In Times of Mayhem - Let them Eat Cake...

First Off I had to include this picture that my brother sent me from his phone - it's a stupid app where you plug in your face on different models - hahahaha. It just cracks me up.








This is my youngest customer ever. 2 years old and her grandmother ordered her a white chocolate with Italian buttercream cake. They ordered a cake for 8 people but I just maximized the materials and made something fabulous!

What a sweet kid - Her grandmother even sent me some pictures and her name spelling so there wouldn't be any errors. It always makes you go an extra mile when you see the happy face you are making the cake for.









Mr. Man had his birthday last month and I sent a cake to his work - don't let the photo deceive you. That cake was supposed to be a shotgun shell cake but the cake would not cool. It is a chocolate and 7up cake with italian strawberry buttercream inside. 1 slice of it covers an entire plate - one of his coworkers said he could just eat an entire plate of the strawberry filling.

It is very funny because his work gets 1 big cake for everyones birthday for the month and then the next day Mr. Man brings his own cake - even management was stunned by the size of his cake.

I'm glad that everyone loved it.






Random cupcakes for the boys at Shooter's World - they are so nice to us and always let us do our thing and film and we never wait.

I always think that it is good to reciprocate generosity with kindness. I don't think it's right to take something for nothing - or to bring open mouths to nothing.

Very few things separate us from animals; 1) urge control and 2) manners



Last month was also a birthday for our friend Grayv111 - yay - Chocolate on Chocolate with Chocolate Filling and Chocolate Icing with fresh Strawberries.

I am so very thankful that we can afford butter and chocolate and icing...and we can afford to make things for people we love. I've been making cakes and pastries here and there and took a little side job too. It's nice to make it.

One thing that did make me sad is that I'm a bit rusty - and I need some practice and keep my hand a bit more steady - I just no longer write or pipe chocolate anymore. It's kind of hard to balance it with school and whatnot.

For anyone who cares - I have been uploading a series on youtube on what Mr. Man has for lunch - someone mentioned it in passing so It's easy just to film it while I prepare the lunch since I almost prepare it nightly. I think it has already inspired some folks to make their lunches. Yay. Mr. Man showed me this disgusting list 15 disgusting things you eat - including weasel anal glands, red bugs, of course L-Cysteine and feathers and other nasty crap - At least if you make it yourself you minimize the nastiness (at the very least).

Stuff that bugs me:

1) Preppers who really don't have shit and have made excuses about why they haven't put anything up in the last 1-2 years. If they put as much effort into prepping as they do into making excuses they might have food and other things.

2) Critical people who think they know stuff coz they "read about it" and criticize other peoples videos when in fact they don't do anything themselves - but be a keyboard gangsta.

3) Youtube hypocrites: Example: make a video about how harmful BPA is and then microwave your meat in a ziploc bag and buy a ton of canned food lines with plastic. Example: talk about organic, non gmo food - and then eat some KoolAid or Tang. LMFAOOOO Shuuuutttttup. I don't mind what people have - of COURSE I always want people to have the best they can afford and were I rich i would give away high quality food - but i CERTAINLY won't be the ASSHOLE that tells everyone what to do and how everything they do is wrong. I also wouldn't DARE talk about health if my ass looked like 2 beachballs fighting under a bedsheet.

4) Why are people raised in a Spanish speaking home failing Spanish Class? *rolls eyes*

the GOOD NEWS!

Mr. Man got me an AA Canner. Hahahaha.

I'm so excited. I didn't think he actually got it - I thought he was out playing poker.
Click here to see video footage --- I look positively retarded - I am never at a loss for words but i went straight forrest gump when we unboxed that canner. HAHAHA.

I'm gonna just keep being me - I will do a shoutout video for my blogger buddies soon.

Sigh.

04 Jul 2008: Cake Chronicles

Well party people...I am currently on my 3rd upgrade for my digi cam and guess what I still don't know how to use it. hahahha.

