Moniques Cake Company - Latest Blog Entries

Happy Birthday to my Little Man!!

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:14:00 -0500

Axel, little man that stole my heart, Happy Birthday my son!! 2yrs of a beautiful life and can't wait to spend many many more by your side =0)

Love Mami =0)

Brownsville Junior Service League Honored!

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:22:00 -0500

This past Monday, the BJSL organization was honored by the Mayor and our cities commissioners, and it was pretty cool to be up there to receive a thank you for our community services. A big thank you goes out to our Mayor:

Tony Martinez

and our cities Commissioners:

John L. Villarreal
Jessica Tetreau-Kalifa
Estela Chavez Vasquez
Rose M.Z. Gowen, M.D.
Melissa A. Zamora
Ricardo Longoria, Jr

And of course to our BJSL president Celeste Paschall!

Brownsville Junior Service Leagues History: www.bjsl.org

The Brownsville Junior Service League (BJSL) was founded in May of 1939 by a group of thirty-six
women led by Gladys Sams Porter. The purpose of the League was to foster economic, cultural, and
educational conditions in Brownsville, focusing on the welfare of women and children. The Well
Baby Clinic was the first project supported by the league. It provided pediatric care of infants from
birth to one year. “Follies,” the first successful fund raising effort, was held in the Fall of 1931.
Other fund raising efforts include sock hops, gala balls, Sombrero Festival ticket sales, ice cream sales,
craft bazaars, and auctions. All proceeds from fund raising efforts have been reinvested in the
community.

Today, the BJSL membership is composed of women from diverse backgrounds and careers.
They serve five clinics and volunteer for several special projects throughout the year.
Through out the years, the mission of the League has remained the same, “to serve the women
and children of Brownsville.”

We've got Mother's Day Fever!!!!

Thu, 10 May 2012 12:42:00 -0500

Gosh, all this Mothers Day orders and cupcake making is driving us a little crazy so we like to put on a little music to lighten up the mood and it just makes us plain crazy....so feel free to jump in the line senoras!!!!! shake nikki, shake monica, shake iris, shake jessica, shake Mo!!! =0) Mo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic87SfqQAAM&feature=share

Happy Birthday Anzanet!!!

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:08:00 -0500

To my beautiful sister Anzanet....Happy Birthday I love and miss you <3...even though you are so far away, you are so close to home....te quiero hermana!!

Three little birds =0)

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:56:00 -0500

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', This is my message to you

"Don't worry 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right." ----BNkdkdk

-Bob Marley

Here at the shop we just love this song!!

To my girls, my Three little birds <3 =0)

Happy Birthday Monica!!!!

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:54:00 -0500

Happy Birthday to one of our favorite girls!! We love and appreciate you so much, we hope you have a great Bday!!!!

Monica, you have become such a great friend and have become such an amazing woman from the day I met you. You were a little off, you were a little weird but that is why we fell in love...lol..JK. If I didn't have you in my life I think life would be a little dull because half of our conversations always leave me scratching my head or cracking up on the floor. You are truly a great artist and I am very blessed to have met you that day you walked in and the rest just became history!!! Happy Birthday Guera love you and I can't wait for SA!! Your friend always, Mo =0)

South Padre Island.....=0)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:28:00 -0500

Living in Brownsville has its perks, not the big city of dreams, but if you work hard and make your dreams a reality Brownsville is a small peaceful town with so much history. One of the luxuries of living here I have to say is being a step away from Mexico and South Padre Island.

SPI is a beautiful Island at the edge of our world and it makes you feel like you are living large. From the sandy beaches, weekend getaways, romantic strolls, beautiful nightlife next to the bay, it has it all!! Sometimes we don't need a room just our tents and you wake up to the bright sun with a magnificent view just a few steps away. Fishing here is also as peaceful as the views!

The deliveries I look most forward too are always destination weddings. Some come from miles away to tie the knot, and I'm the lucky cake girl that gets to take a trip to the Island to deliver their cake....always a good reason to stick around and have lunch after a hard week of work!! So if you walk into the shop and we are a little darker than before, you know where we've been!! =0) Mo

"You want me to keep a secret like this?!!"

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:58:00 -0500

One of my beautiful customers walks in and places an order for her cake....but of course its with a twist. This is a very unique and special request because I was handed the sealed envelope with the gender of the baby. What's the special twist?...that only I knew the sex of the baby....aaaahhhh!! How do you keep such a secret?!! Every time I talked about that cake I couldn't help but laugh, I really wanted to tell the whole world what it was. But, I kept my cool and did what I was told, I made it pink...=D...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A week before the event they walked into the shop to finalize the details, I look at them with a huge dorky smile and they look at me with a... "can you just accidently tell us"....as awkward as that sit down was, I kept the big secret. I couldn't even look at them in the eyes, who knows maybe my eyes would give off a signal...=0)

As suspenseful as that was, I have to say I can't wait to do many many more!!

Its time to stock up on lots of pink guys, may you be Blessed with lots of Love, Wisdom and Peace....I knew it first! =0) Mo

A virtual Thank You

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:23:00 -0500

I love to receive these.....can't stop smiling when I do. Through the years when they look back at these pictures hopefully they know we put our heart and soul to each and every one of our clients. How could we not, Ive done their cakes before they were even born! From Weddings, to baby showers, to baptisms and first birthdays, a big Thank You right back at ya. And to David (rip), thank you baby boy for letting me be the one to create your dream cake it was an honor, you make me love what I do everyday. =0) Mo

...randoms

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:38:00 -0500

when I became a "cake artist" the rest of the art world I use to study and love got a back seat...here are some of my favorite from fashion photography...and the goddesses from then.

