ADVENTURES IN CAKES AND THINGS

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Cheers! and birthday cakes

2011-12-24T09:18:00.007-05:00

So I got to do a really fun cake last night for a well known music dj and I am in love with how it came out. This was my 2nd cake for him and I hope he loved it! Happy birthday DJ Scream! Thanks to Rip for the great design idea!

Burlesque cake

2011-12-12T01:39:00.006-05:00

So this weekend I had the pleasure to do a surprise birthday cake for one of my clients. I was hired by one of her friends to make this cake and in doing so have made another client. I had a lot of fun making this cake and pulled inspiration from several sources including a cake by the amazing Karen Portaleo. I hope you all enjoy this cake!

OUR NEW NUMBER!!!

2011-11-21T11:31:00.001-05:00

My Precious Sweets has a new number. Please take note because we want to make sure we hear from all of you when your special event date rolls around! LOL!

Our new number is (404) 287-0541. Please lock this in all your phones, write on all your message pads and even tattoo on your hand, arm, leg or foot.

As always I love my clients and hope to hear from you soon!

THOMAS THE TRAIN AND BASEBALL FUN!

2011-11-13T13:00:00.005-05:00

I had a busy weekend with some pretty detailed cakes. Anyone who knows me and has had a cake by me knows how much I abohr anything 2-D, LOL. I mean I do great 2-D cakes, but I love when I have clients who really want that wow factor to their cake (and lets face it, I love to use my power tools any chance I have). To build a 3-D cake is really like a puzzle without instructions so I get to really apply some brain power to what I am doing. Anyways I hope you enjoy these pictures!

Sneaker Cake

2011-10-03T20:53:00.003-04:00

Here are a couple photos of a sneaker cake I recently did for a client. I thought it came out fantastic so I wanted to share it with all of you.

Enjoy!

Cake Competition

2011-09-26T09:44:00.010-04:00

Sunday I had the pleasure to have a cake competing in the 2011 GA Ices cake show. It was so good to see some of the faces I had got to meet at the previous Ices day of sharing meeting. Truly some of the nicest women around! Lameeka Edwards of Cakes by Lameeka, Minnette Rushing of Savannah Custom Cakes, Sharon of Sweet Sensations and so many more.

It was quite a day b/c I had construction work going at my house and the location was about 45 min away from the house. After an all nighter I was off driving to the location where everyone's cakes were absolutely beautiful. I don't get to do a lot of wedding cakes but the cakes that were there competing were breathtaking. I wish I had taken some pictures!

I want to give a special thank you to Lameeka Edwards for all her support and encouragement, otherwise I would not have gotten to be a part of such a great event. Enjoy the pics of my cake below!

NEW CAKES AND CUSTOM CAKE STAND RENTALS

2011-09-22T01:06:00.002-04:00

A lot of people may or may not know this but I love to build stuff. Guess deep down I truly am my father's daughter (he's a contractor). So when I was asked about building a custom cake/ cupcake stand for a client I jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately I did not get a photo of the stand uncovered. I built it so they had the option to use the stand with or without fabric covers. It was a beautiful gloss black underneath the fabric you will see below in the photos. I truly believe it made this cake and cupcakes really pop and blew their guests away. Well that and I hear the party was for a very stylish 2 year old girl. LOL. Enjoy!

Our New Number!!!!

2011-09-22T01:01:00.002-04:00

Surprise Party

2011-08-24T10:04:00.005-04:00

I recently did a surprise party birthday cake for a client for his beautiful wife. The venue was absolutely gorgeous. The party was in downtown Atlanta at the W hotel and the view over the city was amazing. The cake was fitting with their theme, Champange at Tiffany's and I was told after the party that the guests did not initally realize it was a cake. My clients also said their guests loved the cake -white chocolate cake, white chocolate italian meringue buttercream studded with fresh strawberries - and there was not a piece left.

Dandridge Wedding

2011-07-21T23:06:00.002-04:00

I had the pleasure this weekend of doing both the bride and grooms cake for the Dandridge wedding. I had the most fun putting these cakes together and the bride was absolutely blown away.

