We love it when people give us “creative license” on their cakes. For this cake, they told us they wanted a dinosaur. Everything else was left up to us! So I molded a dinosaur out of Rice Krispies Treats and covered it with fondant. I covered him with teal polka dots and gave him a …
As the title of this post suggests, it’s Friday (almost, I’m posting this Thurs night, but it counts)! Congrats to all of us for making it there! In this post, I’ll be sharing something you can get for FREE, something FUN you can do, a great FATHER’S DAY gift idea, and a FLIPPIN’ cake! So …
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Sometimes, if I’m lucky and we get our cakes done early, I get to be creative and decorate more dummy cakes for the show room! A couple of weeks ago, I created this one: The whole cake was decorated in hot pink and bright orange. However, if you come to the bakery now, the colors …
Take a look at this wedding cake: Different, huh? The bride wanted a gold 3-tier cake and 2 smaller gold satellite cakes. So we covered them in fondant and airbrushed them gold. Then, she wanted an ivory royal icing pattern piped up the sides – something to resemble willow branches. Strings of pearls were glued …
High school graduation ceremonies are quickly approaching for the class of 2010! A few of the little kiddos I’ve known almost my whole life are now all grown up. *Sigh* You really start to feel old when you think back and remember when the person now graduating high school was born and then called herself …
I saw the link to this video on the Fail Blog (funny blog, but not kiddo friendly) and had to share it. Don’t worry, the video is totally kiddo friendly…and it’ll blow your mind!
“Hello mudda, hello fadda…Here I am atCamp Grananda…”* Happy Birthday, Dad! Yup, today is my Dad’s birthday! So in honor of his special day, I’m posting photos of a cake I did last week. It was for a 10-year-old girl, but I’m asking you to look past that fact. I know you can do it. …
I’m a huge fan of cakes that are iced in chocolate buttercream or covered with chocolate fondant because the colors that are used to decorate the cake really pop! Well, that and you can never go wrong with chocolate! Recently, a bride requested that her cake be iced in chocolate ganache and decorated with fresh …
I’m still in shock about the whole thing, but one of my cakes has been featured on Cake Wrecks. If you’ve never heard of Cake Wrecks, you HAVE to go check it out. It’s an hilarious blog all about things that go wrong on professionally decorated cakes. Every Sunday, they post “Sunday Sweets” which are …
You’ve all been so patient, and I’m pleased to announce that the wait is over! Get ready because here comes Part 3 of your stringwork tutorials! *Dramatic Pause* Bridgeless Stringwork! If you need a catch-up, read the Basic Stringwork and Stringwork with a Bridge tutorials first. Again, I am working on a fondant-covered cake. And …