Happy Halloween

I made a double batch of these cupcakes for my Mom's class room, and Keith's work party. They were pumpkin spice cupcakes with cream cheese filling, and butter cream frosting. I got to the store to late in the week, and they didn't have enough orange sprinkles, so I had to mix in some white...I am sure they would have been cuter had I had all bright orange sprinkles. I also made some without the candy and sprinkles for the "big kids" who didn't want the crunchy sprinkle effect in their dessert!

Keep your fingers crossed...

I just applied for a position as a Wilton Cake Instructor. The job opening is here locally at a craft store...but I also said I would be willing to work a ways from home also. We will see what comes about!

Ian's Birthday Cake

I had one weeks notice and all the info I had was he liked Rhinos. So I thought on it, and I just played around and came up with this cake. It was suppose to have the number 14 on top (that is how old he was turning) between the rhino and the stars, but the 4 didn't dry firm enough, so it went without. The rhino was my first attempt to molding something with fondant...so don't look at it too close :) I wish the colors would have been bolder, but those were the colors I had. I really like the inconsistent strips on the bottom layer...and it was super fast to do!

My second cake with Fondant

This is the final cake for my Wilton course 3 class. It is the second cake I have covered with Fondant, and I think it turned out a lot better then the first one...which is good, because I must be learning. I have another cake in the works right now. It is going to be finished tomorrow night, so I will post the pictures of that tomorrow. For this cake I should have made each layer be two cakes so it would be thicker and not so much of the pillars would show, but I didn't want that much cake at my house, so there are just thin layers, but still the idea is the same.

My teacher insisted that I be in one of the pictures.
The coloring in this one is kind of yellow, but the cake is white.

Cake Pictures are Here!

So the place we take our Son for his pictures (Pretty Pictures in Lehi, Utah) does these "one year old" shots with the cake. I made the cake for the pictures, and this is the best picture we have of it! (of course they are professionally taken :)) I uploaded the pictures backwards, so you have to look at the last picture to really see what the cake looked like. The party hat cakes are so cute, we think it will be a tradition in our home to have your own party hat cake for every Birthday!

Triple Chocolate Cream Cheese

The goal with this cake was to perfect a recipe and also to practice my Corneille Lace. According to Keith it was a success. He says it was the best cake I have made to date, and I would have to agree that it was pretty delicious! We still have about 3/4 of the cake left, so if you need a chocolate fix, stop by for a taste! The cake is Devils pudding cake, the filling is chocolate cheese cake, and the frosting is chocolate butter cream...YUMMY!

ABC Cakes

I am starting this blog so I will have a journal of my progress and learning as I finish up the Wilton courses and continue to increase my cake decorating skills. I have done several cakes over the last few months, and I fell I am really getting the hang of it. I have also started make cakes for other people, and only charging them what it cost me. I figure this will be a great way to increase my abilities and also a great benefit for those who want cute cakes at a great price.
-Amber