Skinny Mini's

Masquerade!

2011-12-04T19:40:00.001-07:00

My sister-in-law Katie made this beautiful Topsy Turvey cake for a masquerade birthday party this last weekend.

It was her first one and it turned out incredible!!

Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

2011-12-02T21:10:00.001-07:00

I made these this week as a special request and was thinking... "why didn't I think of that!"

Some people just have the greatest ideas.

It's like two yummy treats in one!

4th Of July Graduation Party

2011-08-02T19:34:00.000-06:00

This Summer we made a trip back to Ohio for a couple weeks. It was so much fun!

While we were home, my youngest brother Jack had his high school graduation party.

He wanted cupcake kabobs to share with the guests so I made these vanilla cupcakes with strawberry spacers. They were great and people loved them!

As a surprise, I made Jack a cake that looked like a American flag when you cut into it.

(You can see the whole cake in the background to the left on the table.)

It was red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting... and 5 layers!!!

People loved it and it was so yummy too!

(flag cake instructions here)

Jack is going to the University of Cincinnati and will be pursuing a degree in law enforcement. I thought the flag would be great for both 4th of July and his future profession!

Congrats Jack!

Happy 13th Birthday Krista!

2011-04-19T20:59:00.000-06:00

I made these mint chocolate cupcakes for a 13th birthday party 2 weeks ago.

They were chocolate cupcakes filled with creamy chocolate filling and topped with mint frosting (with an Andes mint of corse!)

Krysta wanted bright green, pink and yellow frosting to match her party colors... they were so fun to make!

(and even more fun to eat I'm sure!)

Happy 13th Birthday Krista!

Wedding cupcakes for Michelle and Rich

2011-04-19T20:46:00.000-06:00

My best friend Jennys' sister Michelle got married a couple weeks ago and she wanted a small cutting cake and some cupcakes for her reception.

Her decorations were all bright colors and flowers in vases with jelly beans... it was so pretty!

And the cupcakes matched perfectly!

Congratulations to Michelle and Rich!

Lizzi's Wedding Cupcakes!

2010-11-22T07:29:00.001-07:00

This past weekend I catered a wedding with 250 blue and green flower cupcakes and they turned out great! The flowers were made of (my favorite) marshmallow fondant, and the cupcakes were all chocolate and vanilla mix. Very classy!

The bride and her mom painted this cute cupcake stand to match their decor and it fit so well!

The cake topper was vanilla cake filled with oreo filling. (YUM!)
Congrats to the beautiful Bride and Groom on their special day!

Baby Shower Cupcakes

2010-09-11T18:23:00.000-06:00

My sister in law Katie who helps me with the cupcakes sometimes

(and helped me make this jungle safari cake)

made these adorable cupcakes for her friends baby shower.

They were chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting and small marshmallow fondant flowers!

I looooooove mini cupcakes! They are stinkin cute!

Drink Cupcakes!

2010-08-21T12:56:00.000-06:00

A friend of mine, Denys, turned 30 this past week and she had a luau! I had so much fun making these cupcakes for her!

The first is the Pina Colada Cucpakes.

It is a pineapple rum cupcake with coconut frosting.

The second cupcakes were Shirley Temple!

They were vanilla cupcakes with orange frosting and a cherry on top!

Happy Birthday Denys!

Hip to be SQUARE!

2010-07-04T22:13:00.001-06:00

I am in love.

I have been dreaming of square cupcakes for months now... and now my dreams have come true!

I was so anxious to use my new cupcake tin that I made these cupcakes for no reason at all!

OK- well I guess I really make them because I also wanted to show off my new cupcake stand :)

Square cupcakes tend to be slightly larger then regular cupcakes but can be used in many different ways!

I can't wait to use them for pull apart cakes, to create letters or numbers etc.

The possibilities are endless!

25% off ALL July Orders!

2010-06-28T19:47:00.000-06:00

Enjoy some cupcakes with this summer special!

For all of July , when you place an order over 4 dozen you can receive 25% off your order!

