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Fruit Salsa with Fresh Whipped Cream

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I have to tell you – I can’t take credit for this new recipe. This Fruit Salsa with Fresh Whipped Cream recipe was all my husband’s idea. I was on my way to the store when I called Richy and asked him what we could make for dessert – something new that would work for a summer cookout.

For the past few weeks, he’s been making a lot of fresh salsa out of our garden (it’s ah-mazing), so he had the idea to switch it up and make fresh fruit salsa instead. We both named off a few different fruits for me to add to my grocery list and voila – this light, refreshing, easy dessert was born!

Our tiny hometown grocery store doesn’t always have a huge variety of fresh fruit so I had to go with what was available. We ended up with apples (two kinds), peaches, strawberries, and blueberries.

The beautiful thing about this recipe is you can change up the fruit based on what’s in season or available where you live. I would’ve loved to maybe add a kiwi, some grapes, and maybe raspberries had there been any available. Continue Reading ▶

3 Tips to Price Your Cakes Better

Hey friends! I want to welcome my friend Rebekah, from Angelfoods.net, to Rose Bakes. today. She’s a dear friend, a fellow blogger & cake decorator, a great encourager, and a wealth of information! She also has a beautiful Australian accent – which I love!! One of my most popular posts on this blog is How to Charge for Cakes and today I’m excited for Rebekah share a new perspective on this: 3 Tips to Price Your Cakes Better!

Take it away, Rebekah!

The question ‘how to price cakes’ is the #1 most asked question and topic in the cake and baking industry. It is popular because of how important it is to price correctly and so many people struggle with it. Continue Reading ▶

(Ended!) Local Only Giveaway: Enter to Win Cupcakes!!

The giveaway has ended! Congrats to ~~Dawn R. (entry #32)~~ Melanie H. (entry #21) – you’ve won a box of cupcakes!!I haven’t done a local giveaway in quite awhile and well, since I just looooove my local customers, I figured I needed to show a little appreciation by spreading some cupcake LOVE!

PLUS – I’ve added a new email list ONLY for local peeps. Since some of you don’t see my sales on Facebook, I thought it would be great to be able to email you directly when I’m doing a sale, a giveaway, or anything else that would be strictly for local friends.

So, here’s the deal. Tomorrow (Tuesday, July 11, 2017), I’ll be giving away at least 1 box of cupcakes! There might be more than one winner, but for now I’ll say at least one.

I don’t know what flavor they’ll be yet – but they’ll either be wedding cake, Italian Cream, red velvet, chocolate, or a combination of those!

If you’re local to me (in Meadville/Bude, MS) or willing to drive over here to Meadville/Bude, please fill out the form below to get your entry in!! I’ll close the giveaway around 1pm (Tuesday, July 11, 2017) and deliver them sometime in the afternoon (probably 3-4pm). Please note: Facebook comments do not count and please only one comment per person!

By entering your email on the form, you will be added to my Local Friends email list (you can unsubscribe at any time)! I will never SPAM you or use the email for anything other than announcing sales, giveaways, or special offers from Rose Bakes.

Winners will be chosen at random and I’ll contact you vie email/Facebook/or text to set up delivery/pick-up (I can deliver to Meadville/Bude or meet you there).

To enter, fill out the form below!

Want an extra entry? Share this giveaway (just “share” my Facebook post with the picture) and come back and leave a comment telling me you shared!!

Thanks so much everybody!!

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Happy 4th of July – Last Minute Dessert Ideas

I’m stopping in for like 2 seconds (in between cleaning and prepping for a little family get-together tonight) to wish you an early Happy 4th of July and link up to all of my 4th of July content and give you some last minute dessert ideas. Just in case there’s anybody out there still scurrying around for a recipe!

Are you ready? First, I’ll give you a quick review of the things I’ve shared here on Rose Bakes. The most recent and popular thing I’ve shared is this Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake!

You can literally put it together in 10 minutes tonight and have a fantastic, cool dessert for tomorrow!

Next up, if you can run by Walmart or a craft store today, you can make these cupcakes without any cake decorating skills at all! Just frost your cupcakes, add some sprinkles then pop on the Easy DIY Firecracker Cupcake Toppers: Continue Reading ▶

Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes for an “I do!” BBQ. It’s been almost 3 years since I made the cupcakes and cookies for the “I do!” BBQ (way back in 2014). But something got me to thinking about them recently, so I had to look up the pictures. Then when I realized I’d never shared them at all. And with the 4th of July just around the corner, I had to share 🙂

It didn’t help that when I saw the pictures of the Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes – I became obsessed with making them again. So I did. Twice 😉 These are rich Chocolate Cupcakes topped with Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream , then a piece of candied bacon and drizzled with pure maple syrup. The perfect combo of salty and sweet – creamy and crunchy.

