The Knot Dallas Market Mixer!

Last week we provided a trio of dessert bars for The Knot magazine's Dallas market mixer party at The Dallas Arboretum. All of our treats had a "Texas farm" bent.

The pie table featured one of our top selling pies, the chocolate bourbon pecan, and a lattice-topped spiced peach (a little throwback to Parker county where I'm from!) We sourced some adorable little to-go pie boxes with peach and blue forks that we think would be perrrrrrfect for a rustic (but oh so modern) wedding favor!

We opted to showcase a sweet little collection of single tiered buttercream cakes and asked bows and arrows to adorn the tops with some lush (and out of this world beautiful) florals. The main cake was a naked spiced carrot.

  

To round out our Southern theme, we put together a biscuit bar with buttermilk and bacon biscuits - a fun way to show off a Southern tradition. We put together individual biscuit boxes for guests that included local honey and fresh berry jam for spreading. There's just something about getting your own little treat box - the presentation is lovely, but its all the thoughtful small details that bring a sense of charm and occasion to an event.

We had a blast mixing with everyone in attendance. And Gil's Elegant Catering is beyond yummy.

All of these lovely photos provided by the talented Charla Storey! The beautiful calligraphy signage provided by our buddy Blue Eye Brown Eye.

Happy Mamas! Giveaway Winners

We hope you showered all the special women in your life with love this Mother's Day. We had so much fun with our Treat Yo Mama Giveaway - thank you to everyone who submitted! It was such an honor to read your stories. We wanted to wrap it up with a little shout out to our the three winners and their beautiful mamas. Stay tuned for our Father's Day Giveaway in June...

Winner #1: Linda

Winner #2: Victoria

From Victoria: "The thing about my mama that I love the most is that she is the woman who I aspire to be in life. Because of her, I know to always do things with love - Show love to the Lord, spread love onto others, and always love yourself."

Winner #3: Mallory

From Mallory: "The thing I love most about her is her thoughtfulness. She is always going above and beyond to do little things to treat my sister and I!"

TREAT YO MAMA mother's day GIVEAWAY!

For this Mother's Day, we thought what better way to celebrate all that we love about our own moms (like: her kindness, her hugs, her strength, her goofy humor, her unwavering support, her bravery, her grace, her generosity, her perfect love,) than to do something special for some other fabulous women.

We are GIVING AWAY three special Mother's Day goodies, in honor of the three Cakewalk team mamas: Betty, Glenda, and Joan!

Giveaway #1: A COLORTASTIC CAKE for the crazy stylin' mama! Flavor: confetti cake! Serves 8-12.

Giveaway #2: A MIXED MACARON BOX for the sophisticated mama! Flavors: rose, lavender, vanilla, mango.

Giveaway #3: A CHOCOLATE DREAM CAKE for the chocoholic mama! Flavor: German Chocolate! Serves 8-12.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Like us on Facebook.
2 Follow us on instagram @cakewalkn.
3. Email us a photo of you mama (or your baby mama for good hubbies out there) and what you love most about her. Subject Line: TREAT MY MAMA Address: emily@cakewalkhome.com

RULES:
1. Must be available to pick up the prize on Friday, MAY 10 at 12 NOON (btw 12-1p) in FORT WORTH, TX! (approx location will be provided for winner)
2. Must enter by 12AM MIDNIGHT CST on Friday, May 10th!

WINNER will be emailed and announced on FB and Instagram on Friday, May 10th at 8AM CST!

WAHOO! YEAH! MAMAS LOVE SWEETS!

Dedicated to:

 

Betty (emily's mama)

 

Glenda (colby's mama)

 

Joan (alexis' mama)

PROM DATE

Back in December, The Bell Jar (a fab community of Dallas wedding creatives I'm a part of) hosted a PROM party at Three Three Three for brides-to-be, industry peeps, and our friends and fam. This was not just any prom party - it was a 1950's prom party, complete with Bows and Arrows corsages, pompadour styling from Shampoo Salon, rockabilly tunes, a photobooth from Birds of a Feather, and lots and lots of dancing. We provided a dessert bar and hosted a rockin' CAKEWALK! It was a total blast and I can't wait for this year's Bell Jar Bash!

Check out these gorgeous pics from Apryl Ann...

Our dessert bar full of yummy after school inspired treats!

 To decorate the dessert bar, we dip dyed paper banners.

 

Macarons aren't the American after school snack, but they're so pretty, so they made the cut. Flavors included: mint, raspberry, mango, and sesame seed.

 

Snowballs

 

 

 Rice Krispie Cakes

 

Lauren Chism Paper designed the cute dessert cards.

 

 Cookie Sammies

 Guests could choose their own fun corsages by Bows and Arrows upon arrival.

 Pretty Bows and Arrows paper installation

The cake bar showcased our 50's inspired cakes guests had a chance of winning later at that Cakewalk.

 

 

The Beatnik Buzz: Dark Chocolate cake with Espresso Buttercream and Espresso Ganache

 

 The Grasshopper: Dark Chocolate Cake with Fresh Mint Buttercream

 The Chuck Berry: Blueberry Cake with Fresh Raspberry Buttercream

 

The Beave: Milk Cake with Peanut Buttercream and Dark Cherry Compote

Cake Walk! Signage by Lauren Chism Papers.

Ready to Cakewalk!

  

Cakewalkers!

 

 Shampoo stylin!

 Flock Together Photobooth props

 Cuties Natalie and Max lookin' fly.

 Prom King and Queen! May they live happily ever after.

It's a BOY!

So excited to share these beautiful photos from Arden Prucha of the adorable Mooty family! Brooke asked us to make a sweet little buttercream cake for her family's gender reveal photo shoot. She wanted to capture all the genuine joy and surprise for her reveal on camera, so without peeking, she handed us the sealed envelope straight from the doctor's office. We opened up the announcement and made a special cake with colorful layers inside. When the family cut into the cake and saw layers of bluuuue, they realized another little boy is on the way!  I just love these images from Arden! She really captured all their love, joy and excitement. How cute is little Ben?!?! Can't wait to meet their next fella.

It was such an honor to be part of this special moment with this beautiful family! Just another reason we absolutely love what we do!

Special thanks to Arden Prucha for letting us share these images.