And I remember having dinner with my good friend Amy, who said to me, “You know what? It might be a good idea to see what this whole social media thing is about.”

Well, Xander and Amy, we owe you. Because without you, we never would have found such a fantastic, vibrant community like the Chicago social media one.

And now we’re celebrating a YEAR (!) of interacting with you all at one of the coolest new lounge spots in all of Chicago, and we’d love to throw a big party with lots of free cupcakes and foil and have you all come.

So will you please come celebrate with us? We promise we’ll bring the cupcakes if you bring your pretty faces. And guess what? Be one of the first 100 to register, and we’ll even have a little gift waiting just for you.

Details and registration here.

See you next Wednesday, lovelies!

-Mari

When I’m not exploring Chicago, you can find me at my apartment cooking, studying or just relaxing.

Hope to bake for you soon!

Cali (my real name, and no, it’s not a nickname)

How many #MANCAKE submissions did we get that rhymed? This one:

And thanks to @amyeb25, we now have our first official #MANCAKE winner!

Here’s what Amy and Dan get:

A brand new cupcake on our menu named “The Dan” (or we’ll let them pick something else if they choose)
Two dozen cupcakes delivered to Dan and Amy
And look for Dan to be featured on our home page and blog in the next couple of weeks!

Congratulations, Dan! And Amy, thanks for your submission!

Current pastry students encouraged to apply.

Who we are:
Foiled Cupcakes is Chicago’s most buzzed about cupcake delivery service. Since the launch of our website in July 2009, we’ve surpassed our revenue goals by more than 600 percent and have also served more than a hundred Fortune 500 companies in Chicago alone.

You can read more about us here.

What we’re offering:
A PT job / ground-up opportunity with a year-old cupcake bakery in Chicago
A chance to apply production, operations, supply chain, and business/management principles to real life
Exposure via the press and media
A reasonable amount of flexibility with a down-to-earth boss who’s willing to work WITH you as long as you’re willing to follow through on your commitments
Growth opportunities with a growing company

Requirements:
Food Sanitation Certificate (must have valid City of Chicago certificate)
High School Diploma (GED Acceptable)
Ability to follow recipes in English, along with solid conversion and math skills
High level piping and garnishing skills
Ability to maintain an organized, efficient, and clean work environment and to work quickly
Good communication skills and reliability to follow through on orders
Evening availability (4-6 p.m.) three to four days per week for 2-4 hours per shift
Be available to start immediately

Preferred:
Experience in large production baking
Inventory management experience

Job responsibilities:
Bake, pipe, and package cupcakes in a high production commercial kitchen in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood
Communicate daily with the owner to ensure smooth operations
Work in tandem and take direction from Head Cupcakeologist, while also working together to find ways to improve operations

How to apply:
Please email your cover letter, resume with contact information, salary requirements, and references to
Foiled Inc., Attention: Mari
Email: hey@foiledcupcakes.com (preferred), or fax: 630.848.9140
The subject of your correspondence should read: “LET’S BAKE CUPCAKES!”

No phone calls, please.

The Details:

Here’s what you win:

• A cupcake named after your man to appear on our permanent menu

• A feature on our home page and our blog

• 2 dozen of our favorite cupcakes

How to enter:

Tweet us @FoiledCupcakes using the #mancake hashtag. Tell us in 140 characters or less why the man in your life deserves to be this year’s mancake. Done.

We’ll pick our favorite and announce a winner by Tuesday, June 22nd. Which means you’ll need to have your tweets in by Father’s Day (Sunday, June 20th).

Okay! Happy Mancake-ing!

The legal stuff resides here.

Enter: Josh.

Josh is a professional copywriter, Chicago native, die-hard Bulls/Bears/Cubs/Blackhawks fan, and also can clap louder than anyone we’ve ever met. (Don’t believe us? Try out-clapping him at a Gavin Rossdale concert. You will lose.)

He’s also super clever, smart, and the guy who said to Mari one day, “Hey, you should call your business Foiled Cupcakes.”

And he writes all of our Quippies.

So next time you’re enjoying some cupcakes and are reading our Quippies, we dare you to clap as loud as you can in honor of Josh.

And to let you know just how happy we are, we’re giving away a Dozen of our Favorites every month for the rest of 2010.

How do you enter?

1 – Join “The Skinny” if you haven’t already.

2 – Scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on “Comments.” Enter the contest by telling us (a) the flavor you’re dying to try along with (b) your city.

3 – Watch our Facebook page and Twitter feed as we announce “The Skinny” winners monthly.

And we won’t spam you. We swear. To the moon and the stars and the sky.

Have fun, and go get The Skinny!

I’m on the left with my best friend of 15 years (aka the Easy Bake Oven owner).

My earliest baking memory goes back to the first grade, the year my best friend unwrapped an Easy Bake Oven on Christmas morning. This was definitely an experimental time in my baking career. I’m not sure if the inventors of the Easy Bake Oven intended the users to combine all of the baking mixes to create a hybrid cookie/cake/muffin (coakeffin?), but they should really consider including some kind of disclaimer warning against the hazards that this combination will produce, not only for your taste buds, but for the oven itself and the electricity in the rest of the house…

But those days are long gone. After moving to Chicago 10 months ago from Slidell, Louisiana, I now attend the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and am a few short months away from receiving my Associates in Baking and Pastry. When I’m not at school learning the French techniques and secrets (spoiler alert: butter, butter, butter), I can usually be found trying new recipes taste tested by my roommates or stationed somewhere in the stacks of the Chicago Public Library. I love to read, go to movies, jump on my mini trampoline, and will find any excuse to shed my flour and powdered sugar covered jeans for a pair of pumps. I’ve worked as a file clerk, construction assistant, and even a preschool teacher, but there’s no place I’d rather be than dancing around the kitchen, singing along to Jay-Z and whipping up something to satisfy a sweet tooth. I can’t wait to get to work this week and get started on the cupcakes I’m sure you are ordering at this very moment

‘Bye Y’all!

Jenn

When I’m not working I love to attend Cubs games, park it on my couch for an afternoon of Food Network, or check out any local restaurant (the spicier the better!) I recently got a puppy name Wrigley who is extremely sweet but extremely naughty, he keeps me on my toes.

I’m so excited to be a part of team FOILED. I’m loving baking great cupcakes with some really great girls

See you soon,

Katie

Check out In Good Taste and the Great American Bake Sale to learn more. And go eat carbs to help out a great cause!