A customer asked if I could make a birthday cake for her husband who works at Hewlett Packard. He fixes computer, servers, etc. I asked what his favorite color is and went to work. I started with a chocolate sheet cake with vanilla buttercream icing. I placed the Hewlett Packard logo in the middle and used red tintedContinue reading “Computer Birthday Cake”
Category Archives: Decorations
A Shower of Hearts
I had the pleasure of making a baby shower cake this weekend. I was told the mama-to-be is very girly and is having a baby girl. My customer picked this cake saying it was perfect for her! The cake is chocolate filled with light pink buttercream. Fondant square of pastel baby colors (yellow, blue, green,Continue reading “A Shower of Hearts”
Are you ready for some football?
We are football fans in this house. We enjoy going to the AF football games and catching scores of other college and pro teams. So when my husband signed me up to make a dessert for our tailgate cookout, I was so excited to be creative. I made chocolate cupcakes and filled them with vanillaContinue reading “Are you ready for some football?”
Cake Project
Yesterday was my last cake decorating class. I’m sad it’s over because I loved meeting the people in my classes plus I learned some really great things! This class I learned to work with fondant and gum paste. I had tried my hand at fondant before and realized that I had no idea what IContinue reading “Cake Project”
Fondant
This week I learned to cover a cake base with fondant. I chose to tint the fondant green and use the Star Power imprint mat to make it fancier. I like the way it turned out. Plus it would be a great way to present a cake! On top of the base are the flowersContinue reading “Fondant”
Gum Paste Flowers
So if you were tuned in last week, you will know that I am learning to work with fondant and gum paste. This week I learned to make a few flowers. First the rose. It is so delicate looking but so very easy to make. It’s like working with play dough! The only thing isContinue reading “Gum Paste Flowers”
Roses and Bows
I wanted to see what the Wilton rose would look like with buttercream icing. Since it is a softer icing and the flower is a heavy flower, I wasn’t sure it would work. Being pleasantly surprised, it did turn out. So I decided to decorate a lemon cake with white buttercream icing and yellow roses.Continue reading “Roses and Bows”
Basket of Flowers
Just a peek at what those pretty daffodils look like on a cake. This is a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and yellow daffodils made in royal icing. I also did the border in basket weave which is something new for me. Enjoy!
A Few More…
These violets are so dainty and perfect for filler in a bouquet on a cake or topping for a cupcake… The yellow daffodils are fun for a cake as well. Check out the height on these and the delicate nature of the petals. These were made using Royal icing and dry hard. Lilies areContinue reading “A Few More…”
Rose Buds
Today my daughter and I tested for our next belts in taekwondo. So as a treat for doing well, I typically make a fun dessert to celebrate all of our hard work. It gets a little tricky coming up with new ideas for all the different colors of belts but this one was fun. IContinue reading “Rose Buds”
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