But here is a peek at the latest:

...somethin' for you and 11 of your friends...

...somethin' chocolate chip...

...somethin peanut butter hazelnut...

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...something kiwi passionfruit...

...somethin' for a little mermaid named Alyssa - aka dj Konradio's little bebe...

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That's it for now - I'm getting more friendly with my new cam and they you all are gonna be in trouble - Bwaa hahha...

Happy weekend...

19 Mar 2008: Busy Bein' Bonkers...

I know I’ve been busy for a long minute...

Cakes Take My Time

Then you got Birthday Goodies

Julians:

Gya’s

Wendy...

Photo Missing of the Hello Kitty Cake that Grime conceptualized and I materialized...There are other random goodies coming forth soon.

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Moving Takes My Time...

I have moved and my sister has moved so we’ve done a LOT of moving in the last month. Those of you that know my new address are welcome to drop by. Fam doesn’t call they just come by and I always got stuff for Bomblettes - ask Tina. Hahahahha. We ditched the sofa and just went with chairs. So you surfin the floor rug.

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Airports Take My Time

We just went to NYC a month ago...a nice 4 day weekend in Manhattan.

Sometimes the Sky looks like Cotton Candy...

Airports Seem More Fun When You Are Happy

Vadeem is the craziest Russian Dude we ever partied with

The NY Trip was about meeting his favourite cousins...and relaxing...

Cousin Lloyd and I got along like 2 peas in a pod

Cousin Virgil was a little more reserved but by Day 2 he was giving me a hard time too...hahahha.

We were drinkin’ in a bar with Vadeem and Lloyd and I pointed out the snow and he said c’mon Bebe - our first snow together. ahahahha

Here’s Mama Rita’s favourite pic!

Amanda will always be one of my bad beeyotches...

It’s great to go away but it’s great to come home!

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This is a month of Mama’s...

Julians Mama will be here on the 1st of April...My Mama will be here in a few days. My godparents will be here on Sunday...My official birthday dinner will be Monday...Wooohooo.

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I’m going to voice an observation right now. Because I’ve been seeing people popped for their theft. If you eat stolen food you will get sick. If you steal money it will make you go broke. If you "steal" people they will happily kill you slowly. Either way you get what you deserve. But come near me no more.

Besides stealing is for the weak. If you are gonna try to get over on me come to my face with a gun and say,"Give me your shit" Don’t give me that weak ass pick my pocket in a business way shit coz I’m gonna crack your skull.

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I’m off to the bay for a week next month. And then We’ll see about Hawaii and Manila!

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19 Oct 2007: now THIS is hella funny...

So this dude walks into the shop and asks the kids...can you write on those cakes? And the kids say, "sure..." So dude asked me to write:

Bwaaaa hahahhahhahhahaa. Some beeyotch got served tonight!!!

That shit has us all laughing!!!

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I've been crazy busy - workin' 10-11 hour days because i'm going to Denver for a few days. But I still found Time to make the kids dinner...

Barbecue Meatloaf

Mashed Potatoes

Alfredo Angel Hair with Peas and Carrots

Herb Cornbread

Lucky...Lucky kiddos...

27 Sept 2007: Cool Stuff Lately...

It's seriously grind time from now until May.

So I'll be lucky if I find any blog time...

Here's some of my favourite Bests of Late...

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Best Boyfriend Ever.

Recently I was asked to cater a brunch. This time last year I turned down all catering. However, this was only bomblettes for 10. Piece of cake. I didn't adjust my regular pastry chef gig and squeezed it into a morning before work. I was prepping everything the night before and Julian called and said can I help you with anything for the catering? I said no --- it's okay. He asked are you sure - I can chop stuff up or carry things. I laughed and said I gottit.

Mind you, he offered to help after a 10 hour workday of his own. Simply amazing. I just laughed and said I've gottit and he should go relax and play poker with the men people. Hahhahhaa.

