Can you believe these are CUPCAKES? (Click on the photo for a bigger picture so you can see all the detail.) These were made by Susan at Cutting Edge Cake Design. If you live in the Boulder/Denver area, I highly recommend her work. I first saw some of her fabulous cupcakes at my children’s [...]
Posted on December 24, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as cake decorating, cupcakes
Earlier this year, Jamie at BlondeMomBlog was pondering her Inner Domestic Diva in Move Over Betty Crocker: I’m entering unchartered territory as the girls get older…the obligatory birthday cupcakes. I made a batch of two dozen strawberry cupcakes with vanilla icing last week for Caitlin’s class in honor of her 4th birthday. A mixing bowl [...]
Posted on September 12, 2006 in Baking and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating, cakes, cupcakes
Fellow ClubMom blogger Denise writes a series of cupcake topper posts on her A Daily Dose of Denise blog. She has some terrific ideas, so check them out! Since I’m so hung up on piping frosting in interesting and unique ways, I never thought about searching for cute cupcake toppers. This would work for classroom [...]
Posted on August 19, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating, cupcakes
The Baby Shower Guide is having another baby shower cake contest. You can read the contest rules here. Entry is FREE and the grand prize is a $50 Visa gift card. I entered last year’s contest (Baby Shower Cupcakes and Hey Baby). I didn’t win but it was as fun to write about the circumstances [...]
Posted on June 19, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as cake decorating, cupcakes
Is there something about May that makes us want to frost a cake? Because both Cooking Light and Martha Stewart Living featured a page of how-tos in their May issues. You can view Martha’s how-to lesson online. The one tip they fail to mention at Martha Stewart (though Cooking Light does give it) is to [...]
Posted on April 24, 2006 in Baking and tagged as cake decorating
Here’s the final cake being enjoyed by Monkey Boy at his party. He loved it. I think the adults were more impressed than the kids however. The cake making went very well, though my husband said I should have put the t-box a little to the left. It took about five hours to assemble and [...]
Posted on February 20, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as birthday cakes, cake decorating
Saturday we’re having a party at Chuck E. Cheese for my son’s sixth birthday. He’s requested a golf themed cake (vanilla), so I’ve searched the internet for inspiration: Rather typical, but gets the idea across. Cute flowers. I like the grass, the use of blue piping gel for water, and the sand traps. Kind [...]
Posted on February 17, 2006 in More Stuff and tagged as cake decorating