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My journey into the world of cake decorating!


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Easter Basket Cake

18 April 2012

Hello my cake friends. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!  This blog post is about the Easter basket cake I made for my friend and co-worker Gail. I started with 3- 10 inch round chocolate cakes filled with chocolate fudge, sprinkled with espresso crunchies, then a rich chocolate buttercream. ...

Time saving tips

29 March 2012

I just wanted to share a couple of things I do to save some time in the kitchen.   Freezing bananas! I LOVE banana cake….one of my all time favorite flavors, but RIPE bananas are essential for any banana cake or bread recipe.  Seems like whenever I got an order to make a banana cake, ...

Off chemo “beach” party

03 March 2012

My friend and co-worker, Cathy Beach’s son, Jason,  recently finished a 3 year-long chemo treatment plan for leukemia.   Since their last name is Beach, our department decided to throw him an  ”Off chemo beach party” complete with music from the Beach Boys, beach balls, ...

Sinking Titanic cake!

25 January 2012

I was asked if I could make a Titanic themed cake for a young teen who was a fan of all things Titanic.  I thought I’d attempt to make a sinking Titanic! The cake was 2 flavors…chocolate with PB cup filling and white with raspberry filling. I haven’t carved very many 3D cakes, ...

My first standing 3D cake!!!

19 September 2011

I was feeling very daring and decided to attempt to make my first standing 3D cake!!! Food Network here I come (just kidding!).   It was really easier than I thought it would be. I ordered Bronwen Weber’s man skeleton from Caljava’s site. It comes with all the pieces you will need. ...

Lightning McQueen

19 June 2011

I was asked to make a birthday cake for a little boy turning 2 who loves Lightening McQueen. I decided on a Neapolitan cake. Chocolate, white and strawberry cake with alternating layers of strawberry jam and chocolate ganache as my fillings. After crumbcoating, I put the cake in the freezer for ...

Rylee’s First Birthday

06 May 2011

My friend Michelle’s little girl Rylee was turning one year old so a celebration was to take place! Her party theme was centered on this design: I made a marble cake with a hazelnut buttercream filling. I decided to level the top cake layer before I iced it with ganache. It seems like I could ...

Tie – dye fondant tutorial

20 March 2011

Here’s a little cake I made for a little girl turning 2. Her nickname is Jing Jing and she loves Yo Gabba Gabba. “Who are they?”, you ask…. I have no idea! I had to Google them to find out what they are. So after a quick search, here’s what I found. This is Plex  ...

Not enough hours in the day…..

24 February 2011

I have done so many cakes since my last post and I feel so guilty for not posting the pics I have taken. I started taking pics during the process, would finish the cake, deliver the cake, come home, clean kitchen, start laundry, etc….before you  know it several months have gone by! I ...

Rocco

11 August 2010

We had a near tragedy last week when one of our little dogs, Rocco, was almost run over with my hubby’s Ford F-250 truck. Praise the Lord, my hubby heard my screams and stopped in time! Rocco suffered some major road rash along the inside of his legs as he was getting scooted along the ...