Recently on a tv show I saw some cake ideas that reminded me of my childhood and I thought…I want to make those. And so it came to be that at a recent Girls Night In Stella and Dot party that I made cupcakes but also cake cones.

When I was younger my mum would bake cake in ice cream cones but since I couldn’t remember how she did it I just baked cake in a square pan, but only making a thin layer. Then using a circle fondant cutter I carefully cut out circles (I saved the scraps to push into the cones.)

First I put a blob of icing into the bottom and then put a piece of cake.

Then I put in a piece of marzipan or drizzled caramel and icing.

Then I put another piece of cake.

Finally I topped them off with lots and lots of vanilla buttercream icing.

I cut out various little fondant ‘confetti’s – flowers, circles and hearts and put them on the cake cones and cupcakes. They were popular at my party and I think would be really great for kids parties, like they were when I was younger. I think if I do a cake for a child’s birthday I would definitely consider doing cake cones.

That’s it on the cake front for a while but it was really fun to be doing so many cakes/cupcakes again!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of celebrating Thanksgiving with my family in Tuscarora. It was so great being there with everyone after being away from there for so long. There is NOTHING like spending time with family.

I really wanted to bake a cake for my Nanny and family. Unfortunately because my health has been questionable I wasn’t able to make one but I brought supplies to bake a cake and did a chocolate cake with buttercream icing and marshmallow fondant daisies. I think it turned out very cute and simple which was nice. (I was a little bummed that I didn’t do a thick enough crumb coat and some crumbs snuck through…)

Here is a close up of my marshmallow fondant daisies.

Now that Thanksgiving is past and I’ve been struggling with a stubborn sinus infection I still have been trying to keep up with my work, art and homemade Christmas gifts. Thursday night I had fun with LP making dinner and watching a movie at home and working on some carving. Read the rest of this entry »