August 20, 2010 @ 07:49

This cake is for a friend of mine who is recieving an award for cooking.  I was asked to make a cake for the party to celebrate and told “It’s rustic.  Do whatever you want.”  Those are beautiful words, I love ‘em!  Triple chocolate cake inside the cheese wheels, the rest is fondant and gum paste veggies and fruits.  My favorite are the radishes, which I should have had Janet come and photograph.  But alas, here’s the best I could do. 

August 10, 2010 @ 07:27

For my nephew Jaidon, who is precious and may become my favorite family cake recipient if he follows through in the coming years with flavors like this one.  The boy is four and insisted on blueberry.  Oh the joy of not hearing “oh, just vanilla” or ”plain chocolate will be fine.”  Blueberry studded buttermilk country cake with cream cheese buttercream and blackberry swirled cream cheese buttercream between.  That’s a boy after my own heart.  The head and foot boards are gingerbread.  And, yes, that’s a big cheat with actual toys on the bed.  But the boy needs more toys, I’m tellin’ ya . . . 

Sorry for the terrible picture quality, I left my camera on my desk at work so these were taken with my phone. 

July 15, 2010 @ 06:25

Vanilla cake with cookies & cream filling swirled with chocolate ganach and buttercream frosting.  For my nephew’s baseball team.  Three of the things I had to write on this cake pained me.  1)  Dirty Birds . . . *sigh*  Really?  2) J-Wad, yes I get the A-Rod similarity and it is just a straightforward break down of his actual name.  But oh, man.  3) I’ll let you guess the third . . .   

June 30, 2010 @ 22:29

Strawberry cake, fresh strawberry buttercream and fresh strawberry filling.  I love summer. 

And is it just me?  Or is Ariel a little bit . . .  tarty? 

June 27, 2010 @ 22:28

This cake looks a little dry in the photo, but it matches the bedding chosen for the baby’s room.  It was pretty and sleek in person.  And dark chocolate cake filled with white chocolate mousse with a dark chocolate swirl in the middle.  That’s not boring, right? 

June 18, 2010 @ 06:19

So this chocolate ganache may be the world’s most perfect food.  Sorry Chiquita banana, but really?  It’s fabulous, it makes the peanutbuttercream experience amazing.  People take the first bite and then look up at me with surprise on their faces.  It’s that good.  But . . .  it photographs like crap.  Maybe it’s just that I’m no photographer.  This glossy gorgeous chocolate makes the flash crazy.  I may need to take a digital photography class.  So for now, I’ll just tell you, this is a fairly big, 20″ round, Ubercake, peanutbuttercream, chocolate cake with chocolate sauce and chocolate ganache.  And in real life, it looks awesome. 

May 24, 2010 @ 20:12

I’m not sure of the entire theme of this wedding.  Some Viking, some Roman, and last I heard the bridesmaids were going to dance down the aisle to The Time Warp, yes from Rocky Horror Picture Show.  Colorful . . . 

And why is it that the cakes always look lumpier in the pictures than they did in person? 

May 10, 2010 @ 06:06

Cake catch up . . . 

 April 07, 2010 @ 06:13

. . .  yeah.  That’s right.  That’s what happens when you love Spongebob and your birthday falls on Easter and your parents are cool.  Sorry for the terrible picture quality.  Taken with my phone.  Half sheet vanilla cake with buttercream for Owen’s second birthday. 

February 18, 2010 @ 21:32

For Gracie, who is four.  Beside the plate it will be served on, to match of course.  And I can’t help but notice, that MY horse is fat . . .  oh, subconcious me, thou art a heartless bitch . . .