Candy Cane Hautties

Chocolate + Peppermint = Yummy

I was inspired by the holiday season to create a candy cane themed Hauttie. It is basically a chocolate peppermint cake infused with chocolate frosting, dipped in milk chocolate, and topped with crushed candy cane. If you like chocolate, you'd definitely like this Hauttie.

Haute Cakes Project

My really close buddy Lilly has been working on a Haute Cakes project for one of her classes.  She took the class solely because she wanted to make the dream of a Haute Cakes empire a reality. We're on our way, Joub!

We met up many evenings to discuss ideas, web design, flavors, ads, etc. I must say, Lill is one talented girl!!! I attended her class presentation and brought along some Hautties for the ride. It was a lot of fun!!

Thanks for everything Joubaloo!! Love you!!!

Baba's Birthday

Today is my Daddy's birthday!!! My Baba is one of the most loving and caring people I know.

He's also pretty funny too :)

I'm so lucky to have him as my father.

Thank you for everything that you've done for me and the family.

I love you Daddy! Happy Birthday!!!

Chex Treats for the Haulidays

These marshmallow goodies are a little twist on your traditional Rice Krispies Treats. It's basically the same recipe with a little more butter and a different type of cereal!

The photo above is made using Chex Rice Cereal.

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 package mini marshmallows
• 1/4 teaspoon green food coloring
• 4 1/2 cups Corn Flakes or Chex cereal

1. Melt butter over medium heat in a large pot
2. Add marshmallows and stir until melted.
3. Remove from heat and add green food coloring; stir well.
4. Add Corn Flakes or Chex Cereal and stir until all of it is covered in the melted marshmallow mix
5. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper 
6. Decorate with colored sprinkles to give it that holiday touch

A Haute Nurse

My best friend Natalie graduated nursing school this weekend!!! Congratulations Nurse Natalie!!!!

We went to this cute Italian restaurant in Downtown LA called Colori Kitchen then headed to SLS Hotel for drinks. The food was amazing! I had Chicken Marsala and it was delicious!

Natalie loves hautties, so I made her a variety of flavors. I packaged them in a really cute snowman tin.

Natalie: I am so proud of you!!! I love you!

The Girls at Colori Kitchen

Wall Art at Colori Kitchen

Festive Hautties

Nurse Natalie

Snowman Hauttie

I tried out something new yesterday. I made a little itty bitty snowman. This was just a test run, so he doesn't look all that perfect. I just wanted to try it out for now.

Let me know what you think!

Deck the Haulls

My favorite time of year is just around the corner! I love Christmas! I love holidays! I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, decorating the tree, giving and getting presents, and baking holiday treats!

Every year, we get together as a family and decorate our Christmas tree.My sister invited her fiance and my brother invited his girlfriend. I nominated my friend Chantal as my significant other for the evening since I'm currently single. LOL. Thanks for taking one for the team, Chantal!

We also have a wonderful tradition where my mom buys each of us a new ornament every Christmas. We have been collecting them for over 25 years!

I was so excited to find a Hauttie ornament at Nordstrom this year. How cute is my little sprinkle Haute Cake ornament? I fell in love with it!

We decided to add  a twist to our tree top this year. Spread Eagle Santa! Sorry for all you conservatives out there, but my family enjoys a good laugh :)

I love our tree. It's so festive. It's so genuine. It's so full of love.

Chantal and James

Our Tree 

Spread Eagle Santa!

Hauliday Party

My friend Lusine had a Christmas gathering at her house last night with a bunch of the girls.

She had delicious food such as chicken and shrimp skewers, teriyaki salmon, bureg (Armenian cheese pastries), salad with goat cheese and walnuts, hummus, and a variety of cheeses. My cousin Dalida also prepared a delectable lentil salad and brie and cranberry tartlets.

We did a gift exchange and I ended up with a few cute pieces of jewelry.  A girl can never have too much jewelry :)

Guess what I made??????????

Hautties, of course!

I made three flavors:

1. Red velvet with cream cheese frosting
2. Pumpkin with cream cheese frosting
3. Chocolate with milk chocolate frosting 

Sylva and I

Hauliday Hautties

Red Velvet and Pumpkin Hautties

Tory Burch Haute Sale

For all you fashionistas out there, Tory Burch is having a Friends and Family sale from Today through Sunday (December 3 - 5) for 30% off regular price and sale items!!!

Unfortunately, the deal excludes the ever so popular Tory Burch Reva Flats. Gift cards and Tory Foundation products are also not a part of the promotion.

Use code FRIENDSFANS at checkout. 

ToryBurch.com

Here are a few of my favorite pieces:

Hauliday Hautties

I decided to add a little twist to my Hautties. I made two new flavors that I've never done before and I got positive reviews! That always puts a smile on my face :)

As you can already tell, I'm really into holidays. Christmas is definitely my favorite, so you can expect a lot of holiday themed goodies on my blog this month!

Let's talk about the first one. I went with a pound cake infused with butter cream frosting and dipped in milk chocolate. I added a touch of almond extract to the batter. A little bit goes a long way, trust me.

The second Hauttie featured in today's post is really a brownie.  I made brownies with semi-sweet chocolate chips and rolled them into balls. I then dipped the Brownie-Hautties in milk chocolate... and wallah... the Brownie-Hauttie was born. Lilly and I have already named our Brownie-Hauttie, but that will remain a secret until the dream of Haute Cakes becomes reality.