Sweet Love Bakes

Thanksgiving desserts

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:43:23 +0000

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to spend with family and friends sharing memories and enjoying each other’s company. But who can enjoy the holidays when you’re yelling at a burnt pie crust or covered in flour?
Let us help you make the holidays a little easier and quite a bit sweeter with some of our holiday treats.

Our cranberry pecan cake is a made with whole, fresh cranberries and toasted pecans baked into a cinnamon-scented dense, moist cake. It comes with a cup of glaze to drizzle on each slice when served.

Cramberry Pecan cake, $25

Who says cupcakes are just for birthday parties? Our sweet chocolate fall leaves turn any cupcake flavor into a lovely fall dessert. We suggest the Spiced Rum Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting or Chocolate with Buttercream. Yum!

Fall cupcakes, $30 for one dozen

This lovely salted caramel chocolate tart manages to satisfy the sweet tooth and the salty craving at the same time. But don’t let its size fool you, it packs a powerful chocolaty punch. This delicious dessert goes far-that is, if you’re willing to share it. A chocolate crust is filled with salted caramel, topped with chocolate ganache and vanilla fleur de sel.

Salted Caramel Tart, $25

Our decadent dessert cakes make a wonderful addition to any holiday gathering. Choose from the rich chocolate raspberry cake, moist red velvet, or the playful rainbow cake. View all the flavors and descriptions here.

Chocolate Raspberry Decadence Cake, $30

All of these treats are available for pre-order for your holiday meal. Simply call 501-613-7780 or email info@sweetlovebakes.com and we will have it ready for you to pick up on Wednesday, November 23.

For the Love of Cookies

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:10:00 +0000

I have fallen hopelessly in love with sugar cookies. There’s just something about the light, buttery dough topped with a pillowly layer of not-too-sweet frosting that makes me smile. The opportunities are endless.

They are the perfect treat for a birthday, baby or bridal shower, or just an everyday pick me up.

But my favorite part is decorating them. Simple circles or squares become faces or gift boxes. I could write a dissertation on cookie cutters. But sometimes, that perfect cutter might not exist, so I freehand a design for what I need.

Next comes the frosting. Thick enough to hold a beautiful design, but soft enough to bite into. From there, layers of edible glitter, sugar crystals or googly eyes take the cookies to a new dimension. And, if needed, you can always draw on them with an edible pen.

Sugar cookies are the prefect way to top off a party and really take a theme one step further. They also make wonderful party favors or birthday gift for any friend with a sweet tooth. Cookies are available in the case with seasonally appropriate designs or you can have some custom created for you by the dozen.

Kelli

Signature Chef’s Auction

admin — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:36:54 +0000

I think giving back to the community is a big deal. I think it’s important as an individual but also as a local business. As a business, I can do more for the community on a larger scale than I can as an individual.

Personally, I’ve been involved with an event called Craws for a Cause. It’s an event near and dear to my heart that was started by my best friends to help benefit the NICU at Baptist. Their baby was born at 24 weeks and only weighed 1.5 lbs. Earlier this year, I was a committee chairperson for the event. Next year, Sweet Love will be a sponsor for the event.

Through those friends, I was invited to participate in the Signature Chef’s Event and Auction to benefit the March of Dimes. I’m really excited about the opportunity. I will be serving three desserts as well as auctioning off a dessert table package.

The table serves 25 (really, I’m sure it serves more) but it will include the following:

(1) 1 cake (flavor and decoration of your choosing) to feed 25.

(2) Twenty five iced sugar cookies to match the theme of the event.

(3) Twenty five ‘cake pops’ in coordinating colors and decorations.

(4) Twenty five servings of a ‘bar’ dessert (your choice of brownie, blondie, yum bar or lemon bar).
(5) Choice of twenty five additional individual desserts of your choosing (items available would include decorated rice krispy treats, chocolate dipped brownies, cookie dough truffles, mini pies or individual cheesecakes).

(6) 1.5 gallons of strawberry lemonade.

That night, I will be serving the following:

1. Chocolate Raspberry Decadence- A chocolate cake soaked in raspberry syrup covered in chocolate ganache.

2. Hint of Lemon Cheesecake- A vanilla bean cheesecake with a layer of lemon curd and a light, sweet icing.

3. Spiced Rum Cake- A rum infused spice cake topped with a cream cheese frosting and decorated with a rum caramel sauce.

I hope you get a chance to come out and visit us at this event. It’s a wonderful cause, a chance to bid on some fab auction items as well as an opportunity to sample some treats before Sweet Love opens.

Kelli

The Philosophy of Sweet Love

admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:13:40 +0000

At Sweet Love, I’ve always tried to make sure that the sweets I offer are as fresh as I can possibly make them. And I try to avoid prepackaged anything. I like fresh food, it just tastes better. I like baking with fresh produce and local ingredients when available. For me, I won’t feed you something that I wouldn’t eat myself (except maybe bananas, I don’t care for them, but you? You might like them). All of my cakes, cookies, bars and pies are made from scratch, using real butter, milk and eggs. You won’t find any boxed mixes, frozen cookies or anything labeled ‘imitation’ in my bakery.
I really try to take this as far as I can. So when you bite into a Banana’s Foster cupcake, know that there are fresh bananas that I have sautéed with real butter and brown sugar right before baking them. And that they are topped with my own homemade caramel sauce. The ‘Best Cupcake You Have Ever Had’ have my own homemade truffles baked right inside.
And when you order a strawberry cake, know that your cake has fresh berries, and not ‘strawberry flavoring’ in it.

I’ve canned my strawberries during the summer when they are their sweetest, so that you can have a flavorful, delicious strawberry cake even on a dreary December day.
The only times I don’t use local products is when it’s better to have it imported. Items like vanilla, chocolate and specialty coffee are purchased from places that are known to have the best.
My ultimate goal is to produce high quality treats that bring a smile to your face.

Kelli