Recent Work

Hello everyone!! Here are a few pictures of some of my recent work. I try to get pictures of everything but I must admit I am a horrible procrastinator (I'm working on it, I swear) and often end up working right down to the very last second so photo shoots aren't always possible.

Christina's 21st Birthday cake- This is my favorite shoe so far. I feel like I'm finally getting the hang of this gumpaste shoe thing and my next one will be a bit more advanced.

Daijah's 13th Birthday-

Daijah's mom was buying her a new cellphone for her birthday and I came up with the idea of using the new phone as her cake design.This has to be one of the easiest cakes I've made. The screen and keyboard are an edible image purchased from Gogo Cake. I carved the cake a bit to resemble the shape of the phone,covered it in fondant and place the image on. Very simple and very effective.

Recital Cookie Favors-

I picked up this adorable ballet slipper cutter from ecrandal. I LOVE their cutters!!!

Did I mention ecrandal is having a sale???

Gorgeous copper cutters at great prices!

I have my eye on about a dozen designs that I simply must have ;-)

Mortar Board Cupcake Topper Tutorial

Graduation season is upon us. Geez, where did the time go?? A choir teacher at a local high school in my area wanted to treat her graduating seniors with a little something sweet. Here's a simple and quick tutorial for making mortar board cupcake toppers.

Finished cupcakes

Some with little music notes for the choir members

Recent Work

Back to my slacker tendencies!! Here are some of recent photos that I haven't posted.

Michael Jackson cake and cookie favors

Baby Boy Shower Cake and Cookie Favors

30th Birthday Bling Cake

Created for a childhood friend of mine. One of the most simple cakes I've made. The banding provides most of the decor and I added a few simple ribbon roses.

I finally made cake pops after years of drooling over the fab creations by Bakerella.

Monkey Boy Baby Shower and mini cupcakes

Dunkin Donuts Cake accented with a doughnut cookie

My First Cake Class

Up until Saturday March 27, 2010 every single thing I knew about cakes was learned via Internet and books but I felt it was time I got more hands on training. Culinary school... hmmm, so not in my budget right now. Wilton classes.... No! I wanted something a bit more advanced than that. So I started stalking.. I mean browsing my favorite cake designers sites when *gasp* I saw that Cakegirls offers classes!!!! I called and left a message with all of my contact info. Georgia ,who handles runs the office promptly called me back to finalize all the details. I was so excited!! That morning I made it to the bakery early. I even had time to run to the Starbucks across the street :-) By the time I got back there was one of the other students already inside (darn, I wanted to be the first one there). While we waited for the other six ladies I took pictures of all the cake designs I had been gushing over.

                     Including this little beauty that I've always admired. I didn't even know they made it.

Finally all of the others arrived and out comes Brenda Maher who is seriously one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. After a quick tour of the bakery she the class starts. Everyone is given supplies such as an apron, spatula, 10" square cake, super sharp knife (I have the scar to prove it),templates,etc.

During the course of 3 hours we learned carving, stacking, filling , how to cover a cake in fondant, painting on a cake, and some other many other tips.

Mary (the other half of Cakegirls) did pop in to finish a cake she was working on but I didn't get a picture.

My Finished Cake!!!

I had such an amazing time at my class on that Saturday and was truly saddened by the events that took place on Monday March 29,2010. The apartment above the bakery caught fire and the building was completely destroyed but fortunately everyone escaped the building without injury. 

To help their employees bridge the gap they're selling t-shirts while they try to rebuild. If you'd like to help purchase one here.