Happy Halloween!

BOO! Well, it's that time of year again! The smell of cinnamon and cider lingering in the breeze and the sound of the cool wind, rustling in the leaves...*sigh* I love autumn; almost as much as I love pumpkin cupcakes! It was my niece's 2nd birthday this week (Happy Birthday Emma!) and as always, my sister was an amazing host! All of the food on the table was Halloween-ized; from the spiderweb bean-dip and mummy-dogs to pumpkin and bats pb&j! Everything looked (and tasted) amazing! She also made a super yummy cake :) My contribution to the festivities were some vegan pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes with orange colored vegan buttercream to give them the 'pumpkin look' (and pieces of green twizlers for stems). So good!



I hope your Halloween is full of tricks and treats!
Buhahahahaha!

Princess Sheep Fairy

The theme for my niece's 4th birthday party was very unique! She is very lady-like for a little girl and loves having tea parties with her princess dolls. She requested a party with sheep and fairies, so, I thought it would be a good idea to try to make a Princess Sheep Fairy to sit on top of her cake.I had a vision in my head, of an adorable cartoon-like sheep with a tutu, crown, wand, and melted sugar wings... I'm still new to the whole concept of creating figurines out of fondant, so my expectations may have been set a little too high for this endeavor. The sheep was much harder to make than I had anticipated! She still came out pretty cute though! My sister made adorable sheep cupcakes and sparkly wands for all of the kids. So cute! :)

I'm excited for the next cake... I've got a few ideas...
8/08- Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate Almond Frosting (delicious, but not made from scratch!).

Igida-giggida CAKE!

It's no secret that I have a sweet tooth. Actually, I may have a few. I have ever since I was younger. Whenever there is a birthday or family function that involves cake, I am always reminded by my parents of when I was two or three when I stuck my whole hand into my grandfather's birthday cake and realizing that I did soemthing wrong, yelled out in dismay, "Igida-giggida CAKE!" I have heard this story countless times, but it still can not be confirmed if it was igida-giggida or igida-piggida. I suppose if it was 'piggida' I was denouncing myself for being a little piggy.

Nothing beats a beautiful cake or pastry. I don't know what it is, but I love looking at them! I guess it's just hard for me to believe that works of art can be so delicious! Anyways, I woke up one day this past year and had a strong desire to decorate cakes. I love baking and I was in need of a creative outlet during the stressful semesters of school. I have been playing around with different designs and recipes and am excited to report, that my skills are improving! I figured I would start a blog and later a portfolio of my cakes to keep for memory. I look forward to posting more cakes in the near future!








These cupcakes were for my Aunt's baby shower.

Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with fluffy butter cream frosting and a raspberry. 11/07










Fun with fondant! My first fondant rose. I watched a few youtube videos on how to do this! The rose was SO heavy! Thankfully, they're not that heavy anymore. This rose was for my sister's mint chocolate birthday cake. 11/07

My second rose was much lighter and was made much faster! This Blue Buttercream frosted cake was a vegan chocolate raspberry mocha cake. Yummy! 1/08
















So, I discovered that I could buy fondant that was already pre-colored. Exciting news! I bought a fondant roller and some cookie-cutters to complete this cake. It was a fudgy-chocolate cake with a peanut butter butter cream frosting. Happy 80th Birthday Grandpa! 3/08




Look at the layers!





















This was my first fondant covered cake. It was a Vegan banana based cake with a layer of butter cream and strawberries. This was for my roommate and her boyfriend's 4 year anniversary! I had fun cutting out the strawberry heart and getting the red ribbon to stay!









Graduation cake for my girls! Congratulations!!!

Chocolate cake with strawberry frosting. 5/08



















Birthday Cake for my brother and brother-in-law. I was inspired by my trip to the Bahamas; although I didn't see any octupi... Vanilla cake with butter cream frosting and lemon pie filling center. 7/08









Yummy!









Cupcakes for my Opa's birthday. Chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and fondant flowers! 8/08



































Happy Baking!