Vamanos!

Well, course 3 has begun and we're working with fondant. There's nothing to show so far but next week there will be!

Today I made a Dora the explorer cake for a friends party. I used the Wilton cake pan or else I would've been lost! Aside from her skin color being a little too dark for me, I think it turned out pretty nice for my first try.


Side note, I hope to never use this pan again, crazy hard!

Busy Baking Week Ahead!

It's a busy week ahead in the world of baking for me. Cupcakes for work, cupcakes and a Dora cake for Sunday and I can't wait! I'm a bit nervous about the Dora cake since it's something I've never done before but I'm up for new challenges. Also, cake decorating course 3 starts! This course is going to focus on fondant and gum paste, let the fun commence!

(P.S. I will be updating after all of these things are finished, just so excited I wanted to share them now!)

Maybe after my course 3 I could do this!

Cakes, Cakes, and More Cakes!

This week I've actually had a break from cake decorating class which is actually giving me time to catch up on what I've done so far.

Springtime, in September.

This is a cake that I made for my aunt Sheila's birthday. Just a plain vanilla cake, she can't have chocolate, with the Wilton buttercream icing. Once again the flowers on top are hershey kisses. The cake was a hit among the family.

The only problem I've been having with my cakes is moistness. Luckily I found a recipe (try www.hellmans.com) that keeps your cake moist for forever!

A field of flowers

The next cake shown below I actually got paid for! I guess I'm official. It was a cake for my mom's work. The flowers above are made from royal icing which hardens and turns into candy. They last forever!

Top view

Side view

Here's the final product. The plan was to make a 2 tiered cake (similar to a wedding cake) but I had enough from the 10 in pan.











The side view shows I still have some work to do with my icing, but believe me, this is better than it was 2 months ago!












Finally, here is my cake final for the Wilton cake decorating course.

Perfect day for a picnic!

This is the basket weave method. It is perfect for the sides when you actually want to put a lot of work into it! My hands still hurt from making this!

Sorry for such the long post but we're all caught up now! Let the creativity begin/ continue!

Kolache Queen

When I was in high school I always wanted to learn how to make kolaches. Not the ones with sausage, those are pig in a blankets. My grandma, my mom, and aunt were terrible at it. One day I found a recipe, baked them, and viola! They were good! Since then I've always wanted to enter a kolache contest and this past summer, I did. I won 3rd place out of 15 entries! Considering it was my first time to do so I thought it was awesome! I even made it in the local paper. Definitely a plus! I cannot wait until next year!

All hail the kolache queen!

My awesome certificate!

No autographs please!

These bad boys beat out a bakery's Kolaches!