Normally I send a follow up email to inquire about how everything went, but this bride was so happy with my work, she emailed me the same day, only a few hours after dropping off the cakes. Lol. Here is what she had to say:

Thank you...oooohhh soooo...muchcakes looked awesome...tasted delicious!! Word of mouth..i shall tell the world....luv u much!

Enjoy!

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

Big Kidz Foundation

2011-07-21T21:41:00.004-04:00

My Precious Sweets had the pleasure of providing our cupcakes for Big Boi of Outkast 3rd annual Big Kidz Foundation event which honored Mo'nique on July 16, 2011.

Saturday was such a hectic day, but I am so happy to have been a part of such a wonderful charity and able to show off some of my customer favorites! Guests had my "Take 4" cupcakes, Red Velvet cupcakes and Cinnamon & Brown Sugar Crunch cupcakes. The word on the streets is there were no cupcakes left on plates or on the tables! Here are a couple photos I came across online that I wanted to share with you all.

Thanks to www.foodloverscateringandevents.com and Coco Mathis for the call!

Here is also Atl's fav blogger Atlien enjoying my cupcakes.

Enjoy!

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

Baby Shower cake

2011-07-10T19:41:00.001-04:00

Enjoy!

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

LOUIS VUITTON BAG CAKE

2011-06-17T22:40:00.002-04:00

Have I mentioned how much my clients love fashion? Here OS another one of my signature custom cakes that I am loved for! I love the detail that goes into these cakes. Enjoy!

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

Wedding cake photos

2011-06-10T11:27:00.004-04:00

Myia P.
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New cake

Myia P.
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GRADUATION PARTY CAKE

2011-06-07T12:33:00.002-04:00

I had the pleasure recently of being a part of a young man's graduation when his mom called me to make a cake for the grad party. She knew what she wanted and of course I added my own tweeks to make it personal for him. I could tell immediately from the photos and grad announcements Mom sent how very proud of her son that she was. I love making cakes for people like that especially when they tell me to run with a design and make it my own. So here is a few pics of the cake.

I got a call from Mom a few days ago and she was so happy she literally started to cry. I thought it was the best compliment I have ever recieved. I love doing this and being a part of people's most important life events. Enjoy!

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

Cake disasters

2011-06-04T13:09:00.001-04:00

As a professional baker not even I am immune to the occasional cake mishap- let's just put it out there full blown disaster. Now much like every other good baker I build my cakes structurally sound to prevent these things from happening. But sometimes the forces are against you and end up with something like the photo you see here. I can't lie, I was devastated. With my cakes I can be a bit OCD. I just wanted to bury my head under a huge pile of sand. In the end however it worked out, cake was still edible so I quickly cut it up and served it. Everyone loved it! Great ending to quite a devastating event.

Myia P.
www.myprecioussweets.com
www.myprecioussweets.blogspot.com

Cupcakes versus Regular cakes

2011-05-07T15:50:00.002-04:00

As a cake artist I often am asked if I make cupcakes. Well I do but if you were to ask most cake artists they are the bain of most of our existences. LOL. But everyone and then I get the creative green light with a cake and cupcake order to do what I think would look amazing. So here is my take on a cake and cupcake order all fused into one amazing cake!

Tea Party Gone Wrong: Intro to 3D cake design

2011-04-30T10:26:00.002-04:00

So here are the much awaited photos of what will be taught in the class on May 23! I am super excited about this cake that can be made for baby showers, bridal showers, birthdays, tea parties, etc. I hope you all are as excited about it as I am!

New cake photos!

2011-04-29T15:31:00.004-04:00

So I did a couple cakes this past weekend for some new friends and I have to admit that I have a lot of clients who love fashion. So here is my latest fashion cake, it is super cute and everything on this cake fit the b-day girl to a tee!

3-D CAKE CLASS IS COMING

2011-04-27T13:07:00.004-04:00

As you may know I have teamed up with La'Meeka Edwards of Cakes by La'Meeka in presenting a class in 3-D cake design. The date is May 23, 2011 from 11a-5p at LaMeeka's studio. The class is $200 per person and includes the majority of your supplies, lunch and snack for the day. Online registration is a must and space is limited.

