Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Christmas Spirit!

I don't know what it is about this year...maybe it's the weather, or just being super busy...but it does not feel like CHRISTMAS TIME!  It makes me quite sad that I can't get into the Christmas spirit - I love buying gifts, wrapping them, decorating and of course making Christmas sweets!

It's been tough with my hours at work, then training for a half marathon (I'm crazy..I know)!  I just haven't had that much time to make super special Christmas/holiday treats.  I did have a request for Red Velvet Cupcakes for the beginning of December, so I decided to make them somewhat festive!  I made everything from scratch, including the cream cheese icing, then added some white sprinkles (to look like snow) and a candy cane as the North Pole!  What do you think?















Stay tuned... Christmas cookies are coming up this weekend and next, any suggestions on some new recipes I should try?!  Bake ON!!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

A Very Sporty Birthday!

Growing up, I was quite the tomboy and into every sport imaginable.  I tried being a cheerleader, I even did ballet and loved it.  But, my true love was sports - softball, basketball, soccer, and even football.  I received a cake order by a little girl after my own heart...she didn't want a princess or a butterfly cake - she wanted a basketball and soccer themed cake!

I checked out a few designs, but I knew in my heart what I wanted to create for her.  A true fusion of soccer and basketball, mixing her two worlds into one cake!  I did a large sheet cake (vanilla) with home-made butter cream.  I made half the cake a soccer field, and the other half a basketball court and the two fields met in the center of the cake, where there was a half basketball/half soccer ball layered on top!  She was super excited for her cake and I was quite proud of how the two came together into one.  What do you think?!

Bake on!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Happy Turkey Day!

As I am sure most of you are stuffed to the brim with turkey and left over turkey, and all of the trimmings!  How was your Thanksgiving?  Mine was really nice, couldn't ask for better company, food and weather.  I had the opportunity to make a cake for a family friend - she wanted something fun, holiday-esque and yummy.  I didn't have too much direction, so I scouted some examples online and created my own version of a Thanksgiving cake!

I layered chocolate and vanilla cakes (homemade) and then made a chocolate butter cream, because the cocoa powder creates such a lovely and warm chocolate color.  Then I made some bright fall colors, yellow, red and orange to decorate the rest of the cake with giant turkeys on the side, and leaves.   I think it was a nice mix of classy, fun, and festive!  What do you think?  Bake on!


Sunday, November 20, 2011

AWESOME 80's 30th Birthday!

The 80's has a lot of well-known looks, big hair, colorful clothing, and who can forget the music! (Okay, okay...I was born at the end of the 80's...but I can still like the music!) This request was for a friend who was turning 30, she wanted to turn back time and have a totally awesome 80s birthday party, cake included!  After tossing out a few ideas - Simon (the light up - Simon Sez game), a boom box, or even a rubix cube...a mix tape with fun colors won out!

I thought it would be really cool to make the inside of the cake match the funky colors of the 80's so I Tye-dyed the inside. This was the first time I have ever attempted to Tye dye a cake and it was quite successful!  I separated the batter into different bowls and added, red, green, blue, purple, yellow, and teal food coloring to each batter and then mixed into the pan!  It came out super bright and fun!  Decorating the cake was simple - the hardest part was making sure it looked like a cassette...do you even own any of them anymore?  I think I had 3 cassette tapes in my life!

It was fun, colorful and yummy - the birthday girl looked awesome (hot pink hair, teased to new heights and colorful spandex!) and she loved the cake.  Her birthday was totally awesome...what do you think about the cake?  Bake on!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Fast Four!

My nephew just turned four, and every year I make him a different birthday cake.  I ask him each year starting in September what cake he would like, and normally it changes about five times before he finally decides on the cake he wants.  This year - it was all about CARS!  He wanted Lightning McQueen from the Disney & Pixar movie, CARS.

I had made one of these cakes before, but that was about 4 years ago.  And they wanted the cake to be butter cream, not fondant!  That's a ton of piping!  But it was good practice...just had red icing everywhere!  He enjoyed the cake, and it was super yummy!  Take a look and let me know what you think... remember to BAKE ON!














Isn't my nephew cute?!  I had to bribe him to take the picture with me!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Feeding My Coffee Addiction for A Cause!

