International Love

This week my buddy DJ 2-Tone Jones celebrated his Dirty 30 birthday and it was fantastic. I kept trying to think of something special and creative custom made for him. I was going to focus on the DJ theme because the 30 theme seemed too corny. Nothing I came up with felt personal enough. Until....I had an idea! I decided to incorporate one of his favorite drinks (American Honey Liqueur) into something sweet. These love bites went international this time around. French Vanilla with American Honey Liqueur and a touch of lemon zest. I also incorporated the American Honey into the vanilla butter cream frosting and topped it off with caramel drizzle. (Oh yeah!!!)

I was worried b/c he doesn't eat a lot of sweets. Needless to say they were a HIT!! He even came over to tell me he really liked them. I went small this time around making Love Bites instead of Baby Cakes. Sometimes its better when people can be discreet about their greediness. Hee Hee. We took some photos before they went out to folks. Enjoy!!!

Sweet 30

This year (February) I turned 30. I decided to have 3 celebrations in a different city. Where I'm from, where I've been and where I am now. So, I did NYC, D.C and Detroit. It was fantastic. The last and final party was celebrated in Detroit. 2 of my best friends who share close birthdays with me were also guest of honors. Joi (one of the birthday girls) and myself had been working on how we were going to display the Baby Cakes that we knew we wanted for the party. We got inspired by a picture that we saw online. So we decided to choose that as our dessert theme. Our colors were fuchsia and black. Bake Sweet Love did 125 (black) chocolate orange Baby Cakes with (fuchsia)orange/lemon butter cream frosting. There was a mini cake with vanilla fondant on the top of the tier. At the bottom, we did dark chocolate chip cookie treat bags. Everything was a hit!!!

Christmas Memories

My sister asked me what was my fondest memory of Christmas. I knew right away what to tell her. It was when I got my Easy Bake Oven. I was soooo excited!! My mom always made it a point to encourage my "culinary hobbies". She bought me candy and ice cream makers but the one thing that stuck out was my Easy Bake Oven. Every little girl who's ever had one knows exactly what I'm talking about. The ability to bake without having to worry about the oven and stovetops. All you needed was a light bulb!! (haha) I'd make all kinds of random sweets. Brownies, cakes, etc. (and they were good!!) So this is an tribute to all the little girls around the world (some who have grown up into women) and some who are just discovering this wonderful toy. My niece already knows that when she turns 8 years old (she's 5 now) she is getting an Easy Bake Oven. So Happy Holidays to you all. Enjoy family, food and everything sweet!!!

Why Blog?

Why Blog????

I'm glad you asked!!!!!
The purpose of my blog is to let people into my life a little bit and know where my inspirations come from and how they are born. I want people to get a sense of who I am and where all of the love lives. It’s about being sweet and letting life be sweet to you. Enjoying the big and little blessings in life. So from that, I share my experiences, and the love that I continue to receive and give from friends, and family.
I hope that you as well can benefit and enjoy the readings!!!

Birthday Love

Here it is! My grandmother's 80th birthday was held on September 7, 2008. It was fantastic! It was held at the Detroit Yacht Club and was amazing. Over 300 guest arrived, she received proclamations from everyone from the Governor to the Mayor. The highlights were some beautiful songs sung by her old campers, great speeches given by family and awesome food.



Bake Sweet Love sponsored the babycakes and they were a hit!!!! People were picking them up by 2's and 3's. My mother said she had never seen anything like that. I think that's one of the things I love about babycakes, you get to have your own personal cake. Anywhooo, enjoy the pictures. I'm just sorry you didn't get to taste them!!!!
These were lemon, vanilla and chocolate babycakes with vanilla and lemon buttercream frosting.