Last weekend I had an order for a baby shower cake. The lady who ordered the cake had an idea in her head with pink, brown, green, and blue colors but wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. I used tip 12 to pipe large dots onto the cake and, when the icing dried a bit,Continue reading “Polka Dots”
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Birthdays
We have two birthdays in January in our house. My husband loves red velvet cake with peanut butter buttercream and I make it for him every year…He is my clown! And I love him. And this cake lasted for two days. My oldest turned ten this year. She had ideas for her cake since SeptemberContinue reading “Birthdays”
End of the year wrap up…
Wow! It’s been pretty quiet around here. My New Year’s Resolution is to not let that happen anymore. I plan to keep this place hopping from now on. But in the meantime, here are a few things I’ve work on over the last few months… Baby shower…mom was decorating the room in pink and greenContinue reading “End of the year wrap up…”
Happy Halloween
Today my three children had parties at school for Halloween. Thankfully, two of them agreed on the same treat to share with their classes making a little easier for this mama! My son wanted cake pops. My daughter agreed that they would be perfect if I could make them look like jack-o-lanterns. I made darkContinue reading “Happy Halloween”
Flowers
As many of you know, I teach cake decorating classes at Hobby Lobby. This weekend I was in Denver for a training seminar to teach the Advanced Gum Paste Flowers class that will be offered starting in February. I was so excited and couldn’t wait to try out these flowers! Here is what we learned…Continue reading “Flowers”
Brighter Days
Last week a Mom called me asking if I deliver. She stated she was in Iowa and her son had moved here a few months ago and was a little down. I said that I do deliver and asked what she wanted for him. She said, “just something to brighten his day”. So after talkingContinue reading “Brighter Days”
Two Shall Become One
At the beginning of August, I had another wedding cake. I had the tasting set up for March when the bride and groom were home from college. They wanted something that wasn’t traditional wedding cake but asked to try chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. They decided on the strawberry because it just fit what they wereContinue reading “Two Shall Become One”
Chocolate Tiers
Sorry for the lack of posts. My hard drive went out and since I haven’t learned any lessons on having a computer and important pictures, I never backed up my hard drive. So it had to go to the computer wizards to get my stuff off of the bad one and put onto a goodContinue reading “Chocolate Tiers”
Simple and Elegant
Yesterday was our first wedding cake of the year. My customer was the Mother of the Bride. Since her daughter was out-of-state, she did all the planning and ground work for her daughter’s special day. She came to the tasting and said, “I’m not a cake person. I like pie.” and walked away saying, “Wow,Continue reading “Simple and Elegant”
Landsharks
One of my daughters signed up for Landsharks Running club through school this Spring. She enjoyed it so much. The practices and three meets. She ran her little heart out. So when it came time for the team to have a party, she wanted me to make a cake! Of course, I obliged. She insistedContinue reading “Landsharks”
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