Mother's Day Coconut Cake!

First I want to say that I hope all the wonderful mothers had an amazing day! Well i must say that i was completely and utterly overwhelmed this weekend! I got maybe 5-6 hours of sleep the ENTIRE weekend...why you ask...because i was BAKING! lol No, seriously I was. I had someone order 6 cupcake bouquets and my mother in law ordered a Coconut Cake from me. Although I've done the cupcake bouquets before, it's still an extremely time consuming process. I made over 4 dozen cupcakes and i have none left...and its not because i use them all....and its not because me and the hubby ate them all....its because I'm the worlds worse delivery person EVER lol. Normally I when i deliver something my hubby ALWAYS come with me so i can drive and he can hold on to whatever it is we are delivering. Well yesterday we parted ways early in the morning, and i was all alone trying to carry down 3 flights of stairs 2 boxes full of cupcake bouquets. I totally failed. I had to replace the cupcakes at least 7 times because no matter how close i got to keeping them perfect one or two would turn over causing the rest to do the same. It took me over 3 hours of trying to leave before i was actually able to get out of the house. After that i had to brave the brake happy Floridian drivers on I-95. Needless to say cupcakes went tumbling and i literally gave up. When i got to the restaurant to drop them off i was surprise when i saw very minimal damage was done. My customer thought that they looked perfect and in the end that's all that matters. Note to myself: Never go alone on deliveries from here on out.
Now the coconut cake i made was my first coconut cake ever. I was a bit worried about the final results. Found a coconut cake recipe online, and although it sounded great i made some changes to it and added a Didra twist. I substituted milk for coconut milk and added vanilla, almond and coconut extracts into the actual cake and frosting. I made a cream cheese frosting and covered it with sweetened coconut shreds. Since i cover the cake with the coconut shreds it makes it very difficult to decorate so i add some pretty yellow lilies just so it didn't look plain. I was very pleased with the final result and my mother in law was too. She said that everyone loved it and the only complaint was that it wasn't bigger lol.

Here are some pics from my camera ph....i will post better quality ones later on. ENJOY!

She's a Beauty! Baby Shower Cake Completed!!!

Hello Folks!
So this weekend I completed the baby shower cake! It came out AMAZING if I may say so myself. The girl I made it for loved it as well...She sent out the pics before I could even get to that part. I have such a busy baking week ahead of me...I have to make one more cake for mothers day and also 5 cupcake bouquets! But throughout all the madness I'm so excited that people like my creations enough to purchase them.
Well here is a pic of the baby shower cake I did this past weekend! Enjoy!!!

Cupcake Bouquets are Finally Here!!!!

Well everyone I have managed to finally get my Cupcake Bouquets up and running. I made one last night and brought it into work with me today to share with my co-workers. They LOVED IT! I have never been more excited than I am right now. I'm so blessed to have people who believe in me. Its going to be one of those crazy weeks for me as I also have a baby shower cake to do. I'm also going to attempt another type of Cupcake Bouquet this week. Its completely made up of cupcakes. That one will be a challenge, but I love a good challenge.
If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the Cupcake Bouquets please email me at
dsweettemptations@gmail.com or call me @ 954-815-9114.

I have included some pics of the final product. Sorry for the low quality of the pics as they are off of my phone. Enjoy...and as always give me your feedback!

Thanks everyone! The support I have is amazing!

And It Begins.....

Hello everyone!! I have some very EXCITING NEWS! Since I've decided to make my this a business Ive gotten my 1st customer!!!! LOL I am so happy right now!!! Its for a baby shower and its going to be a girl so this should be a lot of fun! She was nice enough to give me an example of what she is looking for which actually makes my job a lot easier. This cake isn't needed until next weekend, but this weekend I will be working on creating my Cupcake Boutiques! I will be post pics of the process. I hope everyone likes the finished product!

Hey did i mention i got my 1st custie? Cause I DID! lol

Until laterz!

The Begining!!!

Wow, OK so I've never had a blog before so I really don't know where to start LoL. I basically want a place where I can share my experiences (good and bad) on my road to becoming a famous Pastry Chef lol lol I know, I know FAMOUS...but that's my plan and I refuse to stop until I get there.
I consider myself an extremely creative person. I take a lot of pride in my artistic abilities. I draw, I paint, I've done some sculpting and now I design cakes. I love anything that has to do with art. My father was an amazing artist and I like to think that he past his amazing skill down to me. I will never be half the artist he was but I do pretty well :-p
My passion of becoming a Pastry Chef actually started not too long ago. I became hooked on Food Network, I started watching the Cake Challenges and had an instant connection to the art of cake decorating. After that I knew for a fact that's what I wanted to do. Since then I've been researching, researching and researching some more. I'm taking classes to speed up my techniques so I can produce at a faster rate and to also learn new techniques. I am a visual learner and I literally learned to design cakes by watching others.
I have faith that this is going to work and this is something I see myself doing for a while and I am planning to make a business out of it.
I hope that everyone enjoys my cakes! Not only do I want them to look fantastic, but I want them to taste fantastic as well. I am a strong believer in constructive criticism and I am open to everyone opinions and suggestions! And remember this is only the beginning. :) Toodles!