Oreo!

Hello All!

I have been following Sweet Temptations on facebook for a while now.  http://www.sweettemptations.me/  Just LOVE her work!  I bought a mold and decided to give the oreos a try :) 

 

I bought white chocolate from my local cake store, Lynn's Cake and Candy.  I find it melts better in the double boiler. 

Melted great :)

It is pretty easy and simple.  I just put a little chocolate on bottom, then the cookie and then a little more chocolate on top.  Tap out the bubbles, and you are done! 

I put sprinkles on to jazz it up a bit. 

I would like to invest in some transfer sheets and see how those work with the oreos.  They have all kinds of great designs.

 

Hope you all have a great rest of the week!
Thanks for looking :)

Minty Good Time

Hello All!

We have a local cupcake shop called Cupcake.  My girlfriend and I went there this past weekend.  They are also a cafe, selling food and beer/wine.  We got a few items and split them.  Was overall satisfied with the cupcakes. 

A few of the departments at my work have been ordering from the same shop lately.  They will get 2 dozen of a variety of kinds.  It makes me mad!  I am not sure if it is because I know how much the company is paying for cupcakes and delivery charge, or if it is because I am not in one of said departments and don't get to enjoy a cupcake :)  So, I told some girls in my department that it is out time for cupcakes!  I found a recipe from http://www.annies-eats.com/2011/10/07/mint-chocolate-cupcakes/

I made a chocolate cupcake

Then started making the ganache.  It is pretty simple, just heated whipping cream and poured over chocolate. 

I mixed in some Creme De Menthe as well.

I made a whipped mint frosting

I wanted to drizzle ganache on top, so i used my squeeze bottle which worked out great!

It turned out fabulous!

Oh how tasty...

 

Thanks for looking! 

Hope you have a great day.

It's a.....

Hello All!

I had my first gender reveal cake this weekend.  The doctor put the gender in an envelope and then it was given to me.  Super exciting!  The couple was having a party with the family and wanted to find out at the same time.  It was a super fun cake to make :)

I made a vanilla cake so I could tint the batter.  I was so nervous that I was going to forget to color the batter, I had post it notes spread out all over :)  I put buttercream in the middle.

I did a neutral on the outside. I wanted to do the green all over so there would be no peaking.

I wish them the best of luck and am so happy I could be a part of their special day.

Hope you have a great week.
 Thanks for looking!

Baptism

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I had a request for a baptism cake this weekend.  She wanted a yellow cake with chocolate filling with a buttercream frosting.  I have a rich chocolate frosting that I love to use. 
I made the cake one night after work.  By the time I went to stack the cakes, it was getting late.  I kept debating if I wanted to make a frosting dam or not.  When I was about to put the chocolate on, I decided it would be better to be safe than sorry.  I had my mixer bowl filled with chocolate already and didn't want to transfer and wash the bowl.  So, I used my hand mixer for the buttercream.  Boy, have I been spoiled these past two months!  I really missed my KitchenAid making the frosting. 

 

I made the cross from candy melts.

Hope you all have a great rest of the day!

Thanks for looking.

Mario Kart

My girlfriend is getting married this weekend, Yay!  She asked me to make a groom's cake for the rehearsal dinner.  Her fiance loves to play Mario Kart.  I made him a race track :)

I made two chocolate cakes.  I frosted the whole thing in green.  I used my grass tip on top.  Tinted piping gel for the water. 

Made some accents out of fondant.

I bought the figurines online.

Paul said it wasn't complete without Toadstool.  So he made him for the cake.

It was a big cake, hard to get a close up picture of it all.

It was super fun to make! 
Thanks for looking and hope you all have a great weekend!

Jack turns 2!

Hello All!

My girlfriend's little boy turned 2.  He loves Thomas and she wanted cupcakes for the party.  I have never done a pull apart cake before and thought it would be a fun idea. 

She wanted 30 cupcakes.  I didn't realize I would need such a big board.  I am very glad I tested it before I started making it.  I put chocolate on the outside and yellow on the inside.  Thought it would give it a little more uniform look.

It took so much frosting!  I used a whole batch of frosting just to cover all the cupcakes.

I then started piping.  Made tracks, grass and such.  It took longer than I thought, but am pleased with how it turned out :)

 

Thanks for looking!  Have a great day.

Dual birthdays

Hello All!

A girlfriend asked for a poker cake for her friend.  He loves to play cards.  I made a Poker table.
The cards and chips are made of fondant. 

I finally bought an egg separator and loved using it! Don't have such a huge mess anymore :)

 Put on some sprinkles on the bottom

Then, a friend's wife contacted me. She wanted pops for her husband. It was due the same day as the poker cake. I never do two cakes for one day, but decided to make an exception. The guy is our mechanic. He has always been so great to us and works on our vehicles with no notice, I thought it was the least I could do for him. He likes to fish, so we went with Fish and Bobber pops.
I used Hot Tamales for the tops of the bobbers

 Hearts and candy eyes were also used

It looks like Christmas :)

 

 I was to deliver to his work, so I arranged the pops in a bowl for him

All wrapped and ready to go!

Thanks for looking!  Have a great day.