My first order as Lala's Confections!

Thanks to my friend Monika's mom (thanks, Grace!), my first "official" order as Lala's Confections! Two dozen chocolate (half with walnuts mixed in and as garnish) and one dozen banana.

4th of July...noodling around with color

These were 4th of July cupcakes (french vanilla cake), just tinted various amounts of batter red and blue!

Happy National Sugar Cookie Day!

If I'd known...I would've baked up some fun sugar cookies! I need to find a good food "holidays" list...

Where "Lala" comes from...

I must give credit where credit is due. My nephew, Garrett - gave me the name Lala when he was about two years old - the summer he and his parents came to visit me. Aunt Melinda is quite a mouthful, so that's what he came up with. He's the only one who calls me that - and I love it!

Even though he's approaching 10 (wow....), I hope he'll continue with the name, just like we all did with our grandmother, Cuddy. She got her name when my brother (Garrett's dad) came up with "Cuddy" when HE was about 2 years old, and everyone called her Cuddy after that - never grandma.

So, a big shout out to THE GARRETT for giving me such a cool name. Love you!

Welcome to Lala's Confections!

Hello friends!

By now, you know I like to bake. No, let's try this again. I LOVE to bake. Many of you have already sampled my work, my overruns (even my mistakes!) and after selling a few of my creations to friends and co-workers, I'm officially branching out and starting a tiny little side business.

You'll notice my blog postings started back in April. I was ready to go back then. But we had a slight issue with some flood waters on May 1-2, 2010 and we are still in the process of getting put back together. But...one good thing that came out of the flood? Our new double oven! It has been the only thing we've said, "Thank you flood!" I've been baking in a tiny, drop-in oven that was a one-tray/one-pan at a time, for the past 5 years. While we had the contractor in-house, we upgraded to a fabulous Maytag Gemini and it's the best thing we've done.

So now, with all this new technology and all kinds of oven space - the sky's the limit! I've made birthday cakes, cupcakes, wedding shower cupcakes, baby shower cupcakes, holiday cookies, bread (from scratch!), all sorts of cookies...the list goes on.

My motto is simple: Handmade...Homemade...So good. Simplistic quality is what I'm all about.

I'd be happy to craft something special for your next family gathering, school party, birthday party - or just for a Wednesday night! :) Please take a look at my price list (see the link to the Pricing List under Pages to the left - or email me for a hard copy or email copy) and let me know how I can share a little "sweet tooth joy" with you!

Thanks -

Melinda Fleming

Smash cake and princess cupcakes for my "niece" Carrigan's FIRST birthday! June 2010.