Category: Decorating
Cakes
Two new cakes of late, the first being the wedding cake we were working on last week. The other being the Bass I did at work.. mostly on my own but with some help on the finer points of airbrushing technique.
Continue Reading...Garden Update
We’ve been starting our Autumnal crop recently, I believe DmentD plans on going into detail so I won’t say too much. We recently transplanted the broccoli, sprouts and tomatoes from their starting trays into our little homemade paperbag pots. We intend on doing garlic and onions too. The pumpkins are.. going.. we’re not entirely sure […]
Continue Reading...New Cake
Up on Curious Confections. DmentD and I got to make it together which was nice after the last few cakes which have had me cake during the day and then him decorate while I was in school, coming home just in time to help with the clean up! We made it an extra cake taller […]
Continue Reading...Slow News Day
I know, I haven’t written in a while. I was putting it off last week, working on the wedding cake every day I had nothing new to say until it was finished. Then with yard work and being busy, and now I’m working on a scholarship application. Suddenly it’s been nearly two weeks! My doesn’t […]
Continue Reading...Wedding Cakes
But before that, the rest of last week *grins* Not that I actually did a whole lot, I was mostly lazy. I made it to four miles cycling which made me happy. And on Friday I made a whole new cookie. I had found a recipe for ‘Cowboy Cookies’ cookies with pecans, oats and chocolate […]
Continue Reading...Spring Break! Wooo!
I have a week off, and it is wonderful! *grins* First I better fill you in on last week, the week started with ‘Mass Production.’ Basically some of the employers that are in contact with the school commented that students finished the course having only ever made single items, having never baked in bulk which […]
Continue Reading...News
On Monday I had my work test at one of the bakeries I had interview at. It went alright, I cut and filled and masked two chocolate cakes with a rich fudgy icing, and then I made a dozen key lime pies. I was done in a hour and a half and I set off […]
Continue Reading...21st birthday cake
Nice and simple. Pound cake recipe (see Cthulhu cake), multiplied by 2.5 to fill a 10inch square tin.. This really did fill the tin, x2 would probably be just fine. Leveled out and cut in half with jam in the centre. Crumb coated and then covered in fondant. 21 made out of fondant. All piping […]
Continue Reading...Wedding Cake
The finished product, assembled and with the topper Sadly it got damaged during transportation and cracked as it was being assembled.. did as much of a patch up job that I could, though I wasn’t particularly happy with it. Never mind, you live and learn.. and I’ve certainly learned a lot from this cake
Continue Reading...Wedding Cupcakes
To go alongside the wedding cake. There’s 100 of these! That’s 400 flowers I had to cut out, and 600 silver dragees (edible ball bearings *grins*)
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