There are so many reasons to celebrate during the summer so let Skinny Mini's add to your fun!

**This special applies only until orders are full for the month of July**

For any questions please refer to the contact information

I've been FEATURED on Cupcakes Take The Cake!!!!!

2010-06-22T15:40:00.002-06:00

You know the awesome cupcake blog 'Cupcakes Take the Cake?'
Weeeellllll...
They featured my tuxedo wedding cupcakes today!!!!
You can see the post here!
You can also browse their blog for EVERYTHING cupcake! I mean EVERYTHING!!
They have recipies.... cupcake art.... cupcake ideas.... cupcake bakery reviews... etc!

And thanks so much to CTTC for the my first blog feature!

Paper Cake Treat Boxes

2010-06-21T15:12:00.000-06:00

I like things besides cupcakes. ((gasp!)) I know it's hard to belive but I really do! I LOVE crafts! Fortunatly, (or unfortunatly?) in this case they both have to do with cake!

I found this at So You Really Think You're Crafty and thought it was a great idea for a birthday party, baby shower or pretty much any event where you have party favors! I think it is a spectacular visual and can be made with different colors and docrations... and also filled with all kinds of treats!

I can't wait to find a reason to make one!

Cupcakes in a jar!

2010-06-18T18:07:00.000-06:00

The month of June is a very busy month for birthdays in my family so I decided to send a little party to them since I couldn't be there to celebrate.

I made Andes Mint Cupcakes and layered them in 4 mason jars, sprinkled the mints on top and sent them across the country! And boy did they look good!

I also know how soon my brothers will want to eat them when they see them... so for easy access I attached a spoon to the jar so they could dig in!

I can't wait to hear how it went!

Happy Birthday Dad, Keith and Jack!

NEW Lemon Meringue TALL Cupcakes!

2010-06-15T17:46:00.000-06:00

I am so excited to introduce my new cupcake size...TALL cupcakes!

And also out new summer flavor:

Lemon Meringue!!

When people ask me what my favorite flavor is... I truly have a hard time picking. It usually depends on my mood, the time of day, how hungry I am etc.

But not anymore!

This is officially my favorite cupcake! Which is surprising because of my unconditional love for chocolate!

After slaving away with these wonderful creations I took them to my trusty test group (fellow employees) to let them have a taste!

There was one critic who I was DYING to hear his opinion of these specific cupcakes... we will just call him the 'lemon hater'! It is well known around the office for his despise of everything lemon! After TWO cupcakes... he finally gave me his critique of the cupcake!

((drum roll please!!!)))

And I quote: "I don't like lemon, but these cupcakes are great!!"

Side note: He went on to have TWO MORE cupcakes later that same day :)

I was so pleased!

The Lemon Meringue cupcake is described as follows:

Moist lemon cupcake with refreshing lemon curd filling and soft meringue frosting!

Cupcake Bouquets & Brownie Cookie Dough Cupcakes!

2010-05-17T20:59:00.000-06:00

Happy Spring Everyone!

Sorry I have been busy with a graduating husbad and such this spring.... but I have been busy with cupackes too!

Here are some I made this last weekend for my sister-in-laws going away party.

We will sure miss them!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2010-03-21T15:40:00.001-06:00

Hope you had a wonderful St. Patricks Day!

(( chocolate cupcakes with mint buttercreme frosting!))

Mini Tuxedo Wedding Cupcakes!

2010-03-14T17:07:00.000-06:00

This past weekend I filled a custom order for a bride, Josie, who envisioned mini tuxedo cupcakes for her wedding.
And did they turn out cute or what?!?!?!

This was the largest order I had done so far (300 minis!) and it went very smoothly.

It was so fun to deliver and see the bride and groom and be amiss the excitment of a wedding!

New mini cupcake stands!

2010-03-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about these new stands and I can't wait to use them!!!

They would look beautiful for a wedding or shower... or for anything really!

I'll post some more pictures of where I use them.

Yay for cute cupcake stands!!

