I recently got wind of the new cake show TLC is doing with Buddy Valastro (The Cake Boss). Doesn’t the network’s description of the show make you want to apply RIGHT NOW?! “Are you a natural born baker or artist? Can you make amazing masterpieces, crazy confections or over-the-top cakes? Could you be the next …
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Some of the most difficult cakes to complete successfully are the ones with minimal decorations. I know you’re probably thinking, “Huh? That doesn’t make any sense! If there’s no decorations, it should be easy.” Nope! The fewer the decorations, the fewer opportunities you have to cover “mistakes.” For example, this cake was simply covered in …
Graduation season is finally over, but I’m still getting caught up with posting all the graduation cakes we made this year. Here’s one of my favorites: The cake was iced in chocolate ganache (yum!) and then decorated with fondant accents. The guitar was pre-made out of gum paste to replicate Oliver’s real guitar. The graduation …
If you’ve ever watched the Ace of Cakes, you know that they often say “It’s the week of [insert theme of choice].” You may think that’s just a gimmick for television, but it’s not! Cake orders come in trends for us too! Two weeks ago, we did a cake for Thomas the Tank Engine. And, …
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but polka dots are very popular on cakes right now. Big ones, small ones, random ones, perfectly aligned ones…they’re all “in.” And there are so many great things about polka dots cakes! 1. They’re festive and fun! 2. Yet they are sophisticated at the same time. 2. …
This week, the challenge over at I Heart Faces (www.iheartfaces.com) is Pets! Everyone knows how much we love our little booger Nani so I can’t resist entering a photo. I’m no photographer, but this photo makes me smile. The light coming through the window was soft and vintage-looking.This was during one of our dog-sitting episodes …
Recently, one of the blogs I follow (Simply Stacie) ran a series of giveaways for her Build a Better Blog Week. Surprisingly, I won one of them! I won a free custom blog button design from Tree at Button Connection by Tree. Last October, I designed my own blog button with some free images I …
Some of our good friends moved to Georgia this week! Of course we wish them luck in their new home & jobs, but we’ll definitely miss them. They’re the ones that own those adorable guinea pigs that Nani befriended. So, in their honor, I’m posting a cake with a little creature on top. Apparently, this …
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over a month since my last stringwork post! Phew! So without further ado, here we go! If you need a quick review, help on icing consistency, etc., check out these other stringwork tutorials:Basic StringworkStringwork with a BridgeBridgelss Stringwork I’m using the same cake dummy from the last few tutorials, …
Cake Walk was just featured in Issue #15 of Shopaholic’s Carnival of Shopping series! Shopaholic I’m just starting to delve into all this site has to offer, but they’ve got “how to” articles, great shopping finds, the latest trends in fashion, sports, & decorating, etc, etc, etc. There’s so much there! Check out Issue #15 …