by shortstreetcakes | Oct 14, 2012 | asheville, cake shop, community, Cupcakes, Halloween, Seasonal, Short Street Cakes
This year, we’re having lots of fun playing with our all-natural colors for Halloween cakes and cupcakes. We can render ghosts, vampire bites, spiderwebs, frankensteins, mummies, spiders, black cats, jack-o-lanterns on any of your cakes or cupcakes, and there... by shortstreetcakes | Jul 4, 2012 | asheville, cake shop, Family, Hannah Dansie, Peter Parpan, Short Street Cakes, Uncategorized
Last week, my friends Peter Parpan and Hannah Dansie decided to collaborate on a mural project on an abandoned storefront two doors down from the Cake Shop. The inspiration for the design was an educational poster printed in the 1970’s, which Hannah, like many... by shortstreetcakes | Jan 6, 2012 | cake shop, community, Family, Haley House, Seasonal, Social Justice, travels
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. -William Butler Yeats, “Anima Hominis,” Essays (1924) I began this year with several days of cleaning out closets and boxes of letters, pictures, and childhood... by shortstreetcakes | Nov 14, 2011 | cake shop, Pie, Seasonal
The Cake: From Sunday, November 20 through Thanksgiving Day, Short Street Cakes will be offering four of our best-loved flavors of cake at a reduced price and available for pick up without an advance order! Dozens of Medium-Sized (2-layer 8″) Mexican Chocolate,... by shortstreetcakes | Sep 11, 2011 | cake shop, Family
First, let me say, Happy Birthday to Jasper! I am so incredibly lucky to be the mom of such a thoughtful, loving, curious, and fun creature as my son Jasper. We had a great birthday party yesterday with friends and family at the fair! I love you, Jasper. I’m so... by shortstreetcakes | Jul 25, 2011 | cake shop, Pictures, wedding cakes, Weddings
I love summer. I especially love this lush, deep part of the summer, when the Crape Myrtle is in bloom, the cicadas are loud and obnoxious, and the storms are fast and furious in the afternoon. I love it because its my birthday time (Thursday!) and because I love...