Posts Tagged ‘Birthdays’

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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This is the second batch of cupcakes that was made for my mom’s birthday: Black & White Cupcakes. According to the book, these are a familiar dessert to native New Yorkers (anyone?), but are usually in cookie [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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The next several batches of cupcakes you’ll see on the blog were made at my parents’ house over Thanksgiving. For her birthday, my mom requested several batches of cupcakes that she could take to the school where [...]

Here’s a “blast from the past” cake…I made this over a year and a half ago for a friend’s little boy. He was turning 4 and the theme for his party was “Pirates!”
I started with a 12″ two-layer chocolate cake, frosted a pale peach/skin tone color. I used a red fabric bandana and a plastic [...]

Several months ago, I experimented with making cake pops. And since I had just been asked to design a cake for a brother/sister birthday party (Carter was turning 3, Campbell was turning 1), I figured it would be fun to incorporate them into the design!

I used primary colors for the cake decorations, and did swirls [...]

Not long ago, Amy, an old high school friend whom I haven’t seen in years emailed me via Facebook (isn’t cyberspace crazy?!) Her sister Ann’s birthday was coming up and she wanted to know if I could make a special book for her.
I always start by asking the client what the recipient’s favorite color is. [...]

Sweet Jacelyn’s birthday party was going to be at a pony farm, so the cake was a horse, of course, of course.
I started with an chocolate 11 x 15  sheet cake.

I made a horse template on the computer and sized it to fit the sheet cake.

Since the cake had been frozen overnight, it [...]

My friend Jessica was throwing a surprise 30th-birthday party for her husband’s cousin. The colors were hot pink and black, and she hired me to make the cake. She wanted something whimsical, and since I am totally against black icing (yuck), I used my beaded cake style and a spiral black and white cake platter [...]

Not too long ago, my niece Sadie asked her mom why we have noses. Ali replied, “So we can smell things. What’s your favorite smell?” To which Sadie replied, “Pink!”
The girl couldn’t be more right! For her past two birthdays, “pink” has been the only guidance I’ve been given in regards to her cake. Today [...]

Last year, Andrew’s daughter Sierra turned 9 and in honor of her birthday, I made a very girlie cupcake tower, complete with apple blossoms and gerbera daisies made from royal icing. I set up the tower before she arrived home from school, and we kicked off her birthday celebration with the extinguishing of a single [...]

I enjoy having enough cake-making skills to be able to whip something up for a friend in need. A buddy of mine at work came to me one day and asked me to create a cake for his father’s 75th birthday celebration. I made a chocolate 10″ round with milk chocolate base icing and dark [...]