Cakes Bakes N More

Holiday Cookies & Christmas goodies

2011-12-26T22:15:00.000-08:00

This was my first time trying my hands at making sugar cookies. Also attached is a picture of the other goodies I made for Christmas.

Penguin Cake

2011-12-26T21:56:00.000-08:00

Here's a picture of the cake I made for Christmas.My son seems fascinated with penguins so I decided on making this cake. Its a rich fruit cake covered with fondant with a light coat of royal icing for the snow effect. Everything on the cake is edible except for the Pole which is made of a lollipop stick.

Floral Bouquet Cake

2011-10-10T17:00:00.000-07:00

Our Church was organizing a bake sale & all the proceeds of the sale were going towards charity. I made this Bouquet of Flowers cake for the bake sale. Its a chocolate buttercream cake decorated with gumpaste flowers. It was my 1st attempt at trying most of these flowers mounted on a floral wire.It was a good learning experience trying out these gumpaste flowers. Now I need to try & work on learning to make floral sprays. The sides of the cake was made using Pepperidge Farms, Pirouette Rolled wafers.

Advay's 1st Birthday Cake

2011-06-07T11:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a cake I made for a dear friends son's 1st Birthday. She wanted the cake to match the colors on the Birthday Banner & wanted a figurine resembling the birthday boy in his birthday outfit as a cake topper.

The Star Guest Book I made for my son Braedyn's 1st Birthday

2011-05-20T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of the star guest book I made so that guests attending Braedyn's 1st birthday cud leave him a message.

The personalized Birthday banner I made for Braedyn's 1st Birthday

2011-05-20T13:17:00.000-07:00

I didn't quite like the Birthday Banners at party supply stores so decided on making one. Got a few ideas from etsy & managed to make this. I was quite satisfied with the end result coz I'm not much of a craft person.I have also included a picture of how it looked on the day of the party.

Smash Cake I made for Braedyn's 1st Birthday.

2011-05-20T13:05:00.000-07:00

I tried matching the smash cake for Braedyn's 1st birthday by replicating a miniature version of the giraffe I made on his Birthday cake. The cake was a strawberry cake covered in vanilla buttercream icing.

My Baby's 1st Birthday Cake

2011-05-19T10:52:00.001-07:00

It's been really long since I last updated my blog.I recently celebrated my Little One's 1st Birthday. Surprised how time flies so fast. Attached are pics of the cake I made for his 1st Birthday. The cake was made to match the Giraffe Birthday theme we planned for Braedyn's 1st Birthday. It was a chocolate cake with Strawberry Butter cream filling. I also made some confetti cupcakes topped with vanilla Buttercream for the kids at the party.

Christmas Cake for Braedyn's First Christmas

2010-12-27T21:43:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was special for us as a family as it was my Baby's First Christmas. Its been difficult managing Baby Braedyn & making time to do the household chores, leave alone taking time out to decorate a cake. But I somehow managed to bake my baby his first Christmas cake , all thanks to my hubby who volunteered to help me manage Braedyn.

The cake is a rich fruit cake, covered in Duff's fondant. I used the same color scheme for my cake as that of my Photo Christmas card - Red & Electric Green.The snow flakes & gift boxes are made using royal icing.

Everything except for the cake topper (pic frame) is edible.

Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Holidays to you & your family.

The Christening Cake I made for my Little One -Braedyn

2010-08-14T15:50:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I've posted on update out here. For those of you who are following my blog, I'd like to introduce you to my little bundle of joy Braedyn Karson .He arrived on 13th May 2010. He's been keeping me busy & I'm enjoying playing Mommy 24x7 ;-)

Being a first time mommy isn't an easy job, hence the cake I made wasn't very elaborate. I made a christening dress themed cake. All of the accents were made of MMF & the cake was a lightfruit cake (my all time favorite).

2010-05-06T16:41:00.000-07:00

Hello friends!

I know its been really long since I've updated my blog with Cake Pics. Actually I've been really busy baking my bun . Motherhood is such a wonderful feeling. I had taken a break from cake making as my Little One is keeping me busy these days. However took time out to make my own Baby Shower Cake & enjoyed molding the characters for the Winnie the Pooh Themed Cake.
It was a chocolate cake , layered with Nutella Ferrero Rocher Filling , iced with Buttercream & covered with home made Marshmallow Fondant. Everything on the cake is edible.I shud be expecting my baby anytime soon. Please do keep us in your prayers. C ya soon!

Heart Cake for my Hubby's Birthday

2010-01-26T08:28:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for my hubby's birthday! It was planned at the last moment .Since valentines day is round the corner I thot why not make a cake that goes well for both occasions, so I decided on making a heart cake. I made his fav chocolate cake with Butter Cream Filling & covered it with homemade MMF . The flowers & frills are made out of gumpaste . It was worth all the trouble coz my hubby loved it.

