Thanksgiving Cakes

Pineapple Cake




Quadruple Chocolate Cake

Carrot Cake

Caramel Cake

Dre and Becky's Wedding Cake

Dre and Becky tied the knot November 28, 2009.

Their wedding was held at the Black Mountain Country Club.

It was an honor to do their cake.

White butter marble cake, fresh whipped strawberry cream filling,

Swiss Meringue Icing, covered in fondant.

The cake tasted as delicious as it looked.

Dr. Ruth's Cake and Cupcakes

Carrot Cake and Lemon Cupcakes for

Dr. Ruth's banquet.

"The banquet was great and the cake and

cupcakes were greater. There was not a slice

left, everyone said both were very good." -Dr. Ruth

Ashley's Birthday Cake

White cake with Swiss Meringue.

Pink and white Swiss Meringue.

Fondant cake board.

Mia's 9th Birthday Cake

Mia's cake was white cake with

Swiss Meringue Icing. The little hula girl

makes me want to plan a trip to Hawaii!

"Thank you sooo much, the cake was a hit.

Everyone went crazy over the figurine:)"-Jennifer

Ms. Faye's Son's Wedding Cake

Ms. Faye's Son's Cake! Say that really quickly.

White butter cake, Swiss Meringue Icing,

covered in fondant.

60th Birthday Cake

Delicious Lemon Cake, with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing.
Faye is 60!

Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing

and Lemon Curd.

Delightfully lemony!

Caramel Cake with Toffee Pieces

Delicious carmel cake.
The layers are filled with caramel and caramel cream cheese icing.
Topped with buttery pieces of toffee.

2nd Semester Grades!

I can't believe that I've compled all of my baking classes at CSN in 8 months!

My final grades are in!

Advanced Baking: B+ (I missed one day...arggggghhhh!!!!)
Quantity Baking : A
Plated Desserts: A
Breads of the World: A
Pastry Arts: A

School is out for the summer. I will be working on costing my own desserts and producing a portfolio of my desserts this summer! Stay tuned

Akeyra's Sweet 16 Cupcakes

My niece is 16 today. She came over last night
and helped make her own cupcakes.
This is her color scheme and I think it's cute:)

Rumballs

Chef Rudi's Rumballs.

I made these in my Pastry Arts Class.

Cake, meringues, rum and chocolate butter cream.

Dipped in melted chocolate and coated with coconut,

candied sprinkles and shaved chocolate.

Strawberry Rollup Cake from Pastry Arts.

Chiffon Cake, brushed with Grand Marnier Syrup

Filled with Pastry Cream, Strawberry Preserves,

Whipped Cream Mandarin Oranges, topped with

whipped cream, fresh strawberries, toasted coconut

and shaved chocolate.

Chiffon Cake brushed with Grand Marinier syrup,

filled with chocolate buttercream and lemon filling.

Topped with chocolate ganache, lemon filling and the

sides are coated in chocolate shaving. Lightly drizzled

with chocolate ganache.

Breads

Brioche from my Advanced Baking Class


Challah Braid from Breads of the World

The awesomeness of fresh baked breads!

Peach Mousse Cups

These are Peach Mousse Cups that I made for
my final in Quantity Baking.

I created white chocolate cups, filled them
with a White Peach Mousse. The center is a
Raspberry Chambord insert. I topped them
with fresh raspberries and a Peach Torani Glaze.

Lime Parfaits

Lime Parfaits with ladyfingers.

I made them in Plated Desserts.

Chocolate Parfait

My final from Plated Desserts.
Chocolate Parfait topped with Chocolate Popcorn.
This recipe is from Francois Payard's "Chocolate Epiphany".
I had to tweak the recipe because I believe he may have
forgotten to add the butter to the chocolate popcorn.

I got an A:)

Tiramisu

Tiramisu that I made in Advanced Baking

Petit Fours

Assorted Petit Fours that I made in Advanced Baking

New Class Projects

Mango Mousse that I made in Plated Desserts


Cheesecake that I made in Plated Desserts




These are 2 Caramel Custards that I made in Plated Desserts.

PBS 40th Anniversary

Creme Brulee that I made for the PBS Dinner.
I made these at CSN.


