Cupcake Love!

Birthdays are coming up, and while I'll still be making Joel a cake (with lots of help from the kiddos), I decided to try some of Amanda's cupcakes. She's started up Sweet Charley B's Cupcakery in Olympia and is taking orders while trying to get a storefront opened. And, her husband works in Redmond, so was able to meet me for a convenient delivery.

We stopped at Jen's today for an early birthday celebration too, and I split the two dozen I bought so that she'd have a box. The Cherry Limeade's were delicious and as sweet as a super-tall Sonic Cherry Limeade. The frosting complements the cake perfectly. The kids adored these cute cakes and I thought the lime cake-base was spot-on—not too sweet, with an excellent flavor and texture.

The other dozen was Caramel Apple, and have a perfect vanilla cake-base filled with homemade apple-pie filling (Yum!) and topped with exquisite caramel frosting, then drizzled with caramel sauce. They were absolutely fabulous, and while I can never do as much frosting as is popular now on cupcakes... this frosting is hard to pass up.
Cupcake Flavors (and they're open to suggestions too)

• Apple Pie
• Candy Cane
• Candy Corn (Yellow Cake with Honey Buttercream)
• Caramel Apple
• Carrot Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
• Cherry Limeade
• Chocolate on Chocolate
• Chocolate on Vanilla
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
• Chocolate Malt
• Chocolate w/ Peanut Butter Frosting
• Coconut
• Fauxtess Chocolate Cupcakes (like everyone's classic childhood favorite)
  
• Fudge Brownie
• Hot Fudge Sundae
• Lemon Blueberry
• Maple Bar (Butter Cake with Maple Frosting)
• Mint Chocolate Chip
• Mocha Chip
• Pecan Pie with brown sugar butter cream
• Orangsicle
• Oreo Oreo’s
• PB & J
• Pumpkin Spice w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
• Raspberry Cream
• Red Velvet w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
• Root Beer Float
• Samoa (like the Girl Scout cookie... yellow cake, carmel frosting, toasted coconut and chocolate ganache)
• S’Mores
• Vanilla on Chocolate
• Vanilla on Vanilla

All other frostings are made with a rich butter cream base to start.

**Note** Amanda is very allergic to strawberries. If you need a strawberry recipe please let them know in advance so they can find an alternate baker.

Call @ (360) 888-0416 or email zachandamanda@comcast.net to get some!