Sneak Peek of An Upcoming Project!!

I'm going to try to contain my excitement buuuuut, about a week and a half ago I was contacted about doing a project. I won't say too much about it [yet], but let's just say that I'm super excited about it and it's secretly been a dream of mine to be chosen for it! I'm not exactly sure when this project will be finished or come out but I will definitely keep you all posted! :)

Here's what I made for the project...

An ombre cake! I maaay have gone a bit overboard with the flowers...oops.

The inside of the ombre cake! For those of you who are curious, the cake is vanilla flavored with cream cheese frosting (probably my favorite go-to frosting to go with just about any cake flavor!).

 I also made some red velvet cupcakes which can be seen in the background of the pictures :)

* I should add that these pictures were not taken by me. They were taken by a student named Nihal Khan! If you see this Nihal, thank you so much again! 

Chelsea Lately Round Dos!

It's officially Valentine's Day where I am so happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope you all have a great day with your valentine! If you don't have a valentine, don't fret. Just think of all of the chocolates that'll be on sale tomorrow! ;) Heh Anyways, so yesterday (2/1313), I went to yet, another Chelsea Lately taping! The last time I went, I brought Holiday/Christmas themed cupcakes to the Chelsea crew. This time I came and brought Valentine's Day themed cupcakes! Here they are! P.S. if you happen to catch Chelsea Lately tonight, look out for a girl wearing a bright red cardigan and headband! ;) Hehe

Valentine's themed cupcakes!

I'm a girl with an iPhone, it's hard for me to not use instagram to filter/"edit" pictures. [Photographers, you must hate me. I'm sorry! I've tried "editing" pictures on my computer countless amounts of times but they always seem to look very odd...]

Karess Kreations Takes Chelsea Lately!

Hahhah just kidding! But sort of not really? Let me explain... so a couple of months ago, my sister got a job at a company called "On Camera Audiences" as an audience coordinator for the show, Chelsea Lately. In the past, I've been to tapings that the company is in charge of but I had never been to a taping of Chelsea Lately. A couple of days ago, my sister and I were talking and she asked if I had time to bake some holiday themed cupcakes (I also made cupcakes for them on Halloween). Since she lives in LA, it isn't as easy to transport my baked goodies to her but I thought, why don't I just go visit her and go to a taping (she's always told me that I could go to one if I wanted)?! I mean, I'm on winter break so why not! Plus, she wanted me to bake cupcakes anyways. Not gonna lie though, another factor for me to come was the fact that Reese Witherspoon was gonna be a guest on the show! Hehe. Any who, these are the cupcakes I made for them! 

Holiday/Christmas cupcakes for the workers of On Camera Audiences!

From left to right: Nicole, Tiffanie (my sister), me and Tiffany outside of the Chelsea Lately studio (sadly, pictures are not allowed in the set). Thank you to Nicole & Tiffany for coming with me! & thank you to my sister for getting us "one of Chuy's balls!" Haha! 

Jamie

Today marks the day as Jamie (you may also remember as my sister's "little sis") and her boyfriend's one year anniversary! Congrats to the two of them!

As a gift to her boyfriend, she requested me to make a cake that resembled this hat.

I tried my best to free hand the Seattle Mariners logo However, it was quite a challenge, so I apologize for it not being very accurate..

Flavor: Vanilla with vanilla buttercream

"Happy One Year! We hit it out of the ballpark!!" 

June 8 - June 13

Normally I like to make a weekly post (depending on if I even have orders haha) but nevertheless, I forgot to add on two orders I got when I posted the post about Dance Dance Evolution!! Soo to catch you all up on what I've been up to.... ;)


Order #1 (June 8): Pig cupcakes for Jacqueline's mom.

Flavor: Vanilla with coconut custard filling
*the fondant is almond flavored

Order #2 (June 9): Princess cupcakes for Tori (to give to Mr. Case's daughter)

Flavor: Red velvet with cream cheese buttercream

Order #3 (June 11): A Northwood Timberwolf cake for the Distinguished Timberwolves Award Ceremony (to give to Mr. Banks)

Flavor: Vanilla with cream cheese buttercream

*This is the first cake I've made in awhile where I didn't cover it with fondant! Just a random fun fact! Haha

Last but not least...

Order #4 (June 13): Graduation cupcakes for Kennedy High's graduation

Flavor: Red velvet with cream cheese buttercream

*Another fun fact: this order was both ordered and finished on the same day! I surprisingly was able to successfully finish this order in about 3-5 hours! I'm still shocked. 

