Cake Decorating

Amazing Gumpaste Princess Crown

December 6, 2010 1 comment
gumpaste princess crown on birthday cake

My mom made this beautiful gumpaste crown for Mrs. Sayuri’s fourth birthday cake. Needless to say, Mrs. Sayuri adored it.  She would not hear of throwing it away until almost two weeks of it being in the fridge! I had a hard time convincing her that although it was “technically” edible, it would not be [...]

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Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes

July 29, 2010 5 comments
red velvet mini cupcake with cream cheese buttercream frosting

I made some mini red velvet cupcakes today. These really should be called mini red velvet bites. They are literally a pop in your mouth kind of deal. Yummy. This Southern Red Velvet cake recipe is our stand by. I baked these little minis for 9-10 minutes. The frosting was from Toba Garrett’s The Well [...]

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Race Car Cake

July 18, 2010 6 comments
race track cake, race car cake, race car cake topper, little boy car birthday cake

I had a lot of fun decorating this cake. It was made up of 3 layers of vanilla butter pound cake with whipped cream filling and slices of fresh strawberries. The frosting was a Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I crushed oreo-like cookies in the food processor and used them for the race track on top. I [...]

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Cakes, Cakes, Cakes!

June 28, 2010 1 comment
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As I mentioned in a previous post, a lot of my free time lately has been spent on cakes. Decorating them, baking them and tasting them! Here are three cakes that we made a month ago or more. The mini cake above was a practice cake. I really like the 4″ round cake size stacked [...]

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