Class 2 Final Cake...I graduated!

I'm so excited to be halfway done with all of the classes at Michaels and I'm definitely looking forward to taking more even once I'm done with the cake classes. I think I'll be taking classes in cake pops and everything in between but until then, I graduated from the second class tonight and will start the third one on Sunday! Soo excited...here's my progress so far! I love this cake and absolutely adore the borders and basket weave on this cake. The flowers are gorgeous and make me feel more confident in my abilities! Ok, here they are!

The final cake for class 2 was a 3 layer-triple chocolate fudge cake with a buttercream frosting and a few royal icing decorations as well. The lilies are royal icing and the roses are all buttercream with a little edible coloring sprayed on to give a little glitz. I loved this cake!

Top of the final cake- I love these flowers. I think they are gorgeous and amazingly simple but beautiful! I'll definitely be making these lilies for Easter.

A close up of my favorite flower- the lily!

A different view of the top a little closer up- I love the simple colors of these oranges with the whites and the lilies with the roses.

A final view of the top flowers...so lovely!

A close up of the side of the cake which is a basket weave. I love how this looks so complicated, but it so easy!

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my little presentation of my skills learned so far. I'm loving what I'm doing and am hoping to learn and love even more starting on Sunday again. Come back next week to see what I'm starting on in class 3- I'll be learning more about how to use gumpaste and fondant!

Happy Early Spring

My sister-in-law had a Signature Homestyles party and I said I would bring cupcakes to bring a little spring cheer to everyone's day. These are what I made. They are a decadent triple chocolate cake with a rich but not too sweet peanut butter frosting. They were definitely a hit at the party as favors that were taken home and all 24 were gone by the time I left and people were even saying they were too pretty to eat- I'm definitely way past that in my cake decorating. Some new cake decorators say its hard for them to eat their creations- I'm ok with it because I know how amazing they taste! I hope you enjoy and come away feeling like spring is on its way!

Two lilies- each a little different but both made out of royal icing.

My collection of pink flowers

So far, these are all of the flowers that I know how to make. I'll be learning more as I finish up the second class and start the third next week, but I think they look beautiful!

I love seeing all of these lilies together- they look beautiful individually or all together!

Another trio of flowers.

This is another flower that I love to make because it starts out as some of the others, but with a small touch of the fingers it turns into this beautiful flower.

All of the flowers together!

Another look at the lilies- a wonderfully simple flower that I love to make and just seems to scream "SPRING"...now only if we can stop with the cold temperatures and snow and start to work on more of the warmer temperatures!

I hope you've enjoyed a look at my Spring Collection of flower-y cupcakes. This was my way of bringing some warm temperatures into my life while we wait for spring to arrive this year. I'm definitely done with the winter temperatures and can't wait to get outside for a good jog while watching the flowers bloom and the birds flutter after the winter break. We'll get there, but it's never fast enough for me so I guess I'll be making plenty of flowers until then!

The Latest and Greatest coming from my kitchen

The past few weeks have been pretty busy in terms of my baking "career"...I've been working on my skills and have done quite a few things that I've been pretty proud of. I'm always on the look out for more orders and there always seems to be one coming in so keep a look out for my next upcoming projects!

A cake I made in my first week of my second cake class. I love the flowers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closer view of the flowers on the cake.

Cocoa covered chocolate and peanut butter truffles I made for our church's valentines dinner.

Chocolate Ganache covered chocolate and peanut butter truffles- sounds decadent right? These were for the valentines dinner as well at our church.

Chocolate heart cakes with a white whipped buttercream frosting, a red border and rose on top- also a part of our church's valentines dinner.

White heart cakes with a white whipped buttercream frosting, a white border and a red rose. These were the other type of cake offered at our church's valentines dinner.

Chocolate and white cupcakes with homemade  red roses on top- an alternate to the heart cakes at our church's valentines dinner.

A simple, but unique chocolate cake with buttercream icing that I made for my father-in-law's birthday...of course I included my sister in law's fiance's birthday as well. This was our "Valentines Day" celebration...spending it with our loved ones!

Valentines cupcakes made for a friend's daughter's valentines party at her school. The top is a marshmallow, cut into a small heart, decorated in icing and then dipped in sugar. Nothin' like a sugar rush right?

More of the Valentines cupcakes. I loved making the cute little heart outlines on the marshmallows on top. The pink icing on the cupcakes is dipped into sprinkles for a smooth finish and of course a festive touch!

Pretty Valentines Day Display

I love decorating cupcakes for special occasions and showing them off is even more fun- but the true enjoyment comes from eating them and seeing people's faces when they take their first bite!

Simple swirled cupcakes I made for our church's Wednesday Night Dinner last week. They always get such enjoyment from my cupcake and cake creations so I make sure to do it pretty much every week in exchange for dinner that I don't have to make!

My most recent cake based on a video game. My husband helped with some of the design features since he knows the video game more than I do!

The side of the video game cake.

Happy 9th Birthday Daniel! I know his dad was pretty excited for the cake and I was proud of my skills that I used, despite that fact that I haven't learned how to do half of these cake skills yet. I am always learning though!

I'm definitely looking forward to the next upcoming cake orders and hope to gain in my skills every day! I hope you enjoy these pictures of my creations and would love your feedback!