Dilwicius Desserts

Mid-Week Baking itch

2012-02-01T19:48:00.000-08:00

It's sad to admit, but I get the baking itch/baking bug at least once a week. (sometimes more) The only way to scratch that itch you ask? Make something delicious and pretty! It's really a horrible thing...I get the itch, I bake, I eat, then I have to spend more time on the treadmill. And it's a never ending cycle folks! Never ending.

This week's baking itch resulted in white cake cupcakes with mini-chocolate chips, and a chocolate ganache frosting. I believe I have already eaten 4. (also sad to admit)

Mini Chocolate Bundt Cakes

2012-02-01T19:45:00.000-08:00

I haven't used my mini bundt pan in a long time. As I was cleaning out my cabinets I stumbled across it and several other baking pans I hardly use. I love when cleaning results in yummy bakes goods!

Peanut butter & chocolate Cupcakes

2012-02-01T19:41:00.000-08:00

First cupcake order in quite a while. Hands are doing better, so I'm glad to be back in the kitchen and baking away! These are chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter filling, topped with rich chocolate frosting, Butterfinger crumble, a Reese's Peanut Butter cup and a drizzle of chocolate. If you like the combo of peanut butter and chocolate...this is the cupcake for YOU!

Love at First Bite!

2012-02-01T19:36:00.000-08:00

I neglected my blog again...over the last few months I was very busy with the holidays and family in from out of town. I also had a flare up of arthritis in my hands making it really difficult to do any baking or decorating. Somehow in the middle of it all, I cranked out these little gingerbread people to give to friends at work. Even though Christmas is gone...gingerbread cookies sound pretty darn good right now!

Sharing is Caring!

2012-01-25T11:47:00.001-08:00

Did you know that Dilwicius Desserts has been featured on The Cupcake Blog?

Our Pina Colada and Peach Bellini cupcakes were both featured. Check them and lots of other awesome cupcakes out!

Yellow Submarine Cake

2011-11-26T18:04:00.001-08:00

This was quite a fun cake to make. I got to be creative and it was a challenge! After it was done I thought that I should have been listening to some Beatles music while making it! ...get in the groove! Pretty happy with the way it turned out....hope the birthday girl likes it.

Pink Puppy Cupcakes

2011-11-20T19:16:00.000-08:00

My friend's daughter just turned four! She requested a pink puppy pinata and so I made cupcakes to match. The she decided she was too much of a big girl to have a pinata, so that went out the door...but the pink puppy cupcakes stayed! And all this from a girl who pretends to be a kitty!

Baby Shower Cupcakes

2011-11-20T19:14:00.000-08:00

My dad made this cupcake stand for me and it has come in quite handy already. I let this customer rent it and use it for the baby shower she was hosting. The cupcakes look quite nice on it and it can hold up to 100 cupcakes!

Tattoo themed cake

2011-11-09T19:02:00.000-08:00

I loved making this cake! It seems like each time I do a cake for this client, they always come out great and end up being my favorite cakes! This one was for a 30th birthday, but also shared with another birthday girl, so that's why it has two girls' names on it. But, anyhow, the client asked for the cake to be girly, a little glam and to incorporate a little bit of edgy-ness and tattoos. She mentioned she has a lotus flower tattoo and likes birds. (hence the sparrows) I hand painted all the artwork with food coloring. The sugar skull, roses and banners are all made out of gum paste and/or fondant.

Fall Themed Cake

2011-10-23T08:55:00.001-07:00

I love the Fall season, so when my friend asked me to make a cake & just make it fall themed...my mind went immediately to the beautiful colors of the season. Pumpkins, twigs, the turning of leaves...this was an absolute delight to make!

A Classic for her 40th

2011-10-23T08:51:00.000-07:00

A classically beautiful cake for a 40th birthday. Nothing sweeter to remind one of timeless beauty.

Chocolate Coconut Cake

2011-10-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a friend's BBQ. It was inspired by the classic Mounds candy bar. The cake layers are chocolate, the filling is swiss meringue butter cream frosting flavored with coconut. Outside frosting is the same, but drizzled with chocolate truffle coating. Delish!

Another Angry Birds Cake

2011-09-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

Got asked to make another Angry Birds cake...this one is a little different. The scene is inspired by the level I'm totally stuck on!

Bird Cage baby shower cake

2011-07-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

My sister-in-law wanted a birdcage cake for her baby shower, and when I heard this I wasn't sure what she was envisioning. So, she sent me some pics of cakes she had seen and I went off those for ideas and incorporated the other details she wanted.

Small and Dainty

2011-07-20T16:51:00.000-07:00

An old co-worker/friend asked if I could make a small cake for her daughter's 21st birthday. She just wanted something simple and small, so we went with a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and pink roses. It's 6" round, so it's rather petite, but very cute.

