Pink, red, and white seem to be the colours used for Valentine's Day.
I wanted to offer my clients something diffirent.
I started off with a great cream cheese cookie dough.
I wanted a marble finish, so I tinted my fondant with a drop of black food colour.

This cake was made for my son Mason 3rd birthday. I decided to experiment with it. All my products I put my all into them, but let me tell you this cake was a job all on it's own, I should of been paid for this effort :) The cake was due April 1st...seriously, Mason was born April 1st. Production started on March 31st, trust me it was a production. Cake layers were baked and cooling, then I started on the Citrus Curd, I was unable to move from the stove, I had to stand there and stir, and stir and stir and stir did I say STIR? the curd finally thickened, finallyyyy.
Pour it into a glass bowl, with saran wrap on the surface to prevent a skin from forming, stuck it into the fridge to cool and firm up. Now to the Cream, took some blackberries I had in the freezer, boiled it on the stove till I got the reduction I wanted. Once that was done, I passed it through a sieve to get rid of the seeds. That was set aside to cool, in the meantime I started to whip the whipping cream. The texture I wanted was achieved and I took the balckberry reduction and folded it into the whipped cream.
Classic vanilla buttrecream was made, the time has come to put the cake together.

To the assembly line we go, lol...took the first cake layer and spread the curd on it, put it in the freezer to set, once that was achieved, I then spread the Blackberry Cream on top of the curd, took the next cake layer and set it on top, finished the cake with the buttercream, Mason said he wanted dots on the cake, so dots he got.
The day of his birthday cake was cut and let me tell you it was delicious, fabulous,
cake was nice and moist, and the combination of curd and cream was a hit...yea yea yea yea. But hear this, after all that time, effort and work, Mason did not even want any cake, all he was interested in was blowing out his candle. Three days later he had a tiny bite of his cake, yes it was still tasty and moist..

April 19 is my Birthday...I wonder who will be making my cake? hummmmmmmm

The best Macaroon in the world are made by Pierre Hermes, well that is my opinion, you may not agree. Ten plus years of baking, I have come to realise, that the fewer ingredients a receipe calls for, the harder it is to make.

I first made the Passion Fruit Filling.

Then took on the task of making my Macaroons.

Followed the receipe to a T, carefully spooned the batter into my pastry bag, and away I went. I treated these macaroon like a new born baby " with such tenderness and care" there was no popping it into the oven, it was placed gently, and the door was closed with such ease.

After 20mins I removed my baby..I mean the macaroons from the oven, and whalahhhhhh. Of course they do not come close to the perfect Hermes little jewels, but I was still proud of my first try.

These Shortbread Cookies were so cute, that the client I made them for, found it so hard to eat the little duckies.

M said they are soooo cute we don't want to bite them.

She did not want to eat them, but her guest had no problem biting into them...lol

Schelle Sweets?????????????

Forgive me soon I will get the hang of Blogging. I came back to take a look and realise that some may not know much about Schelle Sweets.
I should be relaxing, but let me school you then I will go back and relax.

Where did the name come from?
My name is Michelle.
And years ago my grandmother Ada went to the island Seychelle which lies between the east coast of Africa in the western Indian Ocean.
My grandmother passed away, before I started my company.
When the time came to start the company I knew exactly what I wanted to do, naming the company I went through a lot of names, it's like naming your child.
The name has to be a strong and something you can live with.
Gran came to mind and the island Seychelle, I had my "aha moment"
Michelle - Seychelle .. I played around with the letters in both names.


BAMMMMM....Schelle Sweets was born.
The love of myself and the love of my grandmother.


What does the company make?
We make from scratch, and I mean from scratch, nothing is pulled from the freezer, or scooped from pails.
All our cakes, cupcakes, cookies, cheesecakes, brownies, are made to order using organic ingredients.
There are NO preservatives in our products, if you cannot pronounce it, you should not eat it.
The ingredients in my products a two year old child can pronounce :)


You can find some of our products @:

Pusateri on Avenue Road

We are working on having Schelle Sweets at some other Retail spots.
Will keep you informed regarding that.

