Adventures in Cake Decorating

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Lindsay's Description:

Having been inspired by her nephew's 1st birthday cake and volunteering to throw a baby shower, Chris started on her cake decorating adventure, and what a wonderful adventure it is.  At Adventures in Cake Decorating, Chris shares her anecdotes, detailed photographs and write-ups of her cake creating process and points out what she considers her successes and failures as well as what she learnt from the whole experience.  With a wonderfully open and honest outlook to her blog you can't help but enjoy, and being inspired by, Chris' Adventures in Cake Decorating.

Chris's Description:

This blog is intended to catalog my adventures in cake decorating. I can only hope that this blog helps or inspires others to dive into the realm of decorating cakes. It's the most delicious art out there!


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Recent Updates at Adventures in Cake Decorating

Pulled Sugar

07 September 2010

Pulled Sugar My compulsive nature has led me to learn how to make pulled sugar after seeing Tartlette's version on EpiCute.com (here).  Once I started pulling, I realized I had no idea what to do then.  Here's what happened. Recipe: 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar 100 mL water 1 teaspoon acid ...

The Sims 3

23 August 2010

Cakes for The Sims 3 Console Development Team! (+10 skill points => 365/400)  Don't worry if you don't "get" it.  These are mostly inside-joke cakes.  The left cake features the "plumb-bob", a prominent entity in the Sims video game franchise.  The cake on the right features ...

Tyler's 18th Birthday Cake

23 August 2010

Tyler's 18th Birthday Cake (+10 skill points => 355/400) Happy Birthday to my youngest brother-in-law, Tyler.  I've been super busy lately so this had to be a pretty simple cake ... I didn't even write anything on it!  I'm giving myself 5 points for this cake and 5 points of another ...

Day of Sharing 2010

18 August 2010

Capital Confectioner's "Day of Sharing" 2010 This was my first time at a "Day of Sharing" and also my first time really pitching in for Capital Confectioners, the greater Austin-area cake club.  I had a blast but my legs ached for days afterward!  Stats: ~120 attendees + vendors + ...

Cake Ball Strawberries

25 July 2010

Cake Ball Strawberries I had the honor of co-hosting a baby shower for my brother-in-law and his girlfriend.  They are expecting their little girl in September.  Their nursery theme is watermelons and strawberries, so we decorated my mother-in-law's house to match for the shower.  I ...

DIY Lightbox

06 July 2010

DIY Lightbox I finally got around to making my own lightbox for photographing little things.  This tutorial is fantastic: http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html There were a few modifications in my design ... mostly because I hadn't read that tutorial ...

Happy 4th of July!

05 July 2010

Happy 4th of July! Happy Birthday, America!  I got to try a couple new things here that I now love.  My guinea pigs were my husband's family that came over for some 4th of July festivities. Stats: Duncan Hines Golden Vanilla box cake mix cream cheese icing swirled with Ateco tip #845 ...

Day of Sharing: August 8th

30 June 2010

Day of Sharing August 8th, 2010 Round Rock, TX http://dos.capitalconfectioners.com I've recently joined the Capital Confectioners, the greater Austin area cake decorating and sugar artist club.  We're having our "Day of Sharing" on Sunday, August 8th that will feature several cake artists ...

Margarita Cupcakes

27 June 2010

Margarita Cupcakes! Happy Birthday to Jon and Robin!  Last Wednesday my co-worker Jon said it was his 30th birthday.  Whoa!  The big 3-0!  I'll hit that later this year.  I knew he liked margaritas and I've been really wanting to try this recipe out.  We were also ...

God Bless Zoey

22 June 2010

God Bless Zoey Cake for my little angel's baptism (+5 skill points => 345/400)  What a great weekend!  My little girl was baptized in front of family and friends on Saturday.  We held a little reception at a nearby hotel's event room.  This cake was a great learning ...