pink, pink, everywhere!

so much pink this weekend! its a girl, though, so its only fitting!

had a baby shower cake for a friend on sunday. i didn't really get much direction, so i kind of went with what i could find out. my friend had posted a picture of the outfit she is going to bring the baby home in on her first day, and it was, of course, pink of various shades, with a curtsey-ing little monkey in an orange polka dotted dress.  the way it was set out, i came up with this pretty quick. i added the monkey border and the flowers, just because i like making flowers, and i felt like the bottom needed something to tie it together. i think it came out pretty decent. it was definitely a big hit with everyone there! a chocolate tier and a vanilla tier, both filled with whipped cream and strawberries. not sure why, but i felt like that was fitting for a little girl as well. i couldn't tell you the inner workings of my mind.

on another note, not that i get many responses through this page, but those in the manlius, ny vicinity and so forth....PLEASE, if you ask for something, i need to know in advance!! like two weeks at least! i had a surprise cake come up today, so now i have two for this saturday. i love baking and all, but until i have a steady flow of people who need cakes and treats, i do work two jobs, probably between 45-60 hours a week, and i fit my cakes in or ask for time off accordingly. it is very hard to do last minute.

so on that end, i better get cracking if i wanna get this done o_O

also, i decided to add a new slideshow for the actual new stuff from here on out. hopefully i remember to keep up on this. there are more pictures of the wedding cake plus a few of this one, just a couple close ups of the piping and flowers and such. hope you all enjoy!

This weekends wedding cake!

it was a 50's themed wedding, so all the polka dots and bows fit nicely.  i made a funfetti (vanilla) cake, and the accompanying cupcakes were a mix of chocolate and vanilla, each with either chocolate/pink frosting, or vanilla/pink frosting.

i still have one more for today, as soon as i get that done i will have more pictures. i will also add more pictures to the slideshow, or maybe make a new one? ill decide on that later. in the mean time, many happy wishes to the newlyweds, and congrats for this afternoon!

enjoy!

new picture slideshow posted

well, i finally sat down today and attempted to track all of the pictures i didnt upload between september 2010 and now. i hope i got them all....if not, check out my facebook page, i know everything is in there! (see the side bar fan box thingy and like my page!) :)

anyway, today i am working on a wedding cake/cupcake piece. as you can see, i have a lot of cupcakes! 102 to be exact.  the cake is almost done, just have to put the finishing touches on that and i will share that later, and the final pictures all pieced together will come tomorrow, since tomorrow is the actual wedding!

by the end of sunday, i will also have another baby shower cake to post as well.  lots of pink this weekend, but hey, its bright, its fun, you cant go wrong.  plus, delicious!!

latest update

wow, so i guess its been almost 2 years since ive updated this blog. i should keep better track of it. anyways, i update my facebook more, and i do have new cakes to post here, hopefully this week i can get them all uploaded. i would like to consider doing this more as a full time thing, a lot has happened recently, but overall i enjoy baking and i believe it is less stress all around. 

 getting more requests is probably key in this taking over as a full time thing, so any viewers, while i do post a lot of cakes, i do like to make other treats as well....cheesecakes, cookies, more recently i have tried a hand at cake pops (well, brownie pops), i will have more pictures this weekend since i am doing a wedding involving pops, cupcakes and a small cake!

 i am excited to start looking into this, since its something i love to do and can have fun with. the more i make, the better i get as well. this guy here is my most recent fondant on a cake, i hand painted all of the decals as well. ka-chow!! (yes, i love cars, one of my favorite movies ever.)

for  now, i leave with this. hand made (and hand painted) custom little big planet toppers for a wedding cake from february. i couldn't say no to this, little big planet is a favorite game. they turned out so gosh darn cute!!
hoping to post more pictures later this week, in the mean time, hope you enjoy these few!

recent cake

So summer has come and gone, and with the beginning of fall, I had a wedding cake! a friend of mine at work asked me to do this, along with a pile of truffles! It ended up a four tier cake, the layers being vanilla, marble, chocolate and vanilla (top to bottom) with whipped cream icing.

Needless to say, whipped cream icing was a field trip! Its delicious, but kind of weird to work with. It didnt want to stick to the cake at times, and the texture was weird, and obviously since its not stabilized it had to be chilled...AAhhh!!
Oh well. It was a learning experience. At least its really easy to make!

This was also my first cake that actually involved the use of gum paste! I love making gum paste roses. Theyre so pretty. I tried to put some luster dust sparkles on them but you cant really see it well. The ribbons were also gum paste. They really made the cake overall. Without them....haha it would still be delicious at least!

Well, I suppose this is all I have for now. There are more pictures uploaded below to the albums, as usual. Some nice details of the roses! Until next time, enjoy!

summer update

hey there! so its been quite a while since my last post. as of may 2010, i have officially graduated from culinary school! hooray!
that is about all i have that is official, though. i still work at gamestop and at delphias, and ive been doing a few cakes here and there on the side

i updated the slideshows on the bottom, there were a few between february and now, a little bit of everything; twilight, evil monkey, chanel, and even the yankees. strangely enough, there were a couple naughty requests as well, which are not posted here because i dont want to get banned from the internet. needless to say, they were pretty freakin hilarious, and my friends think i should open an erotic cake business >_>...

i got a wedding cake coming up in about 2 weeks, so that will be exciting. i will try to remember to post it when its done! in the mean time, enjoy the new cakes!

long time since i've posted....

So its definitely been a few months since Ive posted anything on the blog. Been busy doing school and work, and the holidays....don't even get me started with the holidays!! So right before thanksgiving, I had a friend's birthday that is really into zombies. I borrowed an air brush machine from school and...



Ta-Da!! Zombie cake. I suppose i went a little overboard with the blood spray, but oh well. Zombies are supposed to be covered in blood, and in pieces, and all that stuff, right? Needless to say, he loved it, and even ate the head! (see pictures below, where he took a bite out of it, it looks awesome...or like brains and stuff, depending on if you are grossed out easily.)

Anyway, the holidays came and went, and so did my wonderful paychecks from working about 50 hours a week. At least school was over by the time that happened.

I make cookies every holiday and hand them out to people, since I don't really have money to buy people things. Its cheaper that way, and who doesn't like cookies and truffles?
These guys on the right here....triple chocolate truffles. They take a long time to make, but they are so good. Its almost like a caffienated, chocolatey coma. I make and decorate them all by hand.

After the new year, work has been on the low down, Im lucky to get a few hours here and there. But it was also a nice chance to relax, and even get out and do some stuff other than school work, and regular work. The husband and I had a pretty awesome new years party!! Then another party a couple weekends later. I like having the chance to not worry about anything.

Unfortunately now its time for school again, albeit this is my last semester for Culinary Arts. Ive had a few people ask me to make cakes, which is a good start (one even features Beyonce, check out the images in the slide show- its something I air brushed), and I even have a few weddings lined up later this year. Its pretty exciting.

Heres to hoping my career goes further....

For now, I leave you with white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. This was the most amazing cheesecake Ive ever made. Thank you, all-recipes.com!!!

Stay tuned for our next exciting episode....

Edit: I almost forgot...For my cake decorating class, here was my final "wedding" cake...for all the gamers out there! I had put about 16 hours of work into this cake, and I still didn't finish it. If I had more time, I would have put all of the details on like the logos, the indents, etc. For basic shapes and colors, it didn't come out too bad. Enjoy!