No, It Couldn’t Be - It IS - It’s Turkey Cake!
Posted on December 2, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Cake/Cake Decorating | 29 Comments
Yes, it’s true - I made turkey cakes. These are “mini” cakes because they are only about four inches in diameter. I used white cake mix and cut each into two layers. I used chocolate ice cream topping syrup as the filling. It was yummy! Sweet - but yummy! I didn’t even bother smoothing the […]
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Read More..>>Mother of All Cupcakes
Posted on November 25, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Cake/Cake Decorating, Food, Video | 35 Comments
Didn’t I just get through saying I don’t like a lot of shaped pans? Yeah, I know. But this one is different because a giant cupcake can be used for many different occasions. I’ve pictured it here with a banana so you can see/judge the size properly.
This cake was made in a sort of rush […]
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Read More..>>Roses and Cake and a Guest Post!
Posted on November 22, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Cake/Cake Decorating, Food, Guest Post | 31 Comments
This is the last cake I decorated during my class.
As you can see, I am finally getting pretty good at smoothing the icing. It makes a big difference in how the whole cake looks, I think. I’ve started off with some vines to put flowers on.
Then I added some ribbons and “sweet peas.”
And next - […]
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Read More..>>My Clown Cake
Posted on November 20, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Cake/Cake Decorating | 46 Comments
The second cake I made for class featured a clown. Yeah, I almost bolted from the room too when I heard we were making clowns. I hate those freaky, scary little made-up basstids. Anyway, the ones we made weren’t THAT scary. After all, you could simply knock their little plastic heads off and stuff them […]
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Read More..>>Mah First Cake!
Posted on November 16, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Cake/Cake Decorating, Food | 41 Comments
Okay, so it’s not really the first cake I’ve ever baked or anything. But it is the first one I made after taking some lessons and trying to apply them to my cake. Please pretend to be impressed because although my cake doesn’t look nearly ready for the cover of Better Housekeeping Magazine or anything, […]
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Read More..>>Eliminating Paddle Butt
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Baking, Food, Kitchen Gadgets | 16 Comments
I’ve been making my own bread from scratch for years now, and since my diagnosis, I make it quite often so that I don’t have all kinds of extra unnecessary junk ingredients in there. I still enjoy trying new recipes but I always return to my simple basics since they are the most […]
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