So i was going back over some of my earlier blogs and had to laugh at this one. It was fascinating/overwhelming me that new flavors and combinations wouldn’t leave me alone. I could tell i was trying to fight them, but decided to compromise, in bits and pieces. HA! I’m all in now, baby!! My imagination isn’t just a greedy mistress, she’s a harem now! People regularly ask me what flavors i offer. Well, pull up a chair America, cuz the list is infinite.  Yes, i still have my ba

Cuz it’s Summertime! Will Smith’s finest – second only to the bare chest scene from Bad Boys… but i digress. She’s here! She’s here! I’m telling y’all… I have waaaaayyy too many flavor combinations in my head. This is just a couple of the flavors I’ve been tossing around in this crazy brain of mine. What doesn’t help is my instagram feed is 50% bars and spirits companies constantly giving me suggestions of cocktails to try and emulate. Madness, i tell you, sheer madness! As a

Alan Thicke was one of the coolest, corniest dads on television. But that’s not what this post is about… So y’all remember this business course i just finished? Well one of the bigger takeaways for me was stretching past my own boundaries. I make alcohol-infused bundt cakes. the end. I was not terribly interested in making anything else or changing anything about what i was making, i just needed to know how to build my business. Well lo and behold, these women pushed and prod

A couple weeks ago, i had a rough weekend. I had about 8-9 orders to fill. In my haste, i managed to botch 3 cakes. In the end, i fulfilled all my orders, had 3 bags of broken up cake and was exhausted from the bad attitude that had swelled. (Takeaway – focus on the positive, enjoy the process and everything will come out beautifully!) Every baker at every level botches cakes. Either they overcook a couple minutes, or the oven heat isn’t balanced, or the cake sticks to the pa

…Well you know the rest of that one.  How’ve you been? Long time no chat! Almost, what, a month now? I hope your holidays were fantabulous and your year has started with a bang! You would be amazed at how much has changed in the past month for me and RSC!! So about 3.5 weeks ago, i started taking a baking business course on line called Passion to Profit, led by Janelle and Eddie Copeland of The Cake Mamas fame. You know when you think you know something then all of a sudden s

I’m a purist, a minimalist and in general, lazy. I like things as simple and pared down as possible without sacrificing the pleasure principle. I do not impose my lunacy on you, but that’s what i put into your cakes. I’m not saying I take as many shortcuts as i can or use inferior products, but i’m going to take the fewest steps possible in effort to minimize the time and labor necessary to get your treats to you. There are a lot of bakery options out there and the more popul

Going off the cuff with this one… I’m all about planning, prepping, timelining, organizing and yadda yadda, but not today. I saw that i haven’t written to you in almost a month, despite the dizzying array of events swirling around me, so i’m putting pixel to page to purge. You ready? You sure? ok. Last we spoke, i was shouting in my spirit about my cup being empty, right? Well folks, the water is bubbling!  I still haven’t heard from my Wendy’s angel, but that’s ok because i

I keep experimenting with people. Well, with recipes really. Cuz experimenting on people is kinda Dr. Moreau-ish… But i keep trying new things and giving them to people.  Typically, if i’m trying a new recipe, it’s for a cake i’m keeping at home or i have a willing guinea pig waiting to give me critique.  I don’t sell them until I’ve perfected it. Such was the case with my attempts to make my cakes from scratch. I wasn’t tickled with it at all and my tester said it was “alrig

You ever get to that point where all of the projects in your head start to run together, short circuit your brain and start seeping out your ears? No matter how organized you keep things? I’ve got 4 different, rather large and time consuming projects going at the same time, all for RSC, and one other waiting in the wings.  As i mentioned in my last blog, i have big plans and these projects are going to get me going in that direction! This Saturday, July 29, I will be particip

Have you ever made a vision board? i mean really hunkered down, thought about your future, your goals, your desires, what makes you happy, what you want to improve on, what will satisfy your life? Have you? I know for a fact that i haven’t. Until now. I’ve haphazardly tossed together a little vision board for myself before, but due to time restraints, i didn’t put a whole lot of thought or effort into it. But for the business, I thought it prudent to put some ideas to paper t