28 and Rocking it!

Happy 28 Birthday to Me, yes me!

One of my Big Salers

Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes! With this tasty treat of Guinness Chocolate Cake, Jameson Irish Whiskey Chocolate filling and to top it all off Baileys Irish Cream Buttercream icing. Eat a few of these bad boys and you will be feeling a bit tipsy.

Get the Kids in the Kitchen

It's summer time and what do you do when its to hot for the kids to go outside. Well, I say put them to work in the kitchen.


What you can do is teach them how to use the Measuring Cups and spoons. Plus, little ones love to mix.

After putting them in the oven give them the timer and say when it sings they will be done.

They love it. My little ones are still to little to frost but have fun with it.

We made Chocolate with Chocolate Buttercream.

Free Online Buttercream Class

Check out this online Class called Modern Buttercream. It has some great tips. If you sign up now its free and you have it for life so you can take it on your own time and go back to it if you need to refer to it.

http://www.craftsy.com/class/modern-buttercream/110

Find of the day!

 This great site has some amazing tips for Cake Baking. Check it out!

http://tipnut.com/cake-baking-tips/

D.I.Y Cake Stands

All Items you can find at your local Dollar store.  Get creative with it, by using plates with patterns on them.

Get you some Glass glue and have fun!

For Something more Fab, Check this project out and I found you can go to yard sale for all these items. Here's the link to the site: http://wanderingchopsticks.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-homemade-3-tiered-cupcake.html

 

Cake web pagers

Here's some of my fav. sites to get ideas and get tips. Trust me when I say they will pull you in and time will fly away with you.

http://cakecentral.com/

http://www.cakewrecks.com/
http://joythebaker.com

Please let me know what your fav. site is and ill check it out!

Cake Pops

Cake Pops, I find they can be dry or too sugary. They are a great idea tho for your cake scraps. I think im going to start keeping my scraps and making them.  








 Here's a link on how to use your cake scraps: http://piewithsparkles.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/cake-pops/

            Or  this............ If you don't have scraps

Cake Ball Mix

What you need
1 batch Dark Chocolate Cake
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioner's sugar
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon milk (or more, as necessary)
Bake the cake and let it cool completely on a rack. This is a very moist cake, which is ideal for this recipe. It's best to let it cool overnight at least. When it is completely cool, break the cake into a large bowl. Crumble it with forks or your fingers until it is in fine crumbs.
In a separate bowl, whip the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and milk together until smooth. Pour into the cake crumbs and mix with a spoon. Then continue mixing with your fingers, kneading and mixing until fully incorporated into the cake. Check to see if it will roll into a ball. It should: this makes a very malleable, easy-to-handle cake mixture. But if it needs a little extra moisture, add milk a spoonful at a time.
When the mix is completely done, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm. You can leave the mix refrigerated for several days at this point. I left mine in the fridge for about three days before making the balls. You could probably also freeze this.

Spiderman

This was a crazy day in the kitch. I put the first cake in the oven and  5 mins later I have one of the worse  seizure I have ever had. But after I came too and sleep for two hours back to cake I went. I pipped all the black that night, I had the shakes so bad I had to stop.
The next morning I was still shaking but with a number 1 tip and very slowly I got it down.

This cake it Half vanilla half chocolate. I used 2 10' pans. The icing is Buttercream.

No Cakes!

So, I have been crazy busy in the kitchen lately. I have loved every min. of it, but I need a little brake. So, July 27-29 I will be checking into a hotel and no baking or cleaning. I'm super excited.

Not Planned Just wanted to Bake

      Yummy!!! Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Icing, Topped with Black Cherries.

Kosher Wedding Cakes

This Cake was a stressful one but fun. Cooking in a different kitchen is always a challenge for me. They turned out great tho. The Brides cake is 6 White cakes with Butter cream icing and purple fondate roses.

I would of loved for the icing to be more smooth but for some reason it was not working out of me and the bride said she liked it this way.

The Grooms cake, yes it is a companion cube from the video game portal. Its red velvet with cream cheese icing and man it was good. 

The beautiful lovers with there cakes. Thank you so much for this experience and Letting me share in your amazing day. You too rock!

Kosher Wedding Cakes

So, 328 miles later and we meet a a H.E.B one of the biggest food chains I have ever seen. Let me just say finding unsalted butter is a change. After finding everything I need I head to a kitchen that I have never seen and start baking. Let me say baking in  Midland Texas is a lot different then Denton Tx, yes you say Texas is Texas, oh no it is not. Texas has so many different climate its a little crazy. Here in Midland there is no humidity and My cakes don't rise as much and my frosting is not quit working out. But will the happy couple have a fab wedding cake and groom's cake YES they will. Cakes are baked and crumb icing is done. Tomorrow icing and decorating starts. Wish me luck and the next time I post will be the cakes.

Star Wars

Princess Leia, Is a carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Plus Two little honey buns and each side.

R2D2, is my white cake with butter cream icing.

Chew which is my Fav. Is chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream icing. All three cakes I used my 10 inch pan.

During transport of the cakes I lost the R2D2 cake. He is my first casualty.

Old School Batman and Joker

I must say I loved making this cake! I have always been a Batman Fan Girl. I took me a bit to get Joker just right but it turned out so good.

This is a Fun Fetti cake with butter cream icing.

Super Mario Brothers

This Super Mario Brothers cake was ordered for two brothers that just love Mario. So, for they Birthday their mom wanted a cake that had both of the brothers.

once again my summer cake is taking off. This is a strawberry cake with cream cheese icing. People just love them during the summer.

Comfort Food

This little cake was for a friend who just needed a cake fix. It's strawberry with cream cheese icing and a gum paste purple rose on top.