Posts Tagged ‘Cakes’
Special Cakes for the Grooms
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010What are you looking for in a Wedding Cake
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Questions you should be asked by your cake designer regarding how many servings the cake should be made for:
- How many guests are you expecting?
- Will you be serving right after dinner or later in the evening?
- Are you having other desserts?
- Do you have any specail dietary needs for family members?
Alex’s Graduation Cake was more than his cousins wanted
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Alex’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, 2010Abbie 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.
Matching MC Club Colors
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Johanna and Andrew’s Wedding Cake
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010First comes love. Then comes
Friday, July 23rd, 2010a 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;
- pound cake with peach mousse
- red velvet cake
- dark chocolate cake
- almond cake with Bavarian cream filling
- spice cake with orange buttercream filling
- hummingbird cake (banana, pineapple, pecans) with cream cheese filling
- carrot cake with lemon filling
- grasshopper cake (mint and Oreos)
- Key-lime cake
- Banana-buttermilk cake with peanut butter filling
Eifle Tower Birthday Cake
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Baker’s secret to perfect pound cake
Thursday, July 15th, 2010Want 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.









