Love is in the air this week, as Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us. That air may be a bit chilly at the moment, but the love I’m currently thinking of reminds me of warmer days of summer. Specifically, I’m thinking back to this cake I made for a sweet couple who got married on… Read More
I make a lot of mousse cakes, but today we have something a bit different – an actual MOOSE cake! As a proud Canadian, I loved making this birthday cake. The request was for a Canada-themed cake to match the plaid-and-moose adorned invitations, so this was what I came up with! What could be more classically… Read More
Here we go: as promised, here is the second of three cakes I made last weekend! This vintage-inspired pink wedding shower cake has piped buttercream ruffles and a gumpaste peony. The top tier is smooth-iced buttercream. It’s a bit hard to see in the photos, but I dusted the flower with some edible gold lustre dust… Read More
So, I originally started this blog several years ago. Those of you who have been following me since then (thanks, guys!!) know that I sort of fell off the wagon and didn’t post anything for a while (okay, I didn’t post anything for a loooong time), but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t making tasty cakes! (To… Read More
I made this pretty, rustic birthday cake this weekend. It was a great chance to try out some new rose petal cutters I got – I definitely approve, and I can’t wait to use them again soon!
I made this lovely rustic wedding cake this weekend. The couple was debating between lemon or chai for the flavour, but knew they wanted a rustic style. After tasting some samples, the chai won out, so the end result was this chai latte cake with a complementary chai buttercream. The spices in the icing gave… Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Whether you’ve got a valentine to snuggle up to today or not, cake is always a good thing to snuggle. …Well, maybe don’t actually snuggle it – that sounds sticky. But it’s certainly a good thing to eat! I tried out my pretty new cake stand for the first time today,… Read More
In continuing the theme of buttercream cakes, here is another I did recently! This technique is called petal effect, and the term for the graduated colour is “ombre”. Sounds fancy, huh? 🙂 What do you think? Do you prefer this petal effect, or the piped rosette cake I posted last week? They were both fun… Read More
I made this pretty rosette cake for a recent birthday. The piped buttercream rosettes were actually quite quick to do, but I love how they turned out. So did the birthday girl, actually – so much so that her mom ordered another exactly the same a week later! (Not that you need an excuse to… Read More
Congratulations to Carolyn and Dave! Here is a look at their fall-themed wedding cake. This was my first big cake with a buttercream finish (no fondant!), so the smoothing took some time, but I think it turned out well. Dark chocolate cake, white chocolate mousse filling, white chocolate buttercream frosting. Gumpaste leaves.