Canadian cupcakes & some chocolate strawberry kabobs!

2010-02-08T19:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of what I have been up to recently!A co-worker of mine moved to Canada,

which was a perfect excuse for some Canadian flag cupcakes!

The circles and maple leaves were made with DELICIOUS marshmallow fondant

& the cupcakes were chocolate with oreo buttercreme frosting. Yum!

I also received a call late last week to make some of my favorite cupcakes (the kupcake kabob) as a surprise birthday delivery! Yay!

They turned out beautifully & were displayed so well in this bright pink box!

I hear they were a huge hit!

Happy Birthday Bill!

2010-01-10T19:38:00.000-07:00

Every year for my husbands birthday he requests a one of a kind cake which includes the following:

A layer of my favorite fudge brownie recipe

A layer of his moms special chocolate peanut butter frosting

And a layer of vanilla cake

Phew! If there was a cake heaven, they would serve this!

And here was the final product!
It served about 10-12 probably and since we were the only ones here for this birthday this year, (since it is two days after Christmas), it took us about a week and 1/2 to eat it!

Don't judge the candle... it was a Sunday and the only candles we had were emergency ones!

Happy Birthday B! Love you!

Jungle Safari Cake

2009-11-09T13:14:00.001-07:00

A co-worker of mine, Karen, had a jungle theme baby shower Saturday which inspired this cake!

It was my first topsy turvey cake and so fun to do! The top layer was lemon and the bottom layer was chocolate with wonderful marshmallow fondant! (yum!)

Thank you so much to my sister-in-law Katie who helped me design and put together this cake.

And Congratulations to Karen and Steven on their baby boy Xander!

Cheeseburgers Anyone?

2009-10-21T19:30:00.000-06:00

I have to admit.... these were so fun to make!

I made yellow cake for the 'buns', fudge brownies for the 'patty' and butter cream frosting for the 'cheese, mustard and ketchup'.... I'd eat these burgers any day! For the 'lettuce' I used coconut (one of my favorite foods!).
I made these for Justin's birthday and they were a major hit!
Everyone loved the cake /brownie mix and were taken back how much it resembled the real thing! Here's to the end of summer!

Skull and Hand Cupcakes with Mint Truffle Eyeballs! $20

2009-10-12T20:22:00.000-06:00

These cupcakes are chocolate fudge cake with peanut butter filling

and creamy peanut butter buttercreame frosting! The eyeballs below are mint chocolate/oreo truffles covered with white chocolate.

I love halloween cupcakes because there are so many different options for decorations!
Hope you have a spooky but sweet halloween!!

And the winner is... Brittney!!

2009-10-02T13:05:00.000-06:00

Congratulations Brittney!

Give me a call to place your free order of 2 dozen mini's :)

Thank you to all who have become followers of the blog.

There will be more cupcake pictures up here soon after the weekend. Enjoy!

One more week to win 2 dozen free mini's!!!

2009-09-24T07:27:00.000-06:00

You have one more week to become a follower and enter yourself in raffle to win 2 dozen free mini's of your choice! If you would like another chance, just comment on any post after becoming a follower... THAT'S TWO CHANCES!

The contest will end midnight September 30th and I will announce the winner on Thursday.

Happy Following!

Rexburg Unplugged

2009-09-12T20:05:00.000-06:00

Rexburg Unplugged was a great success! Thanks to all who came out to visit!

Like I mentioned to most of you, you still have a chance to win 2 dozen free mini's by becoming a follower and then recieve another entry by commenting on a post.

The contest ends at the end of this month. Some adorable little girls with the chocolate, peanut butter strawberry kupcake kabobs!

Pumpkin Roll: The New Seasonal Cupcake!

2009-09-08T21:05:00.000-06:00

Starting in October 1st we will have Pumpkin Roll as the new seasonal cupcake! Pumpkin Roll is a delightful mix of pumpkin spice cake and smooth cream cheese frosting!

Pumpkin Roll will be offered October 1st through the middle of November.
Make up an excuse to try this wonderful fall cupcake!

