Sneak Peek

Hello Kitty!!

I got a call a couple of weeks ago from a lovely gal who was struggling to find a cake for her daughter's birthday. Labor Day weekend actually. Honestly, at first, I told her I just didn't think I could pull it off.

After mulling it over, speaking with Kaylin (my amazing Intern!), we decided it WAS something we could handle.

And I am SO happy I decided to go for it! What came out was the most ADORABLE cake I think I've done yet!! Hello Kitty!!

I did her nose in edible gold glitter, and her bow is also covered in glitter!! The cake was my fabulous White chocolate cake with strawberry filling. Of course, topped with my vanilla buttercream (I make everything from scratch, and I use REAL butter, no crisco-base unless it's a cake that's going to sit outside all day), and of COURSE my White Chocolate/Marshmallow fondant on top!! Mmmmmm. The cake smelled AND tasted as good as it looked.

I just don't understand why more bakers don't make their own fondant. It's really not that hard, and it's SO much easier to work with! I make it just before I'm going to put it on the cake, and it just slides on that cake like a DREAM. It's smooth, and tastes as good as it looks!!!

Here's to all bakers, and those out there that make fabulous cakes! I'm still learning SO much, but I aspire to be better. I've been working with Gumpaste, but it's still a learning curve for me. (and it smells awful!) I've still to take any classes on floral design OR cake design. Maybe it's time to take a theory class? Hrm, a thought!

Keep an eye out, I'm still working on updating my blog with recent events and posts!

Cheers!

Julia

Cake Balls!

Recently, I had the chance to do a charity event for the Friends of the Phelan Libary.

Here's some of the cake balls we did. My intern, Kaylin has been working just as hard as myself! We did over 200 cake balls, in 4 flavors. White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Mocha, and Red Velvet!

We also dusted them with a new medium, edible glitter!! You can't see in the pictures the way you can in real life, but it sure does sparkle!!

This batch here to the right is from my daughter's birthday party. Just shimmers, some royal icing designs, and luster dust sprinkled. This was also the debut of Mocha Cake Balls, a newer invention!!

The current popular flavors are:

Mocha

Red Velvet

White Chocolate

Strawberry Cheesecake

Lots of new things going on. Keep an eye out for more posts, and more photographs!!!