Breakfast at Tiffany's

Today was a celebration of Christie and her upcoming nuptials.  We had Breakfast at Tiffany's  Audrey Hepburn style.  Lots of Tiffany Blue, Pearls, Black Dresses and Fun! I had the honor of making the cake and cookies.  Looking forward to the fun wedding! 

The Beautiful Bride! 

My Poor dog Edna has to stay out of the kitchen while I decorate- Here she is (Just outside of the gate) looking very pathetic with all of her toys-  just waiting for me to play with her.... 

Bridal Shower Dessert Table

My first dessert table attempt was for my sister's bridal shower this weekend.  The previous two blogs about the fondant frills cake and the petit fours were all part of my master plan for the dessert table.   In addition to the petit fours, I made some fun whimical cookies that included ben franklin, the libery bell, the LOVE statue and my sister's two cat's- Penny and Otto.  My mom and my sister's future mother in law helped me decorate the cookies as well.  I added some blue and brown candies to the table for interest, as well as some bite sized brownies made by Anita.  I finished the table with a fun candy bar that included lollipops from Dylan's Candy Bar.  The kids and adults found something to enjoy!

Happy Customers!!!

Petit Fours

With the help of Melissa at www.mycakeschool.com, I attempt to make petit fours for the first time... My Mom and my sister's future mother in law helped me with the adventure. The petit fours were for my sisters bridal shower.  The biggest challenge was getting the icing the right consistency so it would coat the petit four without being too think.  I used Melissa's pound cake recipe and followed her directions to the "T".  We created a "dripping" station to allow the glaze to set and created a tremendous mess in my mom's kitchen.  Overall it was fun to experiment with something new and also fun to have my Mom and Anita try their hand at decorating.  They did a great job! and I know my sister will appreciate their efforts.

The finished pound cake... Three sticks of butter later...

Scoring the cake to cut 1" x 1" cubes

Created a double broiler to mix the 9 cups of powdered sugar!  That was a lot of powdered sugar!

The dipping action...

We set up a "dripping station" using boxes from my mom's pantry and a drying rack

What a mess!!!

The finished products...

Bridal Dresses

Made these bridesmaid dresses in honor of a friends upcoming wedding. Not sure you can see the detail but I added pipping of white to the dresses and added touches of orange and blue as they are both sports nuts and it went with their favorite teams.  I also surprised her with his & her   "Jersey's"...

 Note: the puffiness of cotton candy will not last...

 It melts and then maked the hearts look a little "tragic"... Not the look I was going for a bridal party but oh well, they were still kinda cute...

Home Run!!!

Can't believe it has been a month since I've made a cake.  Time flies... I Made this cake for my super fun Cousin Beth who is getting married this fall. They are true Phillies fan and thus a Phillies inspired bridal shower cake was in order.  Beth gave me the cake topper and told me to do what I wanted... So, I thought it would be funny for "beth" to be dragging "john" to home plate...


Here are some pictures of the assembly....

Cut out the retro Phillies P out of fondant and added them to the baseball circles.

 The field is finished. The cake is buttercream with fondant accents.

 Start of the frozen buttercream transfer of the logo.

 Ready to go in the freezer...

 The logo got a little messed up when I transferred it to the cake. I didn't use the right icing and thought I could get away with it... Apparently I could not...

Congratulation Beth and John!!!

Pretty Lilies

This cake was for a close friend of my sister who is celebrating her upcoming nuptials. The invitations were covered in lilies so it seemed appropriate to cover a cake with lilies... I haven't made lilies before so I looked to my Wilton resources and found instructions in my gum paste book. I only had one style of cutter. If I make them in the future it would be nice to have different sized flowers to give some variance to the design.  I played around with my powder food colorings which was fun.  Because there was some distance and travel associated with the delivery of this cake, my sister added the flowers when she got to the shower. This way they stayed fresh and didn't flatten from the storage of the cake in the refrigerator.   Here are some pictures of the assembly.

From this cutting of gum paste the lilies are born...

 The lilies are stretched, smoothed and wrapped around to make the basic flower.  They are drying upside down to give them some structure.

The flowers are ready for their highlights.

 Ready for Transport...

 

This little cutie enjoyed the flowers and couldn't believe that they were edible. Too cute!