Chambord Hot Lava Cake that I made for PBS Dinner.
I made these at CSN.



Cream Puffs that I made at the Flamingo's Bakery
for the PBS Dinner with the help of Chef Olivier



Raspberry Macaroons that I made for the PBS Dinner,
at The Flamingo's Bakeshop with the help of Chef Olivier.

What an awesome opportunity to have participated in
such a great event!

Strawberry Cupcakes

Strawberry cupcakes, with a strawberry mousse,
topped with Strawberry Swiss Meringue.

Michael, Ron and Sam lending me support!

I competed in my first competition in March 2009
at the ACF "International Food and Restaurant Show",
which was held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

I didn't place, but I learned a great deal about competition.
What an enlightening experience.

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Chocolate Truffle Box

I made this for my husband for Valentine's Day.

Kahlua Truffles inside of a totally edible

Chocolate Box.

Next time I will make the truffle cups, edible, too!

School-Spring Semester

I'm excited to announce my new classes for the Spring Semester of 2009.

1. Advanced Baking
2. Pastry Arts
3. Plated Desserts
4. Breads of the World
5. Quantity Baking

I am so excited to start school in the spring!

Lavash

Savory Lavash!

I looked high and low for a recipe for Lavash.

I used to enjoy it at a restaurant in Las Vegas,

at the Luxor, called the Sacred Sea Room.

This is one of my favorite unleavened breads.

It's delicious and very easy to make.

It's great for snacking. Perfect for Bruschetta,

cheese or along with Kalmatta olives.

Recipe:

1 cup of all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

1 1/2 tablespoons of butter

1/3 cup milk

Mix together, flour, salt, sugar, and butter

by hand on a clean worksurface.

Make a well and pour in milk.

Blend until smooth and soft.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Roll out with a rolling pin, until paper thin.

Brush lightly with olive oil.

Sprinkle with poppy seeds, sesame seeds, herbs, Kosher salt, etc.

Roll over seeds and herbs with a rolling pin to secure them.

Bake on 375 for 10-14 minutes...depending on how crispy you

prefer. Enjoy!

Juventino's Cupcakes

Juventino wanted cupcakes for his girl's birthday!

These are probably the best cupcakes that I've ever made.

Moist Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes...brushed in a

Chocolate Kahlua Syrup...Topped with an absolutely

to die for chocolate sour cream icing...

My husband sampled them and said they were "F'n Good"!

...and I knew he was not lying because he was tapping his foot!

Final Projects from School

100% Chocolate! 100% Edible
This was my final piece that I made
in chocolate class.


This was my final piece in cake class.
I love Magnolias!

Chocolate Cake brushed with a
Chocolate Kahlua syrup and filled
with cookies and cream.


This is my final piece from Sugar Art.

It is inspired by Dale Chihuly, my
favorite glass artist.

The soft rolls, muffins and cookies were
my final project for Principles of Baking.
I finished under time...and slightly underproofed
but according to the Chef, I did an awesome job!

Completed Sugar Tree for ACF Dinner

This is my completed version of

the sugar tree that I made for the

ACF dinner.

I love fall!

How to use Chocolate Transfer Sheets on Fondant

Photobucket Album

Justine and Aaron's Baby Shower Cake

This cake was a lot of work...

Marble cake with Swiss Meringue Icing...

I really enjoyed working on the cake and testing

a couple of new ideas. The cake concept is

heavily influenced by a baby shower cake taken

from a Wilton Yearbook.

The Princess Bride

A beautiful cake, fit for a Princess.

White fondant, with brush embroidery,

and delicate royal icing loops.

Gingerbread House

This is a ginberbread bakery that

I worked on for the last couple

of weeks. There are actually elves

inside the bakery, along with wallpaper,

flooring and assorted baked goods!

Sugar Tree

This is a sugar tree...of course, it's made from a
poured sugar base, with a pulled sugar tree and
leaves. The base is sugar and the tree and leaves
are Isomalt. Upon completion, the tree will have
yellow, orange and red leaves as a tribute to
the beautiful fall trees across the country:)

Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie

Delightfully tangy and slightly sweet, Lemon
Meringue Pie. The meringue is like biting into
a marshmallow cloud!