Last chance for Huckleberry Cupcakes @ Rexburg Unplugged this Sat 2-6pm

2009-09-08T20:06:00.000-06:00

This Saturday is Rexburg Unplugged and your last chance for Huckleberry cupcakes! If you would like to order and pick up on Saturday to make sure there are Huckleberry left waiting for you let me know by Friday evening. Minimum order is 1 dozen mini's for Saturdays event.

I will also be bringing back the beloved Kupcake Kabobs! This time with strawberries and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter cream cheese frosting! yum-o!

Come and enjoy a nice Saturday on Main Street and College Avenue Saturday!

Enter & Win 2 Dozen Mini's!

2009-09-03T18:43:00.000-06:00

You can win 2 dozen mini's of your choice!

How?

Just become a follower of Skinny Mini's and you will enter yourself into the contest! If you would like an extra entry, after you become a follower post a comment on the blog and you will receive a total of 2 entries! But you will only receive the first if you become a follower first.

The contest will end at midnight Wednesday, September 30th.

Good luck to all!

End of the Market

2009-09-03T18:10:00.000-06:00

Sorry to say, last week was my last at the market... things have just been getting busy! It's been difficult to keep up with orders and the market so I am focusing on the orders!

Therefore I am providing a list of my flavors that I am currently offering. Remember, huckleberry will only be offered for a short time longer so order them while you can!

Standard Cupcake Flavours

.75 per mini $1.25 per regular cupcake

Very Vanilla
Vanilla Strawberry
Chocolate & Strawberry
Chocolate and Vanilla
Double Chocolate

Gourmet Cupcake Flavours

.75 per mini $1.50 per regular cupcake

Huckleberry (seasonal)
Oreo Surprise
Andes Mint Chocolate
Cookie Dough
Raspberry Rupture
Fluffernutter
Red Velvet
PB & J
**Please note: When ordering cupcakes maximum flavour selection is 1 per dozen**

**Minimum order is 2 dozen cupcakes**

Saturday Farmers Market Sale

2009-08-21T21:54:00.000-06:00

Our spot at the market!
Our seasonal cupcake: Huckleberry!

Thanks to all who came out to the Farmers Market in the heat today!

I have the following left over from the Farmer's Market and am selling them for 50% off:

*1 dozen mini Andes Mint Chocolate reg. $9.00 sale $4.50

*1/2 dozen regular Andes Mint Chocolate reg. $9.00 sale $4.50

If you would like to stop by and pick them up on Saturday call me @ 440-655-0245 and let me know when you would like to stop by. When they are gone... they're gone! But you can always pre-order for the Farmers Market next week! Also if you tried any of the cupcakes today or at all feel free to post and let us know what you think!

Huckleberry Cupcakes are here!!!

2009-08-21T21:32:00.000-06:00

Introducing our newest seasonal cupcake ... HUCKLEBERRY! And they are delicious! The Huckleberry consists of yellow cake and huckleberry buttercream frosting made with real, fresh huckleberries that we pick ourselves!! The yellow cake and the huckleberry frosting compliment eachother in a fantastic way and really brings out that delicious taste. We have sold out of them the last 2 weeks at the market within the first couple hours so we are now taking orders to be picked up at the market or any other time of the week if you wish!

Back from vacation!

2009-08-18T21:28:00.000-06:00

Well, I'm back from vacation in the Ohio and am getting ready for the Farmers Market this Friday! I will be having huckleberry again (which was sold out in the first 2 hours!) and also the Andes Mint Chocolate.
This week I am going to try out the regular size cupcakes again and see if there is a market for those. They will be $1.50 and sold individually as well as in a half dozen box.
Also, sorry for the lack of pictures lately on the blog- our camera as been lost! Hopefully that will be replaced soon!

See you at the market this Friday!

And the winner is........

2009-08-05T13:21:00.000-06:00

Samber!
Congratulatoins on winning 2 dozen free mini's!
Call me and let me know when would be a good time to pick them up and what you would like!
Yay for free cupcakes!

