Yesterday was my daughter’s birthday. She turned 9 and I’m still in disbelief! Her favorite cake is strawberry with strawberry icing. It started out being her favorite because it’s completely pink. But strawberries are her favorite fruit so naturally the flavor was favored too! Last night we had a little family celebrating with swirly toppedContinue reading “Strawberry Cake”
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Red Velvet
Today was my husband’s birthday! His favorite is a red velvet cake with peanut butter buttercream icing. You wouldn’t think those two go together since red velvet is usually paired with cream cheese icing but it is fantastic. Very rich…read: needs a glass of milk to go along with the cake! So I decided toContinue reading “Red Velvet”
Happy New Year
A good friend of mine happens to be a New Years Baby! So this year our families got together to celebrate. She requested something lemony. I made a lemon cake with lemon pudding filling and lemon icing. So I decided to be a little creative with the stacking. It was a fun and festive cake. Continue reading “Happy New Year”
Twelve
A customer emailed me to make a cake for her son. He turns 12 tomorrow! A Christmas baby! He happens to love strawberry cake. Since he’s a boy, she wanted it to look like a boy’s cake. So we went with vanilla butter cream icing. He also happens to have a black belt in Shotokan (aContinue reading “Twelve”
Lollipop Tutorial
This is my first tutorial so please be gentle :-). I’m going to show and tell how to make lollipops. It’s easier than it seems. Trust me! Not all the steps are photographed. I was the only one home and you have to move quickly toward the end. Don’t worry directions and the recipe willContinue reading “Lollipop Tutorial”
Chocolate Ganache
So if you are a chocolate lover, you would definitely love this cake. It is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing and chocolate raspberry filling. Oh, and I can’t forget the dark chocolate ganache… A client ordered this cake for her Christmas party this past weekend. I know this cake is decadent because theContinue reading “Chocolate Ganache”
Trains and Holiday Sale
A customer wanted to have a boy and a girl train for a birthday party that she was throwing for her daughter and her friend’s son. I was so excited. This is my most favorite cake to decorate. We decided on red and blue for the boy cake… and pink and purple for the girlContinue reading “Trains and Holiday Sale”
Lemon Tiers
My dad happens to be visiting from Pennsylvania and it happens to be his birthday today. So we decided to do it right! My girls decided that lemon cake would be best. So we made a lemon cake and lemon buttercream icing. I also did 4 tiers. A 2 inch, 3 inch, 4 inch, andContinue reading “Lemon Tiers”
LEGO cake
My daughter is on the robotics team at her school. They built robots out of LEGOs and programmed them to do things. They competed against other robotics teams at UCCS in November. While they didn’t progress to the next level, they did do an awesome job. Tonight was the team’s final meeting. My daughter insisted thatContinue reading “LEGO cake”
Small Tiers
My mom bought me this pan set for an early birthday present. I decided to try it out. First of all I love the way it makes the smallest cakes. There 2 each 4 inch, 3 inch, and 2 inch in the set. I have to say that I am not a fan of dark pans but theseContinue reading “Small Tiers”
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