Pie Recipe in the Birmingham News!

Someone requested our Coconut Caramel Pie recipe and we decided to share it. It was featured in the City Scene of The Birmingham News this past Friday. To read the article and get the recipe click on the link below.

http://www.al.com/entertainment/birmingham/index.ssf/2009/04/ashley_macs_recipe_for_coconut.html

Career Days

We had the opportunity to speak at a few schools this winter for "Career Day"- 7th graders at Simmons Middle and 3rd-5th graders at Trace Crossings. The kids were so cute and wrote very sweet (not to mention really funny) thank you notes to us......

"Thank you for coming to career day. You were one of my first choices and I don't regret it. I have always wanted to be an entrepreneur. Now I know it is a lot more work than it looks like."

"I think your career is so cool. I always thought a chef only cooked. I didn't know about the finance and stuff like that"

"I don't usually like chocolate but when I put it (brownie) in my mouth, it tasted better than heaven."

"I didn't know it took so much just to start your own business"

"You have really inspired me to be a chef! I will always keep the thought of being a chef as a career. Who knows, I might be the next Emerald! Bam!"

"I am not that great of a cook, but it (hearing about a chef) was a great experience"

"I've thought about it, and now I want to be a chef and start my own restaurant. You were the best session I had"

Auburn Grooms Cake

Nicole, Ashley Mac's pastry chef, did a fabulous job on a grooms cake for a wedding in January

Acoustic Soup

The soup's on - Acoustic Soup that is
Thursday, January 29, 2009
`Too many cooks spoil the broth."
Not so when the broth is Acoustic Soup, and the cooks are some of the best restaurateurs of Birmingham.
Guests will enjoy delightful soups, breads and appetizers at Acoustic Soup benefiting VSA arts of Alabama. The benefit will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 at The Tutwiler Hotel and Icon restaurant.

Participating restaurants and chefs include Ashley Macs, chicken tortilla soup; B&A Warehouse, beer cheese soup; Bistro Provare at the Culinary and Hospitality Institute, Mediterranean seafood and orzo soup; Coretti Catering, Chaquecan (native American); Daniel George, butternut squash; Icon Restaurant and Bar, spicy green tomato; Lucy's Coffee and Tea, New England clam chowder; Tavern on the Summit, chili; and V. Richards, Rick's sirloin chili.

-Susan Strickland-Birmingham News

The Christmas Rush!

Over 100 cakes came out of our kitchen during the 3 weeks before Christmas!

An INCREDIBLE staff!

Our last day....ready for a nice long break!

Ashley Mac's in the News

Check out this article that was in the "City Scene" on Friday, December 19th

Merry Christmas from Ashley Mac's!

Cahaba Heights (above)

Bluff Park (above)

Sorry that I have been so behind on posting on here! We have been on a whirlwind since Thanksgiving! The Christmas season has been flying by with lots of parties and special orders. This week alone, we had over 50 strawberry cakes on order and 20+ other cakes and desserts. We also are selling lots of Gift Cards and shipping our Triple Chocolate Brownies all over the country... so stop in if you need some last minute gifts!

All of us at Ashley Mac's wish you and your family a joyful Christmas season!