No Farmers Market Tomorrow :(

2009-07-30T21:54:00.000-06:00

Because of unfortunate circumstances I will not be at the market tomorrow... but not to worry - Next week is a go!
I have been working on a couple great flavors with fruit I purchased from the market so look for that next week!
I also just finished a wedding cake tonight for a co-worker and those pictures will be to come when I recieve one from the bride. (My husband has the camera out of town!)

ALSO... the cupcake drawing is coming to a close on Saturday so make sure you POST A COMMENT BY AUGUST 1ST to win 2 dozen mini's!

More photos to come this week!

Cupcakes at the Farmers Market tomorrow!

2009-07-23T05:43:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow I will be offering the following cupcakes:

Andes Mint Chocolate
Chocolate Cake with Mint Filling, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and an Andes Mint on top.

Fluffernutter
Yellow Cake with Marshmallow Filling and Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

Not So Plain Jane
Yellow Cake with Yellow Buttercream Frosting

and then also strawberry kupcake kabobs with strawberries and mini cupcakes!

Hope you see you tomorrow!

Win 2 dozen mini's of your choice from Skinny Mini's!!

2009-07-20T21:18:00.000-06:00

Want to know how you can win 2 dozen free mini's?
Post a comment on the blog between now and August 1st and you can win YOUR CHOICE flavor of mini cupcakes!
On August 1st I will put all the names into a pool and randomly choose the lucky winner!
Happy posting!

Farmers Market last Friday

2009-07-19T20:23:00.000-06:00

It was a hot day last Friday... and the cupcakes took it alright. I will have to say that unless there is a special order, I will not be offering the Simply Strawberry at the Market. 95 degree weather does not do well with this frosting! However it was great for the S'mores!

TheM&M kupcake Kabobs were a hot item as well. It's amazing how many parents had to pull their kids away from the tempting sweets on a stick! (But some just had to give in!)

One happy customer took these treats to her friends that were coming to stay the weekend. She said she was going to put them in their hotel room before they arrived. What a clever idea and nice treat to discover after a day of traveling!

Me and Debbie at our booth. We were laughing so hard because of the dancing entertainment around our camara boy. (thanks Bill!)

The market was a hit! If you would like to special order for next weeks market, let me know by Wednesday and I can have them their for you to pick up. All orders must be prepaid. This is great for any weekend parties you might be attending or just for a late night snack!

Simply Strawberry... and a homemade cakeplate!

2009-07-19T19:32:00.000-06:00

Simply Strawberry cupcakes are made with real strawberries! They are homemade strawberry cake and strawberry buttercream frosting. They are so moist and delicious and.... PINK!

The cake plate I made was just a ice cream dish turned upside down superglued to a pretty plate on top. Total time to make: 5 minutes!!!This is a very inexpensive idea for gifts or for a shower that you could do!
I will be displaying mine at the Farmers Market next week!

Farmers Market this Friday!

2009-07-15T21:21:00.000-06:00

This Friday I will be at the Rexburg Farmers Market yet again! Yay!
I will have three different flavors:

Andes Mint Chocolate
Chocolate cake with mint filling, chocolate buttercream frosting and an andes mint on top!

S'mores
Chocolate cake with marshmallow and graham cracker frosting with a hershy bar on top!

Simply Strawberry
Moist Strawberry cake with smooth strawberry buttercream frosting! Perfect for the warm summer nights!

I will also have m&m mini kupcake kabobs for $2!

If you would like to place an order for next weeks market, give me a call or you can post it here on the blog!
See you Friday!

Firecracker Cupcakes for the 4th!

2009-07-05T15:12:00.000-06:00

So sometimes I have to make regular size cupcakes to please those who like A LOT of cupcake! Therefore, for 4th of July I made these cuppies for my sister-in-laws annual party!

The firecrackers were yellow cake with buttercream frosting. Happy 4th of July!