As you all may know by now...I'm addicted to coffee - anytime, any flavor, any size, and I'm in love (just don't tell my boyfriend!).  As part of my cupcake experiments, I knew I had to test out some coffee flavored ones - I found these in a cupcake book my mom bought for me and they sounded delish!  Mocha cupcakes with whipped cream icing - and as part of my fundraising for my friend's mom - I thought it would be fun to make 'em MINI!

Mini Mocha Cupcakes (doesn't it just roll off of your tongue!).  Well - I made my first mini batch, and ESPRESSO explosion, oh yeah... super strong espresso flavor.  So, I emailed all of my customers (3 dozen - 3 customers!) and warned them of the strong coffee flavor.  But - I also added a whipped cream icing, some cocoa powder and a tiny piece of dark chocolate and since they are all bite-sized, I figured it would combine really well into a yummy mocha (mini) cupcake!  I think they came out cute, what about you?  BAKE ON!


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Cupcakes for a Cause!

With all of my different experiments going on to try out new flavors for cupcakes, I decided that I might as well put my experimentation to good use!  A family friend's mother is battling cancer, and it's been a pretty uphill battle thus far - her son reached out to family and friends to come up with some ideas on how to raise some money to help her out.

Who doesn't love cupcakes?  So, why not take the cupcakes I was experimenting with and sell them?  I figured I would only sell 2 dozen each week and do it for a couple of weeks.  After posting my Caramel Apple cupcakes on Facebook - I received FIVE orders for 12 cupcakes!  Can you believe it?  So, I made a whole bunch of cupcakes (new apple spice recipe that I tested out..YUMMY).  Then I made a caramel buttercream from scratch, for the first time.  It wasn't so much of a piping buttercream, but more of a glaze!  The only thing is...the caramel overpowered some of the apple flavor, but combined it was one pretty sweet snack!

















Next up - I am thinking some sort of java/chocolate/coffee flavored cupcake.  I will post on Facebook the flavor and when they will be available.  I think I may limit these to just 24 cupcakes because I don't have a lot of time in the upcoming weeks - but every little bit helps!  Take a look at the cupcakes below, what do you think?  Festive, right?  Bake ON!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Are You A Belieber?

This was a fun cake!  It was for my boss' daughter - she was turning 11 years old, and what else would an 11 year old girl want for her birthday cake?  JUSTIN BEIBER!  (When I was 11...I got *NSYNC).  I sent her some options from ideas I found on the internet - and she chose a rectangle, zebra printed cake with a giant photo of Justin Beiber at the top.

With multiple layers of chocolate and vanilla cake, and chocolate and vanilla buttercream, this was a MASSIVE cake!  But it was fun and easy - as the cakes were in the oven, I prepped the purple fondant starts and balls for the exterior. And covering the cake was surprisingly easy, it definitely is true, practice makes perfect.  I added some purple sparkles, some metal swirls, and then Justin!  I ordered an edible photo and made a stand out of graham crackers, and mounted that on cardboard to be sturdy.


The hardest part was delivery - the cake was beyond heavy!  But I made it up the elevator and to the bowling alley and Sami loved the cake!  It is by far my favorite cake of the year, what do you think?  Bake on!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Gum Paste Flowers!

Today was an adventure!  I bought a living social deal to try a cake decorating class on how to make sugar flowers from The Sugar Flower Cake Shop in NYC!  I signed up and showed up to this awesome studio bakery in the fashion district!

Once the class got started, after thoroughly washing our hands (sing Happy Birthday 2x) we stood at our tables and started to learn how to make orchid petals out of gum paste.  We learned the difference between gum paste and fondant (which I never knew before!) and got started.  It was definitely something different, and you had to be very delicate.  The gum paste takes about 24 hours to dry, so we used some pre-prepared petals to assemble, and our samples will be used for future classes.

We had to carefully assemble the flowers, piece by piece and then we assembled a butterfly.  I learned some tips on how to better use a piping bag to pipe a cake with buttercream - we made 4in. cakes to bring home.  After everything was assembled separately (and our cakes but in the refrigerator to harden),we used edible colored dust to make our flowers even more colorful and then placed together for our basket of flowers.  Take a look at my cake basket and let me know your thoughts...I'm looking forward to making some more flowers, so stay tuned and BAKE ON!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Quarter of A Century Weekend!

This cake was for an amazing celebration, a 25th wedding anniversary for the parents of one of my friends!  Wow, 25 years - isn't that amazing?!  My friend planned a fabulous outdoor surprise party for her parents, including a custom cake by me!  Using silver and white, I created this red velvet (ooooh yeah, from scratch!) tiered cake with hand-piped designs and silver and white pearls!

