Fresh BakedNews from the Sugared Magnolia Bakery

Are you ready? We are! Already baking up giant hearts for the love of your life (or those you’re trying to hit with Cupid’s arrow These are chewy sugar cookies with a light lemon icing- a sure way to win a heart!

What’s better than snowflakes on Christmas? Snowflakes that you can eat! I was asked to create something beautiful (my choice!) for a Christmas Eve party, so I whipped up some brown butter molasses cookies with a light citrus glaze. With a touch of sparkle using sanding sugar, I believe these snowflakes came out just as pretty as the real thing… and much more tasty!

Bryce and Dianne booked me for their wedding this weekend before they even had a chance to sample flavors from the bakery, since I was on The Most Epic Trip until two weeks before their wedding. That’s some confidence! Bryce has always been very involved with earth stewardship, so I attributed at least a portion of this decision to Sugared Magnolia’s commitment to organic, fair-trade and local ingredients.

The couple is not a fan of fondant- and who is when the kind most people taste comes from an industrial bucket and is filled with artificial flavors and chemicals? (Sugared Magnolia’s handmade fondant tastes dreamy!)- so they wanted to stick with buttercream frosting. They had a few ideas in mind- beautiful layers of ruffles or whippy mounds of buttercream. They emailed photo ideas to me and based off those, I created a buttercream frosting that would resemble petals. They wanted a mid-tier riser that was stuffed with dahlias and lemon leaves (courtesy of Megan at Persimmon Floral), so that was integrated in to give the cake more height without adding to the serving amount. The cake was topped with two fragrant gardenias and a spray of lemon leaves to offset it. The base was one of Sugared Magnolias custom built cake stands wrapped in ribbon mirrored in the bouquets of the bridal party. And the flavors? Dark chocolate as the bottom tier and the top two tiers being lemon with lemon curd filling: a tangy bite of real lemon, softened by a custard base.

Here’s the final outcome!

Hints: It has a brioche dough, plenty of spices in the filling and it’s going to make the Sugared Magnolia kitchen smell like Christmas (good anytime of year!)…

Have you guessed it yet?

The snowy landscape hides the chocolatey goodness underneath!

This was one of my favorite little cupcake projects… I made these snowy fellas for a kindergarten class. The mother who brought them in said the kids were so excited about the marshmallow men that she hardly opened the box before all the snowmen were snatched away!

Well… that’s what they were created for- little mouths to enjoy!

I had the opportunity to deliver the goodies to the winner of the Office Hero contest: Eric at Park City Mountain Resort. I figured after having a season of great snow, a little sunshine was in order (though I’m having a hard time letting go of winter myself). I hoped to achieve that with a sampling of citrus. Here are the results- hopefully like they were enjoyed!

Lemon-Ginger Cakes with Cream Lemon Glaze; Homemade Plum Preserve Muffins with Maple Plum Glaze. That’s what was baking early this morning in the Sugared Magnolia kitchen!

Here’s my newest experiment in the kitchen. They were in celebration of spring but then it started snowing. Eh. I’m not complaining! =) I know there are a lotta pictures of these, but I didn’t know which were my favorite- and this collection is actually quite pared down from the original set. Aw, aren’t they cute little things?

Made this morning for a bridal shower: