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 …
I constantly hear kids of all ages saying they’re going to culinary school when they’re older. The Food Network has really paved the way for so many food-related careers! And cake decorating is so hip right now. Debbie gets inquiries almost every day about hosting cake decorating classes in the bakery. And, while we’d absolutely …
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It’s not often that I get excited about a children’s movie being released in theaters, but the release of Toy Story 3 is a different story! Part of the excitement I feel is due to watching the Toy Story 3 Cakes episode on Food Network Challenge. And adding to the anticipation was the fun I …
Funny little story for ya: I delivered this cake with Ken, Debbie’s hubby. He does the grunt work around the bakery, especially for me because I can’t lift these 4-tier cakes. Anyway, if a couple has a cake topper they want us to place on the cake at the reception, they typically leave it on …
Thank you for everyone who entered the giveaway! If you’re interested, here are the summarized results of “What is your kind of cake?”27% – includes some sort of flowers27% – whimsical/playful/stripes/polka dots/pirates23% – any cake I make (you guys are good at brown nosing!)14% – anything that’s chocolate9% – varies with mood or them of …
I’m taking a quick break from cakes today to tell you about something that’s very close to my heart. I read about this on Cake Wrecks and had to forward the message on to you guys. Give Kids the World is an amazing, fantastical village in Kissimmee, FL where kids with life-threatening diseases can come …
Today feels like a good day for purple! Purple is a funky color…Fridays should be a little funky…so we’re going to have purple cakes this Friday. (Yea, it’s a weak excuse…deal with it.) This cake was covered in purple fondant and then decorated with black fondant accents to look like giraffe print. The “40” topper …