To make sure her parents would like red velvet, I sneakily gave them my cupcakes to "taste-test" after a failed attempt at red velvet, I finally nailed the recipe, and the cake was a huge success!  The party was a complete surprise and they loved the cake!  Check out pics below! (This weekend was also my cousin's 25th birthday, he loves oreos - so I made him my cookies 'n' cream cupcakes from a few weeks ago, yummy!)

Now I'm off to taste test some new cupcakes...stay tuned and remember to bake on!!! 

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Beauty & Andi Part II

It was one of my first blog posts last year - Beauty & Andi!  My cousin Andi turned 4 this year- and as usual I made her cake.  I was hoping to make her something different this year, maybe a castle or a different Disney Princess.  BUT - what did she want?  Belle, from Beauty and the Beast.  The exact same cake I made her last year!

I made a few modifications this year - I used a different doll (barely!) and I also used a different icing tip to give her dress a different finish.  Last year her dress had this rippling effect and this year, I did little stars.  The one element that stayed the same - were the sparkles! I love making my princesses sparkle, it adds such a magical touch to the cake.  The only downfall...is I end up with sparkles all over me and my kitchen!  Oh well..sparkles never hurt anyone.  Which one do you prefer?  This years or last years cake?!  BAKE ON :)

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Taste Test!

This week I experimented with yet another flavor of cupcake! (by the way - the bride and groom LOVED the cookies n cream cupcakes!) But this week - I went with my mom's favorite- lemon and raspberry.  She loves lemon cake  - and she also loves raspberry martinis!  I found this great recipe online that used Chambord in the cupcake and the icing - and knowing that we had some left over Chambord, I figured why not!

The cupcakes came out nice and light - and had a great lemon taste thanks to fresh lemon juice and lemon zest.  The icing was super sweet but it balanced out the cupcake perfectly.  My mom loved them and I brought some over to a friends house for a party and they were a huge hit!  I think next time I would change up the icing to make it a little less sweet!  But check out the recipe I followed here, from Bakedbree.com.  Soo yummy!  Bake on!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

From Scratch...

Knowing that today was going to be a gross day out (and it was...pouring rain all day!) I knew it was a perfect day to check out some new recipes.  And I had the perfect excuse to practice - one of my brother's friends is getting married next weekend - so I am making cupcakes for their rehearsal dinner!

I wanted to make something new and from scratch - just to test out some new recipes.  I was debating between vanilla bean and lemon, but nothing seemed to catch my eye.  UNTIL - I saw this amazing cookies and cream recipe (check out the recipe here from Annie's Eats blog!)  They came out delicious - I had my family taste test them for my trial run.  I will definitely try and tweak the recipe in the future to put my own little spin on it, but it is an amazing recipe!  The cupcakes look super cute, and are moist and yummy!  I can't wait to try batch number 2 and make them even prettier for the rehearsal!

Congrats!  And I am looking forward to more experiments - so stay tuned and BAKE ON!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Hook 'em!

This past weekend I travelled up to a small town on the border of New York and Vermont to visit one of my best friends from college. She is moving to Texas to go to grad school, and she was throwing a good-bye celebration. She asked me if I could help her with a cake - and of course I said yes.  How could I not make her a going away cake? 

At first, she wanted the state flag of Texas on a sheet cake - but once I was up there, we decided to do the Texas logo, the Longhorns.  It was a basic sheet cake, that I iced and then piped the Longhorn logo (free hand) and then piped along the edges of the cake to polish it off.  Everyone enjoyed the cake, and Marie was quite impressed!  So best of luck best friend, and hook 'em!















Bake on!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Under the Sea!

It's been a while since I've made a Disney Princess cake - but when I got the opportunity to make a new Princess - of course, I hopped on it!  One of my best friends from school, wanted to surprise his girlfriend with a birthday party (and of course, cake!).  She has amazing beautiful red hair, and she loves The Little Mermaid, and after some thinking - I figured it would be awesome to do a doll cake!

But, how did I do a dress, if Ariel really never wears a signature dress? Well, I used the dress to be the water, and her fin/tail was outlined in the water!  With the base of the cake as the sand/bottom of the ocean.  Everything on the cake was edible, the sand, the flowers, the fishies (yup - those are colored gold fish!), and even Flounder!  The cake was a huge hit, and of course, she was surprised!  Her birthday is this week (and so is my mom's!) so Happy Birthday to the both of them :)  May there be many more!  Check out the pics below, and let me know what you think.

















