Delectable Baked Goods Bakery Shop

Delectable Baked Goods Bake Shop

I'm SO excited!!!  My friend Delectable Baked Goods just opened her bake shop in Beaverton, Oregon.  Excuse the fuzzyish pictures. I don't know what happened with my camera. 

As soon as I got off work yesterday I HAD to stop by and support my friend at her bake shop.  I was excited to hear that they'll be open later hours for those of us who like to pick up a cupcake, cake or cookies after work. 

Not only can you pick up baked goods you can pick up other party supplies like cards, baking cups, sprinkles and mugs. 

There were so many pretty sprinkles. If I didn't already have a ton I would have bought some. 

It was great to see so many cupcakes available at 6:00 pm when I stopped by. And the best thing, they were fresh and moist.  I've stopped by bakeries later in the day before and the cupcakes are dry because they've been sitting there all day.  Since Delectable Baked Goods is open later their cupcakes will be always be fresh later in the day. Love that. 

I picked up chocolate raspberry cupcakes.  One for me and two to share.  They were so pretty and spring looking with their pink frosting. 

And yes, they were tasty.  Moist cake and the raspberry frosting tasted like spring. Delectable Baked Goods uses the freshest ingredients so you'll never get that fake flavor taste. 

If you're in the Portland metro area stop into Delectable Baked Goods and tell them Fizzy Party sent you.  

Kyra's Bake Shop Cupcake Review

Kyra's Bake Shop Cupcake Review 

Can you spot the little visitor interested in my cupcakes.  

All the baked goods at Kyra's Bake Shop are gluten free.  Now normally this would turn me away. I love my gluten and any store bought or homemade gluten free items I have tried have not tasted good at all.  But every cupcake I have had from Kyra's has been delicious.  I never would have known they were gluten free if I hadn't read that on her shops website.  

Before you start reading the review of the 3 cupcakes I tried please keep in mind that everyone's taste buds are different and I happen to have super picky ones.  While I enjoyed all the cupcakes I wished all 3 of them had MORE flavor to them. I love sweets and I want to really taste the sweetness. 

Chocolate Caramel Ecstasy: Chocolate cake, filled with their housemade salted caramel Sauce, topped with chocolate buttercream, dipped in chocolate ganache and sprinkled with salt. 

With caramel in the name you know I had to try it.  For those of you who don't know, my man says he could pour caramel on anything and I'd eat it.  He's not wrong. That's how much I love caramel. The cake was so moist and I even bought the day old one. The chocolate ganache was rich but I'm not much of a chocolate girl so if you like chocolate you might not think it's rich. The chocolate buttercream was so creamy and the hint of salt on top was just right. The caramel in the middle was salted perfectly.  I would have liked more of a sweet caramel taste from the filling. 

German chocolate: Chocolate cake, coconut pecan caramel filling, caramel buttercream, dipped in chocolate and topped with a pecan.

German chocolate cake is my FAV so I was excited to try this cupcake.  This cupcake was a day old as well and you'd never know it. The cake was moist and the caramel buttercream frosting was almost like eating a soft fluffy marshmallow.  The chocolate ganache topping has a smooth chocolatey taste.  The coconut pecan caramel filling could have been more coconutty for my taste buds.  It didn't have that classic German chocolate cake taste to me. I think more coconut would have made it taste more German chocolate cake like.  You can't have too much coconut in a German chocolate cake/cupcake.  

Lemon Lavender: Lemon cake, lavender buttercream, sprinkled with lavender.

Ok, you have to like the taste of lavender to enjoy this cupcake.  You can definitely taste the lavender but it's not over powering.  The lemon cake is very light.  I would have liked more lemon flavor coming through in this cupcake.  The lavender is the predominate flavor in this cupcake. I liked the little detail of lavender sprinkled on top the beautifully piped smooth frosting. 

All of these cupcakes are perfect for any party you're hosting or a just because get together.  The lemon lavender would be perfect for a tea party. The two chocolate cupcakes would be great for a death by chocolate or chocolate lovers party. 

Blackberry Crumb donut.  I couldn't resist this donut. I love blackberries and will eat them by the handful so I had to try this donut.  Plus it's just such a pretty colour.  I was surprised by how dense this donut was and then I remembered that all the baked goods at Kyra's Bake Shop are gluten free.  I've found that gluten free baked goods tend to be denser. The blackberry flavor was subtle and there was a hint of another flavor but I couldn't place it. This donut would be wonderful to enjoy on a lazy weekend morning with tea. 

I have never been disappointed by any cupcake I have tried at Kyra's Bake Shop.  She keeps me coming back for more with her rotating flavors.   I can't wait to try her Cherry Balsamic Black Pepper, Raspberry Hibiscus Rose, Kyra's Unicorn, Mimosa and more. 

Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes 

Whenever one of my family members retires we have a party.  This last weekend we had a party for my aunt and I was asked to make cupcakes.  I scrolled through my cupcake board on Pinterest to find a yummy recipe and decided on Your Cup of Cakes Chocolate Raspberry cupcakes.  I'm not a food blogger so while the pictures aren't drool worthy they are authentic and in the moment. 

I pulled up the recipe, took the laptop in the kitchen and started baking.  

The recipe calls for raspberry pie filling which I was sure our grocery store had. But when I went shopping the morning of the party the store didn't have any raspberry pie filling. They had apple, blueberry, peach, and strawberry. I wasn't going to have time to go to another store so I improvised and used this triple berry fruit filling instead.  This was going to be mixed into the cake mix so I figured it would work.  And it did. It made the cupcakes so moist. 

See, food blogger I am not. I was trying to be all artsy with my cupcake ingredient shot but it just doesn't look as good as the food bloggers make it look.  Plus, I was taking pics on the fly as I was baking. The food bloggers I'm sure set up their shots before they begin baking. 

mmmm, the smell of chocolate with a hint of berry filled my kitchen as the cupcakes cooled. You know I had to taste test one before bringing them to the party and they were so moist. 

This recipe is a keeper.  The cake is moist, the frosting is delicious and smooth and the fresh raspberry on top adds that burst of flavor. My cousin went back for seconds.  After all, you get 3 servings of fruit in these cupcakes ;)  Triple berry in the cake, raspberries in the frosting and a fresh raspberry on top.  

If you try this recipe I'd love to know what you think in the comments below. 

Retirement Party- Snowbirding Here We Come

 Exciting news! My mom retired!! It's a snowbirding life for my parents now. They're off to spend their winters in sunny, warm, blue sky Arizona. No more damp, chilly, grey sky Oregon winters. So I threw a party, of course! 

Guests were greeted with a cactus garland I cut out of scrapbook paper and "When I Retire I'll..." cards by Small Moments. 

The burnt red wall of our dining room is the perfect colour for this party. I made the garlands by cutting shapes out of scrapbook paper and attaching them to teal  jute. Small Moments created this great backdrop for me along with more "When I Retire I will..." cards.  
If you know someone moving away for retirement or work, this backdrop can be customized to any location in the U.S. It was super simple too. I received a PDF, emailed that to my local copy center and done. 

A nod to Arizona. I covered paper mache letters in craft paper and scored this great cactus pinata from Handcrafted Parties. I saw it on her Instagram feed and snatched it up before anyone else could. 

My guests could not stop talking about these jars from Always the Occasion.  Especially the cactus one.  The glitter gives the cactus a prickly look. Too fun!

The mason jars were the perfect platform for showcasing the cupcakes. 

My parents enjoy golfing so I created greens on red velvet cupcakes and topped them with a chocolate golf ball. I fooled several of my guests with these golf balls. They had to ask if they were real. :D hee hee

Chocolate hazelnut cupcakes from scratch to represent Oregon. 

I love these cactus cookies from Delectable Baked Goods.  They've got swagger :D 

Cactus embellished straws. 

hi!!!! That's what I feel like this cute little cactus pinata is saying. I scored this one too from Handcrafted Parties. oooh, look at those jars sparkle!

Happy Retirement to my mom! 

Oh and if you didn't notice, I'm using a fancy pants new to me camera. Disregard the darkish look to the photo's, the lighting in my dining room suuuucks. Seriously.  But other then that, what do you think?  Better picture quality eh?

Shop the party:
Backdrop and retirement cards: Small Moments 
Cactus Pinatas- Handcrafted Parties
Jars- Always the Occasion
Cookies- Delectable Baked Goods
Straws- Queen and Company 
Scrapbook paper, paper mache letters, cupcake holder- Craft Warehouse
Cupcake liners- Wilton
Golf Ball Mold- Blake's Decorette Shop 

Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes

If you're a member of The Fizz  you know all about the Fizzy Party Bakery and baked along with us this weekend.  If you're not a member, well, I just can't understand why not. You're totally missing out on upcoming party information, upcoming products, coupons, and the best part, the bakery! 

All signed up? Good. Let's get to the good stuff then. 

This weekend was all about baking up Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes using Bird On A Cake's recipe.  I chose this recipe because hazelnuts are so Oregon. I needed a cupcake that said Oregon for my mom's retirement party. You see, my parents will be snowbirding to sunny Arizona soon. 

Just a few of the ingredients needed for the recipe.  When I made the batter it was really runny and I was a little concerned the cupcakes wouldn't turn out. i had a backup boxed cake mix at the ready just in case. Once the batter was baked though, the cake turned out spongy and moist. 

Dressed and ready to party.  Everyone at the party who sampled one said they were really good. The cake was moist and there was a nice hazelnut flavor to the cupcake. 

Don't forget to use #FizzyPartyBakery when you post your pics. I'm checking and will share your pic so be sure to hashtag! 

Didn't make these cupcakes this weekend? No problem. Just post a pic when you do make them and use #FizzyPartyBakery 


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