A cupcake tower
I made a cupcake tower recently for a wedding reception after church. Cupcakes seem to be all the rage lately!
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A Wedding Cake
I made a wedding cake for some people in church recently. It’s not very elaborate, but the bride and groom didn’t have a lot of specific preferences, so basic was the way to go. There’s a matching sheet cake also, making the total serving size 200 ppl.
Lemon Cake
Nothing says summer like a fresh lemon cake! Super easy and super lemony, make a regular white cake from recipe or mix, but replace all the water with freshly squeezed lemon juice, and then fold into the batter the zest of 3 lemons. For lemon buttercream icing, beat as normal and replace the [...]
A Chocolate Cake
With fondant roses. Simple but pretty.
Stacked Cake
This buttercream on white cake feeds approx 150. Roses are fondant.
Hobby Night Cakes
Every year our church has a hobby night – where people can set up tables and showcase their hobbies. So I thought this year to have a table for cake! Since it is a hobby and all. I had a few different kinds of cakes brought in and gave them away to [...]
Baby Cake
A congratulatory cake I made for a friend and their baby (June). The cake is almond with buttercream, and the baby, blanket, and blocks are fondant.
Fondant is tricky in the summer because it tends to get sticky the second day – no matter where it’s kept. Refridgerated fondant will just become cold and [...]
4th of July Cupcakes
These cupcakes were for a picnic on the (rainy) 4th of July this year. But even if we had to sit inside, the cupcakes were delicious! All the fruit is local and fresh, from a farmers market.
Strawberries are juicy and they will leak if you slice them and put them directly on the [...]
BumbleBee Birthday Cake
A birthday cake I made for a coworker, in keeping with this summers bee theme.
Kayak Cake
I made this cake for a neighbor as thanks for the use of their kayak over memorial day weekend. It’s a chocolate cake with fudge buttercream icing, and kayaks molded out of marshmallow fondant. They enjoyed it! And that’s what cake is all about.
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