Bake on!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

A Typical 4th Of July!

Well...I now understand how easily it is to let hobbies and crafts that you passionately care about fade away.  Work!  Work just gets in the way.  But, it's okay - I am trying to find a way to incorporate my love of baking (and giving back) and business all into one!  Oh yes...I have a plan, but hush hush - it's just in the "idea" stage!

In the meantime, I am still baking here and there.  I just haven't gone over the top with cakes because I'm thoroughly enjoying my summer - lots of sun, pools, friends and family!  And what perfect way to celebrate all of that than on the 4th of July!  And it wouldn't be a 4th if I didn't make a cake.  This cake has been made numerous times, multiple different ways and I kind of just made it quickly to have something patriotic and  yummy!  I did a vanilla whipped icing (so yummy and light for summer!) with fresh strawberries and blueberries.  I was going more for taste and a light summer dessert considering the amount of food we had at our family BBQ!  Check out the cake below :)

















Look forward to more cakes...I have a few more coming up this summer and remember to BAKE ON!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Lucky Number 30!

Hey there!  It's been a while since I've written here - haven't really had the opportunity to bake. Well, at least up until my brother turned 30!  However, I couldn't bake for his actual birthday, I was too busy with work - but he still got an awesome cake, because we threw him a SURPRISE party!  and yes, he was surprised!!

We went with a casino theme, with playing cards everywhere, dice, poker chips, etc.  I was originally asked by my sister in law to create dice cakes...but I wanted something a bit more challenging.  So I made him a big 30 (plus it was another chance to rub it in his face that he was turning 30!).  So I saw an awesome cake and modeled mine after it...and then made bite sized dice cakes.  They took FOREVER (literally..FOUR HOURS!) but everyone loved it!  What do you think?


BAKE ON!!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Cinco de Mayo Margaritas!

So this blog post is well...interesting.  I help order lunch for my office a few days a week- we all pick up different tasks around the office, and this one is mine.  Normally any problems we have with the food, is they forgot an order.  Easy enough to call and have fixed...well this week, that was NOT the case.  I ordered some quesadillas and chips and salsa for everyone to share.  There are about 15 people in the office...so I said a few orders that 15 people could share! 

Well... when the order arrived - she had 15 orders of EACH!!! Way too much food and WAY too expensive for a lunch.  I felt so bad, that I figured the only way I could make it up, is to bake (plus it always cheers me up after a long stressful day)  Since today is Cinco de Mayo, I thought it would be cute to do lime flavored cupcakes with sprinkles around the outside (like the salt) and a colorful straw. I didn't have time to find mini-umbrellas..but they still came out super cute (and YUMMY).  What do you think?
















BAKE ON!

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter {Eggs!}

Happy Easter everyone!  I experimented with a new cupcake design for Easter, thanks to my wonderful "Hello Cupcake" inspiration book.  I used graham crackers to make Easter eggs, and decorated them with sparkles and icing to create fun Easter designs.  I then tried to create the effect of grass on the actual cupcake (as if the Eggs were hiding in the grass).   They came out pretty cute...what makes them even better is that when they are all together it looks like field of Easter eggs (even the platter has a floral/grass arrangement!).

Hope everyone has a wonderful, beautiful, and loving Easter...enjoy the cupcakes and BAKE ON!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

New Business Opportunities!

I know it has been a while since I have blogged- but I haven't stopped baking!  Just last week I made two very large batches of gooey chocolate cookies! Oh my goodness- they were delish!  I brought them in to work for some of my co-workers visiting from LA.  They heard about my baking, and I figured it would be smart to back up what I say!  They loooooved them!!!

Anyways...what I am really excited about is a new business partnership!  A friend of mine from Girl Scouts (yes...I am a Girl Scout still!!!) is starting a fashion show business (once she gets a website up....check out the links I will post!).  And she is going to feature my cupcakes and cakes!  Well...she is going to offer my cupcakes to the girls to decorate for the party and then as an option they could get a customized birthday cake!

I even created a flip book of my top "girly girl" cakes to show off to her future clients...once that gets delivered expect a few pics...and hopefully a lot more girly girl cakes!!!  BAKE ON!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Birthday Wishes!

