A Great Bake Sale!

Last Saturday (5/14/11) was the 2nd Annual National Food Bloggers Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength's efforts to end childhood hunger in America. We were proud to have been a part of the event this year in San Francisco. Sweet Madi donated an assortment of Cake Truffles and Banana Bread. 

There were over 40 Bay Area food bloggers that participated. There was so many delicious treats to choose from. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the cause. We were able to raise over $2400.00, that's terrific!  We can't wait until next year!

New flavors

We've added two new flavors for our cake truffles & cake pops:  Carrot Cake and Mint Chocolate.
The carrot cake was a huge hit at a recent office party I catered and also at a salon/spa that my sister works at. I thought I would drop off a box there last weekend when I went to visit, just to test it out. My sister sent me a text that afternoon to tell me everyone loved them and they wanted more. Someone even mentioned that the mint chocolate cake truffles reminded them of the Girl Scouts Thin Mint Cookies. 

Birthday Gift Box

A customer ordered this 15 piece gift box for her teenage daughter. She told me her daughter is not much of a cake eater but she really loved the red velvet cake from Sweet Madi. She said it's the only cake she will eat, she doesn't like anything else. WOW! Really?  What a great compliment. Thank you!

Of course these are all Red Velvet Cake Truffles, her favorite.

Dessert Trays

Lexus of Serramonte recently asked Sweet Madi to provide some snacks for their monthly meeting, they had wanted some cookies and a few cake truffles. So I made a large tray of cookies; chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and double chocolate walnut.

For the cake truffles I made three flavors; red velvet, dark chocolate and coconut. As an added touch I spelled out the name "Lexus" using fondant and then I placed them on top of the truffles.

I was told everything was devoured by the end of the day. The only thing left were the trays. I'm glad they enjoyed it.

Happy Birthday Al

Happy Birthday to my brother, Al. As you can see he turned 36. I made this for him. These are chocolate hazelnut cake and also german chocolate cake truffles.

So moist & yummy

This is what the chocolate hazelnut cake truffle looks like underneath the chocolate coating. Doesn't it look yummy? It was just right, super moist. The secret is knowing how much frosting to mix in with the cake. You don't want to put too much because then it will get too soft and mushy (spelling?) and will not taste good. I made 2 dozen of theses for my potluck at work and they were a hit. People couldn't get enough of them I was getting emails and people stopping by my office to tell me how good they were. That was an awesome feeling :-)

Happy Valentines Day

Chocolate Hazelnut and Red Velvet Cake Truffles.

Christmas 2009

Well, it's been a while... but now I'm back. Hopefully everyone had a great holiday. It's now January 2010. This is going to be a great year for Sweet Madi's. We're ready to take on more orders so Call Us! We've got alot of great new ideas coming soon so be on the lookout for that. Thanks always for your support.

Here are some cake truffles from our holiday collection. Enjoy!

Busy weekend

Ok, so this weekend was super BUSY! I was asked to make cookie favors for a joint birthday party, with two different themes. Tinkerbell for Gabby who's turning 4 and Pirates for her brother Jacob who's turning 1.

For the Tinkerbell theme I decided to go with my shortbread recipe and use flower and star shaped cookie cutters while incorporating the colors from the movie, green, yellow and purple. For the star shaped cookies I made them into wands using lollipop sticks.

Then for the pirate theme I went with pirate ships and skull & crossbones shaped sugar cookies. Then I wrapped each cookie in clear cello bags with matching ribbons, placed them all in a basket to transport to the party. Everyone loved them!

So then I was asked just a few days ago if I can provide some dessert for another party the same weekend. Of course I said yes. What I created was a large dessert tray filled with my yummy chocolate chip cookies, mini fudgy brownies and some pecan tarts. I then made some strawberry cake truffles. It's strawberry cake with vanilla frosting shaped into truffles them dipped in white chocolate.

Some of my work

Here are just some pictures of cake truffles that I've made recently..... enjoy!

Cake Balls or Cake Truffles ?

Some people call them cake balls, but I prefer to use cake truffles. It just sounds better to me. What are cake truffles you ask? Well, it's crumbled cake mixed in with frosting, then they're rolled into balls and finally, dipped into chocolate coating. Yummmm! doesn't that sound good?

You can use box cake mix and the frosting of your choice that you get at the grocery store, but I prefer to make my cake and frosting from scratch! Why? Because that's how I roll! You can get real creative and decorate your truffles anyway you want. You can even put it on a lollipop stick and make a cake pop (kid's really love it this way).

Or you can put them in cupcake liners and place them in a box. I made these recently for a customer. It was for a 16th birthday party. The cake is red velvet with cream cheese frosting and coated with Guittard Chocolate Apeels candy coating. I LOVE Guittard! I found it much better than Wilton's candy melts that you buy at the local craft stores.