Decorating cakes at LaChoclatier

This weeks cakes:

All cakes featured were created as custom cakes by LaChoclatier Bakery. All pictures were taken from the facebook page, so if you like what you see come take a look!

http://facebook.com/lachoc

I am really loving working here but do not sell cakes like these on my own. If you are interested in making an order please take a look at our website for contact and ordering information

www.lachoclatier.com

How many cakes does it take to buy an i-phone?

Answer: about 150.

I've been at the bakery since February and one of the things I have realized most is how necessary it really was for me to get a second job. Sometimes the hours spent on my feet can seem a bit long, but other than that it is still going really well. At first I thought it would be easy to save all the money I made because it was my "extra paycheck" but that hasn't really been the case. Because they were taking out ELA tuition payments from my main paycheck it was simply replacing the money I was missing. Those payments ended at the end of March. I have been waiting for about a year now to get a new phone. At first i was waiting for my contract to be up, and then I was just waiting to have the extra money. There were a few times I was tempted but with traveling for ELA, a few major vet bills and the usual costs of life in between, it didn't quite happen. That was until this week. Because of some crazy hours pulled at the bakery for some high volume weekends this last paycheck was just what I needed to buy a few new pairs of work out clothes and my brand new i-phone!

I've been a mac user since 2005 and I am always very proud to tell people that I have had the same MacBook pro since then, and other than a lack of battery stamina, it is working just as well as the first day I got it with no services other than the usual updates and clean ups (knock on wood, knowing my luck i will go home tonight and it won't turn on). Anyway, I was so excited to come home and download some of my favorite music to my new phone only to realize that my operating system is too old to support the version of i-tunes i need for my new phone. I was so upset i just sat there and stared at my computer for about 10 min before I started a mad search across the Internet to see if there was a loophole I didn't know about. (so far it looks like to upgrade my syestem would cost at least $129 and I may loose all of my design programs from school that I no longer have the original start up disks for)

side note: To top off my lovely night of disappointment, the lady at TJ Maxx told me "Congratulations!" and when I looked at her funny and said huh? she replied with "you are expecting" and pointed towards my stomach. Probably the easiest way to ruin my day is to think I'm pregnant after I have been getting up at the butt crack of dawn every day the last two weeks practically killing myself at the gym. Thanks Lady!

Anyway, now I have this beautiful new phone and no way to connect it back to my ridiculous collection of music and photos I have been building for the last 6 years. I'm talking to a coworker who is good at these things and I'm thinking there should be some sort of way to use dropbox and itunes on another computer to try to get around my syncing problems. For now my fingers are just crossed.

Decorating cakes at LaChoclatier

This weeks cakes:

All cakes featured were created as custom cakes by LaChoclatier bakery. All pictures were taken from the facebook page, so if you like what you see come take a look!

http://facebook.com/lachoc
And as much as I don't always like making cupcakes, this cupcake tower from a few weeks ago turned out really well.

I really love working here but I do not sell cakes like this on my own. If you are interested in making an order please take a look at our website for contact and ordering information

http://www.lachoclatier.com

I would like to introduce you to...

I would like to introduce you to my new favorite cake... His name is Fred :)

This cake was done as a custom cake by LaChoclatier Bakery. For ordering information please visit the facebook page (where the picture was taken from) or the website.

http://www.facebook.com/lachoc

http://www.lachoclatier.com

Decorating Cakes at LaChoclatier

This week's cakes:

All the cakes featured below are created custom for each client by LaChoclatier Bakery. All pictures were taken from the facebook page, so take a look if you get a chance.

http://www.facebook.com/lachoc

Cigar cake

"Happy Birthday You Big Stinker!"

Bridal Shower Golf Cake

Hello Kitty Cake

Baby Shower "American Sports"

Tea Party cake

I am really loving working there, but I do not sell cakes like these on my own. If you are interested in making an order please take a look at our website for contact and ordering information.

http://www.lachoclatier.com

Decorating Cakes at LaChoclatier

This week's cakes:

This weekend was a busy weekend at the bakery to say the least. There are a few new coworkers that have let L start taking more orders. All the cakes featured below were created custom for each client by LaChoclatier Bakery. All pictures were taken from the facebook face, so take a look when you get a chance!

http://www.facebook.com/lachoc?ref=ts


This may be one of my new favorites, there is something about these toy story cakes that is just fun to work with:

and I may have gotten a bit carried away with this one, but had a lot of fun making all the little pool balls. (the cake and ques were done by others). It reminds me of some fun times in college spent learning to play late into the night.

The next few I didn't personally work on but were still fun cakes.

I am really learning a lot and loving working there. I don't sell cakes like these on my own so if you are interested in making an order feel free to call or visit the website.

http://www.lachoclatier.com/

Billiards, Beach, Burgers, and Bikes

So lately I’ve been a little Bummed to say the least (sorry I promise I’m done with the “B” puns). I have just been very discouraged for a number of reasons. It seems no matter how much I work I can’t seem to save any money, no matter how much I try to plan time to make it to the gym things get in the way, and to tell the truth I’ve just been plain lonely. I’ve always been a very independent person by nature but sometimes that can lead to a lonely life.

Luckily, I think this weekend was just what I needed to help pull me out of my little funk. It was a hard weekend at the bakery, but by the end of Saturday we sent out some amazing cakes that may be some of my new favorites. Friday night I had a lot of fun detailing a small pool table cake. And thanks to dating a guy in college with an awesome poolroom I was pretty proud of myself that I remembered most of the colors and numbers for each ball. I did have to cheat a little in the end and print out a picture to check, but it was still a lot of fun to make and reminded me of some good times. There was also a pretty fun toy story cake . (Here is a quick picture of the billiards cake, but I promise to post the rest in my usual weekly cake decorating post).

After the bakery I came home had a good dinner from 10-top and took a nap. Later M1 and I walked down to the boot for a drink and R stopped by. We ended the night at T-west and it was just a nice way to end a stressful week.

Today was the beach day I have been longing for. I have actually been dreaming about it and telling myself everyday it would be here soon. The weather was perfect, I read almost ¼ of a book I hadn’t had time to even start before and it was strangely warm enough to swim. We headed back just before the weather came in and I stopped by Trader Joes to stock up on some yummy food.

Then it was time for the burgers. I have been on a veggie burger kick lately and have been trying different recipes to make my own. Tonight was Fajita black bean burgers and I think they came out really well! (Will post recipe soon)

I finished part of my doodle chair and M1 and I took a crazy long bike ride all through Ghent and downtown. So other than a bit of a sunburn on the back of my legs and ignoring all chores and things I was going to get done this weekend, It was kind of amazing and just the weekend I needed to pull me out of my pity party.