Cupcakes by Katie

Shirley's! My favorite to decorate! Based on my favorite special non alcoholic drink! I prefer it with ginger ale so I start with a ginger beer cake injected with grenadine and frosted with a grenadine buttercream.... I then garnish it with candy pearls and a maraschino cherry! Those candy pearls are a pain in my hand (see stories). . . . #shirleytemplecupcakes #happybirthday #80yearsyoung #birthdaycupcakes #youonlyturn80once #whynotcelebrateit #blackownedbusiness #cupcakes #minicakes #scratchmade #freshbakes #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

You guys... This is pretty much the only picture I took of the finished sweets... my view at 7:45 this morning. Goodness! Your pictures are always better anyway. ... . . . #americanbuttercream #cakedecorating #cupcakedecorating #happybirthday #wiltoncakes #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Phew! Todays bakes for the next few days of orders! When I say I make things fresh and from scratch, I'm not ever kidding. Red velvet is the only exception to my non use of artificial colors whenever possible. On to filling tins! .... . . #cupcakes #cakes #scratchmade #freshbaked #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Hello and good morning! I've been wanting to do an intro post for months now but haven't been able to actually sit down and really do it. So here I go! I'm Katie. The sole owner and operator of Cupcakes by Katie. Every aspect of this business has been built by these two hands right here. Countless hours of planning, thought, imagination, education, soul, and love have turned this idea into a dream pursuit of more and better scratch made sweets for you all. The space in the pi...cture is where all the magic happens! I'm not a commercial bakery but I make due with what I have in my home kitchen. The seed was planted on my first mother's day when I got a cupcake recipe book as further inspiration for my then pinterest obsession with cupcake recipes. I tried out a few and was instantly hooked. Since then, life has taken me on a wild ride. A few months after mother's day, I had to move and get a steady paycheck kind of job for a while. Then I moved again. About a year later, I had the opportunity to leave the aforementioned job and quickly got pregnant with my second child (that was a rocky time). A few years later, I had to move again (another rocky time) but decided to live the single parent life and moved back a year later, but into my grandmother's house. I ended up being her fulltime caregiver for two years (she has dementia so I didn't have the time or energy to put much into CbK). Eventually, we had to move her into a residential care facility for her own safety (she was a fall risk, combative, and completely unable to do anything for herself let alone remember anything that was required to do so). I took that summer off (2019) for the most part to recover from the two years of consistent and ever increasing abuse and really allow myself some time to process and get in touch with who I am again and start being more accessible and present for my kids. I jumped into keeping myself a little too busy but was more interested in helping others than really confronting my new reality. Fast forward to 2020. If this were a Friends episode, it would be called The One With the Cover Letter. I'm here and I'm proud. Welcome! I'm happy you're here too! -K

#blackouttuesday

Hey graduate, You did it. I'm so proud of you. You should be proud of yourself. .... I've been thinking back to my own high school experience. I'm so grateful to a select few teachers for helping to guide me through a relatively tough time in my life. . I would love to give away some single layer cakes or 4-packs of cupcakes to those of you that may not have people to celebrate with. Or to those of you that really need one thing that's yours in this time of uncertainty. Or to those of you that want to celebrate you finally being able to be your true self. Or to those of you who have felt alone for the last 2-4+ years and would love some love. Or to those of you who may not be able to afford it. . I'm grateful to be able to offer this so please don't hesitate to reach out. As much as I'd love to, I can't feed everyone. I'm only one person with two hands, one mixer, and one oven. I know I can make a difference though. Even if it's just for one person. . If you would like to surprise or nominate someone you know and love, please feel free to submit those to my DMs. . This is is open to all current graduates in SLO County from the #classof2020. I'll be taking orders for the next few weeks. . If you'd like it to stay anonymous, feel free to text me what flavor you'd like, where, and when. I'll need at least a few days to get them baked and frosted so please try and think ahead. . Congratulations. I'm so proud of you. You belong here. You are loved. Try not to stress about the future. Take this victory. -K

Also, I went into manic baking mode and made all things chocolate this week... #notmadaboutit . . . #newcamerawhodis #chocolatedonuts #oreotruffles #strawberrycakepops #ganache #oreos #allthechocolatethings... #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Do you guys ever crave a specific kind of coffee? Not like a Starbucks drink, but an actual cup of regular coffee? Since the shelter in home orders came through, I have been craving a cup of @nauticalbean Nutty Bean something FIERCE . So after I dropped off some food to a family down the street from their LOVR location, I saw it as a sign and went and got one. I've been wanting to do a cake and frosting combo with it for two months because and the timing was perfect... for it to go down. So I did it. YOU GUYS. It DID NOT disappoint! Some of my best baking comes from just doing it to see what happens! Anyway. Here's the before and after! Get on this! . . . #coffeechocolatecake #nuttybeanbuttercream #nauticalbean #coffee #chocolate #cupcakes #justbecausedesserts #experimentgoneright #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california @ Nautical Bean Espresso Cafe See more

"The wonderful thing about tiggers Is tiggers are wonderful things! Their tops are made out of rubber Their bottoms are made out of springs! They're bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy... Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is I'm the only one"-Tigger All Things Chocolate birthday Tigger cake went out today! The client bought it for her mother who is a chocoholic and loves Tigger! This is a chocolate cake filled with chocolate ganache, wrapped in chocolate buttercream, drizzled and dripped with MORE chocolate ganache, sprinkled with mini chocolate chips, and finished off with a celebratory Tigger bouncing out of the middle! Was that enough chocolate? . . . #birthdaycake #quarantinebirthday #isobirthday #chocoholic #scratchmade #chocolatecake #chocolateganache #chocolatebuttercream #chocolatechips #allthingschocolate #tigger #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Happy Mother's Day! I had a busy morning prepping mother's day orders (and a few gifts for my own mothers day peeps) for delivery then driving to south county, slo, and back. Phew! I hope everyone is enjoying their sweets! .... . . #mothersday #vanillacake #saltedcaramel #carrotcake #chocolatecake #creamcheesebuttercream #dessert #sundaysweets #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Why yes this is the cake you dreamed about last night... or is it dreamt? Either way I'm ready for some sweet dreams... Get it? Ha! Okay here's what you really wanted to know .... This is a most white cake with a light salted caramel buttercream with a layer of salted caramel in the middle drizzled with scratch made salted caramel along the edges. Yes. All from scratch. . Guess what? I have 2 ready to go for delivery tomorrow! $25 each with free contact free delivery! These little cakes are perfect for mother's day too! Small but mighty and can be sliced up between eight and ten slices! Or 4. Or 2. Or just a whole one for yourself. #judgementfreezone Get your order in this week! . . . #whitecake #saltedcaramelbuttercream #saltedcaramel #scratchmade #dripcake #quarantinecake #cakesofinstagram #mothersday #happybirthday #celebrationcake #localbaker #smallbusiness #cottagefoodindustry #lososos #sanluisobispo #morrobay #cayucos #cambria #avilabeach #shellbeach #pismobeach #arroyogrande #groverbeach #santamargarita #atascadero #templeton #pasorobles #centralcoast #california See more

Happy Monday! I hope you're all healthy and safe! . If you're able to get out for a walk today, please safely do so! It's warming up and beautiful out, but it is for all of our sakes that we save our close knit spring and summer celebrations with people outside our household for when this has passed enough to celebrate that too! . If you're in need in any way, please reach out to a trusted person and/or resource! If there's any way you feel I can help you, please reach out! ...I'm a community minded individual and business; so at a minimum, I can hear you out and maybe help point you to what you're looking for if I can't help you myself. . Peace, love, and cupcakes to you all! K See more