A new week.... More projects!

Just when I think I can take a few moments to un-wind, it's back to baking! This week has proven to be a popular week for chocolate! I have a Batman themed cake for Ashton who is turning 4 years old! And a "girly chocolate" cake for Dona, who looooves high heels!


Ashton's 4th Birthday Cake:
3 - 8" round chocolate cakes
Filled and frosted with choc-o-holic frosting.
Covered in yellow fondant, adorned with black batman symbol on top.
Yellow fondant beads at base, number 4 and shooting stars on top.

Dona's Girly Chocolate Birthday Cake:
3 - 8" round chocolate cakes
Filled and frosted with choc-o-holic frosting.
Pink Gumpaste curly letters reading "Dona" on top, brushed with luster dust
Pink fondant bottom border with white chocolate high heels/dragees step-and-repeat on border.
***EDIT: The high heel candy molds are a bit larger than I anticipated, so the plan has changed a bit!!


I will, of course, post pictures once complete. Until next time....!

xoxo

Weekend Wrap Up

SUCCESS! The best word to describe this weekend's baking adventures!

I can't believe this is the first chance I have had to share with the world the whirlwind of new experiences and layers of flavor I have endured this weekend! First of all, this was the quince anos cake delivery for Angelica Iraheta. Her ceremony was something that I had never experienced before. In fact, I found myself in tears at several points during her family and friends' speeches. Okay, okay... back to the cake!!!! To my absolute horror, after all the prep work that had been done to ensure my cakes' safe arrival, I was none to please when I opened each of the 6 boxes and EVERY SINGLE CAKE was damaged. Nothing I couldn't handle, right? WRONG! I was frantically adjusting each cake to attempt to restore the once beautiful outer structure, and in a mere 4 hours, all things wrong in the world seemed to be right!

The birthday girl, Angelica...



And the cake!







Despite all the chaos surrounding Angelica's cake, I still managed to produce a few other tasty concoctions!

"Just Because" cupcakes...


Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting


Until next time, I shall leave your mouth salivating.... :)

Deanna's 23rd Birthday Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Well, the good new is: if you're looking for a cake you can prep in under 15 minutes - This is the cake! I wish I could say the same for the baking time. After 25 minutes baking, I began to smell the brown sugar caramelizing -but no cake smell. I opened the oven to test the cake and to my HORROR the cake still had a completely liquid center. The sides were browning nicely, but the center had a LONG way to go. So naturally, the panic set in!

Now, the cake baking unevenly could be one of two factors:
A.) My oven may need to be calibrated. I have misplaced my oven thermometer, so there is a chance that my oven didn't reach the proper cooking temperature.
B.) The cake yielded ALOT of batter. In addition to to the bottom (later to be the top) of pineapple and brown sugar/butter mixture (1/2") the cake filled the 10" pan almost to the brim!

All in all, the cake turned out extremely well, and even though I had my doubts due to the baking woes, this cake was very well received! It was very moist, exploding with flavor, and definitely a crowd pleaser!

I can't say this was one of the most challenging cakes I have ever baked but it's something I would definitely do again if someone requests one... (AKA: Cassie!)