Brrr…winter!

Posted by on Jan 30, 2013 in 3D Cakes, Holiday, 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

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Winter Lamb

Posted by on Dec 19, 2008 in Baby, Birthday, Gumpaste Figures & Flowers, Kid Themed, My Cakes

This was a 1st birthday cake – winter themed. The lamb was requested because the little girls nick name involves the word Lamb 🙂 I had so much fun sculpting these little lambs out of fondant. All I could think about as I made them was that saying “Mares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat ivy. A kid’ll eat ivy too, wouldn’t you?” When I was a kid we went camping in northern WI (Hayward) and they had a few animals at the camp ground – one of them a lamb called Lambsydivy (not sure how they spelled it though!)… Lambsydivy = lambs eat ivy 😉 For some reason I’ve never forgotten about that lamb.

But enough about my lamb filled childhood 🙂 – we need the rest of the cake details! There are 2 cakes, sizes 8″ and 10″. Both pink butter cream icing with royal icing snowflakes I piped out, then painted with a pearl luster dust when dry. Below the cake pics are a few close ups of one of the lambs.

Tags: pink, sheep, snow, snowflake, winter

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More cookies…

Posted by on Dec 19, 2008 in Cookies, Holiday, My Cakes

Made these for a family get together 🙂 Click to see a larger photo…

Tags: christmas, holly, ornament, snowflake, tree

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Snowflake Cupcakes

Posted by on Dec 15, 2008 in Cupcakes, Holiday, My Cakes

Tonight is my 4 yr old daughter’s Christmas program for school. I signed up to bring a sweet treat of course 😉 I love working with the blues of winter and snowflakes. So here are some blue iced cupcakes with some Wilton crystal sprinkles for “snow” and royal icing snowflakes that I piped. Boy were they fragile! I’m glad I made extra. But the delicate look of them is just what I wanted… Click the image to see a larger view.