This was the very first wedding cake I decorated for Debbie. The cake was iced in buttercream and decorated with buttercream Swiss dots and cornelli lace. What’s cornelli lace? Check out this tutorial by Wilton. I have to admit, I excel at these Swiss dots. If the dots need to be evenly spaced in straight …
White Buttercream Wedding Cake with Dots and Cornelli Lace Read More »
This is a fun cake we created for a retiring teacher a few weeks ago, but the story behind this cake starts way, way, way before that… Shortly after I started working for Debbie, I discovered that she was from Stuart, FL. It’s where she discovered her knack for cake decorating and first got into …
Last week, for fun and for part of my audition tape to the new Cake Boss show on TLC, I made a soccer cleat cake! Nothing fancy…just a shoe with some Adidas stripes down the side. But instead of writing “Adidas” on the back, I wanted to write a country’s name. At this point, we …
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 …
Cake-y Opportunities and Cake Walk in the Media! Read More »
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 …