Its February! And of course, this means that Valentine’s and hearts are on the mind. Dave’s work cake often falls right around Valentine’s day so I tend to make something “love” themed. Last year was the ganache truffle heart cake (which got rave reviews!). This year I decided to do some “candy” conversation hearts.
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As I started in on this cake yesterday it suddenly occurred to me that I was creating a castle cake on the same day as the royal wedding! Go figure 🙂 This cake was made for a little princess turning 5. It was a replica of the castle on the invite (see below). This cake started out as a 12×18 sheet cake that I cut to size. Then it is fondant covered. The flags are made with a fondant/gumpaste blend to help them stay waving. 🙂
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Yesterday’s project: April birthday cake for my husband’s work. I had other plans initially but in the end I decided to go with cupcakes – 6 dozen of them! I hadn’t done them in awhile and I had a new recipe for a cheesecake filling I wanted to try out.
I *love* cheesecake. So delicious…so I was excited to try this new filling idea after running across it in the Kraft Food & Family magazine. Basically, you make up your cupcake batter and then make up the cheesecake batter. Fill your cupcake liners halfway with batter. Then put the filling in a piping bag and squirt 1-2 tsp of filling on top of the batter. Then put the other half of the batter on top. Easy! Bake as normal.
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This past weekend we celebrated the birthdays of my 2 sisters as well as my brother-in-law. My little sister made the cake request…marble, with strawberry filling and chocolate frosting! One of my favorite types of frosting! 😉
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Since the meeting/party is this week I went with a St. Patty’s theme – much like I did 2 yrs ago. This time around I decided to use the fun of those rainbow cupcakes and make a rainbow cake! I did it with a similar method that I used to make the rainbow cupcakes, but instead I spread it over 2 pans worth, and this time I actually spread out the batter vs. heaping it in the middle. I’m pretty pleased with the results! (see inside pic below!)
Today we’re tackling how to make rainbow cupcakes. I made these last week for my daughter’s 9th birthday.
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Well, one last Hello Kitty post here. Again more inspiration from the wonderful Bakerella. These were so fun to make because they are just so cute… Hello Kitty is just … so … cute!
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So here’s part 1 of the Hello Kitty birthday weekend! Friday night my daughter had her friends over for a sleepover party. I picked up this Hello Kitty Wilton pan and Emily and I decorated it together. Actually, she did a good part of it. I blobbed the icing on and she went to work smoothing it. I showed her how to do the sides and then she went to town and did a fantastic job getting them really smooth. I showed her the technique for the top and again she went at it.
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My oldest daughter turns 9 today. And like most girls her age, she loves rainbows. We went over a variety of possibilities for her cupcakes that she would take to school. Her actual b-day party is Hello Kitty themed but she wanted something different to take to school. She decided on this.
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