Cake Pops

A very good friend of mine, Kelly, gave me the cake pop book this xmas.. So I decided I needed to put it to use.. Practice Practice.. is what I need when It comes to chocolate. Getting the temp right, how to make it smoother, just basic stuff like that. I have always kept the cake pops I do pretty simple. So for a bit, I plan on making different ones from the book to get in the practice I need.

Thanks Kelly!!

Cup Cake Tower

Birthday Cake for a Friend.

So since I found a caramel recipe I liked.. I had to make it again the next day and try it out as a filling for a cake. Decided to spruce it up a bit and put Milk Chocolate shavings around the outside of the cake. Note to self.. Do this part before decorating the top! Made it a little hard to watch the top and get the chocolate to stick to the outside. This is a four layer Double Chocolate, Caramel filling and Caramel top cake! Yummmmy..

I love the fact that my friends are willing to let me experiment on them! Thanks guys.

Little Cakes in an Ice Cream Cup!

I wanted to try my hand in making Caramel Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Sea Salt on top. I could not find any holders I liked and ran across these Ice Creamm Cups at Jo Anns.. Well I decided to give it a go and see if they would bake ok in these cuties. And they did. They baked up perfect. I also decided to try out making home make Caramel filling. Oh boy.. The first batch I burnt.. Yikes.. Then quickly put it under cold water and the entire thing hardened up like a rock inside my pan. Very funny after I figured out It would come out with hot water! But then I learned my lesson.. Add the correct stuff in the correct order. LOL So the second batch was heaven.. Love the recipe I found for the caramel. Who knew it was so easy to make caramel.

A little birdie told me they wanted to try these.. I might just have to make another batch for a Memorial Day BBQ we are going too.. hmmmm???

Princess Cakes for Two cuties

Howling Wolf Cake and Cupcakes

This was my first try at stamping food coloring on Gum Paste. Loved it.. the possibilities are endless now

Happy B-day Moriah!

Ok.. So this would be my first Ballerina cake. I had free range on what to do.. I went back and forth with designs.. went thru about 5 because for the life of me I could not find a ballerina. Anywhere! But finally as a last resort went into Hallmark and found one in the ornament area from xmas.. What a find.. not only pink with crown, but blonde hair for the birthday girl.

It was also my first time using the Cricut Cake cutter.. (thanks Dominique!) boy o boy.. I learned a lot with it. One.. never use there pre done frosting sheets. They are paper thin, the frosting color comes thru the sheets and hard to work with. Next time I will use gum paste and roll it out myself.

All in all, it was a fun cake to do.. and the reaction of the Birthday girl was priceless.. well worth the time and all the re-designing of this cake.

I love the crown topper!