Some of Skinny Mini's Popular Flavors

2009-07-05T14:32:00.001-06:00

S'mores minis with marshmallow, graham cracker and hershey chocolate topping. You need a wet wipe when you finish eating one of these!

Andes Mint Chocolate mini's. This seems to be everyones favorite! It has chocolate cake with mint filling in it, chocolate buttercream frosting and an Andes mint!

Oreo Surprise! What's the surprise you ask? It not only comes with oreo buttercream and an oreo on top but also has one on the bottom! Delicious!

A kids favorite... PB & J! Yellow cake, strawberry jam filling and peanut butter buttercream frosting. It tastes just like the real thing!

*Fluffernutter and Boston Creme mini's*
If you are from back east, chance is that you have heard of a fluffernutter! It has marshmallow filling with yellow cake and peanut butter buttercream frosting. My husbands personal favorite!

The boston creme is also yellow cake but has a creme filling and chcolate gnache topping. It's a burst of goodness!

Rexburg Farmers Market!

2009-07-02T07:55:00.000-06:00

I have not posted lately because I have been preparing fabulous cupcake flavors for the Rexburg Farmers Market! It had been very time consuming but will be worth it on Friday! The following flavors that will be there on Friday are:

*Fluffernutter
*S'mores
*Raspberry Rupture
*Oreo
*Andes Mint Chocolate

I will also have the new crazy.... Kupcake Kabobs - Fourth of July style!

Prices:
Regular size: $1.50/cupcake and .75/mini

Come join us on Friday from 4-8 pm in the parking lot of the Rexburg Tabernacle! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Butter Pecan Yumminess

2009-06-13T12:26:00.000-06:00

Some butter pecan cupcakes with vanilla frosting that I made for work. They were yummy and gone in the first couple hours!

It's A Girl!

2009-06-07T17:00:00.001-06:00

I made these vanilla and buttercream frosting cupcakes for Robert and Cheryl who just had a baby girl on Tuesday- Elizabeth! Some of the pink ones also have coconut on them and on others I made a bagonia with a blend of white and pink frosting. I also tried out the Magnolias vanilla cupcake recipie -yum! It's a keeper!

Skinny Mini's

Masquerade!

Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

4th Of July Graduation Party

Happy 13th Birthday Krista!

Wedding cupcakes for Michelle and Rich

Lizzi's Wedding Cupcakes!

Baby Shower Cupcakes

Drink Cupcakes!

Hip to be SQUARE!

25% off ALL July Orders!

I've been FEATURED on Cupcakes Take The Cake!!!!!

Paper Cake Treat Boxes

Cupcakes in a jar!

**NEW** Lemon Meringue TALL Cupcakes!

Cupcake Bouquets & Brownie Cookie Dough Cupcakes!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Mini Tuxedo Wedding Cupcakes!

New mini cupcake stands!

Canadian cupcakes & some chocolate strawberry kabobs!

Happy Birthday Bill!

Jungle Safari Cake

Cheeseburgers Anyone?

Skull and Hand Cupcakes with Mint Truffle Eyeballs! $20

And the winner is... Brittney!!

One more week to win 2 dozen free mini's!!!

Rexburg Unplugged

Pumpkin Roll: The New Seasonal Cupcake!

Last chance for Huckleberry Cupcakes @ Rexburg Unplugged this Sat 2-6pm

Enter & Win 2 Dozen Mini's!

End of the Market

Saturday Farmers Market Sale

Huckleberry Cupcakes are here!!!

Back from vacation!

And the winner is........

No Farmers Market Tomorrow :(

Cupcakes at the Farmers Market tomorrow!

Win 2 dozen mini's of your choice from Skinny Mini's!!

Farmers Market last Friday

Simply Strawberry... and a homemade cakeplate!

Farmers Market this Friday!

Firecracker Cupcakes for the 4th!

*Some of Skinny Mini's Popular Flavors*

Rexburg Farmers Market!

Butter Pecan Yumminess

It's A Girl!

NEW Lemon Meringue TALL Cupcakes!

Some of Skinny Mini's Popular Flavors