Baby Shower Owl Cake

2011-07-09T19:50:00.000-07:00

My long-time friend asked me to make a baby shower cake for her so of course I was delighted...especially when I learned that her theme was going to be owls! How cute is that?! Love the way the cake turned out...how it looked and tasted! Pumpkin spice on top & red velvet on the bottom.

Angry Birds Cake

2011-06-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

A friend asked me to make this Angry Birds cake for her nephew's birthday party. I thought it would be relatively easy but turned out to be alot more work than anticipated. Hope they like it!

Wedding Cupcakes

2011-06-21T21:32:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I ventured into uncharted territory...weddings! I've never done a wedding cake before, although I've been asked. I'm still unsure about doing a big wedding cake. This venture was a small step towards weddings for me. It included 100 cupcakes, a small 8" cake for cutting and a Ducks jersey groom cake. All in all everything came out well. Of course, in the frantic delivery I forgot to take pictures of the Groom's cake. (boo) The stand in the pictures was also custom made by my very own dad! What a HUGE help he was in making this Country themed wedding tower a success!

Jungle Themed baby Shower

2011-06-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

A friend of a friend asked me to make a baby shower cake and coordinating cupcakes that went with a jungle theme. She gave me a picture of one of the plates they planned the theme around. Came out pretty cute! So, here is the plate I had to go off of, and then the cake and cupcakes result!

Cupcake weekend!

2011-05-27T17:39:00.000-07:00

I haven't baked in a while and orders have been slow...so I woke up this past Sunday and the first thing that popped in my head was CUPCAKES! So, I was determined to make some, even though I wasn't quite feeling tip-top shape...but then again...baking always makes me feel good and well, eating cupcakes pretty much solves any problem.

Sea Shells

2011-04-23T09:28:00.001-07:00

I'm going to my cousin's house warming today and wanted to take her these! Her house is all Sea side themed and looks amazing! She used to work at Pottery Barn, so she has that kind of style, skewed towards the sea theme a little. They live in San Clemente so, it's quite fitting! I hope she likes these cupcakes!

Tiffany style gift box

2011-04-23T09:25:00.000-07:00

This cake is for a special b-day girl. They wanted it to look like the Tiffany & Co box with a white ribbon.

Hello Kitty!

2011-04-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hello Kitty sure is popular. She's back again, and looks better than ever! I really like the way this one came out and the coordinating cupcakes are great too!

Cupcake Cookies

2011-04-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

I bought this cookie cutter months and months ago and have been wanting to make sugar cookies already so I could have fun decorating them, but I've been so busy I hadn't had a chance. So, recently our friends invited us over for dinner and I was asked to bring some cookies. I seized the opportunity to make these and get creative with the decorating!

Farm Themed Baby Shower

2011-04-23T09:12:00.000-07:00

My sister in law was c-hosting a baby shower that was to be farm themed. They planned to have several John Deer tractor items also, so they wanted that incorporated into the cake. Here's the final result!

Lingere Cupcakes for a Bridal Shower

2011-04-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

This was a cute idea! A friend of a friend asked me to make some cupcakes for a lingerie themed bridal shower she was hosting. She told me what colors to work with and well, I went to work! I think they came out pretty good....enough to eat, or wear! :o)

2011-03-26T16:32:00.000-07:00

A little girl names Kayla didn't know what "theme" to have for her birthday. Her mom said that Kayla always notices things with the initial "K" on them, so we went with some girlie colored cupcakes with her special letter on top!

2011-03-26T16:29:00.000-07:00

What Star Wars Birthday party would be complete without cakes like these!?

2011-03-12T09:09:00.000-08:00

My husband's co-worker wanted this cake for his son's birthday. Apparently the poor chap almost cut his finger off with a Swiss army knife, so their slightly twisted sense of humor led them to request this cake. Fittingly enough...it's red velvet inside!

2011-03-12T09:05:00.000-08:00

I've been experimenting more with the cake pops and bites and started using a truffle coating instead of chocolate. The truffle gives it less of that "crunch" when you bite into it and a richer chocolate flavor. The same consistency coating is also available in Hazelnut and white chocolate, but my preference is the chocolate truffle. c

2011-03-12T09:02:00.000-08:00

My co-worker asked me to make a cake for his wife's grandparent's 65th wedding anniversary! Wow...65 years of marriage is amazing! This was a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, covered with white fondant and decorated with ivory piping and pink gum paste roses.

