Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Treat Table hosts a Christmas Cookie Exchange!

Hydrengeas and winterberry
The Treat Table couldn't resist putting together a Christmas table... but there was a twist.  We left the baking to our friends.  Of course Jeannette wanted to host a gathering, so we decided to make it a Christmas Cookie exchange.  Everyone contributed to taste testing and the aesthetic challenge.  We had a great time, and our friends participated in what we love to do.  All the cookies were so delicious, it was difficult to choose what would make The Treat Table cut, to make it a diverse menu!  Enjoy the pictures, have a Very Merry Christmas and a wonderful ringing in of the New Year! Lots of Love, Jeannette and Cecilia.
Full Table View!
Martha Stewarts perfect boxes were the inspiration to the table.
PS: This doesnt necessarily mean its the last table of the year..... lol!
 

Ilaria's Red Velvet and white chocolate cookies
Amy's Peanute Butter kisses




Josie's Alfajores


Yvonne's Peppermint Bark
Stacy's Toffee Shortbread, Denise's Peanut Butter Chocolate cookies, and Baklava



Egg nog: a Christmas staple. Went great with snickerdoodles!

Thanksgiving at home

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Happy Halloween

This was for a special client's annual Halloween Monster Bash.  They really go all out for their biggest event of the year.  Guests were dancing, drinking, and eating, from the second they walked through the door, til the second they left. The best part, the hosts called The Treat Table (again!) for the dessert display. The invitation was of a moon, cemetary, bony hands... so we played up on the cemetary theme. The menu consisted of the hostess's favorite items, including red velvet cake shots, apple pie cheesecake, pumpkin cheesecake, apple spice praline crunch cake shots, chocolate macarons, white chocolate covered oreos, chocolate caramel latte cake shots, and cake pops of different flavors. The client also asked for some savory items, on a different smaller table which included tomato basil mozzarella skewers with a balsamic reduction, paprika cream cheese cucumber sandwiches, and melted brie with fig jelly cups. All in all, the reception we received was so great, the client booked us again for next year!  

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Vintage Barbie Birthday Table

The Treat Table did a Vintage Barbie theme for a 7 year old birthday party.  It was a small gathering, so we kept it simple and sweet.  In keeping with the pink that is Barbie, the cake was a lemon zest cake with raspberry butter cream, lemon cake pops, raspberry oat bars, and strawberry ice cream parfaits.  Topped off with pink lemonade, and for something salty, Chex mix.  The vintage barbie theme idea started with incorporating beautiful prints by Project Runway's Robert Best, with the Think Pink scene of the classic Audrey Hepburn/Fred Astaire movie, Funny Face.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Treat Table goes Back to School

 We were thrilled to do a table for the MECE Marketplace. It was our opportunity to do the "Back to School" theme table we wanted to do.  
Hopefully, you are reading this because you saw us at MECE and wanted to see more of our work, which makes our attendance worthwhile.  We shared a corridor with Lisa (lisanalvenphotography.com) and former GE six sigma (!) small business consultants, Patrick and Brian (seventhelement.com), so Lisa was able to give me a lesson in photography with my new camera (enjoy the pics) and the guys gave us some great insight into our small business.

 Being that this was a Back to School theme (it IS still September) the obvious underlying flavor in the menu was APPLES! Apple spice cake whoopie pies, Apple Pecan Pie, caramel apple cheesecake.  The staples for passersby to taste were the vanilla and chocolate cake pops.  The true hit of the day were the peanut butter and jelly macarons! OMG! If only my children would understand the delicacy behind a macaron! These were truly delicious.  Jeannette's Oreo Chocolate Crunch cake shot completed the "milk and cookies" idea of school time snackery. 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

2011 Fiesta Mexicana and The Treat Table's Anniversary

This table is so special to us as it marks The Treat Table's one year anniversary!
Last year, the St Joan of Arc's Dads Club was started to help raise funds for the school's new gym and sports equipment.  Our very first treat table was for their Back to School Event, and we were met with such great success that we have continued on doing tables.  We were honored to do a table again. Oh! How far we've come!

The starting point for this tasty menu was the churro cake pops- which were devoured.  From there, kalhua chocolate cake pops, tres leches cake shots, Hot chocolate cake shots, SPICY chipotle brownies smothered in dulce de leche.
The Passion Fruit Whoopie Pies were a big hit as well as the Mini Cinnamon Crusted Key Lime Pies which someone told me was the BEST Key lime pie he'd ever tasted (yay!)

Jeannette has perfected the art of french macarons, which flavors vary from Passion Fruit, chocolate and dulce de leche
  
I had brought back some prickly pear cactus flower syrup from a recent trip to Arizona, where I drank many a prickly pear magarita... So we incorporated that flavor into a cupcake, complete with a Tequila Patron syrup and salt!
Last year's SJA Dad's Club Fiesta Mexicana...