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!