June 2013

What a grand and beautiful month!  The crab apple trees were in full bloom on the weekend of our family reunion as we got together to celebrate my grandfather's 85 wonderful years on this earth before entering the gates of heaven.  I created a piano cake for my grandfather's memorial service as he was an amazing pianist.

May 2013

What a beautiful month, watching the flowers bloom and the rain cover the earth as everything turns green and colorful once again.  I enjoyed baking 350 cupcakes for a rodeo banquet.  I also got to design a number of beautiful custom cakes.  I have learned so much about the use of fondant as well.  It is a great challenge and I am still learning more about creating that perfect cake. 

This cake is from the Zelda Warrior Games.  It is Majora's mask.  This cake took over 10 hours as I had to do quite a bit of research to figure out the best design.  I enjoyed working with all of the colors!

Happy Spring!!  For the Easter Celebration  I made a gorgeous fresh vanilla bean Madeira Cross cake covered in handmade roses that I created out of white and dark molding chocolate.  65 handmade leaves decorate every edge of the cake. This cake took days of preparation and turned out divine.  It has a Ganache icing over a layer of apricot glaze. 

March Fondant Icing Enjoyment!

Although it is still the middle of winter and spring wants to come, it gives me reason to bake and experiment with the cold weather keeping me indoors with the children.  I baked a lovely Madeira cake, created into free-hand horse design, buttercream icing, fondant icing, strawberry preserve filling! I decorated with dark chocolate creations, a colored fondant bridal and curly ribbon for a mane!  It turned out fabulously! 

I then created an igloo with 11 penguins and 1 snowman out of fondant icing.  Again I baked the dense, moist, delicious Madeira cake!  It was a hit for the 11 children that came to my son's 2nd Birthday party!   Each taking home a penguin with them.   

Cake Pops!

February, the month of Love!  It was a very busy month for me!  I had a week to myself on a tour of Washington DC, for the first time.  Upon my return to my children and home we got to work on Valentine's Day goodies!  White Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Key Lime Cheesecake Pops,  Chocolate Cake Pops, and lots of sweet hugs and kisses!

January 2013

     How wonderful, a New Year!  How exciting to spend so much time in the snow!   We enjoyed baking Gingerbread Pirates and icing them with layers of colored icing and candy!  The boys loved it!  I let them take over, which was FUN!  I am looking forward to trying my hand at making cake pops soon. 
     Not much baking this month, more time in the snow, sledding, and long walks. 

Christmas Time!!

     "Oh it's the most wonderful time of the year..."  What a beautiful holiday season to be baking, spending money on Christmas presents for others, decorating a lovely tree with every sort of sparkle and shine!  My kids and I have had an incredibly wonderful December already and still two weeks to Christmas!  I love watching the kids dance to Holiday music while I bake and clean, and to join in and feel like a kid again myself!  I am in the process of making delicious pumpkin fudge and peppermint fudge!  YUM!!  My eldest, Malachi, tried fudge for the first time at the store, "taste testers", and immediately said, "More budge please mom!"  So cute!  The four of us had a photo with Santa and my two boys wrote letters to Santa as well.  Malachi rehearsed all morning what he wanted to ask Santa for and tried to figure out how we could cut a hole in the ceiling so that Santa could come in since we don't have a chimney!  Love it!