Archive for the ‘Nice People’ Category

“MY LOVE LETTER TO TEE & CAKES”

09.02.11

“Frosting out of a can? Get outta my face.”

Here’s a nice blog post from a very nice customer of ours:

Please know that if there is one thing that is true about me it is that I do not exaggerate when it comes to cake. I take cake very seriously. I am a very harsh critic when it comes to this topic and I have high expectations. Call me a food snob if you like, but I am at the point now where there is no way I will waste calories on supermarket cake. Frosting out of a can? Get outta my face.

For cake to truly earn my praise, it must be the perfect textural combination of soft, fluffy, dense, and spongy. To be dry, would be death. It must have a delicate crumb but not be insubstantial and airy. Further, I require the appropriate cake to frosting ratio. The frosting must never ever contain shortening or margarine. It cannot be grainy or so saturated with powdered sugar that it tastes like sidewalk chalk…or that’s exactly where I’ll send it. To the curb, man!

There are a few places in this country that I’ve found absolutely lovely cake, and I intend to devote a blog post to each one… starting with my nearest and dearest. There is one place that I refer everybody to for the best cake in town…nay, the state!

Tee & Cakes; Boulder, CO. http://www.teeandcakes.com/blogosphere/

There are so many things to love. I’ve been a faithful patron since they first opened their doors and am very much impressed by their consistency. The quality never disappoints. I’m positive there have been changes in staff, but you’d never be able to tell. Always the same ~ always delectable!

The buttercream is a gift. Sugar and butter whipped into a frenzy – it is light and sweet like a perfect little kiss! Whether it be vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coconut, or mint, it’s not overpowering and a perfect complement to the cake it is matched with.

The cake is rich and flavorful, but that’s not to be confused with “heavy.” It’s everything you want it to be. The satisfaction achieved when sinking my teeth into it is akin to… well, definitely more than a little kiss! The all-natural diary products have to be a contributing factor as much as the chef’s 10+ years of experience.

Tee & Cakes is the brainchild of graphic designer Brian Wood and Chef Kim Boos, hence the “tee” and “cakes.” She’s the genius in the kitchen and he’s the clever guy who creates all the fabulous apparel for sale in their store front. Every day, you can find about 8-12 flavors of cupcakes in the case (provided they haven’t run out!). Trust me, there is something for everyone!

There are traditional flavors like white on white, triple chocolate, coconut, carrot, yellow with fudge, and red velvet. If you travel slightly off the beaten cupcake path (which, trust me, is well-worn), you’ll find cookies n’ cream, Coca-Cola, strawberry milkshake, and hautestess. These flavors are not what you’d expect. Flavors like these could easily taste “artificial,” but no. They taste well-rounded … they taste just wonderful! The difficulty of picking a flavor is second only to that of limiting myself to just one cupcake. Or two.

The decoration is simple. These gateaus don’t need to be dressed up with gaudy embellishments. The special occasion cakes are chic and unexpected. They are close to familiar but with a unique twist. I especially love the extra tall layer here and there. There’s a special sense of personality here. Kim and Brian’s style and undeniable hip-ness manage to come through every little thing that sails out of the oven and flies out that door.

Celebratory days, rainy days, paydays, Wednesday, any days…I will be at Tee & Cakes and I will be satisfied.

NICE PEOPLE & KIND WORDS

08.23.11

To the great staff at Tee and Cakes~

Thank you so much for making my sister’s birthday so special! She loves your cupcakes and they are bringing back lots of memories for her! She ate one of the red velvet cupcakes before we had even backed out of the drive-way! She didn’t know that the hostess cupcakes were hostess cupcakes, so she ate a red velvet~but once I explained the hostess, she had one of those, too, and just loved it.

Your help with this birthday surprise was priceless to me. Your staff is friendly and efficient, your cupcakes are great~I can’t wait to visit your shop on my next trip to Boulder. You have my gratitude and customer loyalty!

Halloween Decorations Photos

10.27.10

“time flees”

On of our talented customers sent us some pictures via our Twitter account. Follow Jake HERE. These Halloween decorations will be up until sunday. Come by for the cupcakes and stay for the coffee and decorations. Good times.

C LAZY U RANCH WEDDING

08.30.10

This was a very cool wedding with so many details and carefully executed planning that this was one of the most awesome ones we have done at Tee & Cakes. We made homemade Oreos, macarons, cake pops, baby cakes, sugar cookies, donut holes… oh and a cake, too. The wedding planner was Stacy Mccain. Click HERE for tons more photos from the wedding.