Maria Felix....breathtaking!

we all have a little rock n roll....and jagger moves in us...=0)

Miss Meli....<3

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:42:00 -0600

I worked in the medical field before my little shop, for 7years, and I witnessed the gratitude of the Dr.s patients daily. It was so nice to hear their stories and the gifts they would bring in were always a plus. And now I do get a little sad that I don't get to interact with patients and have the opportunity help them out.....and if you know me, I will always be a sucker for our grandmas and grandpas out there!! So when Miss Meli came in to the shop, sat on the chair and showed me the cake she wanted, instantly I had a huge smile!!! "This is what I want you to create for the man that saved my life, Dr. Gomez." Meli had open heart surgery and Dr. Gomez was the master Dr. behind saving it!

Miss Meli your gift to Dr. Gomez was truly appreciated by him and his beautiful wife Joanna here's her sweet message:

"From one of Jaime's patients. So blessed. In this ever changing health care environment we can only hope to keep serving. And thanks Monique. It's soooo cool!!"-Joanna Cappella

God Bless you our Sweet Meli and Thank You for thinking of me to create your gift!

=0) Mo

Happy Birthday Eduardo Manuel!!!

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:48:00 -0600

I love it when my friends ask me for cakes and they send me pictures of their smiles and them having such a great time, this picture say it all...."What a Blast"!!!!....Thank You to my great Friend Edith Saldana for the pic and for letting me be a part of your families celebrations! Adriana, Edith, Analy....I love you girls for the kind words you always give me and I don't think I can ever doubt myself on your watch with your always positive speeches!!!!

Eduardo Manuelito Happy Birthday!! I hope you and your brother enjoyed the cakes Luisito Gilberto!!

Con mucho amor y carino, MO

Our cute Kaelynn

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:58:00 -0600

One of my favorite cakes to do will always be 1st birthday cakes! I do love weddings but 1st birthdays...hold the number one spot in my heart <3. For our cute Kaelynn we created an adorable Pebbles Flinstone for her 1st bday and her daddy missed it because he's one of our hero's in the United States Army....but for this 2nd Birthday he came down to Brownsville to celebrate her bday and again they asked me to create a cute cake for her Yo Gabba Gabba theme...Kaelynn I hope Im still around for your 15 or even your wedding...jiji!!

Inspiration.....

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:00 -0600

There are times I love to read about artist and what inspires them and what flows through their minds, in Diego Riveras, I think he was his own inspiration. =0)

Diego Rivera

If only I was a "Painter"

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:00 -0600

If only, we could paint the perfect world. I would paint the most beautiful face to stare at all day long. If only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVI4wASoNcc

Peoples Choice Winner!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:59:00 -0600

The Brownsville Herald came in and told us we won Best Cake Decorators in town...as always THANK YOU GUYS!!!! This one means alot because it comes from our customers!! =0) Mo

Adam & Thea Cavazos

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:00 -0600

Being in this culinary world you get to meet other people that share the same love for the art in food...and even if we are in different culinary worlds...we all come together time to time. I remember meeting Chef Adam Cavazos for his baby girls bday cake and right after that he tells me "We need to talk about my Wedding cake" I was pretty exicted to do a cake for another Chef. It almost feels like my team and I are on the right path =0).

On Dec. 9th...both Chef Cavazos and I participated in the Iron Chef 2011 and as I was going at it like a mad woman, I see Adam and by his side this beautiful woman and he introduces me to Thea, his beautiful bride. Not many times do you meet someone, that just by an instant you feel their peace and that was Thea.

So now we sit down and talk cake eat cake draw out cake....I thought these guys are so perfect together...I won't forget what Adam told me about his grooms cake....I asked him "I can do anything 3D, I can go crazy with it, what are you in to, what are your hobbies, what do you love most"......his answer "My Little girl, my wife, cooking".....PERFECT!!! Good answer Chef! I was also so happy Thea thought outside the box and picked such a unique cake, as a cake artist we want to try out new ideas and trends, but not always do we have the honor.....and for that Thank You Thea!! Heres to a friendship and may you be blessed always with Love, Wisdom and Peace!!

=0) Your friend Mo!

One for the "best in" category....

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:04:00 -0600

Coldplay-"The Scientist".....listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWLpTKBFcU&ob=av2n

David <3 Maday

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:31:00 -0600

David and Maday,

Congratulations on your new journey!! May you be blessed with much happiness and Joy!! David.... ALWAYS treat her like a princess

Maday, may you always be the princess you already are. You guys are the best and Im glad I was a small part of your day =0)

Daniel Avila

‎@ Monique's Cakes, we can not THANK YOU enough for our BEAST cakes! Ha! The brides cake was awesome and my groom's cake was BEAST! Lol! Everyone LOVED the concept of the updating my FB status on my iPhone! Lol! Thanks a million!

...what a fairytale.....<3

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:32:00 -0600

This is a good one....

Yesterday we all rushed, dry cleaners check, shoes check, kids outfits check, pick up kids from school check, backwards outfit check and rush to the courthouse....why, for a little white wedding =0)

When we heard that my mother in law was going to remarry, one thought came to my mind, if one person deserves all the happiness in this world, its her...if anyone deserves to be treated like a princess its her!! After so many years of soul searching and God by her side her journey ended up in the courthouse all dolled up next to a good man that will now take care of her for us. As much as I miss her, nothing compares to her happiness. Though, I do miss her cooking...gosh...yum!!!!

Maria...la queremos mucho y le deseamos la felicidad que a buscado todos estos anos y la felicidad que se merece mas que nadie en este mundo. Un besote mamasota!!