new additions...

I've been yearning to go see my family in Maui, but since I can't get there right now, we brought some Aloha flavor to California this week!  

 

Aloha Cupcake...vanilla cake, filled with fresh pineapple curd & toasted macadamia nuts, topped with coconut milk frosting, more toasted mac nuts & lilikoi butter (sent from my brother in Maui).  

Also on the menu this week is a toasted smores cupcake.  

We've probably done over 6 different versions of a smores cupcakes and this one is by far my favorite ~ Chocolate cake with baked marshmallows, over a buttery graham cracker crust, filled with chocolate sauce, topped with toasted marshmallow frosting

Nipomo Wedding

We made cupcakes for a gorgeous wedding at the Dana Powers House in Nipomo.  I'm totally in love with this location!  It's filled to the brim with unique vintage treasures.  The beautiful day was captured by Michelle Warren Photography and was featured recently on Style Me Pretty.

Check out the stunning couple and amazing details here!

Happy New Year Cupcake

Happy New Year to you, from Kevin, Amber & Opal!

it's ridiculous...

it's chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel and we call it Ridiculous!

goodbye Christmas cupcakes...

I asked our facebook friends what cupcake flavor they'd like us to offer over Christmas weekend and the overwhelming response was, "Peppermint Bark".  I'm typically resistant to incorporate white chocolate into the cupcakes (only because I just don't really care for it), but if that's what our customers want, that's what they get!  Despite my resistance to white chocolate, I love this cupcake...I made a white chocolate mascarpone mousse for the filling and the mascarpone & white choc. together is divine!

Chocolate peppermint cake, filled with white chocolate mascarpone mousse, topped with vanilla frosting & peppermint bark

And while we were on vacation last week, we kept dreaming up new cupcake flavors...

Raspberry Cheesecake...Vanilla graham cracker crumb cake, filled with New York style cheesecake, topped with sweet cream cheese frosting & raspberry sauce.

Pumelo Chardonnay...Chardonnay cake, filled with pumelo curd, topped with pumelo frosting, pumelo honey glaze and pumelo zest.  What is pumelo?  It's the ancestor to our common grapefruit.  It's a beautiful fruit with a pink inside and green exterior.

Merry Christmas

Opal wants to make sure Santa gets cupcakes so she decorated these especially for him :)

Holiday Cupcake Giveway

Dear friends,

Let us ship 1 dozen cupcakes directly to a person of your choice (yourself or a loved one!) this thursday for a Christmas Eve delivery.  All you have to do is comment on this post with a cupcake flavor idea.  We'll randomly select a "winner" tomorrow, 12/22, at 5:00pm PST.  Make sure you include your email address in your comment so we can contact you for a shipping address. 

XXOO,

The Vander Vliets.

Photo by Shannon Moore Photography

closed this week...

and will re-open on 12/23 ~

and the highlight of Opal's trip so far ~