Cake Updates!

Well, lets get rid of the pictures . . moves onto something else!! I have new progress pics . . but not really in the mood to post . . you can go to M&F Hers and look at my journal overthere if you are that curious ha ha ha !

I never did blog about the week of red velvet. It was the week before Valentines and I had 3 cake orders in quick succession. But my red velvet seems to be very popular!! Alll the most recent cakes I have done have all been red velvet.

50th B-Day party ,

the womans nickname at work is "hollywood"

they were doing a Hollywood theme party.

This was a very fun concept to do

The second cake was a death by Cupid / Tim Burton/ mad hatter inspired

valentines cake. My brother sent me a bunch of pictures

with concepts he was looking for and this is what I came up with

This was a surprise cake for an 8 year old birthday girl.

Very fun cake to do, and boy was she blown away!!

That cake led to another B-Day cake order . . .

That lucky girl got TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS !!

That was a death by chocolate cake.

My most recent project. Once again Red Velvet.

Formal 10 year anniversarryparty, individual cakes,

and a mini 4 inch 2 tier cake for the couple



Look Again

This was my most challenging cake to date ! I was asked to make a cake that looked like a stack of files. Two guys at the steel workers union office had birthdays and this was to look like a stack of grievances for them.

The entire thing is edible . . if you so choose to eat all that sugary marshmallow paste :P . . the files, pen , paperclips, coffee mug, pocket knife, motorbike key, desk calendar, post -it, is all fondant work. The cake was carrot with cream cheese frosting.

The cake was a HUGE hit! The guys didn't even recognize it as a cake ! It was the talk of the office and all my business cards were snapped up! I am looking forward to more projects in the future :)

Where's The Cake ?!

Back in May I was traveling to Edmonton once again, for a friends surprise 10 yr anniversary party.I was the cake maker, and party decorator :) very fun.
The kids were also having a party of their own so I made a special cake for them as well.

These 2 cakes were some of the best reactions to my cakes so far. People didn't know they were cakes!! LOL!

When my all cake - no ice cream - ice cream cake showed up at the kids party the host wanted to put it in the freezer !

The "ice cream" was vanilla cake with rainbow bits in the batter.

The "bowl" was chocolate cake with Oreo cream filling

Even the cherry on top was made of marshmallow fondant

Now, the Anniversary cake. This couple has been drooling over my cakes on my facebook for quite some time and always made comments like " I want to create a special even the next time you come to Edmonton just so I can have one of your cakes " So this was going to be a great surprise to give them!

Once again no one could tell it was a cake, even when they were standing right beside it!! When the couple showed up they were elated to know I had made them a cake! I told them they could eat their cake if they could find it, they looked ALL OVER and then stood right beside it all distressed they couldn't find their cake LOL!

Hershey's Best Chocolate Cake with Kahlua Fudge filling

The whole thing is cake and fondant. The flowers on top are fresh flowers, and there is a saucer supporting the top layer of the urn, other than that entire urn and the handles are edible.

The best part of the evening is chatting with the couple and they ask

" So, why are you here"

I am kinda confused by the question

" I mean what brings you to Edmonton? (it is a 7 hour drive) You must have happened to be here for some reason?"

I reply " I came to bring you a cake! YOU are the reason I am here!"

They couldn't believe I would drive 7 hours just for them, LOL! They thought I must have had some other business in Edmonton or been visiting family.

They were confused tho because I was just down for PHAT Camp 3 weeks before. Then I drove down for their party, then my Brother In Law was getting married in another 3 weeks, meaning ANOTHER trip, and then July long weekend I had to drive down again with an Elderly deaf friend to accompany her to a convention. ALOT of trips to Edmonton this Spring/Summer!!

Bridal Shower Cake

So as I was heading to Edmonton for Phat Camp I was delivering a cake for a family bridal shower here are the pics to update that:

Banana Cake with chocolate and caramel layers,

covered in white chocolate cream cheese frosting and marshmallow fondant.

An Emotional Cake

Last weekend was the wedding. Marilyns sons wedding. I thought of her often while making the cake.

Before the cake had been cut I had so many people coming up to me and asking if I had made the cake. When I said yes, everyone responded with : " oh, well I am definately having a peice then, cuz your cakes taste so good too!" It was a vanilla cake with layers of white chocolate vanilla pudding, covered in white chocolate buttercream icing, coconut and white chocolate curls. It was so rich and delcious I could only have a small peice. The WHOLE cake was gone, not a crumb left I got many compliments on the cake.

I think it is my favorite cake to date.




One of the last hospital visits with Marilyn we were discussing the cake and she was so excited for the wedding. She was an amazing cook and just loved food and could cook for 2, 20, or 200 in a flash, she had planned the wedding menu.
In some ways all that hospital drama seems like so long ago.

Wedding Cake - Part 1

My Best friend Sarah got married last week, and I had the honour of making her wedding cake, and being in the wedding party.

When she asked me to make her cake I wanted to give her the cake of her dreams and wanted very specific details from her. But I kept getting :

whatever you do I'm sure will be amazing"

I wasn't comfortable with that so I asked for pictures, concepts etc. She gave me 2 pictures and said

" if these 2 cakes had a baby, that would be my wedding cake"

??!?

So I did my best and she loved it! Phew!

However, due to complicated circumstances she was not able to have a reception but only a small dinner for 20 people, which doesn't require a lot of cake. So I made the top 3 layers of her cake with styrofoam rounds and the botom layer was big enough to feed her guests so that she could have the size and grandeur of the cake she wanted without wasting excess cake.

BUT

We are planning a surprise reception for her and 150 people in a couple weeks and I need to recreate this cake! Thank goodness I can save the top 3 phony layers, (which I so graciously offered to take home and look after while she went on her honeymoon LOL! ) so I just have to bake 2 more larger tiers to go on the bottom. Yay!

Ta DA!

My first whimsical cake!

This was sooooo FUN!

The entire thing ( except for the twisty branches) is edible, even the heart and banner cake topper and flowers are made from marshmallow fondant.

Marshmallow Fondant.

1 bag of mini marshmallows

1kg bag of icing sugar

Crisco

Water

Use LOTS of Crisco (1/4 - 1/2 cup) and grease a large circle area on your counter to knead the fondant later.

Grease a microwaveable bowl with Crisco. Dump whole bag of marshmallows. Toss marshmallows with 1 tablespoon of water.

Microwave for 30 seconds stir. Repeat until marshmallows are all melted and a nice frothy liquid.

Add half the bag of icing sugar to the bowl and stir.

Dump the other half of the icing sugar on the greased counter and spread it out.

Dump the mixture in the bowl onto the counter and begin tot knead mixture just like you would bread dough. Work all the icing sugar into the fondant.

You can use it right away, or lightly grease it with Crisco and store it in a air tight bag for later use. You may need to microwave it for a few seconds to warm it up when you need to use it later.

Super easy, cheap, and YUMMY. No one has ever peeled the fondant off and left it on the side of their plate. I always get compliments on how yummy the fondant is and how surprised people were when they tasted it. :)

. . . yeah this is not a low fat or low sugar recipe by any means LOL!