Reptile themed birthday cake

Last week I had the pleasure of making a reptile themed cake for my youngest cousin. As much as I hate reptiles I thinks thats how much he loves it. I was fascinated by how much he knew about reptiles.He told me the difference between a crocodile and an alligator,a turtle and a tortoise,and also about the various kinds of snakes.The birthday was celebrated in a preserve and we got to touching many of the reptiles I had made for real. Which included a turtle,a cockroach as well as a snake and it was the first time my LO had touched a snake. This is one of the most detailed cake I have made so far and I truly had a blast making it. Not to mention I was doing the finishing touches at 3:45 am :). After seeing so many pictures of reptiles I think I could imagine things crawl at that time.When you like doing something guess time doesn't matter.Time just flies.

I have added a small tutorial of how to make the turtle. In case any of you are interested I could make more tutorials for the other reptiles.

My husband gave me one of the best gifts last christmas. I was given a budget to buy any thing baking related. Wow! I looked up on the internet and I found this lovely cake supply shop not too far away. For a baker like me just entering a cake supply shop is like paradise :) If you are anywhere close to Baltimore do check it out its called Kake Kraft Korner .My LO and I went berserk  in this cake shop of course for different reasons.. The owners were very friendly and I found everything I needed. I finally have a fondant tool set . I have also learnt the magic of tylose powder.

This cake was a two tiered vanilla cake filled and covered with chocolate butter cream. All the reptiles are made with homemade marshmallow fondant.

Chao! till we meet again.

Birthday cakes

Have you ever met people and felt you have known them for years even though you have lived continents apart all your lives. This post is to Thank you C. We both have LO's around the same age. Totally different personalities but I enjoy seeing them interact and the way we  can see each of them grow and the things they are able to do never fails to amaze me. Would be lovely to see what they turn out to be when they grow up.

Sometimes friends do the sweetest thing for you. C ordered 2 cakes from me and I felt so excited and priveleged as I have never ever been asked to make a cake . So heres a big Thank you for encouraging me this way :)One is for her husband and one is for her MIL. I get excited to hear when someone else loves chocolate. I always want to give them the best chocolate cake ever. I got the best compliment ever when C's MIL,she told me that she loved the cake and would always end up taking two slices when she wanted to take one. I am glad they loved the cake as I totally loved making it for them.

I still need to figure out how to make cute curls for lil girls hair. The lil girl on top of the Nani cake is supposed to be C's LO but I have not been able to do justice to her adorable locks.Anyway adios till the next post. Yes I am trying to learn Spanish :)

Happy birthday!

1 beautiful year passed by so quickly and my DD actually was a lil person in herself. She expressed everything by her actions and there were just very hew words she could say,but her eyes said it all. She wasn't walking yet but could get from one place to another crawling as fast as she could. She was very lucky to have her aunt and grandaunt come all the way from Denver to celebrate this important day in her life with her. Her grand mother stitched the most beautiful rose dress for her. You wouldn't believe it was handmade if you saw it. So intricate and delicate.Embellished by lovely lil roses and lovely pink satin ribbons and laces. Now with a dress as beautiful as that and a big occasion in my life too, I had to make a special cake. So my DD had two cakes both chocolate of course wit butter cream frosting. One which we took to the prayer group we go to and the basket of cupcake roses were for the home. Plus her aunt made her a special cake in the shape of a T too. Lucky girl ! You are lucky for us and we hope His blessings are on you for the rest of your life. Its an easy thing to write but words surely can't express the joy you have brought into our lives. Love you loads.

The cake that started it all

The cake that started it all. Baptism cake made for my God daughters birthday. I surely can't claim I made this all by myself.I have always wanted to learn how to decorate cakes. Two of the most stunning cakes I have seen as a kid. One was a cake my mother had made for my sisters birthday . It was a castle cake and one was a cake my aunt made for my birthday. A hat cake. I am sure those cakes have left such a lasting impression on me. My brother in law and sister knew about my passion and very sweetly arranged for a personal class I could take from my brother in laws friends mother. She is a professional cake decorator and decorated wedding cakes too. So my first cake decorating class was so personal and enjoyable. She taught me the basics of fondant rolling. She has this amazing box with all kinds of decorating tools which hope some day I can possess. She was so patient and was as sweet as all the sweet goodness she makes. So I guess the first cake looks so perfect because there was a masters touch behind it.
This was a chocolate cake with apricot jam, marzipan and fondant.. I hope some day I reach her level of perfection.My God daughter has now turned out to be a gorgeous girl. God bless her.

Baptism cake

This was my first cake I made for my daughter. Her baptism was a much bigger affair compared to her birthday. As some people say baptism is your spiritual birthday. Another cake made in the middle of the night. Guess after becoming a mom thats the best time to decorate. Enjoyed doing every bit of it. Though I was exhausted at the end of this as I had to cook for 30 people along with this. Fortunately everything finally turned out well and I realized I could have invited 30 more people with the amount of left over i had. Rule of thumb not everybody eats everything. Though as a host you always feel the food wont be enough. Anyway that was the first time I have hosted that many people so lesson learnt.