It's early and I've just put the last demo cupcake in the display shelf. This week and next, Cam wakes up with me, as it's our opening, but once things calm down, I'll open and he'll sleep in and come in later. He wanted to wake up with me every morning, but I am the morning person and he the night owl. I pointed out that he has the most energy during the day when I'm ready to fall asleep, whereas I have the most energy in the morning, when he's dead asleep! So it works out perfectly. Of course, the part I didn't mention was that means most of my job would happen before the people came. He figured that out on his own, though, and I just giggled. He knows me so well!
As for the Puddles cupcake, my bestie made a good point that we could actually color some of the cake to make it look like spots within the cake, just like Puddles. So we've taken out the orange filling and we're using orange cream icing, instead. With some orange-colored white chocolate for the spots. To balance it out, we also top it off with just a sprinkle of sea salt to balance out the sweetness. The cupcake recipe was altered to be more of a sponge cake texture to hold and create the spots better.
Our first opening is in two days, but for today, we have a private opening for some of the local businesses. They get to start off the morning with free cupcakes, and we get to see faux customers' initial reaction to the place.
Uh-oh. I think Cam just broke the coffee machine. We aren't a coffee shop, but we are offering a basic cuppa joe for customers. The simple machine is set out on a small stand with sugars and plant-based milks. Customers who order a coffee can just grab what they need from there. Ok, he's started glaring at the machine, time for me to intervene.
Until next time.
Love,
JS
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