Purse Cake

The purse cake...It's really a cake.

This is great when you can't afford the bag!

Chocolate fudge cake with Swiss Meringue.

Birthday Cake

A Princess birthday cake for a Princess!

I made the tiara out of fondant and gumpaste.

The cake was white cake, with strawberry cream

filling, topped with Swiss Meringue.

Pastillage from Class

A Pastillage display that I made in class

Cake Class at CSN

This is a cake that I made in cake class.

It was perfectly leveled!

Power Rangers Cake

Go, Go Power Rangers!

A cake for 3 year old, Johnny...

I custom designed the cake topper from a candle

Monogrammed Cupcakes

Cupcakes for Leatha's 50th birthday party!
Wow, she celebrates the same year with Prince,
Madonnna, and Michael Jackson! LOL

On Becoming a Pastry Chef!

I decided that I will be headed back to school this fall to become a Pastry Chef!

I am so excited, that I can hardly wait for class to start.

Here are my classes:

1. Retail Bakery Management

2. Intro to Sugar Arts

3. Principles of Baking

4. Cakes Design (Commercial)

5. Intro to Chocolate


I will be sure to post all of my projects and update everyone on my progress:)


-The Sin City Mad Baker;)

Cake Camp 2008-Norm Davis and Debbie Brown-Classes

These two characters were from Debbie Brown's

Marzipan Faces Class. In both figures, I added

my own twist! What a fun class.

The Henna Cake from Norm Davis' Class.

He's a Foodnetwork Champion and he and Zane

are awesome guys.

Bathing Beauties from Debbie Brown's Class.

It was a dream come true attending her class.

Her book, "Naughty Cakes" is how I got into

cake decorating. She was an awesome instructor and

I really enjoyed all 3 of her classes!

Cake Camp 2008-Baby Ballerina

The Baby Ballerina, which was taught

by Debbie Brown at Cake Camp 2008

2 Year Anniversary!!!!!!!!

Today my blog is 2 Years Old......
Time really does fly...
In the last 2 years, I have grown so much as a cake decorator.
I've taken classes at Wilton, with 3 master cake decorators and attended
some of the most fun conventions, ever.

I've amassed a cake decorating book collection that is totally amazing.

I also, have a ton of tools. I am so very fortunate to have found something that I love.

With that, I'll be attending school this fall at CSN to obtain my degree in Pastry Arts....

In other words, I'm on my path to become a world reknown Pastry Chef and to opening
one of the most awesome cake studios on the planet! Stay tuned;)

2 Year Anniversary!!!!!!!!

Today my blog is 2 Years Old......

I'll be back with the details of Cake Camp 2008!

Pastry Chef Goal Poster

It all starts with a dream...
2 years ago, I started taking cake decorating classes.
This fall, I will enroll in school to become a Pastry Chef.
Gotta love my goal poster!
It's amazing what a few magazines, a stick of glue and
poster board can do!
In the picture you can see my dream take shape:)

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Chocolate cake with a Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Yuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhmmmmeyyyy!

Red Velvet Cake

Although I'm no fan of Red Velvet Cake....

This cake was delicious! It was very moist with a
cream cheese icing that was soooooooo good!

Luscious Lemon Cake

Moist layers of lemon cake, filled with lemon curd
and topped off with a light and fluffy Swiss Meringue Buttercream...

Mmmmmm, Mmmmmmm, Mmmmmmmmm

Brownies

Who wants boring sugar cookies when you can

have delicious mouth watering brownies????

Fondant covered brownies, piped in Royal Icing...

You saw it here first!!!!!

An exclusive only at Sin City Cakes;)

New Wedding Cake

The bride requested black and red....
The bride is a gallery owner in Las Vegas...

This is what she had to say about the cake...

"The AMAZING cake made it safely to the hotel and everyone loved it.Not to mention it was suuuper yummy.Everyone was impressed!I couldn't stop looking at it during the dinner, I was just so surprised!The night went great. I'm definately telling anyone who's having a wedding or a birthday blow-out to see if you're available... I'm going to make you money girl!:)You rock."

Ice Cream Cake

'Tis the season for cool treats.

