Cupcake Wench

Mother’s Day cupcakes, 2013

I want to share a very personal little story today, something I still remember from my childhood.

When I was growing up, my family didn’t have a lot. Things many other children could take for granted I just never had. As a child you don’t always realise these things, but I can look back now and see just how hard my mom worked, and how much she sacrificed just so I would not have to go without.

But you know, even with all the hard work and long hours, she still always had time for me. I am an only child and my mom was my best friend growing up. She still is.

I remember we used to bake together. (Cupcake Wench-in-training). And she would make up all sorts of names for the cakes. I’ll never forget when she named one after me. I was the proudest little girl in the world. I told everyone I could that my mommy made a cake named Rehana’s cake.

Can you imagine the excitement of a five year old little girl who’s had something named after her!

You’re probably wondering what flavour Rehana’s cake was too.

It was sponge cake.

See, that’s what a mom does. That’s what my mom did, and still does, every day. She makes her daughter feel like the most important, most special kid in the whole world. Even when she doesn’t have very much to do it with.

Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I love you!

Do you have a treasured childhood memory of your mom? Share it in the comments and wish your Mom a very happy Mother’s Day.

February 19th is my mom’s birthday. I love my mummy! According to her, I’m still her baby. Makes me happy I’m an only child!

Her last 2 birthdays, I was so busy and she got boring cakes (sowie mummy). This year, in early January, she “placed an order”! Yes I’m ashamed. LOL! Her request? A cake with a rose. She left the design totally up to me as long as there was a rose.

The only thing though was that all these years decorating cakes, I’ve never gotten around to making a rose! I did it though. She’s my mummy after all . It doesn’t look that great but for a first attempt, I think it passed.

Oh and I just LOVE this cake! Love the fondant frills and the teal ombre. Wish someone would have given me one for my birthday!

Did I mention that I made her cake while sick with the flu? I love my mummy. Happy birthday mom!

Pay de devil! Jab! Jab!

It’s Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago and to celebrate, we decided to design cupcakes based on the traditional costumes and “pretty mas”.

In our traditional section, we have the Blue Devil, the Midnight Robber and the Pierrot Grenade.

A feathered head piece and waist band represent the pretty mas. I think they would look wonderful as a real costume!

And one final photo of all these guys together!

Have a safe and fantastic Carnival folks! And to all the foreigners, I’d like to say welcome to Trinidad!

One evening we came home to find that a neighbour’s cat (and I use the possessive VERY loosely) had moved in with her 3 kittens. They looked undernourished so we brought milk for them. In the time it took us to go to the kitchen and pour the milk into a bowl, 3 more kittens appeared! It was a kitten cuteness overload and we pretty much spent the entire night playing and feeding and photographing these little babies.

We knew the neighbours were never going to care for them properly and the kittens were here to stay so we decided to try to get loving homes for them. Photos were taken and uploaded to Facebook to share with friends and family. Then we went to check on them and counted an additional kitten! So one little first-time mummy made 7 kittens in one litter and she was obviously trying her best with them.

There were 2 kittens I instantly fell in love with and claimed them as mine! We couldn’t keep them though but I refused to acknowledge that so when the time came for them to go to a home, I was devastated.

It’s been a very emotional 2 weeks for me to say the least.

Six kittens have been adopted into loving homes and the last will be going soon. The best part was that the 6 were adopted in pairs so they won’t be lonely. Each call and visit I had about the kittens was difficult for me since I didn’t want them to go and after each pair left, I cried like a baby for hours after!

I’m one emotionally drained Wench!

Update: If you’re seeing this page via our Facebook Offer please note you must call or send us a message to order your gift boxes. Contact details are at the end of this post. We cannot confirm your order if you do not contact us.

Calling all Chocolate Lovers!

The Wench has a lovely special for you in celebration of World Cocoa and Chocolate Day on October 1st, 2012.

For the first time ever, we’re offering an Ultimate Chocolate gift box with our three favourite chocolate flavours — Chocoholic, Mokalicious and Cocoa Creole!

Each gift box contains six cupcakes — two of each flavour.

And they’re only TT$80!

Gift boxes will be available for pick-up on September 29th and 30th and October 1st at the following locations:

• September 29th – to be announced
• September 30th – Trincity Mall
• October 1st – Office Works – corner Ariapita Avenue and Luis Street, Woodbrook

Limited quantities are available so orders yours today. Call us at (868) 482-5094 or send us a message.

Cupcake lovers: we’ve got a great offer for you this weekend! Instead of our usual 2 dozen minimum, we’ve got a very limited stock of six-pack sample boxes.

Each box contains 2 cupcakes each of the following flavours: Red Velvet, Chocoholic and Yellow Butter. The price for each box of 6 is only TT$60.

You can collect at grand Bazaar at 12 noon or Trincity Mall at 1pm on Saturday 15th September. Make your weekend extra happy and call us to reserve your cupcakes at (868) 482-5094. Call early!