For future orders: I would not recommend anyone to order last minute! I cannot guarantee that I will be able to always finish the order you wish to have. Nevertheless, it never hurts to ask for your desired baked good! Ideally, 4 days or more is a good amount to place an order (the more in advance the better). :)

Mother's Day Weekend

Wow! Word travels fast and in this case, I'm loving it! It's been such a busy weekend! Since last week, I've been passing out flyers at my school about my cupcakes/cakes and with this weekend being mother's day, people decided to order cupcakes from me...22 to be exact! :D I'm still so shocked! I went from basically never getting any orders in one week to 22 orders?! WHAT?! Well I guess I never really advertised that I sell baked goods, but still! I'm beyond amazed! Technically though, four of the orders were for different reasons ;). One was to help someone ask a girl to prom, one was for one of my teacher's daughters who were sick and two were from people who just wanted cupcakes for themselves. However, the rest were for mother's day and all I can ask is that everyone's mother's liked what they got! :)



Most of the things I made this week...

Vanilla and red velvet cupcakes with a Belle and Barney fondant topper for my teacher, Mr. Gates daughters.

Carrot and red velvet mother's day cupcakes for the Orosco family.

Chocolate with vanilla buttercream birthday cake for Garret.  

Vanilla, peanut butter chocolate chip, and a red velvet cupcake for  Mother's Day for the Seaton family.

Mother's day banana cupcakes with cream cheese buttercream for the Shim family.

Banana cupcakes with banana toppers for Arnold to help ask a girl to prom.

Mother's Day red velvet cupcakes for the Chandrans.

Mother's Day vanilla cupcakes for the Jang family.

Mother's Day red velvet cupcakes for the Bui family.

Mother's Day fruit tart for the Li family.

Mother's Day vanilla cupcake for the Nguyen family.

AHHHHHHHH

It's been a year since I started cake/cupcake decorating! :D Time flies! For those who are curious, this was the first cake I decorated with fondant... I don't normally document myself making the cakes/cupcakes I make but I did this just in case the cake didn't work at all. Hahaha. Basically this is the cake that started it all! I don't know if I'd be baking as much as I do today if I had never made this cake, and I'd have to thank my friend Tiffany for that! Speaking of her, I recently made her another cake (for her 18th birthday) ! That will be posted shortly, as well as late St. Patricks Day cupcakes ;)

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Yeaaaaar!

Ahhhh! It's finally winter break!!!! :D (I've actually been on break from school for a couple of days now hehe) I apologize for the lack of blog posts lately! I haven't had many opportunities to decorate any cupcakes/cakes/baked goods......until now!!!! ;)

Opportunity #1: Bake for Northwood's Girls Basketball Team
Earlier this year I told people around my school that I would join the basketball team (jokingly). People didn't believe I wouldn't do it so I went to a couple of practices just to see what it would be like. Overall it didn't seem tooooooooo baaaaaaad but I still didn't know the rules of the game and I wasn't dedicated enough make the time commitment.. hahaha.. But after not officially joining the team, two of my friends (that are already on the team) told them that I'd still be part of the team...but as their "team baker," so I finally baked some cupcakes for them! (;

Opportunity #2: Dance Theatre Christmas/Holiday Potluck Party

It's a tradition for dance theatre to have a christmas/holiday party every year. This is my first year being in dance theatre, so I was thrilled to be included in this tradition! (: 

*note: the girl's basketball team and dance theatre cupcakes occurred on the same day which is why they look similar

Opportunity #3: Gifts for Teachers
I normally don't give gifts to any of my teachers. It's not that I don't like them, I just...well..don't? I will admit though, I did kind of always feel weird not giving anything while most of my friends would but, hey what could I do? It's not like I could drive myself and get money to buy anything! Heck I barely even get anything for my parents or sister! Hahah my parents usually just put my name on the tags ;)
Any who, this year a few of my teachers knew that I enjoy to bake so I decided to bake for those who supported me for it :)
*note: There were a two different variations.
Can you tell that the ones on the front left are supposed to look like hot cocoa? ;)
Along with the cupcakes, I made hot cocoa mixes/cones (not pictured)

Just for funzies.....!

Before being let out for winter break my school had a spirit week! 

Monday: nothing, just a normal Monday...haha

Tuesday: Pajama Day. I didn't take a picture but I was wearing a full on doggie pajama set (pants, long sleeve top, robe) that I've had since I was in sixth grade

Wednesday: Twin Day

Me and My friend, Tiffany. Our friend Nicole was also supposed to dress up like us but decided to not wear the socks and a grey top... ):

Thursday: Matching hat and scarf day

You see all of the scarves in the picture? ...I knitted them ;) If only I knew how to make hats!! ):

Friday: Ugly Christmas Sweater. This was the only day I didn't participate...

That is all for now! However, I have another holiday party tomorrow so who knows if I'll update again soon! Hehe ;)