This is my first ice cream cake. I didn't put a bottom
border on it because it started to melt around the base
of the cake.

The ganache is made from Peter's Chocolate and is
awesome! Not too tangy, just perfect.

The icing on the cake is an Italian Meringue Buttercream,
which was like eating ice cream....delicious!

In the future I will use less cake and more ice cream:)

New Cakes

New cakes for friends

New Figurines

Sassy Figurine...Debbie Brown Inspired:)

A Big, Beautiful, Bride:)

Making figurines is so much fun...They are

an excellent accent to cakes!

New Fondant Critters

"Quills" the Porcupine


Monkey

Froggie

Ellie the Elephant

Spot

Bunnie

Piggie

Fondant figurines are perfect atop a cake or cupcake!

Trebworld Records Cake

A birthday cake for one of the

producers at "Trebworld Records"

I love the handpainted cake board...

It was a fun cake to make, also!

Purse Cake

"The Purse Cake"...

100% Edible...

It contains a delicious chocolate cake with vanilla icing.

What a fun cake to make!

Apple Martini Cake

The Apple Martini Cake!

Delicious, moist and perfect for the Apple Martini Lover:)

How To:

This cake was a sheet cake cut in half and stacked.

Between the layers is a Apple Martini Buttercream.

2 layers of buttercream were applied to the exterior of the cake.

The Martini Glass is actually a buttercream transfer.

Valentine's Day Cookies

Cookie Bouquet for Valentine's Day:)

How To:

Bake sugar cookies, prior to baking stick a wooden
skewer into the cookie more than half way.
Cool cookies after baking.
Take cookie cutter and cut fondant shape just like the cookie.
Apply fondant to cookie with Karo syrup.

Valentine's Day Cakes

Love is in the air!

Valentine's Day Cupcake Cake

With Valentine's Day being around the corner...
Now is the perfect time to consider sweets
for your sweetie!

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

Sweets for Valentine's Day....

Cupcake Cake

Care Bear Cupcake Cake.
Buttercream Transfer atop 30 cupakes!

Bronwen's Class

I had the opportunity to take a class with

Bronwen Weber! It was not only amazing to

see her work, but she's a true master of

her craft.

My sculpted lion came out a little crumbly,

because the fondant was dry and crumbly.

I am used to a different brand that is more

pliable. I still think it turned out great overall!

First Friday's

Setting up the booth for First Friday's

Frenzy

This cake screams, "Frenzy"!

Color, whimsy and maniacal genuis all

rolled into one. These are my favorite types

of cakes. Hmmmmmm...could it be that

my personality speaks through my cakes????

Spores

Think Nelson clock, Sputnik lamp

and retro sci fi! I named this cake

"Spores" after my son told me it looked

like a science project. It definitely has

that "Retro Vibe" that I have been

feeling, lately!

Mad Jester

No you are not seeing double.

This cake was originally created last

fall during Colette Peter's Class.

I gave it a face lift and finally added the

"Jester's Head" after almost a year.

I decided to bring this cake to First Friday's

after more than a few people kept saying that I

should!

Marmalade & Mocha

This cake was inspired by a canopy

that I saw outsite of the Forum Shops

at Caesar's Palace a few days ago.

These are beautiful colors for the

fall.

Bridal Show Set Up

Bridal Show Booth at the Rio.....a 10' Booth is
not that big at all....I had just enough cakes to
fill the booth. Next time it will be a 20' footer!

Calla Lilly

What a huge cake! I had to stand

in a chair to take the pictures...

Calla Lillies, rhinestones, and pleated

fondant give this cake it's beauty.

The Nature Cake

The Nature Cake is also hot this

wedding season. I combined two tone hand made

roses and fantasy flowers.

Black and White Cake

Black and White Wedding Cakes

are hot this wedding season!

Pretty in Pink..or Should I Say Salmon?

A beautiful floral wedding cake for

the bridal show.

Tiny Bubbles

A wedding cake that I made for

the bridal show. "Tiny Bubbles"...

Don Ho would like that:)

1st Year Blog Anniversary

My Blog is a year old today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe that I started cake decorating a year ago. It has been a magical experience.
I have met some of the most wonderful, generous people on the planet.

I remember how it all started...I was walking through Barnes and Noble, as I often do and caught a book out of the corner of my eye. It was Debbie Brown's "Naughty Cakes". Well, the title is naughtier than the book actually is:) I was amazed...I was intrigued at what could be accomplished with a cake. I instantly fell in love with cake decorating and the art of sugarpaste.

I signed up for classes at Joann's....I took 2 classes there, but wanted more indepth knowledge, so I went to Chicago to study at Wilton for 6 weeks. During my stay in Chicago, I had the opportunity to study with Colette Peters, to learn Lambeth, Sugar Art, Gumpaste and Fondant.

During the last year, I have accumulated a large cake decorating library as well internet resources.

My life is proof that if you get sick and tired of being sick and tired and make the decision to do something about it, great things can happen!

I look forward to an even better year!

Happy Anniversary Sin City Cakes:)

Present Cake

The "Present Cake"....If someone

purchased a cake like this for you

it would sure be a present! It took

3 days to make. Detail and color

make this a very fun cake!

The Retro Cake

White Wedding Cake

What a fun cake to make!

It took approximately 12 hours.

Green and Red Lambeth Cake

Lambeth is one of my favorite

cake decorating techniques. It requires

patience, discipline and a steady hand!

Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes

These cupcakes are soooooooo delicious.

My moist, rich chocolate cake....

Filled with my famous chocolate buttercream...

Hand dipped in silky, smooth chocolate ganache...

Topped off with a swirl of vanilla buttercream!

Patty's Cake

I made this cake for one of my husband's coworkers.

His wife is from New York! This cake is made out

of the best chocolate cake recipe that I have ever tasted...

Filled with my famous chocolate buttercream and covered in

vanilla buttercream. I wish I could have a slice!

Kitty Cake

I wanted to work on another color scheme.

One that did not include pink!

This cake took 3+ days to make.

Red, White and Black

One of my favorite color combinations.

Red, Black and White. Cornelli Lace, mini dots and

a handmade bow make a great combination!

Colorful Cake

I love to work with color and non traditional

concepts in cake decorating. It's been a long

time since I worked on flowers so I added an orchid

and a fantasy Magnolia. This was just a practice cake,

so my family actually gets to eat cake :)

Erin's Cake

I made this "Cupcake Cake" for my nieces 2nd

birthday. It is hard to believe that the little "Stinker" is 2!

At lunch with Erin and her father(my brother) the other day, I thought I would

die when she told me.."You don't know 'bout me TeeTee!"

Underneath all of that icing are some

of the most delicious cupcakes that I've ever had...

I know because I ate one before I made the cake!

It was more difficult to make than I thought...This is definitely

not some of my best work, but it was fun to make!

I really like working with fondant better than buttercream:)

My Husband is 40!

Ok..no fancy fondant work here!

Doug lovvvvvvves chocolate cake and I knew

that a delicious, moist cake was all that mattered.

So.....I searched high and low and what did I find?

The best chocolate cake EVER!

The icing tastes just like the old, yummy "Hostess

Ding Dong Icing"...I say the old, because the new

tastes like the ingredients have been "stretched".

The recipe is easy to make but a heavily guarded secret...

Well, if you call me I'll give it to you:)

The border icing is a delicate, chocolate buttercream.

Lovebirds

How adorable! These were fun to make.

I can easily see them on a wedding cake:)

The Groom

This was a fun project! I look forward to working on

more figurines.

Wedding Topper

This is my first attempt at making figurines and I am so proud of how it turned out.

This is actually a wedding cake topper that can be customized. I can paint the hair, flowers, dress, skin color at the request of the bride. How cool is that?

Now, I need to make the groom....I'll post him later!

The 40th Birthday Kickoff Celebration!

God knows I love Prince, but we didn't get to see him at $250 a head. You might ask, just what does one get for $250? Entrance into the "standing room only" night club. No food, no drinks, just entrance to the club. Only in Las Vegas! I'm sure he rocked the house. He puts on, by far, the best concert I have ever experienced.


Me and the love of my life. My husband, Dougles!

Standing on the Voodoo Lounge Staircase

Ok...

I know this blog is dedicated to cupcakes and cakes, but I could not resist posting a few pics from my kickoff celebration. I have vowed to party the whole month of April as a tribute to my 40th birthday! High atop the Rio Hotel at the Voodoo Lounge on the 52nd floor, we partayed til the wee hours of the morning!

FYI....My 40th birthday is April 12th:)

Al's Birthday Cake

My Nephew, Al, turned 16 today! What does

every 16 year old want to do? Get their

driver's license, of course! This cake took

approximately 6 hours to make.

Emeric's 7th Birthday

My little nephew celebrated his 7th birthday!

It seems like just yesterday I craddled his

little body in the hospital, the day of his birth....

A very proud aunt am I! He wanted a Superman

Cake. I envisioned Superman flying over buildings.

I actually baked sugar cookie "buildings" and painted

the facades with royal icing, but could not finish in

time for his party. So, Superman was left to fly

alone! This cake took 8+ hours to make.

Valentine's Day Cookies

I was cleaning out my camera and what did I find?

Cookies that I made for the kids on Valentines Day.

They were very simple......Sugar Cookies covered in fondant.

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

Mom and Pop's 41th Anniversary

My mother and father in law celebrated 41 year's of marriage yesterday! Hat's off to them:)

First I started with my secret recipe Chocolate Raspberry Buttercream....Hey, I'd have to kill you if I gave you the recipe! I layered a super chocolate heart shaped cake, filling evey crevice with the chocolate raspberry buttercream.....covered it in chocolate ganache....and finally accented it with raspberries...Delicious:)

Howard's 21st Birthday

My oldest son celebrated his 21st birthday! I am so proud of him.

I decided to create a cake that included his love of music and a crown

to top off the fact that he's destined for greatness:)
This cake took 16 hours to create.

Pop's Cake

I made this cake for my father in law's 76th birthday. He's a great guy. I hope he get's a cold beer just like the guy in the cake for his birthday. This cake took 3 hours to make.

Angie's Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my sister in law's birthday.

She loves lemon...So I made lemon cake with lemon filling and my famous buttercream icing.

Dre's 21st Birthday

Today my oldest nephew celebrated his 21st Birthday!

He wanted a white cake with strawberry and my famous homemade buttercream icing.

I came up with the idea to design a cake that looks like a champagne bottle in an ice bucket.

Lucky for me there was already inspiration floating around on the internet. This project took 8 hours to complete. Dre had a wonderful birthday!

Holiday Treats

More holiday cupcakes

Chocolate dipped pretzels

White chocolate peppermint bark

Kahlua Balls, made with Kahlua, Oreo Cookies, Pecans and powdered sugar.

Filled chocolates made in my kitchen, which include; peppermint hearts, peanut butter presents, coconut roses and orange dreamcicle buttons.

Holiday Cupcakes

These cupcakes are for a hardware store's holiday function. Chocolate and Vanilla with peppermint cream cheese icing on the chocolate and vanilla buttercream on the vanilla. That cream cheese icing is amazingly yummy!

My Pies...

I know that I am late...These pies were from Thanksgiving. For some reason I didn't get a picture of my sweet potato pies. Pictured are the ever popular "Chocolate Pudding Pie" and "Pecan Pie"......They didn't last for long!

I Looooooooove Lemon

Lemon is my most requested cupcake! The ones that are shown in these pictures are lemon cake, with lemon filling and lemon buttercream. They are absolutely delicious!

Greg's 42nd Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my cousin Greg's 42nd Birthday. He's a wild character, so I decided to make something wild! 3 layers were lemon w/ lemon filling, white with buttercream and yellow cake w/ vanilla pudding. 2 layers are made of styrofoam. (Greg's allergic to chocolate)



5 layers covered in marshmallow fondant! It was hard work. The fondant had to be brought to room temperature, first. The largest layer was a piece of work to cover. I used wooden dowels to support the layers.

Cupcake Bag!

I was so excited to receive my "Cupcake Bag", which was custom made by www.isisbags.com. I cannot wait to order a large quantity.

The quality is awesome! The rhinestones on the bag sparkle around the cupcake and really make the bag shimmer.

