So I’ve been on a little break from blogging over Christmas but I’m back and hoping to do more artistic and creative stuff in 2012.

First cake of the year was a baby shower cake for my cousin. I had some technical issues decorating at my Nanny’s house but overall I was happy with the cake. It tasted good and I think it was whimsy and fun. The bottom was vanilla bean and the smaller cakes are my Nanny’s chocolate cake recipe.

This weekend I had a great cake challenge – a Clockwork Orange cake. I did plan the cake to be simple but it still was quite challenging – especially the thin lines for the ear and the eye.

Some initial challenges with the cake layers, even with extensive evening icing made adding the fondant very difficult but I am happy with the results.

Once I completed stage one I added stripes in the lower half and then circles on the top. I wanted to mirror the eye a little bit but also include my signature polka dots that I incorporate into almost all my cakes somehow.

The head wearing the bowler hat was a great challenge and I look forward to tasting this chocolate, chocolate-coffee buttercream icing with a single layer of candied cherries. I was hoping that this cake would be reminiscent of a black forest cake…we will see!

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…and not corn, beans and squash! A cake I made with 2 of my sisters!

For months I’ve been promising my 2 youngest sisters that I would show them how to do a fondant cake and yesterday was the day! Sunday afternoon they came out with a pre-made chocolate cake. I had mixed some different fondant colors and made some extra vanilla buttercream icing for underneath. Read the rest of this entry »