Happy Birthday!

I took a little break this summer with baking, but started back up with a birthday cake for my Uncle Larry's 60th birthday!

It's a Girl!

My best friend Jess told me that she was responsible for arranging a baby shower for one of her co-workers. I haven't had many opportunities to make a baby shower cake/cupcakes, so I jumped right on it!

I got the idea for the baby rattles from a Betty Crocker Recipe. I used lolipop sticks and gumdrops as the base. I loved how they turned out!

Happy Easter!

Sorry for the late posts...things just got busy around here!

This cake was made for our Easter celebration this year. It was a lemon cake with lemon curd filling and buttercream frosting.

DVT Awareness!

March is DVT Awareness month for the healthcare world. DVT stands for Deep Vein Thrombosis, aka-blood clot. It's a very serious complication that can be easily prevented. The unit i work on held a DVT day where we decorated socks and celebrated DVT awareness. I made these DVT cupcakes to help people get into the celebration!

Spaghetti Night 2009

I had a chance to try out another Martha Stewart cake at Spaghetti Night 09 this year. This turned out to be one of my favorite cakes of all time! I used an almond cake recipe that is no-fail! I made Martha's Swiss Meringue buttercream.

For the icing, I just started the rossettes on top with the plain colored buttercream. Then, I added a little bit of green food coloring and did a few more rossettes. I kept adding more color with each line of rossettes, so it has a cool faded look. It was a really neat cake!

St. Patricks Day Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for Germana, who was going to a St. Patricks Day Parade! They are chocolate with buttercream icing. I used a glitter gel icing for the clovers. They were a big hit!

St. Patricks Day Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for Germana, who was going to a St. Patricks Day parade with friends. They're chocolate cupcakes with butter cream icing and glitter icing clovers.