Posted by Steph on Apr 27, 2013 in
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Novelty This cake was made for April’s work birthday party @ my husband’s job. I had seen the idea in a Food Network magazine and thought it looked fun. The peep itself is constructed out of a 9×13 plus two cakes baked in bowls. I needed a few more servings, so I put the whole thing on another 9×13 cake.
I didn’t have the best time with the tail portion. Once it was frosted, it really pulled on the wooden skewer supports that the instructions said to use. It ended up cracking a little, but not horribly. In looking at real peeps, I noticed that they don’t really have a pronounced tail like the FN cake. I think if I did this one again, I would just sculpt a small peak of a tail with frosting at the back. The beak (also a triangle of cake skewered onto the head cake) stayed on well, though, as you can imagine, its kind of a challenge to ice that nicely.
But it turned out cute in the end. The peep is covered in yellow colored sugar. The eyes are chocolate melting wafers.
Tags: Easter, peep, peeps, spring, yellow
Posted by on Jan 30, 2013 in
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My Cakes Its normally around January that I feel about done with winter – its not so much the snow that I mind, but the C-O-L-D. You’d think after all these years I’d move a bit south…but I do love it here! So instead I bundle up and enjoy the snowy view out my windows. … AND drink lots of coffee (or hot chocolate if that’s your thing!). Coffee makes everything better. 
So does cake (and cake goes good with coffee!) – so here is the January work cake – an 8″-10″ tiered cake with a cake mug of hot chocolate (complete with “marshmallows”) on top. Stay warm!
Tags: coffee, hot chocolate, marshmallows, mug, scarf, snowflake, winter
Posted by on Jan 30, 2013 in
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My Cakes Its a snowy, snowy day here, so I figured I’d better catch up on a few cake posts. This cake is actually from Dec for my husband’s work. Mr. Snowman is made from an 8″ and 10″ cake, iced with a fondant scarf.
Tags: frosty, snow, snowman, winter
My niece turned 3 this weekend and the theme was pumpkin princess! She likes all things sparkly and pink. This cake is a 10″ round with a pumpkin cake on top. The pumpkin was carved out of the wilton ball pan and covered in fondant. The crown is gumpaste with a hard candy jewel on it.
Tags: crown, fall, pink, princess, pumpkin, tiara
Posted by on Oct 18, 2012 in
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My Cakes I like to do themed cakes for my husband’s monthly work cake when I can. This month, of course, it means Halloween! In the past I’ve done a pumpkin, ghost, or bucket of candy. This month I went with an idea I saw from somewhere online for a casket ~ complete with creepy skull! This cake was carved out of an 11×15 sheet cake (double layer). It is covered in fondant and painted and marked to look like wood. The chain is also fondant. The skull is made from white chocolate candy melts using Wilton’s skull candy mold.
Tags: casket, coffin, halloween, skull
This cake was made for 2 beautiful girls turning 10 years old! The cake was made from 2 9×13 cakes that I cut in half and stacked up. The accents are fondant. I also made up a few cupcakes to go along with them (see below). The design was based on a party napkin that was being used for the party.
Tags: dots, polka dots, stripes
Posted by on Jun 26, 2012 in
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My Cakes Last week I did a graduation cake for a high school grad. I have done other grad cakes for this family so it was fun to do another! This cake is an 8″ and 12″. He is into photography so there are “polaroid” snapshots around the cake of his interests. Cake is iced in butter cream with a gumpaste grad cap on top with gumpaste pics (edible images on them).
Tags: grad cap, graduation
Posted by on Feb 25, 2012 in
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My Cakes Tonight my husband and 2 daughters are off to a father/daughter dance at the school. This is their 3rd year going and they have such a great time. It is run by their Girl Scout troops. This year, their leaders asked me to make a center piece cake for the event. The theme? One Starry Knight…they wanted a sheet cake but a castle with pink and purple. Fun!
This cake is a 2 layer 12×18 cake in buttercream icing. I put a 6″ round cake on that and used some of Wilton’s castle set pieces to finish it off along with lots of small fondant flowers. The walkway is fondant and made with a impression mat I have. I hope all of the girls tonight love it!
And a few closeups…
Tags: castle, grass, pink, purple
Posted by on Jan 19, 2012 in
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Novelty This cake was made for my cousin at the request of his mom. We all celebrated together at a family Christmas get together in December. He plays a marimba and is very active in marching band. So we decided to do a marimba shaped cake. He also loves chocolate chip cookies so we made the “keys” out of the cookies! The sticks are dowels with cake balls on the end, coated with white chocolate. I started with 2 9×13 size cakes and cut them to the shape and stacked them.
Tags: instrument, marimba, music
Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in
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Pie Thanksgiving is right around the corner…seriously…next week! I can hardly believe it. So in my theme for November’s work cake, I decided to use the instructions I found from one of my favorite cakers (Sharon @ SugarEd). She had a great tutorial for making this pumpkin pie cake. So I got out my airbrush and went to town!
The “pie” is pumpkin cake (based on her recipe) that I baked right in a pie tin. I followed her instructions for the process of making the “crust” and airbrushing it. I am pleased with the results. The bottom cake is a 10″ cake to provide those extra servings we need.
Enjoy! And have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Tags: autumn, fall, Pie, pumpkin pie, thanksgiving
