Super Bowl treats

SUPER BOWL XLIV

Saints 31 - Colts 17

Here are the treats I made for two different Super Bowl parties Mike and I attended.

First: Chocolate Covered Oreos with Saints and Colts logos. I could NOT find molds for the logos ANYWHERE, so decided I would try to make my own... Project foam didn't work... plexiglass didn't work... so I went free-hand (traced over a print out from the computer). I think it turned out pretty good. :-) 30 of each.

Next: some black-bottom mini cupcakes with raspberry buttercream (they've been posted before)

Finally, my newest cake mold: A stadium-shaped cake!

Our team? DA SAINTS, of course! For no other reason than Punter #6 (Thomas Morstead) who was one of my physics students and lab managers at Pearland, and one of my lifeguards!!! :-)

Kactus Kapers 2009

Kactus Kapers is the annual 3-day long, member-guest golf tournament that the ladies at Picacho Hills Country club host. In an earlier post I have photos from last year's KK. Below are some from this year.

1st: some shots of the cupcake tower and individual treats I made for Tuesday evening's dinner:
(need to get these off of the camera's memory card... which this laptop won't read... argh... will have to post later)

2nd: This is the "dummy" cake I made for the raffle:

The winner of the raffle was Lynn Z., who happened to be the tournament organizer... needed a cake for the post-tournament thank-you luncheon to all who helped. Her request was a cake for ~20 people - a chocolate cake with mocha buttercream. This is the result: (and btw Lynn, you still have more to your raffle winning to claim!)

The mini-cupcakes can now be packaged! These boxes hold a dozen (I realize only 9 are in the picture - that was just a poor photography angle on my part). Each cupcake is in its own space so the frosting and cupcakes won't stick to each other. This box is also deep enough that a second dozen can be stacked on top of the first if you wish to order 2-dozen mini cupcakes!
The cupcakes in the box are the ones described below (each with its own close-up)

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Chocolate Candy-cane Cupcakes

with Vanilla Cream Cheese frosting

Topped with crushed candy cane pieces


Chocolate cupcake with pecans and chocolate chips

with Vanilla Cream Cheese frosting

Topped with a chocolate chip

Mini cupcakes for the Show Tune Showcase

As promised, here are some pictures of the mini cupcakes I made for the Show Tune Showcase last weekend. We started with 31.5 dozen (377) on Friday and came home with 226. To that, I added ~13 dozen (158 more) for Saturday. Saturday night, I returned with 136 cupcakes. That night, I made another 10.75 dozen (129) and while we didn't quite get through all of them, the cast and crew took home a few each and I didn't have to bring home any! That's a total of about 55.5 dozen cupcakes over three days!

Cookies & Cream (each had 1/2 a mini-oreo on the bottom)

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Lemon Cream (by far, the most popular)

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Pretty in Pink

(aka Strawberry, with Strawberry frosting - all made with fresh strawberries!)

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Pumpkin Pie with Pumpkin Frosting (my favorite)

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"Cup o' Joe" - Coffee cupcake with mocha-like topping

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A couple of "en-masse" photos:

Show Tunes Showcase to benefit the March of Dimes

I am currently working on oh, approximately 40 dozen mini cupcakes... They will be a donation to the Show Tunes Showcase, a fundraiser for the March of Dimes. See below for show and ticket information. Currently, anticipated cupcake flavors include Cookies and Cream, Pumpkin "pie", Pretty in Pink (strawberry), Cup O' Joe (coffee), and either a Lemon Cream or Rootbeer Float. At least, that's the plan... I'll update with the final list, and pictures when they're all done! Please attend if you can!

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This weekend (Nov. 07 - 09), there will be a Show Tunes Showcase at the Las Cruces Community Theater. Headlining the showcase will be Janet Mazdra. Also appearing include Megan McQueen, Kat Hicks, Dave Edwards, Bob Divens and Josh Shakra. Tickets are $10 per person (including a light supper and mini-cupcakes! during intermission), with 100% of proceeds going to the March of Dimes.

Show times:
7:30 pm - Friday, Nov. 07 and Saturday, Nov. 08
2:00 pm - Sunday, Nov. 09

This show is part of Janet's efforts in raising money for the Southern New Mexico March of Dimes' 2nd annual High Heels for High Hopes campaign, which will culminate with a gala dinner and silent auction on Thursday, November 20 at Hotel Encanto (705 S. Telshor Blvd.)

Anticipated program:
5:30 pm - Reception and silent auction
6:30 pm - Fashion show (including Mazdra)
7:30 pm - Dinner and the evening's program

Tickets for the gala are $60 each. Tables are $600 (10 people). Platform sponsorships are $1,000.