A very Adventure Time birthday
20 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in awesome, birthdays, cake, friends, tv show Tags: adventure time cake, birthday, cake, chocolate, deocorating, diy, fondant, food, friends, fun, lumpy space princess cake
My friend: Hey, I was wondering if you could make Amy a Lumpy Space Princess birthday cake?
Me: Yeah… I’m gonna need to google that. Haha.
This thing was awesome. It was a strawberry half sheet cake packed full of a whole carton of strawberries. I carved out the shape of this delightful… creature and slathered it with strawberry buttercream and then covered it with fondant.
I had found quite a few pictures of this character on google and I’d asked which face he wanted her to make. He told me to use whichever one made me smile. I thought this face was hilarious. haha.
I’ve not seen Adventure Time, but I really want to check it out because this cake was a lot of fun to make!
Adorable Baby Shower Happy Cloud Cake
13 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in baby shower, cake, clouds, friends, sheet cake Tags: baking, birthday, Blog, cake, cloud cake, cute, deocorating, diy, happy cloud
I made this ADORABLE baby shower cake for a lovely lady who is undoubtedly going to have one of the cutest kids ever!
I used a cool recipe for the icing that I’ve not used before… it’s called cloud icing, so I found that fitting.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
4 egg whites, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
In a saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil. Boil for 3-4 minutes or until a candy thermometer reads 242 degrees F (firm-ball stage). Meanwhile, beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a mixing bowl until foamy. Slowly pour in hot sugar mixture; continue to beat on high for 7 minutes or until stiff peaks form. Add vanilla. Continue beating until frosting reaches desired consistency, about 2 minutes.
I added an extra tsp of vanilla just to give it a little more body. It turned out great! Yum!
Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun…
09 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in awesome, birthdays, blue, buttercream, candy melt, cool inside, family, movies, party, two tier, zebra cake Tags: ariel, baking, birthday, Blog, buttercream, cake, children, colorful, cute, deocorating, diy, little mermaid birthday, little mermaid cake, zebra cake
My niece turned 3 this year and wow… she is just cute as a button!
She wanted a Little Mermaid cake which I thought was super awesome. I mean hey… that’s the kind of cake I would have wanted when I was a kid!
I wanted it to have a cool “under the sea” feeling to it, so I piped coral and sea weed onto wax paper using candy melt. Then when it cooled, I attached it to the side of the cake. I iced the cake with yummy blue buttercream and topped it with the perfect cake topper candle!
It was a huge hit!
I was so excited to see that they’d picked up Ariel plates and cups as well!
And… of COURSE… I had to make the inside count!
“Flounder” blue and yellow zebra cake and strawberry! Yum!
Happy birthday my love!
