Colorful Cake Fun!
30 Aug 2011 5 Comments
in awesome, buttercream, cake, fondant, four tier, orange, party, pink, projects, rainbow, recaps, zebra cake, zebra print Tags: baking, Blog, buttercream, cake, cake and cupcakes, colorful, cupcakes, cute, deocorating, diy, fondant, food, fun, tiered stand
Sometimes I get projects that are awesome. That I can’t wait to do. Sometimes people ask me to do things and I think, “Not only do I love this idea, it’s something I would have come up with on my own!”
This was one of those moments. Some one went to a party where I had made the cake. It was actually the Star Cake. She loved it and wanted to know if I could make a cake and some cupcakes for a birthday party coming up. I agreed and was thrilled with the concept. I showed you guys how I assembled the tower here. So this was my finished tower:
I must admit… initially, I wasn’t completely in love with it. I hand painted it and added the ribbon and I just kept thinking I wasn’t 100% sure I loved it…
Until I got everything put on it…
Can you say perfection?
Okay, so I was totally 100% in love with it. completely. It was like… the cutest thing ever. I swear. I was so happy.
You’ll notice, (possibly angrily?), that I haven’t posted a tutorial in a while. I’m sort of taking a hiatus from it. It sort of started grating on me having the deadline looming over me and what not. It was kind of not much fun for me for the moment. I have a lot going on in my life and it’s hard enough to update this blog on the regular, along with my other personal blog, which I have been writing since 2001. lol
The point is, I’m still here and I’m still going to educate you guys again at some point, but for now you’ll just have to put up with only looking at my snazzy cakes! Hope you guys understand!
Cupcake Madness
14 Jul 2011 8 Comments
in awesome, buttercream, cake, cricut, cupcakes, epic, fondant, friends, love, projects, three tier, wedding Tags: 200 cupcakes, baking, Blog, cake, chocolate, colorful, cupcake tiers, cupcake wedding cake, cupcakes, cute, deocorating, diy, fondant, food, friends, fun, girly, wedding, wedding cake tower, yellow
Okay, some of you know where I stand on cupcakes. I’m not a fan. Of making them. (Big fan of eating them, however…) They’re time consuming and painful, literally! Have you have piped swirls on cupcakes? Hand cramps!
Anyhow, my friends know this, but they also know I can’t help myself and I love a challenge. So I was given the challenge to end all challenges… 200 cupcakes for a wedding. TWO HUNDRED.
The best part was when I realized I only owned one cupcake tin… that would have been an issue. Can you imagine me making 200 cupcakes 12 at a time? lol! Thankfully, I hit the thrift stores and found two and my wonderful mother in law let me borrow a 4th. I was all set!
Just another day in paradise. No big.
The second best part was when I was baking and suddenly realized “Wait… Why do I have so many leftover cupcake liners..? I thought I bought 3 sleeves of 75… but I’ve only used a sleeve an maybe half… OH NO.” I only bought enough stuff to make 100 cupcakes. Fact: I am AWESOME at math. (NOT)
Ok, so I went to the store and got the rest of the supplies lol. I had bought enough of some stuff and not enough of other stuff. Because I’m, evidently, only selectively bad at math.
In the end it all worked out and everything came together wonderfully. I admit to using the phrase “cupcake hell” at one point, but I can admit I was completely thrilled to see them all done and frosted.
I also made this little stand and cake to go with the set as a center piece. I used my Cricut Cake to cut out the heart and boarders!
So… the moral of the story, I think, is do the math twice, shop once. Or… something like that.
And… buy a big piping bag, or you’ll end up cutting a hole in the powdered sugar bag and using that until it explodes.
Also, anything worth doing is worth doing right!
Oh, and I hope you’ve gotta big trunk… cuz I’m gonna put my cake in it…
Who wants to help clean?
Like this:
Flowers and Flames
09 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in birthdays, buttercream, cake, candy melt, chocolate, flowers, fondant, friends, kids, orange, party, pink, projects, purple, white chocolate Tags: airbrush, baking, birthday, Blog, cake, chocolate, colorful, cupcake, cupcakes, deocorating, diy, fire, fire truck, flames, fondant, food, friends, fun, garden, garden lady bug, girly, green, kid, kids
My wonderful former roommate Brad told his neighbors about my cakes and they contacted me about a joint birthday party they were throwing for their children. (I think Brad knew he’d be invited to the party… win-win for him hahaha)
Now, some of you might know I don’t care much for cupcakes… well, let me rephrase, making cupcakes. You bring some over, I’ll nom them all day. Anyhow, that weekend was like… my cupcake nightmare weekend. Between this and another order, about 75 cupcakes.
I’ll tell you what though, they were darn cute.
I was asked to do a small cake for each child and some cupcakes with matching theme.
Everything was just freaking adorable.
For Dylan:
Making the flame cupcakes was a BLAST.I swirled yellow and orange icing and then topped some with white chocolate ladders and some with white chocolate flames. I made the flames by painting white chocolate onto wax paper and then airbrushing them! They came out so well and the little fire truck was awesome.
For Aubrey,
Little lady bugs and flowers, super springy colors… the lady bug on the cake matches the ladybug on the dress they got her for the party. ADORBS.
Ok, so maybe I don’t ALWAYS hate making cupcakes. But don’t quote me on that ;)
