Ruffle Cake

I have been collaborating with some local businesses and this weekend we are putting together two dessert tables for a photo shoot.  This is one of the cakes that I will be using.  This is my first attempt at a ruffle cake and I am pleased with the finished product.  I found a tutorial on You Tube by searching for "ruffle cake tutorial" and it was so easy to execute!  I used a 124 petal tip but you could probably use any size petal tip that you may already have.

I will post more pictures soon of the display cakes, cupcakes and cake pops that I will be making so stay tuned!

Vintage Cupcakes

I have the opportunity to work with two fabulous ladies for a vintage inspired photo shoot in a couple of weeks.  Yuriko from Vintage Origami and Sarah from Sarah's Sweets, they are both located in Kelowna, BC.  I wanted to try out some ideas and this is what I came up with!

Dummy Wedding Cakes

This last cake was inspired by a design by EatCakeBe Merry.

Okanagan Bridal Expo 2012

On January 8, 2012 I did my very first bridal expo.  To tell you the truth I didn't really know what I was getting myself into but it turned out to be a fabulous day!  It took lots of hard work and a ton of help from family but I managed to put together over 700 samples, 3 display cakes, cupcakes and cake pops.  I am already looking forward to next year :)

More Wedding Cupcakes!

Here are some cupcake samples I did for a bridal show last weekend.  Stay tuned as I am going to post pictures soon of the display cakes I did and also photos of my booth!

Wedding Cupcakes

This coming weekend I am doing my very first bridal expo (yikes!).  This means that before this weekend I will have to bake 700 mini cupcakes for potential clients to sample, make three display wedding cakes, make display cupcakes and a display of cake pops.  In addition to these I will have a frame with nine different pictures of cakes and cupcakes to give customers an idea of what kind of work I can do.  I didn't have many great cupcake pictures on hand so today I made a few different kinds that I thought would work great for a wedding.  I will display some of these pictures at my booth and hope to impress the brides and grooms.  Thanks for looking!

Beaker Cake Pops

Christmas is over but the celebrations haven't quite ceased at our house, Boxing Day is my husband's birthday!  I usually make him a cake but when I saw these done by Bakerella I couldn't resist trying them.  According to my hubby his nickname in high school was Beaker so I thought that these would be a great surprise for him.  He was definitely surprised and he loved them!  Bakerella did a much better job  than I could ever do so if you want to check hers out along with the tutorial click here.
Happy Boxing Day!

Christmas Cake Pops and Christmas Cake

I just wanted to share a few of the projects I worked on for the Christmas season.  I love being able to try new and fun ideas! I think my favourite is the Christmas Tree cake pop!

Pumpkin Muffins

Every year we host Christmas breakfast at our house for the family.  Usually we do a hot breakfast but this year I decided to make it a little bit simpler by making a cold breakfast instead.  We are having yogurt/fruit/granola parfaits, quiche and muffins.  By request of my husband I made pumpkin muffins that turned out fantastic so I thought I would share.  To get the recipe click here.  Merry Christmas everyone!

Bliss Bridal Sample Display

Today I was lucky enough to be able to display samples for brides at Bliss Bridal in Kelowna.  I chose to do four different cupcakes and cake pops.  The cupcakes are chocolate with vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream, vanilla with strawberry buttercream, vanilla with mango buttercream and caramel apple.  The cake pops are red velvet covered in milk chocolate.  In case you are wondering I got the table from a local lady, her business is called "Found Vintage" and she has all sorts of beautiful furniture.  I can't wait to acquire another piece from her.  Have a good weekend everyone!