Here is a lovely blue cake. We wanted to play of the contrast of different shades of blue with a fun design and some light sparkle...
The cake flavors were carrot, lemon w/ raspberry-peach jam and chocolate.

Here is a style of cake that i just love, very clean line white fondant covered cake with a black stencil work that goes all the way to the base. Flavors were Chocolate cake and coffee cream cake.

We had the cutest Bridal shower this past weekend. The theme: old fashion afternoon tea, with real china and silver platters. Teacup provided the little Almond-raspberry Petit Sec, Vanilla bean cream cupcakes and Chocolate-Hazelnut cupcakes.
We just love these kind of confections!

The holidays are here, whether we are ready for them or not!
Today, Monday before Thanksgiving, everyone is thinking turkey and we at teacup are thinking Holiday Baking.
We have decided to start a holiday baking series, baking and showing you "how to tips" for making delicious and easy sweets that you can share through the season ahead.

Today's lesson is Organic Apple crisp, individually served, one of my favorite entertaining desserts. Not only it is easy, but your guests will feel special and comforted by having their own little dessert.

Recipe serves 4-6 people

Apple filling
10-12 medium organic apples, peeled, cored and diced (we like to use Fuji and Granny smith)
The juice of 2 lemons
1 tbsp organic cinnamon
1 tsp organic ground cloves
1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1/3 c organic sugar
2 tbsp organic flour
2 oz of organic butter cubed
Toss apples in lemon juice, set aside. Mix all the dry ingredients and add to apples together with butter mix to combine.
Divide mixture into individual oven proof ramekins, cover apples with crisp topping and place on a sheet pan.
Bake at 375 F for 30-40 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm.

Crisp Topping
1 cup organic AP flour
1/2 cup organic oats
1/2 c organic brown sugar
1 tsp organic cinnamon
1/2 tsp organic ginger powder
1/4 tsp salt
6 oz diced COLD organic butter
Mix all ingredients in a mixer with the paddle attachment or the food processor until it becomes crumbly - Don't over mix.

We had the pleasure to work along side the Board members from Kata Foundation, at our annual dinner, this past Saturday Nov 14, 2009. Every year in their fall Fundraiser they offer a package dinner for 10. It is a 5 course dinner, enhance with the super juicy steaks from Del Frisco's Steak house and Scott and I provide the personal chef services.
The couple who purchase the dinner and their friends were wonderful, not only for their generosity, but they were warm and welcoming. A real treat!
We want to thank Del Frisco's for their generous donation.
Please visit the KATA website to learn more about their cause and their fundraiser events.

I got an e-mail from a bride a had the pleasure to work with this past October at Devil's Thumb Ranch. Alicia Carr, a very earthy-green consious bride, who wanted pies for her wedding instead of a cake. I found the idea very charming and different. She picked 10 different flavors including banana cream pie, lemon meringue, apple-strussel pie, blueberry-peach and more.
Her latest e-mail was to tell me that we have been blogged at Green Wedding Shoes, from California, because her wedding was very green and we had contributed to it by having our pies made with all organic ingredients, and lots of them from local sources, such as the peaches and apples from Ela family farm.
We are thrilled to know that there are people like Ali who care to make the effort of finding ways to make a wonderful event such this a bit more environmentally friendly.
Thank you Alicia for having us been part of your event, and thank you Tec Pataja for including pictures of our humble pies.

Hi Paula,

This was a very unique wedding, from the color green cake to the brownish-red Pagoda as the topper and the bamboo center pieces. It was very earthy and easy going.
The cake had very simple and to the point flavors, Vanilla bean and Chocolate truffle.
I had the pleasure to work with Sarah Hays from Hays photography (hope to post images from her once they are in)

This is one of the most romantic style wedding cakes there is, lots of roses surrounding the tiers and the brush embroidery really makes it a true classic.
I had the pleasure of working with Kristen Samz from A current affair events, who is one of the most carrying wedding planners i have worked with.
The cake had three different flavors, German chocolate (groom's favorite), carrot cake and vanilla bean.

