I WANT....  in pink of course. 
This and a stand mixer would make me *so* happy around July 3rd.

http://www.cupcakecourier.com/

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I'd really like to join some sort of cake club or sugar arts guild here in Rockford. 
The problem is, I can't find one.

I got two new cake decorating books for Mother's Day!  Yay!  Such wonderful kids I have.


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Onto cake number 5!  This is the pre-frosted cake to be decorated in class.  Everything still tastes *SO* sweet to me, just like pure sugar.   The frosting didn't crust quite as nicely as I wanted it to, but I guess it will be alright.

My instructor said that my plain frosted cake was the best he's seen since he started teaching.  That made me ( Read more... )

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I got a cake decorating book for Mother's Day from Erik & Mrs. Cake!  Yay!  It's so cool and I can't wait to try some of the techniques in it.

We took Tori's Birthday Cake to the Shire moot last night and I think it went over well.  I didn't have to bring any left overs home.  I was really nervous, especially since Peter had a cheesecake there.  ( Read more... )

I've been working on my daughter's Birthday cake all day today.  I started baking early (8:30am) because I want to be sure to give it time to rest and cool.  I'm really beginning to understand now why so many bakeries do their cakes ahead of time and freeze them.  Baking an decorating really takes a LONG time when you do it "right".

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I took my first cake decorating class last night and I had a good time.  I'm the only student that's signed up for the course this month, my instructor said that last month he had 15, but my class is just me.   I like that because I tend to ask questions that most people wouldn't and I hate it when people look at me like I have three heads.  My ( Read more... )

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