New Ideas for 2012!

        Well it's only 2 more days left in 2011, and 2012 is the year that will bring many changes for me, hopefully all for the best. I've been jotting down some new ideas for Brown Sugar Custom Cakes, so here are some of the things I've been thinking about.

New Cupcake Flavors

• Smore's ( Chocolate cupcakes with ganache, graham cracker and browned marshmallow)
• Peanut Butter Cup ( Chocolate cupcake with Peanut butter BC, and Reese's Cup garnish)
• Lemon Drop ( Lemon Cupcake with Lemon curd filling, Lemon BC, and Candied Lemon peel)
• Island Paradise ( Coconut cupcake with passion fruit filling, vanilla BC, toasted coconut)
• Cookies and Cream ( Chocolate Cupcakes with Oreo BC, Oreo garnish)
• Chai Spice ( Vanilla cupcake with Chai Latte infused BC)
• Spiced Pumpkin ( Spiced cupcake with Cinnamon BC, Salted caramel drizzle)
• Vanilla ( Vanilla cupcake with Vanilla BC, and Salted Caramel drizzle)
• Razberry ( Vanilla cupcake with raspberry BC)
• Mocha Choca Latte ( Chocolate cupcake with mocha/espresso BC)
• Maple Bacon (Vanilla cupcake with Maple infused BC and bacon garnish)
• Key Lime (Vanilla cupcake with key lime filling, vanilla BC, graham cracker garnish)
• Southern Pecan Pie ( German Chocolate cupcakes, pecan pie filling, Vanilla BC, toasted pecan garnish)

Mini Desserts ( served in shot glasses)

• Banana Pudding ( Banana pudding, banana slice, vanilla wafer)
• Strawberry Shortcake ( White chocolate pound cake, vanilla BC or whipped cream, fresh strawberries
• Creme Brulee ( Creme brulee, browned sugar finish)
• Chocolate Mousse ( Chocolate cake and Chocolate Mousse, whipped cream finish)

French Macaroons

• Vanilla with Vanilla BC
• Chocolate with Ganache Filling
• Raspberry with Raspberry BC
• Pistachio
• Passion Fruit



Bobbette and Belle



Cake Pops

• Chocolate and Red Velvet

Custom and Unique Cake table Linens and Decor rentals

• Tafetta, Damask, Pintuck, Pinwheel, Rosette, Sheer swirl pattern, Tulle cake linen, etc
• Diamond candle holders, vases, diamond ribbon wrap
• Cake stand rentals ( Silver beaded, Rustic tree slice, Blinged out Cake stand)



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Lemiga Events



Rosette Linen

Ruffled Cake Linen

Carillion Beach Weddings

Diamond Candle holder

Birthday Parties

• Unique and Fun Birthday Party idea
• 6 or more guests ( atleast 2 parent present)
• Each guest decorate thier own cake ( 6" round ) or cupcakes ( 6)
• Swag Bag
• Use of Brown Sugar Custom Cake Aprons and possiblely chef hat to take home

    This time in 2012, I hope to be blogging from my own space, whether it will be in Beaufort/Bluffton, Savannah, Charleston, or Charlotte, is still undecided.

Oh that note, I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and Happy New Year from Brown Sugar Custom Cakes

Brown Sugar Custom Cakes featured on other blogs!!

I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday! I just wanted to featured some of the blog that my cakes have been featured on.

Even though I did this wedding over 2 years ago, I'm still finding blogposts on it.

Birch tree wedding cake

Callawassie Island Clubhouse

By Invitation Only..Event Planning & Design

http://murphyweddings.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/a-vermont-wedding-in-south-carolina/

Daria + Andy Photography

http://dariaandandyblog.com/?p=1232

The Mansion at Forsyth Park

Greg Ceo- Savannah Wedding Photographer

http://savannahweddingphoto.com/kim-and-danny

Honey Horn Plantation

Kamala and Ed

http://www.sc-wedding-videographer-blog.com/2011/11/honey-horn-plantation-wedding/

I was featured on the bride's personal blog

and she gave me 5 out of 5 stars!

http://beingbridaliciousonabudget.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-bridal-gown.html?spref=tw#!/2011/09/vendor-reviews.html

Desai/Thind Wedding

The Westin

Hilton Head, SC

http://www.deshvidesh.com/Current_Issue/Desh-Videsh_March_2011/gujarat-meets-punjab.html

2011 Recap

Hello Everyone!

