the food
Are you tired of hearing about the Summer Boutique yet? This is the last post. I promise.
I don’t really think you can have a party without food & drinks and this event was no different. But I also knew that I couldn’t go overboard on the food because 1. I was so SO occupied with the store part and 2. I didn’t want it to be about the food, but just a nice accompaniment.
So we opted for champagne
Sparkling lemonade with berries and water with lemon slices {served with these cute paper straws ordered from a store in Maine, go figure.}
And for sweets, we opted to join in on the cupcake trend.
{Think I should have ironed that tablecloth? Oops}
For the cupcakes, we did three different kinds.
Vanilla cake with french vanilla frosting and sparkling sugar.
Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and chocolate frosting with chocolate shavings.
White cake with lemon custard filling, cream cheese frosting with yellow sparkling sugar and a blueberry.
Sounds ambitious, yes?
Oh, just you wait for my secrets.
Betty Crocker boxed cake mix. Instant Jello pudding. A hershey bar. Jars of frosting.
Seriously.
I made the cake according to the box directions but baked them as mini cupcakes. The chocolate mousse & lemon custard were made with a box of instant pudding {chocolate and lemon, poured into glasslock containers with cold milk and shaken by my boys}. Then I folded in freshly whipped cream. That’s it.
What makes the cupcakes look fancy is the piping bag {thanks Dee!}.
My mom and sister filled the cupcakes using a little tip inserted in the top, then swirled on frosting and garnished. The chocolate shavings were from a hershey bar that I took a vegetable peeler to. So easy.
So beautiful.
And so yummy.
I think I’ll go eat a leftover now.
