by shortstreetcakes | Mar 9, 2014 | asheville, Business, Cake Ladies, cake shop, community, Events, Family, Friends, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Mardi Gras, Peter Parpan, Pictures, Seasonal, Staff
Our 5th Anniversary Mardi Gras Block Party was a wild success, thanks to our donors, sponsors, customers, friends, and supporters! It was the loveliest evening, full of bright and shining souls and smiling faces- and we raised $1,179 for Pawnstorm- Hall Fletcher... by shortstreetcakes | Aug 10, 2011 | Family, Pictures, Recipes, Seasonal, urban homesteading
(Or: On Baking with Two Five-Year-Olds and a Puppy) Step 1: Steal figs from your neighbor’s yard: Step 2: Go try to buy a lemon from Tod’s Tasties, because you can’t bear to get in the car on your day off: (Tip: if you are accompanied by two adorable... 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... by shortstreetcakes | Jul 16, 2011 | asheville, big crafty, Pictures, wedding cakes
Lucky for us, you can’t swing a cat in Asheville without hitting a photographer. Even luckier for us, they really like to photograph cake. Here’s some recent work of our work that some artists have shared with me.Marc Tickle: Short Street Cakes baked Marc... by shortstreetcakes | Aug 1, 2010 | Pictures, Short Street Cakes, wedding cakes
It’s so good to be back in the shop, rocking wedding season like a champ. Here’s some pictures of this weekend’s weddings: all FOUR of them! Correction: I neglected to take pictures at Tashi and Meredith’s beautiful gathering, because I was so... by shortstreetcakes | Jul 9, 2010 | asheville, Cupcakes, Pictures
Today, I picked up some beautiful local blackberries over at Mountain Foods!Adam blended them into some icing to make Vegan Chocolate Blackberry Cupcakes.Then Shannon decided to take it over the top- she made a strawberry-blackberry-cherry reduction sauce to top the...