I shared the Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream last Friday and then the Candied Bacon on Monday and finally, I’m sharing everything put together. Before you get too far into this post – let me convess that I don’t have any of the recipes in this actual post – but they are linked up at the bottom!

I considered putting all of these recipes in one post, but it would’ve been a mile long so I decided instead to share them separately. If that annoys you, I hope you’ll forgive me.

When I looked back through the pictures from 2014, I was sad that I only took a handful of pictures and none with the cupcakes and the “I Do” Pig cookies together.

At first, I wondered why I took so few pictures, then I looked through the folders for that day and the day before… and now I know why. I had quite the busy weekend back in 2014: Continue Reading ▶

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake (Perfect for a Crowd!)

Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake. Do you ever have a dessert once and never forget it? Even for years? Well that’s what happened with this Easy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake.

I have no idea why it took me years to make it – this dessert only takes about 10 minutes to put together, it can be done in a disposable pan, and it’s perfect for 20+ guests. And considering that our exteneded family is huge, we always need BIG desserts.

So obviously, if you need a delicous, cool dessert to take to your upcoming 4th of July party – or just a family get-together for the summer – THIS is it!

And if you’re looking for other 4th of July Dessert ideas? Check out this post with 27 Delicious 4th of July desserts and if you want something easy and cute – check out this tutorial for Easy 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers!

For the record, you can make smaller version of this, in a smaller pan, and you can even change up the flavors of your ice cream, your ice cream sandwiches, your toppings, etc. and make it your own dreamy Ice Cream Sandwich Cake – however you want! Continue Reading ▶

Easy DIY 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers

I’m cutting it so close sharing this tutorial for the 4th of July. I had hoped to post it last week, but it was such a busy week, I just never got around to it.

But the good news is, everything you’ll need to make these Easy DIY 4th of July Firecracker Cupcake Toppers can likely be found at your local craft store, Walmart or even a dollar store.

I have been thinking on these for a couple of weeks… wanting to come up with a patriotic idea for cupcake toppers for the 4th of July – something anybody can make. No special stills or tools required. And these cupcake toppers are exactly that. I dare even call it a tutorial – it’s so stinkin’ easy.

I did pipe on some pretty buttercream (I have a tutorial for that here), but even if you just spread on buttercream with a spoon and add some colorful sprinkles (I did below!), I still think the addition of the “firecrackers” would make them super cute and festive. And it’ll look like you exerted way more effort than actually required 🙂

So are you ready? Here’s what you’ll need:

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Candied Bacon

Have you ever had Candied Bacon? If not, please make this soon. It’s oh-so-delicious and completely additive.

I know – candied bacon is a weird thing to share on my cake decorating blog. But after sharing the Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream recipe last week, and the candied bacon today, I hope you can see that this is going somewhere good.

Somewhere very, very good. And delicious.

Okay – so the candied bacon – let’s talk about how to make it.

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Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream

Maple Brown Sugar Buttercream. You need this in your life. In a day or two (I hope), I’m going to be sharing Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes with you and they’re topped with this amazing buttercream.

I know, I know.. the whole “chocolate-bacon” thing is not new. I know this because I originally made this frosting (and the cupcakes) back in 2014 when adding bacon to everything was all the rage.

Most of all though, you need to pause for a second and let me say this : Bacon never goes out of style. Period. I’m just sayin’.

But recently I took an order for a pig-themed cake and that got me to thinking about the Pig Cookies I made with the Chocolate Maple Bacon Cupcakes way back when… and before I knew it, I became obsessed with making them again.

So I did. And I documented with pictures and video. And now I’m blogging about it all. Finally 🙂

Does anybody else chase rabbits in their mind like that? No? Just me. Oh well…. Continue Reading ▶

A Quick & Easy DIY Cake Stand

I’m popping in tonight to share a tutorial for a Quick & Easy DIY Cake Stand. This tutorial is one example with endless possibilities. And the best part it, you can make this cake stand for under $5! If you live near a dollar store and already have some glue, you could probably make it for $2!

Ya’ll know I have a huge cake stand collection these days, but I didn’t always have the budget to collect them. When I came across this idea for creating a pretty stand on a shoestring budget, I knew I had to share.

This is ideal for saving some money on cake stands or maybe you want several for a display. You only need 3 things to make this stand and you could easily stop by a dollar store and find a good variety of vases. Choose some different sizes, shapes and/or colors, and you could make several cake stands for pennies on the dollar.

This type of cake stand is beautiful all by itself or group several together for a dessert table display! Updated: A reader commented below that this is a great idea for sharing a cake with a new neighbor or taking a cake to a friend where you don’t have to stress over getting your stand back. If it’s not returned… no big deal! Love that!! Continue Reading ▶