For class details, information on what to bring and online registration payments, please click on the link below:

http://3dcakeclass.eventbrite.com/

You can also go directly to Paypal to pay for your class : https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PMEAX3ZP5SQ4E

Can't wait to see you all there!

2011-04-25T08:00:00.001-04:00

From Cakes by Lameeka blg:

Myia Primm with My Precious Sweets will be teaching a 3d cake called Tea Party Gone Wrong the cake will allow the student to get an introduction to cake structure using flanges, pvc pipes and we will be working with real cake, the student will also leave with a hardware starter kit. Myia is working on the display so I will post a photo maybe next week. The price of the class will be $200.00 this will include supplies and lunch, now you will still have to bring a few things but not a lot.

Me... a teacher???

2011-04-14T10:45:00.002-04:00

Okay- anyone who knows me knows I tend to do things literally by the seat of my pants. Then there are other times when I am OCD meticulous and overly perfection driven. I am a riddle to say the least. However I could not have been more surprised to be asked to teach a cake class. Now I am no expert but one thing I can say about cakes is that it has been a blessing to have a dad who is a contractor. I learned the fundamentals about building structures from him and that has helped me immensely. Nothing like a girl with a tool box. I am super excited about the future and teaching others to build gravity defying cakes. I hope you all are interested too! For more info and class times email me at myprecioussweets@gmail.com !

Turntable cake

2011-04-10T17:54:00.001-04:00

2011-04-10T17:42:00.001-04:00

So just took my first stab at an "extreme" cake. I built a turntable cake that actually spins. I had no idea how to do this going into the project and now that its done I know better what to do next time around. I tries to get the cake as realistic as possible based on the clients order. To get the cake to spin I got a lot of info from others on how to do. It got too late to order something and i don't know an electrician (next time) so I settled on a small tabletop fan. Hilarious but it works! So in the end it turned out well.

2011-04-08T10:01:00.002-04:00

I am always looking for new recipes and new ways to improve grocery store shelf buys. LOL. I came across this blog sent by my co-worker. His wife works for Southern Living mag and has all kinds of good stuff on her page. Check it out if you get a chance http://www.sassyslchic.com/

I want to see you!

2011-04-05T20:47:00.002-04:00

So MPS has been offered an exciting opportunity and I hope all of you who are interested in cakes or know someone who is interested in cakes pass this information along. MPS through the wonderful Cakes by Lameeka (www.cakesbylameeka.com) will be teaching a class in 3d cake creations and internal structures. I want to know what you all want to learn. Also just popped into my head the idea of a live webcast, maybe I am getting to far ahead of myself but I love building and perfecting new cakes. Stay tuned for dates and location. Lets get it!

What's going on with MPS?

2011-04-05T20:26:00.003-04:00

Hi all-

Its been a while since I checked in, mostly b/c I had to figure out how to set this thing up. LOL. Since my last posting I have been quite busy creating and trying to develop my business. I have had some amazing customers and some hiccups as well along the way but I know amazing things are coming. MPS was also 3rd runner up in the Pattycakes Birthday Cake Competition this past weekend. I know with what I am taking away from that placing what I need to do better on next time and I have gained some great mentors and peers in the cake industry to pick their brains when I need to. Keep looking for us and call us for al your special event cake needs.

Till next time.....

My flagship blog!!!

2009-09-28T00:33:00.001-04:00

So this is my very first blog and I have no idea what I am doing. Hope it comes out right. I decided to set this up because I thought there should be an outlet to let you all know what is happening on a daily basis with MPS. I am trying to make this thing blow!

I did a wedding in Nashville this weekend with a ginormous amount of cupcakes and centerpiece cake. Then I get a flat tire! The bride was beautiful form the pics I have seen. So happy for them but even happier to get to sleep after a long week of being up till 3 in the morning working on multiple orders. Can't complain, gotta keep the word spreading. Check back often for new posts and let me know your thoughts!