Boys birthday cake car cake

How to make Pasta and Peas, my father-in-law's recipe

Race Car Cake in the making.....

I'm working on the race car cake.  this one is giving me a run for my money.  I need to sculpt
it and it's not very easy.  My problem is that I want it to look very realistic.  Not sure if that's possible.  I will continue to work on it.  I was going to do all the accessories before hand, but I now know that some of these have to be done as you are decorating the cake.
Will be doing a video on it (of course!!)

Disco Ball Cake

Disco Ball Cake

Pictures of the Disco Ball Cake. It was a big hit and Jennifer loved it.

Baby shower cake

Here is the cake I was working on. I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I had to finish it this morning. Once I got the fondant on the bottom tier, it was just a matter of decorating it. All the pieces were done, so I just had to decide where to put them. I hope you like it.

Cakes, cakes and more cakes....

I finished the disco ball for the top of the cake this morning.  I think it came out pretty good.  I love using the airbrush system.  As soon as I get a minute, I'm going to put a picture on here.  The shower cake has the two top tiers complete.  I'll do the bottom tier tomorrow morning.  Then the fun begins, putting all the decorations on it.  Everything, except the ribbon, will be homemade.  I hope to make a nice presentation.  Right now I have a pumpkin cake in the oven.  I cooked one of the sugar pumpkins and got 2lbs of pumpkin.  I put 2cups in the cake and hope to make a pumpkin pie.  Will get back to this later.

Day off and eating fish tacos....

We went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.  Good food.  I had fish tacos.  Not as good as the ones I had at the Summer Shack at Mohegan Sun casino, but pretty good just the same.  I think that's my favorite kind of taco.  Anyway, there was a very small farm stand at the end of the parking lot.  We bought 7 "sugar pumpkins".  You can make pies with this kind.  I make very good pumpkin pies.  My granddaughter said, "I want a chocolate and pumpkin pie birthday cake".  If I have the time, I'm going to make one for her.  Anyway, it was good to have the day off.  I will keep everyone posted on the cakes.  Oh yea, it feels like fall here.  Looking forward to the upcoming holidays and this beautiful time of the year.

Sugar veil icing, one more technique to make cakes look fabulous!

I just found this technique while I was looking at my videos on You Tube.  This looks like a great product and you should see what they do with this dispenser.  I know this is for the serious cake decorator, but I might have to invest in it. 

Air brush kit

This a picture of my airbrush kit I just bought from Amazon. I'm very eager to use it. And I will post a picture of the results. I have a Sweet Sixteen Masquerade Cake in October. I think I will use it then.

pictures of fondant booties, teddy bears and daisies for baby shower cake

These are pictures of the fondant and gumpaste teddy bears, daisies and baby booties for a baby shower cake. The first pair of booties I made, I let them dry before putting the ribbon laces in. Well, when I tried to put them in and the booties were hard, they broke. I was able to put them back together and learned a lesson. The second two pairs, the ribbon went in when I was assembling the parts. Much better. I think the bears came out very cute. I found a video on You Tube that gave good step by step instructions. However, mine do not look anything like hers. At least I was able to get the technique down. I will post the cake when it's finished. I will also be doing a step by step video.

baby booties

These are the booties that I made for a shower cake. This is the first time I've made them. I will keep you posted on this cake project.

Disco Ball Birthday Cake request...

My granddaughter requested a Disco Ball Cake for her birthday. Here is the beginning of the project. I used two pound cake mixes, (yes, I used a mix for this part of the final presentation, I needed a firm cake and I like the pound cake mixes for this). As you can see, I put too much batter in the pans. I'll trim the tops when they cool, and put them in the freezer. I'll make a homemade 10 or 12 inch layer cake for the base. Follow me on this project. I'll put it on YouTube. Oh, I didn't use all the batter, it would have been way too much.

i