Boy, did 2011 fly by! I want to thank all of the brides, grooms, MOB's, MOG's, Family members, wedding planners that I have worked with this year. 2011 has been Brown Sugar Custom Cake's busiest year to date. I also want to give a special thanks out to my mom, aka Mother Glover, who helped me bake the cakes, whip up that icing, and to Daddy Glover for letting me borrow the Tahoe for those large cakes that just couldn't fit in the Colbalt! Next year, Brown Sugar will not be taking orders after April 2012, because I will be taking some time off over the summer to study for my Radiologic Technology Exam and hopefully take a vacation ( cause I sure need one).  I've been wanting find a permanent home for Brown Sugar, but I dont know where I will end up, Beaufort, Bluffton, Savannah, Charleston, or Charlotte. Who knows what 2012 will hold, and I'm excited to see what will happen!

What to expect from Brown Sugar Custom Cakes next year:
A larger cupcake menu ( including S'mores cupcakes and Peanut butter cup)
More flavored buttercreams ( How does Chai spiced white chocolate sound?)
Mini Desserts in shot glasses
French Macaroons
More Cake Pops
More Rentals ( cake stands and custom table linens)
Birthday Parties ( decorate your own cake or cupcakes, and each guest gets a chefs hat and a "swag bag")
You might just see me set up at your local farmer's market


Now on to my  favorite cakes of 2011:

 Damask Cake

I'm in love with this print!

I've already decided that I will be making a display cake similar to this cake, but with red ribbon and roses

After cakes, my second love is shoes!

Who can resist a pair of Louboutins?

This cake was so classically southern!

This will be another one I will be making a display cake from.

This was a display cake that I designed, but I love the colors because there are so bold. Usually when you see quilting done, it looks so old fashioned and dated, but this quilting actually made the cake look modern because the diamonds are wider.

I just love that this cake is so simple, but so elegant.

The cake topper, done by my bride, really set the cake off nicely. 

Again, I just love the clean lines of this cake. Those Hydrangeas were such a vivid dark blue!

I'm not much of a buttercream girl ( as you can see I do alot of fondant work, mainly because of the humidliy and heat of the lowcountry) but I just really like the buttercream ruffles on this cake. It's very unique, yet simple.

Thank you again to all that have helped me this year!

Have a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!

Damask Cake!!!!!!!

Wow the last wedding cake of the year! This year have been pretty busy for Brown Sugar Custom Cakes. Stay tune for my recap of my favorite cakes from this year!

I've been waiting for about a year to do this cake! This wedding belongs to my cousin and bride Samantha, who got married at the beautiful Traditions on Parris Island. Her theme was the Damask print, so I incorporated that into the cake.

4 tier cake with Damask Print stencil in black and emerald green ribbon

Look the Cake matches the Table Runner!

Also, featuring my new rental, the silver beaded cake stand, Very Modern.

Decor by Kittys Touch of Elegance

More decor

Again stay tuned for my recap of the favorite cakes of the year. I wonder what next year will bring!

Anniversary Cake, Shoe Cake, and Book Cake

Here are some pictures from last week, where I did a cake fore one of my high school classmates parent's 25th wedding anniversary. The party was held at Towne and Country Inn in Charleston.

3 tier cake with fondant bows and jeweled brooches

with topper

It was also her aunt's birthday, and she loves shoes ( what girl doesn't?)

