tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:55:29 +0000boutique cupcakes and general baking good times by lyndsay sunghttp://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/lyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)Blogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8555016994283303210Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +00002009-11-07T12:00:01.347-08:00where the wild things are cakewhere the wild things are cupcakesOH CUTENESS!!! Lovely Samantha phoned me at good old Coco Cake HQ with a request: a Where The Wild Things Are cake and matching specialty cupcakes for her son Graydon's 1st birthday party!! I was excited to attempt WTWTA in cupcake form, and to make my cute little pal Moishe into a cake face once again!! This time I also made little Max faces, all in various stages of emotions! Lovely vanilla http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/9Z4yYF8E73I/wilder-and-wilder-where-wild-things-are.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/9Z4yYF8E73I" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/wilder-and-wilder-where-wild-things-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-1460007149800729314Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +00002009-11-05T20:56:02.281-08:00Fondant letter topped vanilla cupcakes for Jenny, for her friend Ken!I love laying out the lettering and snapping a bird's eye view photo!A single E... atop a fluffy vanilla buttercream swirl!A different view of Ken's cupcakes...Hot pink vanilla buttercream topped dark choco cupcakes!The ethereal light of the cupcake gods... shinin' like a beacon of cupcake hope!Cute little matching flag I made http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/G6U0--KpPA8/coco-cake-cupcake-round-up-last-week.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/G6U0--KpPA8" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/coco-cake-cupcake-round-up-last-week.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8130309910913198232Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +00002009-11-03T13:57:26.211-08:00For my BFF Amy's birthday, she dropped a hint a few months ago that she was dying to try these pistachio rosewater vegan cupcakes from the great book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. My hubby was a vegan for four years... until he met meeeee, of course! He always tells this story of how when we first started dating, he came out to a family birthday event and I forced him to eat cake because I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/-HqP_mdNuYc/pretty-pistachio-rosewater-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/-HqP_mdNuYc" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/pretty-pistachio-rosewater-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-5415304551231647674Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +00002009-11-01T13:28:19.649-08:00Andrea emailed me with the request to make some celebratory Olympics themed cupcakes for her dad, who was running a leg of the Olympic torch run on Quadra Island! Very cool! Lookit these cute little things I made: a "brother" of the popular Vancouver Olympics mascot-- let's call him Squatchi!, and a sugar fondant take on the Oly rings. Coco Cake cupcake flavours were dark chocolate with chocolatehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/fjk5lUg9j34/oly-oly-oxen-free.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)13<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/fjk5lUg9j34" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/11/oly-oly-oxen-free.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-371031591907116974Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-10-30T16:00:03.209-07:00You didn't think old Coco Cake had forgotten about Halloween, did you? Lookit these cute little orange sugar sprinkle-dipped pumpkin cupcakes! Delightful, rich dark chocolate cupcakes with generous blobs of orange tinted vanilla buttercream dipped in orange sparkly sprinkles and topped with Lindt chocolate stems or funny chocolate faces and green sugar fondant leaves. Michael ordered these for anhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/ylYqxKw0-90/howdy-pumpkin.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/ylYqxKw0-90" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/howdy-pumpkin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-168541919573360905Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-10-29T09:00:02.484-07:00Morgan and Brittany had their wedding reception at the Planetarium here in Vancouver. How cool is that?? Live space synthesizer music by the one and only Jeremy Schmidt, and a lovely spread of Indian food-- a super wedding. Brittany had this great book she loved while growing up, The Owl & The Pussycat-- and wanted their little wedding cake to be inspired by this book! Owl and pussycat-- love ithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/9xpZ3C5q4rw/owl-pussycat-wedding-cake_29.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/9xpZ3C5q4rw" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/owl-pussycat-wedding-cake_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-7427519065207808046Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-10-26T12:56:45.096-07:00Remember this little cutie I made last March for the adorable baby Jamie, inspired by the amazing Eric Carle's illustration?Well the crazy caterpillar is back and ready to party it up once again for little Freya's 1st birthday! I have had many requests for this little nutter and was happy to make it again for baby Freya. I tried to vary my little caterpillar buddy a bit without straying too far http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/hI8fItroE0I/hungry-caterpillar-returns.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/hI8fItroE0I" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/hungry-caterpillar-returns.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8656461506863948342Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:59:00 +00002009-10-24T12:24:36.057-07:00Did you know I am a fourth generation Chinese Canadian? My grandma (Poh poh) even grew up only a few blocks from where I live now in Vancouver! Pretttty cool. Even though my family has been in Canada for generations, we of course still do some Chinesey/superstitious-y things. For my niece Kensie, my parents threw her a 100 day party at a Chinese restaurant here in Vancouver! Red eggs, pickled http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/CytM8LCTJjk/kensies-100-day-chinese-banquet.