There's a new home delivery cupcake company in Sandy, Utah called Curious Cupcake. But if I could please put in a BIG PLEA to all you web designers and cupcake bakers - PUT YOUR LOCATION ON YOUR WEBSITE! It's very confusing, at least for this cupcake blogger, to go to sites that have info about cupcakes and maybe an email address or phone number but nothing about the areas they cover. Her cupcakes look beautiful, however, so we'll let this slide, but just a general plea to both make a cupcake blogger's life easier and attract more customers and halt unwanted phone calls asking "Where the __ are you?" Photos from curiouscupcake.com - click on each of the following words to see more: floral, seasonal, children's, wedding, and custom cupcakes.
Here's a little from today's article, "Let them eat cupcakes" in the Deseret Morning News
When Elizabeth Plehn heard about cupcake-only bakeries popping up in New York and Los Angeles, she decided to use her baking and decorating skills to produce the nostalgic treat.
It was just last year when the Sandy local tried her hand as an unofficial cupcake maker. She started making them for friends and family, and then the stay-at-home mom of three saw a business opportunity: a home-based cupcake baker, decorator and deliverer....
She decorates each cupcake herself by hand and takes custom designs. Plehn's handy with dragonflies, crayons, campfires, pirates and Where's Waldo. She once matched a cupcake to a party invitation.
Flowers, however, are her specialty. Depending on the level of detail, one cupcake can take several minutes to decorate.
As for the recipe, it's her own mix that she created after lots of experimenting. She uses real vanilla, butter and cocoa to create a chocolate or vanilla cake with a chocolate, vanilla or lemon butter frosting.
"Making a frosting flower look like a real flower is very satisfying. And they taste as good as they look," she said.
Plehn has no formal training. Her dad taught her how to decorate some elaborate designs when she was young and she has read books on the art.
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