Posts Tagged ‘Cakes’

Special Cakes for the Grooms

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Tux Grooms Cake

Tux Grooms Cake

Mickey

For the groom who loves Mickey

 

What are you looking for in a Wedding Cake

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Dotted Swiss Daisy Wedding Cake

Dotted Swiss Daisy Wedding Cake

Questions you should be asked by your cake designer regarding how many servings the cake should be made for:

  1. How many guests are you expecting?
  2. Will you be serving right after dinner or later in the evening?
  3. Are you having other desserts?
  4. Do you have any specail dietary needs for family members?

 

    Alex’s Graduation Cake was more than his cousins wanted

    Monday, August 23rd, 2010
    Alex's Graduation Cake

    Alex's Graduation Cake

    Alex’s was celebrating his graduation with two of his cousins (girls).  They each chose fancy cakes for themselves and told me ”he doesn’t care what he gets.  Just frost a cake for him”. 

    No way.  I put his announcement with a tassel on a cake with his school colors.  Not as fancy as theirs, but guys are not fancy.

    Congrats Alex!

    Last minute wedding cake

    Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
    Abbie and Matthew's Wedding Cake
    Abbie and Matthew’s Wedding Cake

    Abbie had last minute complications with her plans on getting a wedding cake.  She called me and needed one for her wedding in 8 days.  Thankfully I had an open spot and I was able to create this lovely cake for her.

    The cake was all butter white and frosted with my butter-cream frosting created with butter and whipping cream.

    Matching MC Club Colors

    Thursday, August 12th, 2010

     

    Knights of the Road MC, Detroit, 70th Anniversary Cake
    Calvin and KOTR 70th Anniversary Cake

    I received a request to make a cake for the Knights of the Road MC Detroit.  They wanted it to match the patch on their vests exactly and be the same  size.  Well, I took the challenge and this picture shows I did it.  And it was butter-cream not fondant.

    Johanna and Andrew’s Wedding Cake

    Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
    Johanna & Andrew's wedding cake

    Johanna & Andrew's wedding cake

    The Bride and Groom chose a stacked wedding cake with black and fuschia ribbons.  They had butter-white and chocolate cakes.  In lieu of a traditional top they choose a fuschia ribbon with streamers.

    First comes love. Then comes

    Friday, July 23rd, 2010

    Daisy Wedding Cake

    a cushion-cut diamond ring.  Next; a vintage-themed wedding with a fried-chicken station.  A wedding may be one of humankind’s oldest traditions, but the ingredients reflect the world we live in today.  Here’s todays top in cake flavors;

    1. pound cake with peach mousse
    2. red velvet cake
    3. dark chocolate cake
    4. almond cake with Bavarian cream filling
    5. spice cake with orange buttercream filling
    6. hummingbird cake (banana, pineapple, pecans) with cream cheese filling
    7. carrot cake with lemon filling
    8. grasshopper cake (mint and Oreos)
    9. Key-lime cake
    10. Banana-buttermilk cake with peanut butter filling

    Eifle Tower Birthday Cake

    Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
    Isabella's Eifle Tower Birthday Cake

    Isabella's Eifle Tower Birthday Cake

    finishing cake on hot day-

    finishing cake on hot day

    I had so much fun making this Eiffel Tower.  It was a late order, so ended up finishing it in the refrig.  83 degrees outside with 75%  humity, no air conditioning.

    Baker’s secret to perfect pound cake

    Thursday, July 15th, 2010

    Want a perfect pound cake? 

    To prevent a dense dessert, leave your butter out to soften for just 30 minutes instead of the standar 2 hours.  The “cool room temperature” butter (about 60 degrees F) will aerate more readily than fully softened butter (about 70 degrees F) to produce a light fluffy batter.

    Perfect Chocolate Glaze

    Monday, July 5th, 2010

    Want to cover your bundt cake with a chocolate glaze?  Here’s an easy, great tasting chocolate glaze.

    Melt 6 oz semisweet chocolate chips, stir in 1/4 cup heavy cream.  Microwave on medium 15 seconds, stir.  Let cool 5 minutes before spooning over cake and guiding down sides with a metal offset spatula.  Makes enough to coat an 8″ to 10″ cake.

                                                                                                      Note: The key to remember when melting chocolate is that chocolate can burn easily and once it burns, there’s no way to fix it.  To melt chocolate, break  it into pieces in a glass bowl and microwave on medium at 30 second intervals, stirring each time, until it just becomes liquid.