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/CytM8LCTJjk" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/kensies-100-day-chinese-banquet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-1720221801146638366Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-10-21T09:00:04.059-07:00A matchy-matchy birthday of pinky red little birdies, a super cute colour theme of green, red and brown... for sweet and adorable Olivia's 1st birthday bash! Definitely one of my recent fave Coco Cake creations for sure. Dark brown cupcake liners, tree branches, green leaves and the little pink birdies! Vanilla cupcakes and a dark chocolate cake with Lindt chocolate ganache filling for the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/GFhhR8nPqS0/sweet-little-bird-cupcakes-matching.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/GFhhR8nPqS0" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/sweet-little-bird-cupcakes-matching.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-1846214833493815829Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:00 +00002009-10-19T17:16:55.153-07:00200 + minis for an order...dark chocolate minis for another order...solo mini cupcake jam (let's face it, it probably ended up jammed into my mouth moments after photo was snapped)another pizza cake for Stevie from his lady Susan; note those cute little yellow scalloped pineapple rings!Red velvet cupcakes for Laura -- creamcheese frosting and very red cake; sadly I realized I can't do her weddinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/6_zYdyzaq0g/coco-cake-round-up-past-week-or-two.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/6_zYdyzaq0g" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/coco-cake-round-up-past-week-or-two.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-548885231188310336Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:11:00 +00002009-10-17T18:18:10.481-07:00I don't realllly know what noises dolphins make. "ar? ar?" Er, I don't think that's right... Maybe I'm thinking of a seal clapping his funny little flippers together wearing a rainbow collar with a silver sardine between his teeth! For lucky Helena's birthday, the party was at a wave pool, so the request was for ocean/watery theme with dolphins, Helena's fave. The cupcakes are lovely Raspberry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/voo4xczVG8w/ar-ar-dolphin-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/voo4xczVG8w" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/ar-ar-dolphin-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-5632038725851994929Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:03:00 +00002009-10-15T14:16:41.133-07:00This Sunday, October 18th, for all you Vancouverites is the Blim Art Market once again! Coco Cake cupcakes will be for sale starting at 11am until 3pm (or until we sell out.) Please arrive early to avoid sad un-cupcakeness! Pre-orders for a 4 cupcake tasting box ($12) or a 1 dozen cupcake box ($36) can be made up until Saturday at 4pm, by emailing me here: lyndsay@cococake.comThis month's Coco http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/VXYEfiFko2M/blim-art-market-this-sunday-october.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/VXYEfiFko2M" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/blim-art-market-this-sunday-october.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8066758489730811858Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-10-14T12:00:01.619-07:00Oh this blue whale cake and matching red lobster cupcakes turned out soooo cute... I was so happy with them!! The blue whale is a chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, and the cupcakes are buttermilk vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream... !! My good friend Cindy Mochizuki, a truly excellent Vancouver artist working in multimedia projects and illustration, threw the most amazing seafood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/6oKzYg5KoFo/moby-dick-and-lobster-buddy-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/6oKzYg5KoFo" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/moby-dick-and-lobster-buddy-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-7628544343565058069Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-10-12T09:57:49.359-07:00Well allllllright! Remember this crazy cake I made all the way back in March for the lovely Lisa's birthday? Ever since hype for the Where The Wild Things Are movie started trickling out, the Moishe cake I designed based on Maurice Sendak's awesome artwork has been ripping around Internet Town with lots of super nice praise and comments! Thanks so much everyone!! But the coolest part... Justine, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/w9bpChdh5Yg/where-wild-things-are-cake-for.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)24<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/w9bpChdh5Yg" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-wild-things-are-cake-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-1878143322645933948Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:04:00 +00002009-10-09T17:13:27.179-07:00It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada... so here is a big old THANK YOU to all my loyal blog readers, Coco Cake fans, Coco Cake cupcake munchers, fellow small business/art/craft friends and all the wonderful people who help me so much with my business.Thank you to my honeybun Richie, who helps me so much with absolutely everything, whether it's Coco Cake related or not. Thank you to my amazinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/p7GE80zyMWw/thank-you.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/p7GE80zyMWw" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/thank-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-3988922548644021612Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:21:00 +00002009-10-08T18:38:03.011-07:00For my dear sis Shelley's birthday, I made this buttermilk vanilla bean triple layer cake, with raspberry jam filling and white chocolate buttercream, sprinkled with white chocolate shavings! I used my rich Callebaut white chocolate and used only egg whites in this cake for a very tender and extra-white crumb! Oh it was delicious.. the fragrant seeds from a whole vanilla bean and the smooth whitehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/lyKcUltStjE/white-chocolate-buttercream-raspberry.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/lyKcUltStjE" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/white-chocolate-buttercream-raspberry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-4753560102484049064Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:09:00 +00002009-10-08T18:12:56.945-07:00I'm thinking this little nut might speak for himself. Been working on a few ideas on how to make alternate animal face cupcakes that aren't made with fondant, just for variety and just for fun...File under... cute? Scary? Weird? Haha... please let me know your thoughts...