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A Very “Purple” Baby Shower

Mar 10

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This weekend was my future sister-in-law’s baby shower! She is getting ready to deliver a baby girl this May! I know she is excited, but I definitely can’t wait for a little girl to be around!

I based this design off an image I had come across on the internet, and loved the overall look. The mommy-to-be is not a fan of pink (gasp!) so we went with the next girliest color, purple. While I am still questioning the idea of putting a newborn baby into a bathtub with bubbles, I have to say my giant cake-ball sculpture turned out great! I’m a big fan of the legs I added to the bottom of the tub.

The cake is chocolate cake with oreo-cream cheese frosting (yum!).

I recently converted to Satin Ice fondant, and could not be more in love! Not only is it easier to work with, it actually tastes good too.

If this cake taught me anything, it’s that I need practice piping. If anyone has any recommendations for make royal icing “bubbles” without leaving a point that needs to be pushed in, I’d love to hear about it.

Check out that bow!

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Hello Kitty Cake

Jan 15

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Happy Birthday Kristall!!

Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream in Hello Kitty cupcake wrappers. The letters were created out of red and white fondant.

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Happy Birthday to ME!

Jul 27

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Last year I wondered if it was normal to make yourself a birthday cake, and then I made two. This year I restrained myself and only made one.

The cake is marble and has chocolate fudge frosting. I used left over frosting from the baby shower cake I created the same weekend as my birthday, which I dyed to purple. I recently got a brand new cupcake cookie cutter that I finally found a use for. I used the same technique as the onesies on the shower cake, and rolled different colors of fondant into the white to create sprinkles, as well as the striped letter for the “Happy Birthday!”

For now, I think making your own birthday cake is okay, I’m hoping it doesn’t go farther than that in the future (i.e. my own wedding cake, or baby shower cake) ;)

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Foofa Cake

Jan 30

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This week I created a cake designed around the character Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba. I created the character out of marshmallow treats and modeling chocolate.
I made the marshmallow treats and modeling chocolate from scratch. The modeling chocolate was not the right consistency and that caused some problems, including getting the character as smooth as possible and making the arms look normal. I will buy the chocolate recommended by Chris Rossum and his team from my class at the NY Cake Convention to see if it makes a difference.

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The cake is red velvet with cream cheese frosting. I covered it in white fondant and decorated with flowers and butterflies. Overall, I think it turned out great.

I’m looking into taking Wilton classes at my local Michael’s because I want to get the techniques a little more perfected, specifically getting my cakes to lay flat when I tier them.

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Happy Birthday to…

Jul 26

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ME!!!
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Is it strange to make your own birthday cake?

Is it stranger to make yourself two birthday cakes?

Well, I’m not sure what the answers to those questions are, but I made myself two wonderful cakes anyway. As it turns out, coming up with ideas for cakes for friends, family, and holidays is a much easier task than deciding on a design for yourself.

After much deliberation, and almost entirely giving up on the idea of having a cake for my birthday, I settled on two relatively simple ideas for myself.

My first cake, I decided to use my lovely giant cupcake pan to create my favorite dessert treat.
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I dyed a bunch of white fondant using fuchsia coloring with the hopes to get a hot pink color but ended up with a purplish pink and only hot pink dyed hands. I used remaining bits of fondant to create some sprinkles and a cherry for the top of my cupcake. Simple decorations, easy to make, and a great look. Overall, the boy and I agreed that the colors were more appropriate for a kids party and that some silver dragees (those cool balls) would have looked even better.
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My second cake, I knew I wanted to attempt a square cake and make it appear to be a nicely wrapped present. I originally was going to cover it in Tiffany blue (which would have gone great with my new earrings, Thanks to Shirlene, Zarko, and Luka!) but I used the same fuchsia color as the bottom of the cupcake. I used a small amount of brown coloring to dye some white fondant cream and created decorations.
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I made another bow, this time opting to stack the ribbons facing the same direction. I got more height but found out it was difficult to finish so I used a ball of fondant as my finisher.
I used little pearls of cream fondant to line the edges of the cake and used strips of the cream as the wrapping of the “present.”

The cake looked great, and my family and I enjoyed eating it, even if there was more than enough for just the four of us. :)
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I am really happy with both of these cakes despite the weirdness of making my own birthday cake(s).

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