Archive for February, 2008
Fun Craft For Today!!
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008The little item I made today is a little more like Paper Mache meets Powder Sugar! I blew up little water balloons, tied it to a string and piped royal icing in fun swirls and designs around the entire balloon. I then hung it from the light fixture in the dining room to [...]
I Just Bought One Too!!
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Some of you may think this site is just going to share some cool cakes, but I have to tell you–this blog is also my learning space! I’ve never taken a cake decorating class, and there are so many things I want to learn how to do. Much of it will be trial [...]
A Spot Just For You!!
Monday, February 25th, 2008The fun thing about this site is that I don’t want it to be “just me”. Do you see up in the navigation bar above it says…”Cake Showcase”? That is for you! If you’ve made a cake that you are especially proud of and want people to see it–leave me a comment–and we’ll get your [...]
“Kiss” Me, I’m Irish!!
Sunday, February 24th, 2008This was the crafty cake for today. I used a mini heart silicone cake pan and baked these up for the kids. I have a 10 year old, an 8 year old, a 5 year old and a 3 year old. I did the first two steps–I even used the Faux Fondant [...]
The Hockey Puck!!
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Tools Needed: 2 cake mixes, 1 round cake pan (size is totally up to you, for this cake I used a 14 inch round), 1 cake plate–to fit your size choices, 1 batch of buttercream frosting, Wilton fondant with food coloring of your choice, piping bags (1 per color needed) with couplers and rings, [...]
Pink Princess Cake!!
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Ok, the first thing I’m going to do for this cake is post the link to the Wilton Cake Pan Instructions. You aren’t going to necessarily follow them to a T–but enough of it comes from the instructions–that you should look them over. I will let you in on a little secret…this cake [...]
Blue Princess Cake!!
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I bought this cake pan for my daughter’s 3rd birthday. Everything in her world was Cinderella. But I found myself terribly intimidated by the entire thing. I have never taken cake decorating classes, and I had never worked with fondant. So…if you continue back a few years in this progression of pictures [...]
Football Birthday Cake!!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Barrett’s 3rd birthday had a football theme. I got this 3D pan from Wilton, and have loved it. It’s very easy to decorate–but even better, the cake comes out of this ’shape’ pan better than most character pans. The football was decorated alone, and then place on top of a white sheet [...]
Superbowl Cupcakes!!
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008The Volcano Cake!!
Monday, February 18th, 2008Barrett’s First Birthday Bear
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008This is my second attempt at the 3D Teddy Bear. This was for Barrett’s birthday and since he’s a Halloween baby, we had all of the guests come in costume–so his cake needed to be in costume as well. The cake was made using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear pan, but decorated [...]
Blakelynn’s First Birthday Bear!!
Saturday, February 9th, 2008This cake was made using the Wilton Stand Up Cuddly Bear Pan. It was my first attempt at the 3D cake, and my butter cream wasn’t as firm as it needed to be–and I didn’t work with the brown color to get it more even. But for a first attempt, I thought it [...]
Jacob’s 5th Birthday Bowling Cake
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Jacob’s 5th birthday was at a bowling alley. So I used the Wilton Soccer Ball cake pan from his 4th birthday and made it a bowling ball instead. Other than the black frosting (which is never my favorite) I used black sprinkles to give the ball a sparkle. The bowling ball and [...]
Jake’s 4th Birthday Soccer Ball
Friday, February 1st, 2008My first friend birthday party had a soccer theme. I used half of the Wilton 3D Ball cake pan–but since that time they have come up with a much better cake pan. This was a fun cake to make but the pattern threw me off as a novice. It was just placed [...]