Leftovers

Have tons of leftover frosting? I know the feeling. Seems like I always have leftover frosting or fondant somewhere. Mostly on my hips, but that's another story. This story is about a butter ball turkey and how he came to be in our Thanksgiving feast. In the few weeks before Thanksgiving, I had done a few cakes and my mom requested a do another cake for Thanksgiving. Isn't Thanksgiving all about pie??? Apparently not this year. Well, I didn't particularly have my heart in the project this time. So I made a small 6 inch cake and frosted it with leftover purple icing from my grandma's 75th birthday party. Then I had some leftover fondant from something or other, I can't even remember. I decided to make a little turkey out of fondant and place him on top of the cake. He actually turned out really adorable! I still had a little fondant and I can't seem to make any cakes without a border, so I cut maple leaves out with my cookie cutter and lined them up around the edge. The cake turned out so cute and everyone enjoyed it.

Christmas in July

Our Girl's Day party had a Christmas in July theme this year (actually a few years ago). I have been wanting to try out the giant cupcake pan for a while, so I borrowed it from a friend. I had extra batter so I also made some normal sized cupcakes. I iced the cakes in buttercream, but I really wanted to do a fancy bow, so I made that in fondant. Once again I made the fondant too soft so it was hard to work with, but I got the look I wanted in the end.

July 4th

I love creating cakes for special occasions! This was my very first experiment with fondant. I make my own marshmallow fondant because I think it tastes so much better and it's definitely CHEAPER. I do not like how the fondant sticks to my fingers so I think I used WAY too much shortening on this cake, that's why it's so shiny. Still, it turned out pretty cute considering my experimental technology. Also, I am super lazy so I make all of my fondant in the KitchenAid mixer.

More and more

This cute sailboat cake was made for my good friend's baby shower! I just love the colors and simplicity. This was the first cake I made where I cut the cake to the shape I wanted.





This was just a fun cake night I had with some friends. I taught her how to make icing and just a few simple techniques. As you can see, the one I made has a lot of speckles because I didn't try very hard to keep the cake out of the icing. I probably didn't make the icing thin enough.




This cake was for our office Christmas party.

Easter Fun!

My goal with this cake was to do as many different types of flowers as possible. I really wanted to do daisies, but I have learned that daisies need to be done with royal icing. Mine were kind of FRUMPY. I also learned how to do the basket weave on this cake and it was a lot easier than I expected.

Beginnings

I am doing a cake for someone in my ward and she asked me for pictures of my cakes. I decided that a blog would be much easier than emailing pictures every time. These are my very first cakes! These were done in early 2008 and I have learned so much since then. Most of my cakes have a specific technique that I am trying out or theme that I want to portray. In these cakes I learned how to use piping gel to trace an outline (rainbow) and how to make roses. The Valentine cake was my very first cake. I made it for my husband and it's a good thing he doesn't care much for looks, because this one is a wreck! It's fun to look back and see how much I've grown.