My Christmas sweets

2009-12-26T23:23:00.000-08:00

This was the first year we were celebrating Christmas away from Family & friends. But that didn't stop me from preparing Christmas sweets which has been a tradition in our family.So these are few of the sweets I made this Christmas - Cherry Knobs, Fruit Cake, Coconut Cake, Date Rolls, KulKuls & of course my all time favorite Marzipan's!! I molded the marzipan's into carrots, plums, peaches, pears, cherries, watermelons, mangoes, oranges, pumpkins, peas, pineapples, strawberry's, rasberry's & also a christmas tree that I made using a cookie cutter ;-)

Hawaiian Themed Cake

2009-09-18T10:57:00.000-07:00

The Birthday girl along with her Cake.

This cake was made for my dear friend Jenny's Birthday who loves Hawaii.She is a Cake Instructor at the Michael's store .I tried to incorporate her entire family including her 2 dogs.I used graham cracker crumbs to give the sand effect.This was my first attempt at trying human characters as well as animals.I used sugar technique for the first time to get the water effect, although the island ended up covering most of it. The Tiki Bar was made out of RKT, that also happened 2 be my first time. Anywayz I learned a lot from this cake.TFL.

BlueBerry Muffins

2009-09-04T18:28:00.000-07:00

We recently brought a box of fresh BlueBerries from the store & I thot that it was a nice opportunity to try making BlueBerry Muffins from scratch, stumbled across the recipe from the Blog Happy Home Baking & thot it was the right one. I hadn't realized that my stock of Paper Muffin cups had exhausted so used the silicon cup molds to make these.Although the recipe said it made 12 muffins I managed to make 12 cupcakes with the same amount .They turned out very yummy!! My special thanks to Happy Home Baker for sharing this wonderful recipe on her blog.

Here's the recipe for all those who wanna try it.

Ingredients:
(makes 12 small muffins)

250g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
60ml vegetable oil
175ml milk
125g granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
125g (about 1 cup) blueberries

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 180degC (350 degF).
Wash and drain blueberries. Dry with paper towels and toss them in a tablespoon of flour.
Place egg, oil, milk, sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl. With a manual whisk, whisk until thoroughly combined.
Sieve together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre.
Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture. With a spatula, gently fold all the ingredients to form a wet batter. Mix until the flour is just incorporate into the batter. Add the blueberries and fold in gently. DO NOT over mix. The batter should appear lumpy.
Spoon batter into paper muffin cups. Bake for 15~20mins until muffins turn golden brown or a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.

Wine Bottle in a Crate

2009-09-02T23:01:00.000-07:00

Johnson's office is having an after hrs party at work tomorrow to celebrate Labour Day.So decided to make this cake.Its a Chocolate Rum Cake filled with Swiss Meringue Butter Cream.Hope they like it!! Initially I was planning 2 make the Crate out of Chocolate but as the weather was kinda warm the cake wudn't survive the heat so I changed my mind & used MMF instead.The bottle is covered in Fondant , filled with cake & colored with Edible Gel Color to give it the shine.I covered teh Crate in MMF & gave it a woodgrain effect, also accented it with tiny bunches of Grapes.All the Greens on the cake are made using Gumpaste .The Label on the bottle is hand painted & I also added a bunch of Grapes along with a slice of Cheese. Everything Except for the Foil is edible.

Plumeria Flowers made out of Gumpaste

2009-08-21T08:38:00.000-07:00

Looks like I've switched over from cake making to flower making....lol. Its just that I love flowers & always wanted to try out some Gumpaste flowers , coz I've seen people make beautiful wedding cakes decorated with flowers. I must mention Neryl's blog has been my inspiration. Although you won't find any of these flowers on her blog, but I love the way she uses Beautiful floral sprays on her cakes.I referred to a youtube tutorial to make these flowers.Hope u like it.Thanks for looking.

Sweet Pea Flower made from Gumpaste

2009-08-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at making the sweet pea flower from gumpaste.I followed the instructions from the book 'The Essential Cake Decorating Guide' & I'm happy with the end results.Thanks for looking.

Housewarming Cake

2009-08-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

Ariel view
Rear View
Front View
A dear friend of mine has recently purchased her first home here in the US.I made this cake on the occasion of her housewarming.I personalized the mailbox with their names also added the house no. to it. Everything on the cake is edible & made of Homemade Marshmallow Fondant & Gumpaste. All of the guests as well as the hosts were pretty excited about the cake. The cake was a Chocolate Cake layered with Swiss Meringue Buttercream (SMBC). This was my first attempt at making SMBC but it turned out Gr8.I enjoyed making all the toppers for this cake.A special thanks to my hubby without whose help & suggestions this cake wud not have turned out the way it has :-)

Overflowing Basket of Flowers

2009-08-08T08:36:00.000-07:00

As mentioned earlier we have recently moved into a new apt. so I thot of baking a cake to share with our new neighbors.This was my first attempt at Royal Icing Flowers, I enjoyed making these flowers.For the bird I have used colorflow technique. The handle is made out of Gumpaste .The tiny red flowers & the Lady bug are made out of homemade MMF.Overall I'm happy with the outcome.Hope u like it .Received this beautiful Thanku card from my New Neighbors who I gifted a block of the Basket Cake.This card was handmade by her daughter.It meant a lot to receive this.TFL

Fondant Decorated Cupcakes

2009-08-05T08:36:00.000-07:00

I know its been a while since I've updated my blog, thats coz I had been busy packing & unpacking as we've moved into a new apartment.I tried making these cute little cup cakes that were accented with Ribbon Roses & Cherry Blossom flowers made of Marshmallow Fondant.