It's been a few weeks since I have made a cake - however today I was thinking back to my senior year of college (all of a year ago) and my last week at my restaurant job, I made 2 cakes for my co-workers.  One of my co-workers, Sam said she hadn't had a birthday cake with her name on it for a really long time (maybe not ever).  Since I love to bake before I leave any place I work, it made perfect sense to make her a birthday cake.

I started off with just a simple chocolate cake with chocolate frosting - can you tell, she loves chocolate?!  And then I added some colorful sprinkles around the cake to brighten it up.  Then for the rest of my co-workers, I wanted something a bit more fresh and spring-ish!  I made a lemon cake with fresh strawberries in the middle with this chocolate-whipped icing.  It was light and fresh, and it was devoured within 20 minutes of cutting it!  I had fun making a strawberry spiral design on the top and love to make this cake in the summer because it's so fresh!  Take a look and let me know what you think?!
















BAKE ON!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Employee of the Moment!

In the kitchen at my job, we have a white board where we nominate the "Employee of the Moment" so someone who did something nice, changed the water bucket, or is just plain awesome!  So today, after a pretty dreary two weeks (I'm ready for SPRING!) I walked in to see my name!!!!!

And then of course I saw the side note "in hopes that she brings more cupcakes!"  Well...I am usually the one to not disappoint others - so here are my cupcakes that I am treating my co-workers to, tomorrow!  I went with pink icing and fun spring colors in hopes of bringing a little bit of flair, brightness and SPRING into our office!  Enjoy...and Bake on!













That's my "nomination"!  Let's just say all those who were in the office were super happy on Friday and those who were out travelling, were quite disappointed that they missed out on my cupcake.  I guess I'll have to bring some more in soon!!! :)

Monday, March 14, 2011

Memories of baking!

A lot of people ask me where I learned to bake, and why I love to bake so much.  My mom doesn't like to bake, neither does my grandma and for sure none of the men in my family bake! However, my great-grandma lived next door to me for the first 16 years of my life, and yes she was a baker (just for fun though).   I remember making pizelle cookies with her (these flat, wonderful, waffle type Italian cookies).  I grew up with my great-grandma, I blame her for my love of coffee and tea- because every morning and afternoon I would go over there and have coffee and Stell D'Oro biscotti, or tea and of course a biscotti.

To this day, one of my favorite things is having one cookie (preferably a biscotti) with my cup of coffee.  But, the best memory now aside from thinking back to sitting outside in the summer with my grandma having tea and coffee is sorting through all of her cookie recipes and bringing back all of those great memories through the taste of her cookies. I found her old biscotti recipe and they beat any cookie I have ever had from any bakery.  It takes a lot of time, patience, and love to get the cookies just right- but at the end, they are definitely worth it! Biscotti in Italian means twice baked, so that is why it takes a little extra patience, after some practice - it just becomes second nature on how to make them just right. I think it's time I bring that recipe back up and bake some biscotti this week or next...yummy!

Bake on!

Monday, March 7, 2011

Sleeping Beauty for A Beautiful Friend!

It was my best friend's 23rd birthday and well, I always tease her that her boyfriend is the Prince from Disney's Sleeping Beauty.  I've never been home for her birthday, so she's has not gotten a "Cute Cake by Vicky" just yet.  This year, I drove up to her school (she's in grad school  now) and surprised her with a Princess Aurora cake (that's Sleeping Beauty's real name, for all those non-Disney fanatics!)

She was so shocked and happy- she hoped I would bring a cake, but didn't know if I could transport it the hour-plus drive up to her house!  I couldn't NOT make a cake for her birthday!  She absolutely loved it and so did all of her friends and roommates.  It was a perfect start to a great birthday day and night!  Next up...her wedding cake!  (okay, okay...in a few years!).  Happy Birthday best friend!


BAKE ON!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Minion Cake part 2

I am guessing my first minion was a success, because....I GOT ANOTHER ORDER!  This time for a minion with one eye from the movie "Despicable Me".  It's a great family movie, I watched it with my nephew before creating the first cake and feel like watching it again!  Maybe tonight?!

Anyways...this was for a friend of mine, her daughter who was turning 19!  Yup, 19 and she LOOOOVE the minions (I mean...they are adorable!).  Check it out below...pretty much exactly the same as the first one. Except this time, I changed the letter on his overall for V, because the cake was for Veronika!  Enjoy and remember to BAKE ON!