Click HERE for tons more photos.

Nice Wedding Review

08.05.10

Tee and Cakes, just off the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, was my chosen vendor for cupcakes and cake for our wedding. They were awesome!!!

After trying another bakery in town, my mom and I came to Tee and Cakes for a tasting. We knew immediately that this was the place: the cake and icings were an absolute dream AND the price was right. What a bonanza!

I went with cupcakes because, piece for piece, they are significantly less expensive than a decorated cake ($2.50-3 per cupcake vs. $5.50-9 per slice of cake) – and they present much better than an icing-slimed sliver of a traditional wedding cake. In addition, I’m kind of known for my baking prowess – I HAD to have an amazing cake at my wedding or I’d never live it down.

Tee and Cakes delivered the cupcakes and one 8″cake (for cutting!) to the reception on time and arranged them on silver trays as discussed. They also remembered to set a couple cakes aside for my cousin with nut allergies.

My guests loved the arrangement – and the cakes! They could hardly wait until the cake cutting – and then went back for seconds!! Let’s face it – most of the time there’s tons of extra cake left over… not this wedding! We were lucky to have a couple of the vanilla/vanilla cakes left – the chocolate/chocolate and choc/peanut butter ones were history before the first dance!

After the wedding, I had nothing but rave reviews about the cake… it was a hit and I highly recommend Tee and Cakes in Boulder for any cake need (they can do cakes, cupcakes for any occasion!)

Click HERE for the hyperlink!

Feedback

08.02.10

Not only is feedback awesome in music, it’s great to hear from customers:

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the amazing deliciousness. The cupcakes were just perfect and everyone loved them. I only got to have one…but, I heard rave reviews from everyone else. The cake was delicious too…so thanks.

If You Have Something Nice To Say…

07.30.10

Day in and day out the Tee & Cakes team is hard at work on anything from a latte to wedding cakes. We really appreciate it when folks take the time to say such nice things. This one popped up in our inbox today….

I felt I had to sit down and email you to tell you how much we all so enjoyed your desserts at the wedding. Everything was so delicious and had such a good after taste. I am not a dessert eater but I have to say that it is rare that I give out compliments for desserts. Even the presentation was beautiful. My only disappointment is that you are not on the East coast where I would be a frequent customer of yours.

I hope the next time when I visit my granddaughter in Boulder, I can stop in to have one of your fantastic desserts.

We Appreciate The Appreciation

06.25.10

On a weekly basis, I’m not sure how many times our shop (inside and out) gets immortalized by passersby, customers, foodies and photographers alike. Perhaps hundreds. Cell phones and SLRs come out. From the professional to the everyday social media star, we see it all. It’s great to see the documented images out there on the intertubes, though few and far between. But not all the good shots get uploaded. Often the photos must go into the various digital wastelands such as: trash, sort later, or upload all to various facets of online solutions. We never see what other people see: our shop from their new eyes.

This one particular photo captures the shop in a rare moment and time. The lights are on, but no one’s around. There are completely new items in the shop, just hours old, visible in this photo yet to be documented before now and are now so. The moment is still. But not for long. Baking must go on. Cupcakes to be iced. Coffee and Espresso to be served. A billion things need to happen before anything else.

The light outside is blue and cold, despite the 90 degree recorded heats of the day. The light inside is yellow and warm. And it was warm, near 90 degrees just the same inside as it was out. There are no people in the shot, no coffee, no cupcakes, nothing that we are known for and that people see us as. But a shot of the typography that the owners of the shop choose to illustrate to the people passing by is just as important as any detail to come or ever was.

That’s one of the great reasons this shot is so right. There are more. Many more. But for now, long live Trade Gothic 20 Condensed Bold.

Photo by Moonhawk

The Good Word

04.13.10

Lately, there seems to be an influx of nice folks letting us know how much they have been enjoying our products. It’s great to hear seeing how hard everybody works to ensure a tasty, quality product. We appreciate all types of feedback, comments or concerns. Hit us up on our contact page.

Here’s a student who misses our small-town goodness:
I am a student @ Naropa who is doing a semester exchange in NYC, and let me tell you…. in spite of being hailed as the continental capital for all things foodie, there is not a single cupcakerie in all of my explorations of the five boroughs that comes even close to the sheer deliciousness, artistic quality, or success in flavour innovation, of your perfect little cakes. Just wanted to say i miss you and just to let you know in general how much you rock. See you in the fall literally as soon as I return.

And here’s another one, short and sweet:
Your cupcakes are so adorable; I just wanted to stop by & say Hi.