I wasn't sure if I should put this post under "My Kitchen" or "Blog" only because this does involve cake, but I'm not providing the recipes at this time. I just wanted to show my lovely readers what's been keeping me busy the past few weeks.
I made a fish cake - not fish flavored though! - for one of my girl friend's sons for his birthday. She brought it over and surprised him big time! From what I hear, he was pretty excited!
I made a fish cake - not fish flavored though! - for one of my girl friend's sons for his birthday. She brought it over and surprised him big time! From what I hear, he was pretty excited!
The cake was vanilla cake, filled with raspberry fruit filling, iced with vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant. I sprayed the whole cake with edible food spray in various colors then added a shimmer with pearl edible spray over the whole thing. The fins and tail are gumpaste and hand painted. It was my first carved cake and was a lot of fun. Carving is much tougher than it looks. You have to be able to see the finished product from a block of cake. I'm not the best at carving, but I look forward to practicing more!
The other cake I did yesterday was for the secretary at Gabe's school for Secretary's Day. Excuse my horrible lighting for this picture. It was about eleven 'o' clock at night so I didn't have any natural light to shoot my picture in and for some reason, my kitchen light is really yellow.
The other cake I did yesterday was for the secretary at Gabe's school for Secretary's Day. Excuse my horrible lighting for this picture. It was about eleven 'o' clock at night so I didn't have any natural light to shoot my picture in and for some reason, my kitchen light is really yellow.
This was a French vanilla cake filled half with triple berry fruit filling and half with lemon curd. It was iced in cream cheese frosting and decorated with vanilla buttercream. I got several texts from the teachers at the school today complimenting me on this cake. One even said this was the best cake she ever tasted! Yay!!! I'm so excited when I can make other people's special occasions more special. That is the true reward with making cakes - to see and hear how I made someone else's day extra special!! It truly thrills me to see others so happy!
Next week, I have THREE cakes to make - I'm so excited! I will most likely be a crazy woman next week. Hopefully the weather will be warm and the kiddos can spend a little time outside on their new tire swing! I will post pictures throughout the week so you can see what keeps me insanely busy! Have a great week!
Next week, I have THREE cakes to make - I'm so excited! I will most likely be a crazy woman next week. Hopefully the weather will be warm and the kiddos can spend a little time outside on their new tire swing! I will post pictures throughout the week so you can see what keeps me insanely busy! Have a great week!