First castle cake

I've waited for a long time to get asked to do a castle cake. It was so much fun to make! I'd also love to make a boy's birthday castle sometime. Maybe frost it in chocolate and make a dragon to go around it. I did a cupcake giveaway on facebook last week - there were a lot of people who responded. Unfortunately I can only give cupcakes away to the first person who responds, but I'll do another giveaway again soon. I'm not sure how to post a link to a facebook group, but let me know if this works:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=26625164312&ref=ts

My son's birthday cake

Just had to throw in one picture of my son's second birthday cake. It was based off his favorite book: Curious George Feeds the Animals, where George feeds peanuts to all the whole zoo. The palm trees were made out of pretzel rods and the animal figures are fondant/gumpaste. When Andrew first saw the cake he shouted, "Monkey!"

Sorry I've been so slow about updating this blog. I realized it's been a while. The cake orders are getting more regular now that winter is almost over. There was one week in February where all my orders were cancelled because I was sick. I only get sick about once a year and it happened this time on a week where there were 6 orders for one of my regular clients. When she heard I was sick she gracefully let me back out. I was really disappointed to let that business go, but I realize my health is more important and I really needed to rest anyway. So since then I've been able to try some new decorating techniques that I've wanted to try for a long time. Among the new things I've learned is making chocolate cigarellos, like the ones in the picture. That was my Mom's birthday cake. The cigarellos are just hollow little tubes of chocolate and they complemented the chocolate whipped frosting and strawberries so well. It was basically a chocolate strawberry shortcake. I've started making a list of new things I want to try. There's about a dozen new things I've been wanting to learn such as painting with pearl dust on fondant and carving a purse cake. Hopefully this year will allow me to be creative and learn some new things.

A week off

This is my first week I've had no cakes to do since four months ago. I love keeping busy with cakes but I think it's about time I did some laundry instead of mixed frosting. So thanks for the continued referrals! This wedding cake was the largest one yet - it served about 200 people. The flowers are made of fondant - the ribbon is black satin. No more weddings on the books for a while, but there are several baby showers coming up in the next few weeks. I'll keep you posted!

Wedding cake marathon

Well the busiest cake-making week of my year is almost over. There was one wedding cake on Tuesday, the one pictured here, and the last one gets delivered this afternoon. I wasn't sure how I was going to manage two weddings in one week, but thankfully they were spaced out just enough so the preparation time didn't overlap. It's been a fun week. I hope to do more wedding cakes as word gets around. I'm starting my prices at about 30% below market value because I'm still relatively new at this. I've learned a lot with each new project. Thanks for the referrals, I look forward to serving you more in 2009!