Royal Icing Flowers

2009-07-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

I also tried these Chrysanthemums,Apple blossoms,Primrose ,Violets & Daffodils.Making the other flowers were a lot more easier than making the Chrysanthemums.The Bird is made using Color Flow Technique.

Pansies made of Royal Icing

2009-07-22T15:44:00.000-07:00

It happens to be my first attempt at making flowers out of Royal Icing.I tried these on my own & I'm pretty pleased with the result. Initially I was too intimidated by Royal icing, but I've realized that as long as you get the right consistency & angle the piping bag in the right position it works great, also its less messier than Butter Cream Icing. I guess I'll try more of these soon .

Freehand molding!!

2009-07-13T22:54:00.001-07:00

I had some free time so I thot I'll try my hands at some molding.So here's my Turtle, Bumble bee ,fish , 2 vases in different shapes . This was made from some spare fondant hence they aren't in the actual colors you wud expect them .

Marzipan Molded fruits

2009-07-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

I tried molding marzipans into Strawberries, Mangoes, Pumpkin, Carrots, Bananas & Oranges.The stems are readymade.

Marzipan Easter Eggs

2009-07-04T16:56:00.000-07:00

Last Easter was the first time I attempted making easter egg mini cakes. I used an easter egg mould to make these. Just made a few & decorated it with Royal Icing.

Baby Shower Cushion Cake

2009-07-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

This was a practise Baby Shower Cake. I carved a cushion out of a Devil's Food cake covered with Marshmallow fondant (MMF) & gave it a quilted effect .I made the Cake toppers well in advance. This was the first time I used Gumpaste.The bassinet was made out of Gumpaste & all of the other stuff on the cake is made of Fondant. I enjoyed making all of the stuff , the buttons, the baby bottle,baby bootie,the bib,heart shaped pillow , rattle & the Baby bassinet.

Baby Shower Cake Toppers

2009-07-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

These are the toppers I used on my baby shower cake.I had fun doing the detailing on the bassinet & all of the other accessories.

3D Red convertible Car cake

2009-07-02T11:54:00.000-07:00

I made this cake especially for my Hubby.He wanted me to try my hands at cake carving.I had this tiny Red car at home & I tried to replicate it into a cake.I had fun doing the interiors of the car.The car seats & all accessories within the car are self made . I finally added a cool tag at the rear end of the car which gave it a Kool look.Later I realized maybe I shud have pushed the tyres a little inside coz they were almost out.But anyways there's always a next time ;-)

Homemade MMF Fondant 2 Tier Rose Cake

2009-07-02T11:28:00.000-07:00

This was a cake I made for my 2nd Marriage Anniversary as a Gift for my Husband .It was the first time I tried making Marshmallow Fondant.I made almost 40 Fondant roses (small, medium & large) in advance & enjoyed every moment of it. I also tried using the ribbon technique which I happened to see in a Cake decorating book at a bookstore (at Borders) . I loved the way the cake finally turned out.I also added a Fondant lace frill to the edges which made it look elegant.The Roses are made of Rolled fondant with Gumtex added to it.

Gift Box Cake

2009-07-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

This cake was my first Fondant Cake .It was shaped as a Gift Box.It was a task to get the corners smooth but it was kinda satisfactory.I tried making the bow for the first time.Maybe I shud have let it dry for a day so that they wud remain stiff ,as they sank after a while.But I learned a lot on how to handle fondant with this cake, which helped me in my future cakes.

Chocolate Ganache Cake coated with walnuts

2009-07-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

I made this cake as a Birthday Gift for a family friend. They love Chocolate & so I decided on making a chocolate cake with Choco Ganache filling & coated the sides with crushed walnuts. It was made at a very short notice which is y I didn't have much time to decorate it as expected.Though the cake turned out very delicious.

Pineapple Buttercream Princess Peach Cake

2009-07-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

This was the first time I made a cake this big.It was for a common friend's daughter's First Birthday.It was a Pineapple flavoured cake with Pineapple filling.I was glad that the image of Princess Peach came out Perfect in spite of it being done freehand, & everyone loved the pastel colors.I was glad it looked presentable.

Chocolate Ganache Cake with Butter Cream Roses

2009-07-02T08:55:00.001-07:00

I tried making chocolate Ganache watching a Youtube Video & it turned out yummy!!! I decorated this Devil's Food cake with Chocolate Butter Cream filling & iced it with Chocolate Ganache made of Hershey's Dark Chocolate .This was the first time I tried making the BC Roses....which is why they resemble a cabbage ;-)

The First cake I made for my Wiltons Course 1 -Finale

2009-07-02T08:43:00.000-07:00

This was the first Butter Cream(BC) Iced cake that I made for my Wilton's Course -1 Finale class.The cake was dual layered with Vanilla BC filling .