It is a beautiful sunny day and i just finished my pick of goodies to be offered as "Holiday specials"
We are very happy to have lots of apples from Ela Family farm to be able to prepare our all organic apple-streusel pie, apple-frangipane tart (My favorite dessert ever! Yummy) and other apple goodies. There is a great list of holiday inspired quick breads, cheesecakes, cookies and chocolates. Visit our website to read the complete list of offerings.
Now that i have been learning about this blogging business, slowly but surely, i found a blog that featured us a few months back. Thank you Leigh from The bridal Collection

It has been long since I last visited my own blog. Summer came like a hurricane, even thought i tried to keep up with baking, decorating, delivery and the blog, i new something had got to give.
October is a great time to fall back into the habit of writing, specially on a snowy day like today, 8-10" already on the ground and more to come, Got to love it!
A lot of the pictures from the rest of the summer are already on our website. We had a great summer, lots of cakes, cookies and other goodies, and the introduction of new all organic ingredients. We are now using all organic jams from Ela Family farm in Hotchkiss Colorado, finally found organic fair trade sugar, organic flour, and organic dairy, and are possibly finish with the hunt for organic spices!
We traveled a lot this summer to mountain vicinities to deliver wedding cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies, and more. Although we love the mountains, it was hard some days, specially when having 13 individual cakes on tree stumps going up Berthoud Pass - frightening.

Anyway, this time we'll make sure to keep our blog up to date. New and exciting events are coming our way and we want you to be part of them. A calendar with updates on classes, events, and open tastings will be up shortly.

These were a great treat for the guests, the bride decided to make individual cakes for each table and have their guest cut and enjoy them at their leisure. Vanilla cake with vanilla bean cream and toasted almond french buttercream made these cakes a leafy indulgence. Thanks to Kara from Pick me! for helping us with the logistics.

I love when i get the chance to make something different for a wedding cake. This was definitely different, the biggest challenge was to transport it from Denver to Devil's Thumb Ranch in Grand County. Anyway, it was fun!

This cake represents the beautiful meadows of Colorado, filled with wild flowers and green grass. A very lemony - refreshing cake.

June 27, 2009
Beautiful wedding at Snow Mountain Ranch, the cake was simple and classic white with yellow flowers. Vanilla with vanilla bean cream as filling and vanilla buttercream

This cake makes me think of a very quiet night in the woods. Jodi and john picked this cake for its simple and clean look. The reception was at the Evergreen Lake house. Very serene!

Fish and flowers indeed. Breckie and Matt asked for their favorite hobbies, flavors and colors to be a part of their wedding. A big rainbow trout was Matt's cake (chocolate with coconut buttercream). For Breckie, lots of branches and sunflowers. The cake flavors were chocolate with truffle and cookies and cream filling, and a vanilla cake with lemon curd and Raspberry-peach jam from Ela family farms. They were a very Eco-friendly couple and for that a love them!

Together with Kara and Rami from Pick me!, we put a beautiful, nature inspired setting for Peggy and Nicholas wedding at Devil's Thumb Ranch. The cake was lemon-raspberry with vanilla buttercream. The branches from the table settings (picture up) tied perfectly with the light branches and flowers dressing up the cake. A very beautiful set up. Great job pick me ladies!

On June 6, we had a great Tea party for Francesca's Bridal shower (one on my Favorite brides of the season). Some of the offerings were: Almond-apricot tea cakes, raspberry spritz cookies, tea sandwiches, lemon curd, jams, blueberry scones and fresh fruit. It was very pretty and the bride to be was very happy! Congrats Francesca and Thanks to Al (her best friend) for helping to put it together

A beautiful wedding with orange, yellow and green flowers that enhances the cake delicate branch decor. The flavors represented the couples love for dessert. Bottom tier was a chocolate-cherry, second tier had a vanilla cream with crunchy caramel toffee, and the two top tiers were coffee/vanilla (like a tiramisu). The table was set by the talented girls at Pick me!

This has been one of the most colorful wedding we have done. It represented the bride and groom's vibrant personality. Annie and Mark were a great couple to work with, and you can see some photos of the wedding at our talented florist/event planner's blog Pick me!

Lots of clients are getting in the trend, thanks to them i get to make cute and fun cakes like this purse!

On April 29, 2009 Teacup donated 350 decorated sugar cookies to support the Go Red for Women campaign. An lunch event was hold at CU to create awareness and raise funds. For all women out there, we take care of everyone unconditionally, except ourselves. Lets give ourselves the dedication we deserve.

It has been a while since i last updated the blog. A few cute cakes have come our way ans thought on sharing them with everyone.
This is a spring cake for a school party.

With the rocky mountains as a backdrop, we had the most amazing event of all season. Together with Kara from Pick me!, Jen from Devils Thumb Ranch and Rachel from Stellar Photography, we celebrated Wes Tate's 40th Birthday. It was out of this world! We wish we were invited.
Here are some pictures of the over the top cakes! Loved it!!!

This weekend i had a great deal of fun the different cakes created at Teacup.
A couple of my favorite ones are the cow print cake at Devils Thumb Ranch, while working with Kara and Rami of Pick me!
The next one was this super cool and fancy purse, replicating a designer's bag. The cake was surrounded by jeweled cellphone, jewelry, golf balls and other loved subjects of the birthday girl.
How fun!