Ladybug Cake & Matching Cupcakes

2011-02-20T12:02:00.000-08:00

Halo themed B-day cake

2011-02-19T14:21:00.000-08:00

This cake was a bit of a challenge. I was asked to make a Halo themed cake for a tween and small enough for about 12 people. I came up with this idea to do camo print on the sides of the cake but wasn't sure how to do it. My first instinct was to layer pieces of fondant to get the design and use fondant. But alot of people don't like the taste of fondant. So, I came up with a Plan B. I made a design template of the camo print on a piece of paper. I put the paper under wax paper so I could see the design thru the wax paper. Then I piped chocolate in the appropriate colors onto the wax paper. (kind of like paint by numbers) Once the chocolate hardened, I pulled off the wax paper and wha-la! A panel of chocolate camo print. Worked perfectly! I had to trim down the edges a bit, so I used a hot knife as to not crack the chocolate.

Valentine's Day

2011-02-19T14:14:00.000-08:00

Love is in there air! I love to give my friends sweets and treats for holidays, specially Valentine's Day! Here's a few of my creations for the holiday!

Super Bowl Party Cucpcakes

2011-02-19T14:10:00.000-08:00

I'm not a big sports fan...so I don't have loyalty to any team...BUT as Super Bowl Sunday always falls near our friend Jeff's birthday...I'm making him these cupcakes with his team on them for his b-day gift.

O-R-E-O

2011-02-19T14:05:00.000-08:00

This cake was for one of my co-worker's daughters to give to her first boyfriend on his b-day. Hows sweet young love is! Sweet as an Oreo fest while watching biggest loser! Yes....we do that in our home.

Welcome Back!

2011-01-24T10:03:00.000-08:00

My old boss is coming back to our workplace again! After, I think, a 4 year stint at another company, she decided to return to us I'm super excited because I really like her. :o) So, what better way to welcome someone you like back?.....Cupcakes of course! I got a little creative and made a Welcome Back banner. Cut from 3 different pink pattern papers, stitched together with black thread and hung on skewer sticks. It made her smile...and that's all I really wanted!

Baby Shower Blues

2011-01-12T09:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, so not "Blues" in a sad sense, Blues as in...it's going to be a BOY! A co-worker asked me to make a baby shower cake and cupcakes for a shower she was hosting. She gave me a copy of the invite to coordinate with. So, the cake has a little clothes line around the bottom with a ducky, a onesie, and a teddy bear head, and that's what was on the invite...then the cupcakes have the cute little baby face on them with a quilt inspired square of blue and brown stitching.

The cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting layers and the cupcakes were chocolate with chocolate frosting.

Winter Mint Cupcakes

2011-01-12T09:08:00.000-08:00

As Christmas decorations were getting put away, the tree taken down, these poor little candy canes were getting lonely....so I decided to do some experimenting and came up with these chocolate peppermint cupcakes. The poor little candy canes didn't stand a chance as I drowned them in chocolate (another sweet way to go) and macerated them into little tiny bits to use as decoration.

Chocolate Heart Attack

2011-01-12T09:06:00.000-08:00

Most people live in fear of having a heart attack...however, this chocolate heart attack cake needs to fearing...it would be a sweet way to go!

Tarts for Christmas Dessert

2010-12-28T20:15:00.000-08:00

My family always potlucks for holidays like Thanksgiving & Christmas. I actually didn't take a pic of the Kahlua Flan I made for my family's Christmas dinner...but, anyway...I'm always assigned to take dessert (gasp!) This year I wanted to try something different. I've never made tarts before & I just bought these two pans, so I figured I'd try them out. I went with a pear tart with almond franipane and a lemon meringue tart. Both were delish!

Hello Kitty Cookies

2010-12-28T20:12:00.000-08:00

While I was documenting my Gingerbread Fellas on Face Book, once of my husbands co-workers commented on the picture that I should make one with a pink bow. That's because this chic is a HUGE Hello Kitty fan! So, I was thinking of her the next time I made cookies...and I decided to make her a little gift and came up with these...just spreading the Christmas cheer! Merry Christmas Ada!

All Ready for Santa!

2010-12-28T20:09:00.000-08:00

Home-made Christmas Sugar cookies...all ready for Santa. Don't think me odd that I made these and there are no children in our house...just call me hopeful! Hehe...

Christmas Time

2010-12-28T20:06:00.000-08:00

It wouldn't be a "Dilwicius" Christmas without some Gingerbread Fellas!

Little Mermaid Cupcakes

2010-12-28T20:02:00.000-08:00

Got a last minute order for some "under the sea" themed cupcakes.
Due to the "last minute" part, I had to go with some home-made decorations...plus the chocolate cupcakes/frosting doesn't exactly lend itself to being colored!
Happy Birthday Miss Sofia!

Did I tell you about Cupcake Camp!?

