I was so excited when I found these Wilton treat pop containers on the after Christmas clearance rack at ShopKo for 50% off! I’d been wanting some so I could experiment with making treat pops but didn’t want to pay full price. Last night our group was in charge of the activity for Young Women … Continue reading
Can’t have a big family dinner without a big chocolate dessert! This one comes from a blog called “Joyful Momma’s Kitchen” and it was delicious! In fact, there is a little left over and I am just dying for another piece but I’m trying to hold off as long as possible so that I don’t … Continue reading
Courtney and I haven’t had a lot of time for cake making/decorating between our jobs and everything else. We’ve had to turn down a few but we were able to squeeze this one in for one of Courtney’s friends. In fact for this one we were never even together for the process as I baked … Continue reading
Andrea, a friend of Zach’s from work, asked if we could make her daughter, who is turning 4, a Hello Kitty birthday cake and cupcakes. We’ve made a Hello Kitty cake before (with that cute HK pan from Michaels) but not cupcakes and I am so in love with those Hello Kitty cupcakes, I think … Continue reading
The latest cake project, a Princess Aurora Baby Shower Cake for a friend of Courtney’s. Came out cute! It’s white cake, buttercream icing and Duff’s pink fondant from Michaels. The bottom layer is a double 8″ and the top is a double 6″. Cort formed the skirt decoration, crown and letters out of fondant and … Continue reading
I got a call from my friend Kathie who wanted us to make a cake for her daughter’s baptism and she wanted a cake very similar to the Black and White Birthday Cake that we recently made. We were excited to do this cake again because we wanted to practice that quilting technique. It came … Continue reading
My cute neighbor Zoe had to job shadow for a class at school. She told her mom Belinda that she wanted to job shadow Cort and me as we made a cake so yesterday Zoe came over and we made cakes together. Belinda’s sister is having a baby girl after two boys so I made … Continue reading
We had fun experimenting yesterday with some new fondant techniques on this cake. Courtney’s friend Brie called and asked if we would make a birthday cake for her friend Nina (we previously made a couple of baptism cakes for Nina’s son Rome). She wanted something in black and white and wanted it to be pretty … Continue reading
This is a little mini birthday cake that Courtney and I made for her friend Brie. The top layer is 3″, the middle is 4″ and the bottom is 5″, so tiny and cute! The flowers are fake from Michaels, the fondant is Pettinice from Funfinity. Brie wanted a birthday cake for her friend (post … Continue reading
Courtney always wants chocolate cake when they come over on Sundays and usually I just don’t have the time to get that made so yesterday I decided to try one of those crock pot cake recipes and it came out great! It is a “Betty Crocker” recipe, pretty sure I’ve already professed my love for … Continue reading
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