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/Rbu_QAZCW2Q/hello-mrbrownie.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/Rbu_QAZCW2Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/hello-mrbrownie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-5145467790846993729Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:53:00 +00002009-10-07T08:53:01.013-07:00Two separate Hello Kitty orders in one week! Go little white faced kawaii cat with no mouth, go! Hee hee! I like doing these cat-faced cakes. Like this one, one of my faves!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/FgGpi24lUVc/hello-kitty-double-whammy.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/FgGpi24lUVc" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/hello-kitty-double-whammy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-5425787449048778534Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-10-11T11:00:31.051-07:00Oh, love. It is a truly beautiful thing. I got to be a part of the super amazing and super special wedding of beautiful, vivacious Jamie and silver fox handsome Ryan this weekend, a sailor themed wedding held at Granville Island Hotel's Dockside Lounge. Jamie is the extremely talented vision behind Fort Design Co., a web and graphic design company. With Jamie and her incredible and gorgeous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/Iqo3oZblOlE/jamie-ryans-amazing-sailor-themed.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/Iqo3oZblOlE" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/jamie-ryans-amazing-sailor-themed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8295932733883775033Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:19:00 +00002009-10-02T07:02:31.015-07:00They don't look too foreboding and black foresty though, do they? They kind of look like Pink Forest cupcakes! I love how cartoonish these turned out; half with pink buttercream blobettes (I keep using that word but it's the best thing I can think of to describe the frosting shape!), half of them dipped in fancy hot pink mini round sprinkles. I also thought the pink ones ended up looking like my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/E-Z5n-3FO2Q/black-forest-cartoony-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/E-Z5n-3FO2Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/10/black-forest-cartoony-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-3881945959473409574Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-09-30T09:00:08.683-07:00I made 200 of these little Coco Cake chocolate and vanilla mini cupcakes for Engine Digital's 7 year anniversary part-ay! I also made 150 handmade flags using my well-loved vintage and designy craft paper collection. So hard not to buy more paper, more, moooorrre! Engine's logo is an orangey red colour, and their accent colour is light blue. I just love the look of these modern colored blobettes,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/uyTOmTpL2Eg/modern-buttercream-piping.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/uyTOmTpL2Eg" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/modern-buttercream-piping.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8975298545914715581Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:42:00 +00002009-09-27T14:02:17.929-07:00Rest In Peace to ChubChub, our beloved kitty. 2000-2009Cats the musical. Ridiculous, right? But still, Grizelda crooning those powerful notes, it can really tug the heart strings.Sad news in Cat World-- we lost our sweet, chubby kitty Tako last week, passed away to fat cat heaven. Tako, aka ChubChub, was adopted by my then-boyfriend Rich 5 years ago from the SPCA. She appeared to be a bit of a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/NkKWgXvTLT0/cats.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/NkKWgXvTLT0" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/cats.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-3067849857088805122Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:40:00 +00002009-09-25T08:59:37.364-07:00I had a lovely time at my Coco Cake Cupcakes table, catching up with old art/craft buddies and meeting some awesome new people at last weekend's Blim Community Art Market! Come on out to the next market which will be on October 18th. I will be there once again, with flavours to be announced closer to the date! Please come early though, as I was sold out by 1:30pm. Aiyahh! Not the most flattering http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/5-tgTDIOUvM/blim-market-coco-cake-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/5-tgTDIOUvM" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/blim-market-coco-cake-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-7901297194300073088Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-09-23T09:00:03.089-07:00I usually don't like to do Disney or typical cartoon stuff-- there are people who do it much better than I, and I prefer to do more vintage-look or strange or different cute stuff. Cause there's a million Finding Nemo stuffies and tshirts and yadda yadda all that... But I gotta admit, this little dude's face is pretttty cute. And what a bummer story. Poor little clownfish loses his mom and all http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/oxCvXoLlWe0/clown-fish-power-finding-nemo-cupcakes.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/oxCvXoLlWe0" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/clown-fish-power-finding-nemo-cupcakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344087015228948764.post-8276316888368154559Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +00002009-09-21T09:00:04.616-07:00Zing!! How cool would it be to work at a great local Vancouver design/marketing/programming firm, and get treated to WICKED AWESOME things for your birthday? Man. That's boosting staff morale. I approve, hard. The amazing Engine Digital in Vancouver ordered a hee-larious cake for one of their staff members... a PIZZA CAKE. You may remember Coco Cake partying it up with the hamburger cake in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~3/Ddzmc9DcFDg/coco-cakes-pizza-party-cake-fo-real.htmllyndsay@cococake.com (lyndsay)17<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CocoCakeCupcakes--vancouverBc/~4/Ddzmc9DcFDg" height="1" width="1"/>http://cococakecupcakes.blogspot.com/2009/09/coco-cakes-pizza-party-cake-fo-real.html