Jon bought me two bottles of hard-to-find vanilla bean paste that I have been looking for since forever! He also likes vanilla bean scones from Starbucks in which I scolded him for buying it and not asking me to make it first. His birthday was this week so I decided to make him… you got it!! Vanilla bean scones! Good job, detective!
winkwink!). Jon said that these were the “best cupcakes he’s ever tasted from me”. Jon always knows the right thing to say! This wasn’t too sweet because it was topped with chantilly cream (vs heavy buttercream) and Asians with their super-sensitive-sweets-palette can pop a few without feeling guilty. I know this because I was one of them. Dang it!! Hopefully my recent weight gain was because of muscle and not because of the buttery, sugary, deliciousness of sin. Sigh.
Last week’s OSCARS CHARITY EVENT was a huge hit! It was a formal event with lots of late 20s/early 30s up & comers in attendance who work in the wedding industry. There were a few people who I was really excited to meet and I was so glad there was an opportunity to do so. Connecting with fellow entrepreneurs is a treat for me because we all understand what it’s like to run our own business and live every day actively pursuing what we love to do. It is truly a different lifestyle. I love chatting with them about their passion and the first step they took to realizing it. I love seeing the twinkle in their eye, the glow from their faces that they just cannot contain and not to mention the big smile stretched from ear to ear when they talk about photography, wedding planning, make-up, hairstyling, film-making, jewelry design and everything in between. There’s a special connection that cannot be described with words alone. How they feel about their passion is how I feel about mine.
So it was nice that we all got to take a photo together. You know, capture the memory
DISCLAIMER** please note that this cake was made 2.5 years ago and the quality and workmanship of the cake does not reflect my current skill set as a cake artist. For recent cake projects, kindly scroll down to see other posts or click the categories on the right sidebar. Thank you muchly. Merci beaucoup. Muchas Gracias
I just thought I’d include that up there just in case people thought this is the “best that I can do” at this given time
Miraculously, I didn’t use dowel rods in the bottom tier to support the top tier (in my defense, I didn’t know I had to use supporting materials). Surprisingly, this cake kept it together! I think the bottom tier was really dense… yes, that must be it! I’ve since made MOIST cakes so dowels are a must.
Hi everyone! I’m finally snapping out of holiday mode. While most people had to go back to work in early January, I took 6 glorious weeks off, went to a bunch of fun places and now I’m back, for good. Or, for now I just got back from LA yesterday afternoon and am adjusting from the 25C weather to… whatever you want to call what we’re experiencing. Ha ha…
Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s been going on!
We ordered one of every item on the menu — and when it time for VEAL CHITTERLINGS, I almost lost it. You can google it. It was… tubey :S
I’ve been so blessed this past year and this was definitely the cherry on top! 2013 will be an amazing one.
2012 has been the best year of my life not only for my business but for personal achievements as well. If you want to know how I did it, don’t be shy and send me an e-mail! I would love to help other people be successful as well!! 
Hi Everyone!
I’m super excited to be chosen as one of the finalists for Purolator’s Small Business Challenge for a chance to win a $10,000 business grant. We had to write an inspirational story of how our company came to be and how it actively seeks to inspire other business owners. At first, I wasn’t going to try and enter the contest because I felt like there were so many more qualified businesses out there that would win. But then I thought — that’s ‘loser talk’! I have always been a risk-taker and have never turned away from a challenge — why would this situation be any different?
So I thought long and hard about my business and how I want it represented. It was a good time of reflection especially during the end of the year to think about how far I’ve come and what my goals are next year. Ultimately, I want to open up a cake studio in a few years because baking has always been a family-oriented activity for me and maybe that’s why I subconsciously decided to make it my career — because it brings back warm, fuzzy memories of my childhood. I want to be able to give those memories to other families as well.
I also thought about The Centre for Dreams (see previous few posts) and how I so want to see their centre grow and multiply. Living your DREAM LIFE is not a privilege but a right and I feel like everyone should have a fair chance at doing so (whether you have a disability or not). Once you achieve your dream and are living that life, people will not categorize you as having a disability anymore but truly inspirational.
Anyways, those are snippets from my story. You can read the rest when you click the link! The winner will be determined by the # of votes received per entry and I SO DESPERATELY want to win! I know it might be easy to set up fake Facebook accounts and give myself extra votes but I want to do this the HONOURABLE way and have people vote for me. I know I have a huge support group and that if I win, it will be because of them!
Here’s the link to vote. You can vote ONCE per day until December 18th. That’s TWO WEEKS of voting fun! Be sure to “SHARE” my story as well and get more people in on it. If I win, I’m having a HUGE cupcake party and everyone’s invited!
CLICK HERE TO VOTE
Once again, thanks for your support!
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