Advanced Workshop with Colette Peters

I really wanted to push the limits in regards to the "Crooked Cake".....The only thing that is missing...is the "Jester's Head" on top of the cake.

Gumpaste and Fondant with Colette Peters

This was my final project for the "Gumpaste and Fondant Class with Colette Peters". I wanted to do something fun, so I came up with this cake!

Colette is one of the most humble and giving people that I've ever met. It's amazing to see "The Master" at work. I recommend that if you ever have an opportunity to work with her to jump on it with both feet!

Flowers in Colette's Class

These are the various flowers that we made in class. Some are real life others are "Fantasy Flowers". It's amazing to see the end result.

More Classes at Wilton

I will be taking Classes Monday, Oct. 23-Nov 2nd with Colette Peters!!!!! www.colettescakes.com

I am so excited to have the opportunity to learn from one of the most creative cake designers in the industry.

Upon my return I will be posting new cakes, so check in with me after November 2nd!

"The Sin City Mad Baker"

Hello Kitty for Ashley

My niece celebrated her 8th birthday and wanted a Hello Kitty esque cake with cupcakes. Being as spirited as she is, she took it upon herself to pick the colors and flavor of her own cake. My first mistake was assuming that I would be able to design her cake. Notice the "Hello Kitty" color flow is in red!

An Elmo Cake for LaDonna

This cake was for my god daughter. She wanted an Elmo cake. It was a marble cake, crumbed with chocolate icing and covered in fondant. It also had coordinating cupcakes in vanilla and chocolate.

My Class at Wilton

I was thrilled to be able to attend the Master Course at Wilton. Students came from all over the world to attend. Hong Kong, Hawaii, Alaska, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Nevada, California, just to name a few. It was well worth attending!

Australian Method

Embossing on the Australian Method Cake
Australian Method
This is my Australian Method Cake. It is covered in fondant and the tecniques used are ribbon insertion and bridgework. It was mainly a practice cake.

Lambeth Course

Scrollwork
Cushion balls. This is a very unique overpiping technique that takes a lot of time and patience. It creates a 3 D visual of each cushion ball.
Scrollwork from the Lambeth Cake
My Lambeth Cake. It took a lot of effort to make this cake. The overpiping was tedious and working with the rings was a piece of work, needless to say. The Lambeth method is mainly used for show cakes.

Wilton Master Course Cakes and Flowers

My first wedding cake. I loved making this cake! I was able to make it as whimisical as I wanted.
My birthday sampler cake. This was so fun to make. I made everything on the cake, including each flower!
My first fondant cake. This was a fondant sampler cake with four different sides. Taking this class took the fear out of working with fondant. I learned some cool tricks to making a cake turn out smooth every time. It was one of my favorite classes.

My first birthday "spray".

My pulled sugar arrangement. The daisy is already starting to wilt from the humidity!

My first pulled sugar rose. I absolutely loved working with pulled sugar, but with the rain and humidity in Chicago they collapsed within a day:(

My very first gumpaste flower!

Practicing Stringwork

Royal Icing Flowers that I made during the Master Course

Wilton Master Course

I cannot believe that it's been almost 2 months since I updated my blog! I have been away learning new, wonderful things at Wilton and would love to share them.

I spent 3 weeks in Chicago taking Wilton's Master Course, Intro to Fondant, Intro to Gumpaste and Intro to Sugar Artistry.

I will return to Chicago on Sunday, Oct. 22nd to study with Colette Peters!

Girl Power!

Fun cupcakes with girls in mind! Strawberry cake, lavender icing, vibrant flowers!

Black and White Cupcakes

Perfect for a "Black and White" party! I dubbed this one "The Cosmopolitan"....It's slick and sleek....and delicious. Chocolate cake with striped vanilla buttercream.

Lavender Wedding Cupcakes

Vanilla Cake, Lavender Tinted Coconut, Lavender Candy Swirls...and scrumptious Lavender tinted buttercream!

My 2nd Class Graduation Cake

This was so fun to make! I'm not sure why the photos came out the way that they did, but the border actually matches the violet in the pansies. I had a great time making this project.

Beauty School Graduation Cupcakes

I made 36 cupcakes for one of the local beauty schools.

