week 17 part 2

My next delivery was a birthday cake. I did a combination chocolate sponge/ basic chocolate cake w/ a whipped chocolate butter cream. I had a great time decorating this one with the fondant flowers. I think that without the pink center, they would be very similar to stephonitis. I aslo played around with some shimmer dust.

week 17

I am going to have to break this post up into several, because we all know what a formatting genius I am. I had 4 deiliveries to make today, and they werent small, either! This has been a crazy week between class, work, baking, and finalizing some decor details for a wedding in two weeks. I am ready for a vacation!

Delivery #1- Dessert for 75. For this Mexican themed wedding shower (the hosts had El Durango cater- YUM) I made Mexican wedding cookies, key lime mini cupcakes, and kahlua brownies with browned butter icing. No pics of the cookies- oops!

one down four to go!

This is a crazy, busy week, and I am loving every minute of it! Here is a run down of what is left: baby shower, 80th birthday 1st birthday, and a wedding shower. I should probably also include a run down of all the class stuff I have left, but I won't bore you with those details. Yesterday two of my classes met for the last time this semester, and one of my professors asked me to bake cupcakes to celebrate. In honor of meeting on the UGA campus one last time (until fall semester) I made some G sugar cookies. I had looked for an oval cutter to make the shape of the G easier to create, but I had no luck here on the southside. Next time I head to Atlanta, I am going to find a baking shop with an oval cutter.

Fabric and Flowers

A while back, I made some flowers to go on top of a wedding cake, and I have been wanting to play around with them some more. In addition to the style I made for the wedding cake, I played around with a simpler 4 petal design and more of a rosette. I went to Joann's last week and picked up some more material (they were having a great sale). I am still playing around with how to use them. I think they would be amazing as hair clips for a wedding 'do.

Week 16

Here is the newest project, a bow tie for Brian. It's been a while since I got the sewing machine out, and it feels good to branch out!

Welcome Ella!

Yesterday, Nat and Shannon Dougthie (along with 2 very excited sets of families) welcomed their daughter, Ella, into the world. Shannon asked me to make sugar cookie to hand out to guests as they come to visit their new addition to the family! Think of it as a new twist on the cigar :) I got to deliver them to the hospital this morning, and I had a great visit with the new mom, baby and grandparents.

Week 15

This week I was asked by an old high school friend (and fellow Baylor grad) to make a birthday cake for the youth group she works with. I had been wanting to do a paisley design for a while, and I incorporated her favorite colors of pink and purple. I also tried out a from scratch marble cake recipe, and from what I have heard it turned out great!