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cookies to Go!

I have some exciting news!!! First of all, I had my first shipment order!  A friend from school ordered half a dozen sugar cookies to be shipped to her friend for her birthday!  I created daisies, tulips and butterflies with pink and purple icing and sprinkles (and of course sparkles).  If they get there successfully thanks to USPS, I may start shipping more and more- no cakes, just cookies and other baked goods! 

I used pink and purple ribbon to make the box look super special and added a fake flower to tie it all together.  There may be snow on the ground, but I wanted the gift to look like a burst of spring, and fun! 


What are your thoughts?

Do you want to know what the 2nd half of the good news was?!  The interior designer I used to work for (who has this MOST AMAZING BLOG!) featured my blog in one of her posts!  Be sure to check her blog out, www.adasinteriordesign.com/blog, she offers economical design tips and inspiration (on life too!)  If you're having a bad day, definitely check out her blog and even her portfolio, her designs, colors, and words are such an inspiration to be a happy and loving person.  So thanks Ada! 
BAKE ON!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!!  Even if you're not with your loved one today, or even if you don't have a specific sweetheart- I hope you had a great day!  I don't believe in all of the hustle and bustle of V-day, but believe you should try and enjoy every moment you have with all of your loved ones (for me...my boyfriend who lives 800 miles away, and my nephew...who lives 8 minutes away! two of the most special people in my life!)

Instead of doing the typical box of chocolates for my boyfriend (he's not a big chocolate fan) I created these cupcakes below which I got inspiration from a cupcake book (Hello, Cupcake!) to make them LOOK like a box of chocolates! I used conversation hearts, M&M's, sprinkles, and chocolate molds that I made to decorate the top of the mini-cupcakes!  What do you think?
And for fun...we went to see the Blue Man Group in Chicago on Saturday night (AMAZING!) Then on Sunday after our lovely brunch - we ventured around Millennium Park and found a great chocolate shop around the corner from our hotel where we experimented with an Irish Cream Chocolate, a Hazelnut Cream Chocolate and a Peanut Butter filled Chocolate... YUM! 

 I loved spending time with my boyfriend- because isn't that what V-day is all about, being with your loved ones?  Not necessarily impressing them with fancy chocolates, or jewelry- but to find a neat way to say I Love You (even though you say it everyday)!  Happy Valentine's Day to everyone... just know you are loved by someone, somewhere- and they love you everyday- not just today!
BAKE ON :)

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Signature...

I guess I have found what my signature cake and cupcake is...MINNIE MOUSE!  This is now my third time making this cake and cupcakes- however this time I had a new twist to it.  Take a look and see what is different!!










This Minnie Mouse cake is only one layer! And I made the bow different...it was a challenge trying to get the fondant to swirl into a bow like that.  I love this cake...next time I'll have to spice it up again - any suggestions?








These cupcakes took FOREVER!  The ears, bows, white polka dots and '1' medallions were all made from fondant.    Yet they came out fun and classy...even if Carmen was only turning 1!!!  Hope she enjoyed them :)


Bake on!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Party Time...Amanda turns 21!!

My cousin finally turned 21! YAY!   I now can go out with my cousin to have a drink, aside from coffee!  Anyways- she was super excited to turn 21- and wanted an alcohol themed cake.  I felt like she deserved something a bit classier and extravagant...so I came up with this idea!  I wanted to use vibrant and classy colors with asymmetrical shapes to make it look modern! 

Then I bought a funky wine glass to display the 21 (wanted that to be the focus) and she LOVED the cake.  What are your thoughts?




















Happy 21st Birthday! 

Bake ON!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

"It's so fluffy!"

I know it has been a looooooooong time since I have posted anything!  But with the holidays and starting a new job, my cakes had to take the back burner!  However, 2011 has thus far proved to be a great year (cake wise!).  I already have 3 orders....and this was the first one!

Have you seen "Despicable Me"?  It's a GREAT family movie, that's funny and even has that typical Disney- happy ending with morals intertwined.

This cake is the main character's minion.  They play a huge role in the movie and are super cute! This cake (vanilla with fondant decorations) was for an ADORABLE 3 year old little girl who absolutely loves the movie.  When she opened the cake box...her jaw dropped and she said "It's a MINION CAKE!"  - too cute!  I think this is one of my new faves...what do you think?



Remember to BAKE ON!! :)