The next morning I cooked everything and got it ready for the chafing dishes (aka foodwarmers) and he loaded up my ride and then helped set up. You know he didn't have to...he could have gone to his desk since he has work of his own. But he's cool like that...

"I like your pouty face...it's so cute Bebe, I see you curled up asleep and so happy I can't stand to wake you up...and then you make that pouty face and then I just have to smile..." Him to Me...

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Me: I feel bad...I got a little overextended...

Him: I like doing things for you, you know that right?

Me: Why...

Him: Because it means I'm able to....

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I've never met anyone like Julian. He takes nothing we have for granted --- not what we have together or what we have as individuals. He voices and prays his thanks and gratitude. He is constantly laughing even when we are tired and says TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED BEBE! Bwaa hahahaha. It makes me laugh but I tell him that being this blessed is a little stressful because it comes with specific responsibility. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed after coming back from vacation but I'm in the swing of it now.

I love to listen to him speaking quickly and excitedly. I like talking over all of our home made dinners - we talk about what we've done, what we have to do and what we are going to do. Afterwards, he always helps with the dishes and continues laughing and pouring the drinks. Honestly, he makes what we have seem so effortless.

We have a LOT to do and hella lucrative investments to make and so far we have crushed all of our goals. It's nice to be with someone who sees life as a challenge and an adventure instead of a curse.

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Best girls Ever...

Holla at my girls for always always being there to make me laugh or listen to my angry rants or just to laugh.

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Best Cold Dessert

Recently we made a frozen yogurt gelato style with a raspberry forest fruit topping that is off the hook. It makes other frozen yogurts taste like paper. I'm not really a dessert eater (I like makin' them)...but I would eat myself sick if this was available all the time

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Best Shoes

My "flesh" coloured Report Brand ballerina flats with an ankle strap and pleated toe. I've rocked these everywhere from Chicago to the Philippines. You can walk in them for even 10 city blocks and it feels comfortable. I will be getting them in 5 colours.

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Best Rice

The Spanish rice I make for dinner - I roast the rice with fresh garlic before I boil and steam it. If you don't know - you'd be wise to invite yourself over.

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Best Cake Lately...

I make so many of the damn things...but this is one of the latest that I like that is kinna okay to me. There are others but I like this flat look lately.

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Best Break Up..

Cbug, my little sister in law, called me one night to tell me that she had broken up with her long time boyfriend since high school. Too bad for him. I don't really want to put her B.I. on deck here but I will say this - I am very proud of her for the ability to make a decision that benefits her as a woman. I am very proud of her for ENFORCING a decision that was difficult to do. She has learned early in the game what most women will never have the strength to acknowledge or change EVER. She is doing what's best for her which makes her the best.

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Best Quickie Food

Mondays at Sweet Tomatoes with my girl Katie

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Best Weather...

The best weather here is coming. Fall in the desert is fabulous...

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Best Haters...

.Those who try to compete - that's cute, but your cash/face is busted

.Those who try to mooch - hella cute, but we're not sparing any change

.Those who try to emulate - super cute but you aren't in the right $$ bracket

.Those who try to glare - hecka cute to see that hater squint. Keep squinting coz not only is our grind authentic - so is everything we wear and rock and use.

.Those who try to criticize - mad cute to see ur hoe asses hating. But don't bother just coz you are always on your knees doesn't mean that your prayers will be answered. Bwaa hahahaha

.Those who try to downplay - daaaaamn cute. But I'm glad you don't even have an inkling to what we have emotionally and materially coz if you did - you might pull out some of that hair you got.

.Those who hate on the low - my favourite cute. I smell you, and it's not so good. It's okay though...keep on.

Thank you haterators...With haters like you - we're not only doin' our job - but apparently we've changed the game.

