Whodidily World

We love cupcakes, there is no doubt about it, and when hubs found out the Whodidily was opening a location in Paseo Nuevo in downtown Santa Barbara we knew that we MUST visit. Plus, we had already already visited their Montecito location earlier this year and knew it would be sweet.


The checkerboard floor had a whimsy path to follow.




A giant cupcake was their menu.


There was a do it yourself cupcake station. You pick up a cupcake at the sparkly pink curtains, frost it (this is the first frosting dispenser ever!), and make your way to the toppings.




So many sprinkles!


Candy for your sweet tooth.


And the cupcakes!


Whodidily has one of my favorite cupcake displays. It's like a party/art piece/colorful dream.


And the flavors have such adorable names :)








We stood under this sugary ceiling display as we waited for our cupcakes to be wrapped up. It is one of my favorite things about the shop.


A girl created her this cupcake from the diy section.


And here are ours all wrapped up and topped with a gem! Seriously too cute.


I had the whodidily (fluffy confetti cake, cream center, fudge frosting, with mini candy kiss sprinkles) and hubs got the grateful gobbler (apple cinnamon cake, brown sugar, pecan, buttercream).


Both were cups of amazing sweetness with fluffy cake and creamy frosting :)

If you're ever around SB, this is a must stop. It's chock full of eye candy and real candy, sweet, whimsical, and creatively beautiful, it's like you are in a wonderland :)

Cheers Cupcake Wrappers

Inspired by my Three Cheers post from last week and in celebration of hubby's bday, I wanted to create some extra cheery cupcake wrappers for the cupcakes we purchased this weekend.


We took advantage of all of the cupcake options in LA and visited four cupcakeries: Yummy Cupcakes, Famous Cupcakes, Mrs. Beaseley's, and Sprinkles.


I then printed out a wrapper template and began cutting pieces of colorful paper.


Then punch "cheers" or any other celebration punch you choose :) I'm really into the festive details.


Tape the edges together and you're done :)




Place each cupcake in a wrapper and they're ready!




Cheers!!



Hooray for cupcakes :)

Hey, cupcake cards

Cupcakes are such sweet little treats. Like a hand full of love, they are one of my favorite desserts and something I cannot resist. They are also something I like to give to friends and family who come and visit. A small gift for them that always brings a big smile.


Inspired by cupcakes, I wanted to create some small, sweet cards that will hopefully bring you a smile :) With a purchase of some cupcake scrapbook decals/stickers, girly colors (pink, purple, yellow punched circles), and fun white doilies, I put together these hey, cupcake cards.

Hey cupcake with a cherry on top.



Hey cupcake and a pearl.


These cards are accompanied by a light pink and light yellow envelope, both are lined with lavender doily punched liner. You can find them in the etsy shop here.

Hope you are all having a sweet week!!

Enjoy Cupcakes

I remember reading a local feature about Enjoy Cupcakes a few months ago, and then reading/viewing these amazing photos by Jose Villa. They have some seriously chic style and a very tempting menu, so last weekend we decided to take a trip over the mountain to visit their Solvang location. Nestled in the very cute Olive House on Mission Drive, our excitement rose as we approached.


Their window display was quite welcoming, and the inside was eye candy heaven.


A large table displayed the cupcakes like the precious morsels that they are.




Each available in a regular and mini size.


There were bright, fresh flowers.


Soft colors and light.


Vintage accessories.




And an all around cuteness to the place.



We were helped by a very sweet girl who walked us through the flavor profiles of each. We purchased 4 cupcakes, but totally wanted to buy a dozen.


Raspberry Sherbet Champagne and Root Beer Float cupcakes.


Chocolcate Blackberry Syrah and Toffee cupcakes.

Absolutely love how each cupcake has layers of flavor that enhance each other. The light cakes are filled with a cream, topped with frosting, and have a added treat (like raspberry or toffee). My favorite might be the root beer float because eating one was just like drinking one. I really wish they had a Santa Barbara location because the cupcakes definitely live up to their name, how can you not enjoy them ;)

The Sweet Escape: Wedding Cupcakes

We love to eat cupcakes. We indulge in them almost weekly. We think they are cute and yummy and perfect in size. We knew cupcakes were a must instead of a wedding cake.

Our cupcakes, by the now defunct Crumbs of Santa Barbara, were so delicious. We had our tasting and decided on our frosting & flavor combo in Dec 2008, so by the wedding in September 2009 we were excited to eat them up!

Our flavors were:
White cake with strawberry butter cream
Almond cake with blueberry butter cream
Chocolate with hazelnut butter cream
Brownie with dark chocolate ganache

Because the cupcakes would be sitting out for hours, we opted for butter cream as the choice topping. It would not get hard like icing and was some serious yummyness for the week to follow.





Is it bad that I can still remember the taste and texture and how much I love all of these?


This cupcake menu was my favorite of all the menus I made. The colors, which represent all 3 bridesmaids' dresses, were my favorite purple and yellow combination.


Some time after dinner and during dancing everyone was called to the cupcake table for the cutting and serving. Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" played as we cut, took bites of, and let our guests enjoy the cupcakes.




Kids curiously approaching.


Trying to feed each other quickly so everyone (kids) could enjoy these delicious things.


Nothing is holding the kids back now!

I probably ate 3 cupcakes that night and 10 more in the week that followed, they were just so good! We are bummed that SB Crumbs is no longer around (no anniversary cake for us) but were very happy to have worked with them.

Now I think we have to head to a local cupcake place this weekend. Enjoy Cupcakes might just be the place :) Happy Friday!


All photos are by the sweet Sarah K Chen