Someone posted a bundt wreath cake here a few weeks ago and I loved the idea. So I stol...I mean borrowed from it. :)

Spice cake (from scratch) with orange cream cheese frosting and a fondant bow.


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This year for New Years I decided to have a little house party (instead of spending ridiculous amounts of money for overcharged and underfun parties). What an awesome excuse to make a crazy cake! Since I don't really make cakes all that often I really wanted to go all out.

Here was my sketch for the cake:

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So this project was from quite a few months ago. I was in dire need to put together a going-away present for my cousin who was going to college. She was moving a few hours away from home and I wanted to give her something really special- so I was leaning toward the home-made gift route. (I also knew that her parents were going to buy her ( Read more... )

Love it or hate it- I've determined that the little things in life determine my mood. The smallest things can make me the happiest person (a kind gesture from a friend, the feeling of sunlight or raindrops on your face) and the smallest things can royally piss me the f*#k off (annoying drivers on campus drive, people being idiots in lab ( Read more... )

I made TWO birthday cakes this week- which is a lot for me since I only make a cake every few months or so. The most time consuming was definitely my jungle themed cake for the 7-year old daughter of a lady in my lab. It was great b/c I delivered the cake to their home and had the chance to see her reaction in person. It was so much fun watching ( Read more... )

OK- this cake is not for the faint of heart. It's obviously not work-safe. It is also not child-safe. Perhaps not husband-safe. But it rocks my world.


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So a while ago I read kylakae's post about baby shoes she made ( Read more... )

So I was listening to Alice (97.3) the other day and they were playing a Three Days Grace song (usually heard on the alternative rock stations). I LOVE the song, so I'm singing along, and I notice that one word has been changed in the song. Its ridiculous, and then it makes me angry, because it takes away the meaning of the ENTIRE song by changing ( Read more... )

B-day cake for a lab-mate, commissioned by her boyfriend. He wanted a cake that looked like a hat box with a smaller box on top (in which he could place her gift: a hand-made ring by him)

So here's what I made:

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Click on "I kissed a girl" to listen to it. Ohhhh....my....gosh. I love this song! (And the line about cherry chapstick)

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