Sugared Pansies for Edelweiss

This is what I did for my birthday today! Actually, I worked a little on it all week. There were a few firsts for me with this cake. I learned how to turn fresh edible flowers into candied flowers (dip in egg white and superfine sugar). I also took the plunge with REAL buttercream, made from merengue, not the Wilton powdered sugar version. It was so creamy, delicious, smooth, and EASY. Much better than sifting powdered sugar in the kitchen all day.

The smooth yummy buttercream icing is hiding a rich chocolate cake filled with raspberry filling.

This was a fun wedding. After I finished assembling the cake, I took off my apron and got out my violin to play the wedding music (with my friend Vicki on the flute).

Shoshana's Wedding Cakes

I finally got to make a cheesecake for a wedding! I also got my "floating tiers" cake stand that I had wanted to buy. Shoshana wanted a cheesecake topped with fresh fruit, it was delicious. I also made a chocolate groomscake topped with truffles (very similar to the one at my own wedding, but smaller). These were so much fun to make, pretty to look at, and yummy to eat. The chocolate one went quickly, next time I should make a larger groomscake!

Christmas Wedding Cake

I made this small wedding cake and two matching sheetcakes for a winter wedding reception. The tiered cake was made from 10-inch and 6-inch stacking tiers, both buttermilk cake (my favorite cake recipe!). They were filled with delicious pastry cream and frosted with buttercream. The snowflakes and poinsettias gave a nice effect, I really liked this one. We also had two sheetcakes (one chocolate and one buttermilk). The sheetcakes were also filled with pastry cream (chocolate pastry cream in the chocolate cake). Aunt Joy taught me how to decorate the sheetcakes with little squares so each piece has a little decoration on it when cut.

Tiffany's Wedding Cake

This was the cake I made for Tiffany's wedding down in Boise. It was the same size and shape as Aubrey's, but Tiffany did not want fondant. She wanted everything on her cake to be delicious (my sentiments exactly). It was a simple design that turned out really pretty. The flavors were: buttermilk w/ raspberry filling on the bottom layer, then chocolate w/ chocolate filling, spice with cream cheese filling, and then almond poppyseed on the very top. It was frosted with yummy buttercream.

Maya's Birthday Cake

When Maya turned one, I made her this cute little snowflake cake. It was frosted with pale pink icing and decorated with a large snowflake on the top and smaller ones around the edge. The cake was a gingerbread cake with apple pie filling between the layers. It was a perfect little cake for a winter birthday.

4th of July Cheesecake

I had been wanting to try out this recipe for a wedding cheesecake, so I cut the recipe in half and cooked it in my sheetcake pan. It was really yummy, but I'd say that the best part was the amazing frosting. It was made with cream cheese and candymelts, and it tasted just like cheesecake. It was so smooth and creamy. I put frosting on the sides of the cake and covered the top with blueberry and strawberry pie filling (from a can, quick and easy). The I piped the stars and stripes on the top with the white frosting. The cheesecake had a wonderful, smooth texture, but was a little light for my taste. The recipe had more sour cream than cream cheese. I think I prefer a cheesecake that is more firm and has a stronger flavor. This recipe is a good one to keep on hand for someone who likes more fluffy cheesecake.

Sarah's Birthday Cake

I made this with help from Missy Mathews. The design of the cake was Missy's idea. I made the cake, another buttermilk cake with strawberry filling. It was a tall cake with each tier being made of three layers of cake. The top tier was a 6-inch round and the bottom was a 10-inch. I frosted it with my own buttercream. Missy did the rest, she made the blossoms out of royal icing and the branch out of colored fondant. We decided that next time we could make a branch out of tootsie rolls, it would taste much better! Please ignore the big bulge on the side of the cake where the strawberry filling is trying to push it's way out (whoops!).