Rain Rain Go Away!

I was up late lastnight baking and packaging Samples I had to take to a business meeting today. I am smart & ambitious and trying to juggle marriage, motherhood and friendships. Yes friendships, without my friends, I would go BONKERS.

And still today folks think, that ''SAHM'' aka stay at home mothers life is a breeze. Yes it was a choice made by us, and yes some days are an ocean breeze, but others days, you are so busy, you say to yourself, it's 5pm already..wow.

Had about 3hrs sleep, which is criminal...lol..for those that know me, understands why it is a crime, I love sleep, or is it, that sleep lovesss me?

I'm up dress and ready to head to my meeting @ Holt Renfrew check the weather, and low and below, it's raining cats, dogs and I think sheep too.

I'm a jeans & t-shirt kind of gal, but days like today, I'm looking hot as hot can be, in my dress pants, beautiful top and sexy till you drop shoes, and make-up on point.
Now how do I get to my meeting looking great and not like a wet fowl, let me tell you it was a doozy.


Happy to report meeting went well, so now the waiting game begins.

Now it's off to meeting number two, I got to this meeting, looking a hot mess, let me repeat it, a hot mess.
There were no cabs or buses to take, I had to walk. With umbrella in hand I walked, and walked. And my umbrella fell apart, and my bag fell into a puddle, wha wha wha wha. And remember my sexy shoes, not so sexy now..
So now I am at Sage Cafe, meeting Yvonne of Hey Do You. What a quaint little spot and the food was really good. Meeting her was wonderful, she had a lot of info that as a Small Business owner will come in handy.

Yvonne made a statement that will stay with me for life. Of course we all want to look good all the times, and we would like to have a great Louis Vitton Bag, a well made dress by Valentino, and shoes from Manola.
But hello hello, some of us cannot have them, and I am not going to go out and Rent, yes I did say Rent a designer bag for a week, give me a nutcracker break.

Forget all the brands and think of yourself first, what do I mean by that?
You are a Brand, I am a Brand, we are our own Brands. Sure we are not a Designer brand, and some people may not care for us. You know your worth and you are Priceless.
It's Friday and I am off to relax, so have a good one.

Finally I am here!

As a mother, wife and up and coming successful entrepreneur, my life has been hectic to say the least.
I am trying to be a fantastic mother and get my son Mason prepared for Princeton University....lol. I laugh because he just turned three yesterday. Hey why not dream big, because that is how I roll, I dream big and I dream in colour.
Some dream of shoes, bags, clothing, vacations I dream of cakes and cookies and how I can make them a tad more yummylicious, is that a word? anyway...and adding a twist to all my treats.
Why is that you may ask? Let me inform you at this time. I have two great sons, you hear so much about mothers & daughters. And not much about mothers & sons. And when you do hear about mothers & sons, it comes down to them being mummy's boy. Daniel my first son who is 19yr is an amazing young-man, and treats me with respect, because I in turn always did respect him from day one.
I am not in the mind set, I am the parent and you do as I say else! I am not into that. I parent the way my grandmother raised me, communicating, boundaries, laughter, manners, please and thank you, trust and listening.
So I truly believe that is why Daniel has grown into a wonderful human.
And then is the second son Mason, who is 3yr, I know, I think I was smoking and drinking to have a 16yr age diffirence with my sons........lol...but guess what? I don't smoke, drink socially.
After the birth of Mason, I wanted to be able to stay at home with him, so Schelle Sweets was born. I have been baking for over ten years, but Schelle Sweets became official as of May 2007.
I have been working for years out side the home, but nothing has made me more happier, than having my own company, and doing what I love.
Remember I told you earlier I dream in colour, Schelle Sweets is the reason why.
S