Sally's Uniforms!

I'm so excited! The Tshirts I have been wanting to get around to ordering have finally been completed! It's exciting, cute, fun and sassy! And I just love them! Here they are!

OK - are you ready for the punch line....

I know, right?! :o) See! Now you know why I love 'em!!

Blond Brownies by 2 Brunettes!

My mom (Gramma Sara) was helping in the bakery yesterday and I asked her to make some Blond Brownies to sell. Now, Gramma Sara will be the first to tell you that she is no baker, would rather be play in the dirt than making a dirt cake and yet, every Wednesday she comes in to help me get caught up. I love that.

So I gave her that Blond Brownie recipe cuz they really are simpley dimpley! 'Cept, it didn't go just right. And that's OK -- insert your gasp here! I took that mixture that didn't work out right and knew what we could do to fix it simpley dimpley and WAAA-LAAAH -- a FANTASTIC Blond Brownie made fantastically by two Brunettes!

I thought I would share the recipe we created here for you - insert another gasp, right?! A baker giving away her recipes? Why not? Every once and a while, wouldn't it be fun to make some of the yum you have at Sally's? I thought so....

Here is our scrumptious recipe! (And you can add ANYTHING you want to these -- we made ours w/ white chocolate chips THIS time!!)

BLOND BROWNIES anyone can make, no matter what color their hair is

Mix 3/4 c. of SOFTENED or melted butter (or margarine) with
2 c. packed brown sugar
2 tsp. vanilla (imitation is best for this recipe) and then add
3 eggs
after that is combined (and you can do this entirely by hand) add
2 cups flour
pinch or two of salt
2 tsp. baking powder and mix all of this until blended together.

Then add whatever treats you would like to: butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, nuts, M&M's, peanut butter chips or mini cups, chopped candy bars, toffee bits -- ANYTHING and everything!

Pour into a GREASED (we used baking SPRAY -- like Pam) 9x13 pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Then, moan while you enjoy these soft little nibblers of luv'!

You can thank me later............

Sexy Roxy

There's a new addition to our sassy little bakery! It's very exciting! It's also about time, really.

When I was 19, I had a last minute gift to buy for Christmas - literally last minute -- it was Christmas Eve EVE! I was walking through Brookfield Square Mall and ran into my dad and step mom. Couldn't believe it! First of all, my dad hates people (and there are a lot of them in the mall). Secondly, my dad doesn't do malls (what with all the walking and people and crap he doesn't want).

"Hey! What are you doing here?!"

"Getting your Christmas present, that's what."

"Mmmm, whatcha gettin' me, Big Daddy?" :o)

The next day, under the tree, was Ethel. My white, Kitchenaid, 4.5 quart mixer, and I loved her. I mean love her. She's 24 years old and has been working her little grinder off at the bakery since September 1st. She has performed this well for the last 24 years with no whining or complaining...until recently. I can hear her whining a little and, quite frankly, I miss having her at home.

So as of today, Ethel has been put back on my counter, at home, where she belongs and her new bigger, baby sister, Roxy, has moved into the bakery as the new workhorse. She's bright and shiny and big and a little dark with her special Satin Metal finish -- very tough looking.

I will grow to love her, in time. She will just need to prove herself a bit first. Ethel will always be my first love, but I feel very strongly that there is enough room in my heart to love them both. So far, Roxy has proven that she can make my scones with much less effort and mess, so I am already very pleased at her first day performance.

It's so nice to be able to grow, isn't it?! :o)

Life After Holidays

OK - so I have finally figured out TWO things...ONE: people like to fool around in the early summer because February may just be the busiest cake month EVER in the history of recorded time and TWO: all of my customers disappear after a holiday. So, thank God for for the birds and the bees, but the phenomenon of "no" customers is so weird to me. Last week, I could barely keep my head above the water, this week, I'm floating down a lazy river. If someone could explain this second thing I figured out, I would be much obliged!

In the meantime, I took some fun pictures of some of the stuff I made today! Almost makes me wish you could lick your screen! :o)

Valentine's Day

I've been making some fun stuff for Valentine's Day and so I'd thought I would share them here for my "customers" from afar who can't really BE my "customers"...sometimes I talk too much.

Happy Valentine's Day! :o)

The Original Sally's

OK, so I almost didn't want to blog today because now those stinkin' darn cute pictures of the Cake Smash are below my screen when I look at my blog, but I just had to!!

My new "friend" Tom, a local retiree who lives right behind Sally's, is one of my "regulars", an amateur photographer, and life-time Genesee-an, and married to our Town Chairperson (who happens to be the daughter of one of the former Town of Genesee Chairpersons!), gave me THIS picture to hang in my bakery!!

Right now, you are probably asking yourself, what the heck did he give her THAT for? Well, this is the original Ford Dealership and John Deere Tractor Dealership back in the day.

What's more fascinating is that the window all the way to the right.....that's SALLY'S!!! I KNOW RIGHT!!! That is the original function and building and that now houses Sally's Sweet Shoppe!


I'm so touched by his gift and enthralled by having it adorning my walls and all the stories that go with it! I could stare at it forever...well, ok, maybe I would have to stop to look at pictures of Ava during her Cake Smash once and a while, but other than that....... Can you see it hanging on my wall behind the cooler case? How cool is that?!

Cake Smash!

How much fun can one have when eating cake? Well, when one is ONE, the answer is A TON!

Captured Moments Photography just finished doing a Cake Smash session with this precious little girl, Ava, who turned one. Sally's was asked to provide the cake (with EXTRA creamy stuff, of course!!) and I don't think I could have had more fun making a cake. OK, maybe the making of the cake wasn't so much fun, but just thinking of it's inevitable doom, brought a huge smile to my face while frosting it...."let's see, how high CAN I pile on this fluffy stuff?"!!! In fact, I was so excited that I practically stalked Kelly to see the pictures even while she was still taking them! And now you can see why!!

Well, I couldn't be more excited to be a part of this fun event, now and in the future! I hope you will consider calling Captured Moments if your little ONE wants to have a little fun too! Tell her Sally sent you and maybe if there's any cake left, that's edible, you can take it home and enjoy it too!

It all seems so exhausting doesn't it? :o)

Now that picture is worth ten thousand words, don't you think?