Little Sprouts!

Watch out for Ice This Cakes at the Little Sprouts Consignment Sale in Franklin, TN this weekend! Ice This will be sharing chocolate cake samples and you can enter for a chance to will $25.00 of your next Ice This Cake purhcase! I can't wait to see you all!
http://www.littlesproutssale.com/

Happy Valentines Day!

For those of you who attend church at Harpeth Hills, please bring a few bucks on Sunday to purchase a cupcake for the one you love! All proceeds will go to the HHYG missions and Haiti relief work. Happy Valentines Day from Ice This!

Busy, Busy!

Birthday parties are in the air!! Here are a few things I did in January. From Rock Climbing to Wrestling, there is a lot going on! Enjoy!

Discounts anyone??

So, most of you know how terrible I am at taking pictures of cakes, life, my kids, etc!!! But, I am offering all of you out there a deal that I think is pretty good! From now on, if you purchase an Ice This Cake and email me a picture of your cake that I can use to post on my blog I will in exchange give you $5.00 off your next purchase. I will even allow this to work for those who have ordered cakes in the last six months who have not sent me a picture of a cake. Also, if I have done a birthday cake for you before and you allow me to create another birthday cake for your or someone special in your life I will also give you $5.00 off your new order!! Just mention this posting when you contact me and I will add the discount.
This has been a busy year so far with orders and the phone is really starting to ring! I look forward to making many new friends and baking lots of cakes this year! Blessings to all and happy baking!

Happy New Year!

What a crazy past couple of month this has been for our family! We had a wild Christmas vacation that included spending 15 hours in the car with two little ones to only drive 14o miles through the worst blizzard to hit Virginia in years to being homeless and living with family for six weeks to finally buying our first home! We are so excited to have our own place to call home and I am ready to start the remodeling downstairs to hopefully open up the "Ice This" storefront soon...and to buy furniture to fill up all of our rooms.
Since we moved in two weeks ago my phone has been ringing off of the hook for cake orders and I am so overwhelmed and excited! God has blessed me so much and I am so glad to be able to share this gift with new friends all over. For those of you that didn't know, I was contacted by Graceland in December to compete for the birthday cake for Elvis Presley's 75th birthday celebration. Unfortunately, a local Memphis baker won but what a huge honor to be one of only four bakers selected! But, since we moved in our house only three days before the event took place I was glad to not be totally stressed out! Thanks to all of you who voted for me anyway and hopefully the word got out to a few more locals about my business.
I hope to have new pictures up soon of some of the fun cakes I have going out over the next couple of weeks...and maybe a picture or two of my sweet little boys! They are the reason I do what I do.
Happy baking and happy new year to all! I look forward to hearing from you soon

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

So much in life has happened in past few months! We welcomed a new addition to our family on September 21st, Mr. Finley Knox O'Dell and have welcomed two cousins as well! We are also in the process of moving to our first purchased home and have plans to soon renovate and get to baking! It has been a wild ride for all of us but we are so blessed! I am so thankful this time of year to all of my friends and family and new friends I have found through this business who have blessed my life and have allowed me to do what I love best! Thanks to all of you and I hope you have a very happy holiday season!

Cupcakes Galore!

It has been about a month since I last sat down to write up a wrap up. It is so amazing how time flies! This has been a really great past month. I have been really blessed by some great contacts and clients and have been asked to participate in some really great events very soon...if I don't pop before then! This past weekend I participated in the Otter Creek Church of Christ Christmas in July Festival! It was fun to see old and new friends and share some yummy holiday cupcakes with all of the guests. I have done a couple of huge cupcake weddings and am excited about getting some pictures of those events soon. In a couple of weeks I will be providing some dessert for Nashville Cream, a battle of the bands and sweets at the Cannery Ballroom put on by the Nashville Scene. For more info check out www.nashvillescene.com. I will have a selection of cupcake flavors for all to enjoy! I was also contacted by March of Dimes a few weeks ago to participate in their Signature Chefs Auction and Event in September, incidentally the day before my scheduled delivery! They pick people who they believe are the top 20 cooks/chefs in Nashville so this is a HUGE honor! I am so excited and hope that my bun is still in the oven so I can get them some sweets to share with all of the guests!
Here are a few pictures of some past events and cakes, ranging from first to eighteenth birthday and more. Enjoy and happy baking!

Time to Breath!

It has been so good to hear from many of you who have located me through my blog! I have been so busy with life, cakes and cooking these past few months that I have not had much time to catch everyone up on Ice This! I am going into my third trimester with my second baby boy so I am starting to slowly not see my feet or ankles. I have made some fun new creations in the past few weeks but like always, I have forgotten to take any pictures. If you are a client and have a photo of an Ice This creation you would like to share, please email the image to brookelit@hotmail.com. I would greatly appreciate it! From whales and ducks to giraffes and monkey's I have been creating just about every animal known to man out of sugar the past couple of months! This past week I also had my first cupcake wedding, only 400 of them, and was able to test out my new custom made cupcake stand! It turned out better then I expected and I hope the bride was as happy as I when she saw the 4' tower of sugary heaven! I promise to post pictures soon.
Have a great HOT holiday weekend. Happy Baking!

Diaper Cakes

In the past few months I have participated in a few shows for my cakes and have become friends with Jacqueline of baby2bnashville.com. If you are going to be throwing a shower for anyone or know of any who is expecting and you need to purchase a gift, baby2b offers a huge selection of amazing and sassy custom made diaper cakes. I happen to know of at least 15 people expecting right around the time I am due so I could easily keep Jaqueline busy for the next couple of months. She and her partner hand make each cake and can customize every aspect for the cake from the burp cloths and blankets to bows and trimmings. Unlike my cakes, hers can be shipped anywhere and will not melt or crumble on the way! Her work is beautiful and I highly recommend a baby2b diaper cake! By the way, I am expecting another boy :)
www.baby2bnashville.com