Last weekend, we had the honor of making a luau-themed cake for an office family picnic. The office hosting the get-together happened to be Mel’s husband’s office…but that’s just a minor detail. *wink* In any event, the cake was fun to make! They gave us free reign to decorate it however we pleased. And we …
We’ve been doing a lot of cookies lately, but we’ve been very bad about posting them on the blog. So, today, let’s do a little cookie catch-up! By the way, did you know that a percentage of the proceeds from all cookie orders in 2012 will be donated to the Susan G Komen 3-Day for …
“No more pencils No more books No more teacher’s dirty looks…School’s out for summer!” -Schools Out by Alice Cooper Yes, school’s out! The kids are on the loose in the neighborhood. But before they left the classroom, the teachers probably tried to teach them one last thing before their brains turned to much over the …
In honor of Flag Day, here are a few star cookies decorated with red, white, and blue royal icing in a variety of different methods!
Here’s a fun one for ya:
One of my daughter’s playmates just turned 1 year old! I can’t believe it! And the worst part about it is that means Mikaela will be turning 1 soon too! No, she’s supposed to be my baby forever! …But, then again, she will have the most awesome 1st birthday cake ever, right?! Let the brainstorming …
Last week, we got a cake order we were really excited about! We LOVE to make carved cakes so when Stacey called to order a 3-D roller skate cake for her daughter’s birthday, we were jumping for joy! Ava had seen our Pink Roller Skate Cake and wanted one for herself – with a few …
As a cake decorator, anytime I participate in any community events, I like to create “dummy” cakes to put on display. “Dummy” cakes are fake cakes. The insides are Styrofoam, but the outside is all edible decor. So anything you see as a “dummy” can also be done in real cake. For the recent Taste …
I live in a house divided. My husband is a Florida Gators Fan, and I’m a Florida State Seminoles Fan. Well, let’s face it. I’m divided. My bachelors degree is from the Florida State University and my doctorate is from the University of Florida. Rival schools! (But, for the record, I’m a Seminole fan through …
Here is yet another cake I found in my files that I never posted. Dang, I’ve got to get with it! But it’s sort of appropriate because it reminds me of the next big holiday quickly approaching – Easter! Elle’s Mom gave us a copy of the birthday party invitation so we could match the …