09 Jun 2006: I made a new friend today...

This scale has been sitting around the shop for over a month. It was put in the gelato makin' area because it weighs up to 30 kg which is appropriate for their batches. Yet every day when I'd throw my bag under my station it would be sitting there. I had an old beater scale that did standard kg or oz...So today I was scaling out some stuff and couldn't find my beater scale and I walked over to the gelato area to take their secondary scale and took a look at this shiny thing and said to myself Fuckkit - they don't wanna use it, it comes to my station almost daily - I might as well learn how to use it...so I put it on my station and told the GM, the girls don't want to use it and it always ends up at my station so I'm taking it. She said okay...I said does it have a book or anything? She's like they are mailing it to us - I'm like okay...It took me all of 5 minutes to figure out how to move the lever and how many times you push which button to switch from oz to lb to gram to kilogram...I even figured out that if you lift that turquoise window - it automatically zero's out the reader and goes to a frontal read on the micro grams...Too pretty, too dope. It's my new best friend...

Mo' Cakes Foolios...

Caramello Chocolate: Can I say I just love working with caramel...it kind of grows and moves on it's own and gains character. It reminds me of how wood changes after you stain it - or oil paintings grow in clarity and depth

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...on Countergame...

I was talkin' to a friend of mine who has had this reoccurring lava in his life. Boy meets girl. Boy talks to girl and then...

A) She thinks he's a stalker

B) She thinks he 'overlikes' her in some way or form

C) She gets standoffish, pissy or weird coz she feels he likes her

D) All of the above in random order.

E) Said girl wants to hump him and he's not hearing that...

...well let me say this. You're countergame is in the wrong place honey - coz his verbalisms do NOT equal eroticisms...Just because he's inquisitive doesn't mean he's trying to stick his churro in your cupcake. Intense conversation doesn't equal emotion. So tuck your big ass clappin' ears behind your choppy big head haircuts, coz you miscalculated and your cake sank. He doesn't want in between your legs, he wants in between your ears. Coz if he did like you, you'd know without words. And when he chose to show you it would be with printed words. You may be accustomed to game girly, but his spewings aren't game, he's just bein his version of real...

...it ain't that serious 'princess'...his interest is quite low carb...

Don't misconstrue conversations, observations and happenstance glances.

Just because he speaks in passionate voices doesn't mean it's coz of U...

Everything is not about you...the world is made up of everything else.

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How horrible. You can't even have intense conversations or state what you've noticed into words without things being misconstrued. So many people are so full of gassy egocentricisms. Full of themselves yet there is no substance to fill those empty heads. Is it enough - that trendy haircut, those pricey jeans, your trendy passing interests, oh your so intellectually trendy, but that mind of yours can't scratch my brainy itch...can't people be evoluted enough to understand that you can have passionate conversations without sex as a sequel...can't people be evoluted enough to understand that argument and debate can be void of anger...can't people be elevated enough to accept that exchanges don't always lead pursuit...

This is what happens when people tell their children they are special, when all they are doing is average work. People should be thanked for doing what they should be doing and praised for excellence. Praising mediocrity has bred a lot of people, who feel that a simple hello is an intro to seduction.

Well lemme tell you...If you think that's seduction

go back to preschool baby...

Coz your world is so tiny

I might sneeze on you

and it will simply

disappear...

19 Jan 2006: I'm makin' cake no makin' friends

I don't like 'office' politics

When asked I'll speak my concerns

and if confirmed I won't deny.

But still I don't like it

So i'm in the business

of makin' cake, not makin' friends...

Kiwi Pineapple: i don't hate it i don't love it

Raspberry Chocolate: i'm bored of this...

Straciatella: sweet cream with 70% chocolate, it's aiight

Tiramisu this, tiramisu that...

it hasn't failed yet - it seems to be a staple...

--end cakes--

Today was emotionally tiring. I am a firm believer that urge control is what separates us from animals. If you can fight your urge to run from uncomfortable situations, to smack people into bloody pulps, to cuss like a sailor, to hurl porcelain across the room to hear that charming tinkle, to keep your face plastered with a pleasant smirk even though you want to snarl, to go about ur daily functions and not sacrifice quality. It is that ability to make your body obey your mind, that makes us civilized.