So I made her a Christain Louboutin Shoe and Shoe box. and yes, the do have red bottoms :)

My high school classmate Lauren ( Battery Creek Class of 2003, go dolphins!) recently passed the Bar. I made her a cake with a book, gavel and diploma to celebrate

Me and Ms. Lauren, Attorney at Law

Video of my cake!

Hello Everyone,

I love it when a bride and groom shares pictures with after the wedding. Kamala and Ed (sweetgrass basket cake) shared with me a video of thier wedding. Click on the link below the picture to view the video.

http://www.sc-wedding-videographer-blog.com/2011/11/honey-horn-plantation-wedding/

    

8 hour delivery :)

Hello everyone! I just wanted to post pictures from my most recent weddings on Nov 4th- 6th. My first bride was the winner of my free groom's cake raffle back in February at the second annual Beaufort Bridal Show. She got married on Nov 6th at the Peanut Warehouse in Conway, SC. I went up on friday to deliver both the wedding and groom's cake.

The groom requested a Michigan Football helmet

The bride wanted a ruffled cake with brown flowers

The next bride got married at Richfield Plantation in Yemassee, SC

Ivory fondant cake with pearl border

Her cute personalized cake topper

From New York to South Carolina

Hello Everyone!   So it is officially fall, and crisp, cool weather, fallen leaves are on thier way! Yesterday I had an wedding at Honey Horn Plantation on Hilton Head Island. The bride and groom are actually residents of Brooklyn, New York, but decided to have a beautiful fall southern wedding in South Carolina.

To keep with the southern theme, the bride decided on a sweetgrass basket design with a seaoats.

A topper of orange ranunculus finished the cake

I love this tree stump cake stand! How Unique!

Being from New York, the Groom requested a New York Yankees Jersey cake. At the tasting, the bride was rather jealous that he was getting a Yankees cake, so this is actually "Their" Groom's cake :)

The baseball was made from Rice Krispy treats and covered with fondant.

Really like that fireplace in the background

Just because I'm a cake decorator, doesn't mean I don't admire nice wedding decor. Loving the floating candles paired with the chocolate brown napkins and burlap overlays.

Second centerpiece. Manzinita branches with purple orchids and submerged seashells

Hope you enjoyed this wedding, and to Kamala and Ed, may your lives continue to be blessed by love.

Ruffled Cake

Here's is the Ruffled cake with purple sugar orchids that I delivered to Windows on the Waterway in Hilton Head!

This cake was a tiny little cake, that feed around 50 people. So just to put it out there, just because a cake is tiny, doesn't mean it's less work for me..lol It took 5 hours just to put those ruffles on each tier!

300 cupcakes, 2 wedding cakes, two scupted cakes, 75 cookie favors, rehersal dinner cake, and a locked car

Hello everyone! I just wanted to share some pictures from last weeks weddings. I had to do 300 cupcakes, 2 wedding cakes, two scupted cakes, 75 cookie favors, a Beach themed rehersal dinner cake for two separate weddings. On top of that, while setting up the 200 cupcakes display, my car locked, with the little small wedding cake still sitting on the floor of the car, and I had another delivery to do. Well it's hard to get help when you're stuck on a military base, but the Bride and Groom's family came to the rescue ( shout out to the men of the Loken and Carter family for unlocking my car!!). Well now I have a couple dents on my passenger side door to my  new 2010 car..lol, but it's all good. What ever I had to do to, even break my window, I would have done anything to get that wedding cake out and make it on time to the next delivery. Lesson learned here.....sign up for ONStar service....lol. Now on to the cakes...

Dream Catcher Bride's Cake

Horseshoe Groom's Cake

Rehersal Dinner Beach theme sheet cake

Sweetgrass Restaurant, Dawtaw Island

Monogram Chocolate Chip Cookie Favors

Cupcake display with Strawberry, Chocolate with Oreo, and Vanilla cupcakes

Fripp Island, Beach Club

Monogram Beach theme cake

Fripp Island, Beach Club

Unfortunately, since I was in such a hurry, I did not get a picture of the 200 cupcake display at the Log Cabin on the MCAS in Beaufort. :(