It's Football Season Again!

Chocolate and Vanilla Cupcakes....Go Team, Go!!!!

An Angelic Dozen

White Swirls, stars and violets.

This is my first attempt at developing a catalog of products for my website.

Grandma's Cake

I made this cake for my grandmother's 81st birthday! She loved it and so did everyone at the party.

It was chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream covered with chocolate ganache.

The Makeup Bag Cake

This cake was fun to make. I worked on this project with my niece to introduce her to cake decorating. I used a 6" round strawberry cake. Filled it with strawberry filling and crumbed it
with strawberry buttercream/creamcheese icing. The fondant was not the easiest thing in the world to work with. It dries quickly and often pieces that are pressed together come apart. We still had a great time making the "cosmetics". I used lots of powdered sugar to keep it from sticking to our fondant board. It was fun and it turned out better than I expected!

Strawberry Creamcheese Cupcake

Strawberry cupcake with buttercream, creamcheese icing. The icing is like whipped topping. It was what was left over from the "Makeup Bag Cake". 3 taste testers approved this one!

My Brother's Birthday Cake

I made this cake last night also. It was originally supposed to have roses and fans made from "Chocolate Plastic", but unfortunately, I used too much glucose and it became "Chocolate Soup":).

I finished the design with rosettes and stars.

It's for my brother's birthday. I also used the chocolate, raspberry buttercream icing and covered it in chocolate ganache.

This is my first 2 tiered cake!

Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake

I had to use the rest of that chocolate raspberry buttercream icing!

Absolutely Delicious!

A Beautiful Cake

I made this cake last night for my mother and father in law! It's Devil's Food, crumbed in chocolate raspberry buttercream, covered in chocolate ganache.

My husband dropped it off this morning and they told me it was the best cake they've EVER had in the 74 years they've been on this planet!

What a compliment:)

The Cuptini

The "Cuptini" is my original, signature cupcake. I made it as a tribute to Martini Drinkers worldwide. When you can't have a martini, the Cuptini will do!

Two Shots Are Better Than One!

The Margarita Cupcake! A touch of tequila with lime icing....MMmmmmmm....Perfect for Friday!

Coconut Snowball

White cake and coconut!

Last Week's Cake-The Yellow Rose of Vegas!

I was so proud of this cake. This was my graduation cake from last week. I learned a valuable lesson after falling behind a little. Icing is ultra sensitive and while we were completing our projects, the store was very warm and my icing did not want to cooperate. But overall, I feel I did a great job!

One beautiful cupcake!

Chocolate Cupcake with beautiful flowers!

A Plate of Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with flowers!

Chocolate Coconut Delite

For those that love chocolate and coconut....

The Lemon Butterfly

Lemon Yogurt cupcakes with lemon filling....and a cute little butterfly.....

Death by Chocolate Cupcakes

When I created this one, it was for the serious chocoholic...Devil's food, with yummy chocolate icing with cholocate sprinkles.....Good enough to make you pat your foot!

Black Forest Cupcakes

These were so good I thought a fight was gonna break out when I served them:)

My First Cake

It's a reminder to "Dream".....

Yeah, the writing's crooked...but hey, it's my first cake:)

My First Wilton Rose

I worked hard on this!

A New Adventure!

I am so excited about sharing my new adventure in cupcaking! (I think I just coined a new word)

What started this new adventure was a book that I picked up at Barnes and Noble called, "Naughty Cakes" by Debbie Brown. I immediately fell in love with fondant and the idea of designing specialty cakes. I signed up for a class at Joann's to get a foundation in cake decorating but was not prepared for what I found....

It was love at first sight! I absolutely have fallen head over heels with cake decorating.

I recently completed my first Wilton Class. I learned how to properly bake, torte, fill and ice a cake. I also learned some really cool decorating techniques, such as how to make a Wilton Rose, sweetpeas, and also the shell and star borders.

This week I will start my 2nd set of classes and also a candy making class on Saturday.

I will be making a wedding cake with cupcakes for my cousin's wedding on Aug. 11th and 2 birthday cakes for next week for family members. I'll be sure to post them!

-The Sin City Mad Baker