Hobby to business...

When I first started playing around with the cakes about two years ago, I just wanted to learn how to make my icing smooth. Now, there are many more things I want to learn how to do, such as master the art of my petit fours or learn how to defeat the weather when it comes to certain kinds of icings. For now, I'll just stick to juggling teaching and baking, both of which I enjoy doing and keep me busy! Here's what I've done in the past couple of months.


MS Twirl Stars: French Vanilla Pink and Lime green tie dyed cake with buttercream icing and fondant batons.

Alf: Red Velvet cake with cream cheese filling. I did this cake for an OLD college friend who just joined the 3-0 club! Why Alf? Long story short, he had to share his Alf cake with a girl when he was little and was very upset about it. His wife thought it would be very appropriate to recreate the Alf cake for this milestone birthday.
Cap and Gown: Everyone needs a cake to celebrate the end of long hard hours of their college career and the start of the rest of their lives.

Who Dat?/Geaux Tigers: I'm a Bulldog fan myself, but, who doesn't enjoy football season even if it's not your team? This time of year is something I look forward to every year; hanging out with friends, yelling at the TV for our favorite team to win, and most of all, making precious memories! This cake was for a 3 year old whose parents are Louisiana fans through and through. The endzones are a dead give away, huh?


Bully: Like I said before, I'm a bulldog fan. So, this birthday cake was "a piece of cake" for me to whip up. I baked this for one of my sweet students. His parents bleed maroon and white just like me, and of course, this has rubbed off on their son who likes to kid around with me at times. I do have to confess though. I told him(jokingly) that if he didn't behave himself in class that week that I'd be forced to make a "red and blue" cake. Needless to say, he was an angel like always.


Chocolate Petit Fours: A couple of weeks ago, Daniel and I made the trek to our hometown to help my parents move some of their heaviest furniture out of their old house and into storage until their new house is finished. Moving 30 + years worth of stuff really works on my sweet tooth. I thought these would be fun to snack on while we pushed stuff around.