Black and White Demaske Cake

Cupcakes and handmade cake stands

I handmade these cake stands for decorations in my kitchen. I didn't want to buy expensive stands. The cupcakes are red velvet with crushed pecans; chocolate, chocolate chip and banana walnut. Yum, Yum, Yum!

Camo Wedding

Topsy Turvy Square

Tall and Skinny Fondant cake

Bow Tie fondant cake

Ocean Wonders baby shower cake

Lady Bug baby shower cake

Colorful Two Tier fondant cake

3 tier square

Halloween Wedding Cake in July

I loved how this cake turned out. I had a bride who loves Halloween. She wanted a halloween wedding cake, in July. I handmade the pumpkins and cut out the bats by hand. The bats are on wires to appear to be flying around the pumpkins. The pumpkins were made from fondant and gumpaste so they will last forever, the bride and groom are able to keep them for memories, which they were very happy with. The caked was iced in buttercream.

Topsy Turyy birthday cake

Simple Birthday Cake

Here is a simple buttercream birthday cake with buttercream roses.

Teacher Appreciation Cake

This cake was made for a teacher appreciation party. The daisies are made from royal icing. I cut out words like inspire, dedication, love, teach, ect and put them on the cake. They really liked it.

Cookie Bouquet

Here is another cookie bouquet I made a while ago. The icing was piped on with a tip 104 and the yellow centers were piped on with a grass tip.

Cookie Bouquet

This is a cookie bouquet I made for my sons kindergarten teacher as a thank you gift. The cookies are iced in a light yellow buttercream and the flowers are made from fondant and stuck onto the cookie with melted chocolate.

Chocolate Transfer Method Tutorial

I love using the chocolate transfer method for making decorations for cakes.
I get alot of emails asking me how I make them. So I have attempted at making a tutorial for you! Here goes...

A few things to keep in mind when working with chocolate, candy melts, candy coatings, ect

• Chocolate cannot get water in it, it will seize it up.
• Melt the chocolate slowly DO NOT OVER HEAT.
• Melt the chocolate in 30 sec increments stirring in between heatings.
• COLORING your chocolate. There are a couple of options here. You can use candy oil colors. I prefer Americolors. You can also use gel colors for cake decorating BUT you need to add a product called Flo Coat so the gel color won't seize the chocolate. You can also purchase pre colored chocolates, candy melts, ect.
• If your chocolate is hard to work with don't make it hotter, it will ruin the chocolate add paramount crystals or Crisco to it and it will help relax and smooth out the chocolate.
• Store in a cool dry place. Do not store in fridge or freezer. Chocolates will last a long time if stored properly.

Step 1:

• Find an image that you want to do your transfer with. You can get one off the internet, coloring book, just about any where you want. I usually do a search for coloring pages on the internet. If you are printing an image from your computer you need to make sure and print a mirror image. This is especially important if you are using words in your image. If you don't print a mirror image your letters will come out backwards on your transfer. So just keep that in mind.

Step 2:
I tape my image to the back of a glass picture frame so I can see the image through the glass. I bought a picture frame from the dollar store and took out the glass part. Make sure and tape the edges of your glass so you don’t get cut.Tape a piece of wax paper, parchment paper or an overhead projector sheet (acetate paper) on top of the glass. Make sure there are no wrinkles in the paper.

Step 3:
Melt and color your chocolate. I like to use parchment paper bags for my chocolate. If you don’t know how to fold a parchment paper cone here are some instructions.I keep a heating pad on warm while I am working with my chocolate. I keep the bags on the heating pad so the chocolate stays melted.

Step 4:
Start outlining. I like to use brown chocolate for the outlining. Once you have done your outlining then let it dry.

Step 5:

Now start filling in. You have to think a little ahead. You will want to fill in the small dots and eyes and all the smaller areas. Once those are filled in then add the rest of the colors. Let dry.

Cover the delicate areas with white chocolate like the legs, antennas ect.

So they don’t break off.

Step 6:

Let the pieces dry well, then flip them over and peel of the paper.

And viola, you have cute, edible pieces ready to put on a cake!

Barbie Doll Cakes

I made these Barbie cakes for my friends 2 cute little girls who turned three years old. I used my new Cricut Cake Machine to cut the designs for the dresses. I got them on a little crooked. They were actually kind of tough to get on there without breaking them. I also used the Cricut Cake to cut the letters out. I LOVE my new Cricut Cake and I can't wait to use it more!!

I'm Back

Wow, I have been so busy. Had a new baby 3 months ago, doing some cakes. Got some stuff to post. I'm going to try and catch up!