2010-12-28T19:55:00.000-08:00

There was a great charity event going on in the IE, called cupcake camp. It's basically a nationwide phenomenon! There's been Cupcake Camp, L.A, OC, etc...but this one was in the IE, at the Mission Inn in Riverside. Al;l kinds of local cupcake bakers, from professionals to amateurs, go and donate cupcakes...host a table, etc. People who attend the event buy tickets to sample the cupcakes. 1 ticket= 1 cupcake. All monetary proceeds went to the Komen for the Cure Foundation! It was a very worthy cause. So, I prepared over 300 cupcakes, packed them up, and headed to Riverside! I took the Pina colada, Cookies & Cream, Pink Velvet, & some mini red velvet cupcakes and all of them were a hit!

Chic Cake

2010-12-28T19:51:00.000-08:00

Wow! Its been a while since I've posted anything and it's been a busy few months with all the holidays & such...so here's some of what I've been up to!
This was a chic feminine cake I did for a friend's wife. Leopard print top tier, hot pink bottom. Gold colored Fleur de leis made of while chocolate adorn the bottom tier and one large while chocolate Fleur as the top decoration!

Cake Bites

2010-11-26T11:25:00.000-08:00

There's a book sweeping the nation! It's Bakerella...which started as a Blog and was turned into a book! Anyway...Bakerella makes these little cake lollipops and cake bites...here's some of the cake bites I made from her book. They are delish!

Toy Story Cake

2010-11-15T09:01:00.000-08:00

I did a Toy Story cake a while back for my Niece's b-day in August. A Co-worker saw the picture of it and had to have it for her son's 3rd Birthday....so here it is!

His & Hers

2010-11-07T19:17:00.001-08:00

My friend/co-worker got married this weekend! I made these His & Hers cakes for the rehearsal dinner...well...rehearsal dessert. The groom cake is chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. The bride cake is white cake with raspberry whip cream filling.

Mad Hatter Cake

2010-10-31T12:39:00.000-07:00

So, I was asked to make a special "mad hatter" themed cake. This is what I came up with. Perfect for a Halloween/Birthday Party! Complete with mad hatter hat, Cheshire cat colors and mushrooms...even the "Eat Me" sign from the movie. If you remember...Alice eats a little cake that says "Eat Me" and it makes her a Giant! Hopefully this red velvet & carrot cake didn't have that same effect!

Halloween Treats

2010-10-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

It's Halloween time! And that means treats galore! We had a little treat table at my work and I decided to make some caramel popcorn...one of my favorites!

Tinkerbell Cake

2010-10-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

Got an order this week for a simple Tinkerbell Cake. I was excited to do this one because I pretty much had creative freedom. It was to be a smaller cake for a family gathering, for a little girl named Hailey. when I showed up to deliver the cake, a wide eyed cute little girl answered the door and I told her "the cake is here!" and she enthusiastically said "yyay!!" I took the cake out of the box and showed it to Hailey to get her approval and she loved it. Sparkled with "pixie dust" and adorned with a Tinkerbell candle, this cake (I'm sure) will make Birthday wishes come true! Happy Birthday cutie pie!

October is Breast Cancer awareness month!

2010-10-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

A co-worker of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has sought treatment, had surgery and beaten it! Praise the Lord! She got her last treatment last week. With gratitude to her Doctors, she ordered 2 cakes like this to give to each of them. She also ordered some pink ribbon cookies, but I forgot to take pics of those before I delivered them! So this is a pic of one of the cakes.

Dodgers Jersey Cake

2010-10-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

This cake was fun to make! It was for an order I received from a Face Book fan. If you haven't become a fan yet...go to http://www.facebook.com/DilwiciusDesserts and become one! When we hit 200 fans, we'll probably have another contest...which means, FREE CUPCAKES!

Hello, Hello Kitty...nice to see you again.

2010-10-15T13:17:00.000-07:00

I made Hello Kitty cupcakes a LONG time ago for a co-worker. That was before I really got into cake & cupcake making. It was before I took a fondant class...and before I was confidant in my skills. So, when I was presented with the opportunity to make Hello Kitty cupcakes a second time...I jumped at it! These came out much better than the first run, but that's because I have learned so much. I have tuned my skills, learned new mediums and researched ALOT!

Dip this in your Milk!

2010-10-15T13:12:00.000-07:00

Cookies N Cream is a favorite in any household! We love our Oreos and milk in our house and often enjoy some while watching The Biggest Loser (ironic, I know). When I stumbled on a cookies n cream cupcake recipe I had to try them! There's cookies in the cake, there's cookies in the frosting, there's a mini cookie on top...I mean...where else can you shove a cookie on this thing!? The ONLY way to eat this...is with a nice big glass of ice cold milk. Heaven!

Getting a little bit Tipsseeyyyy

2010-10-15T13:07:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite cocktails is the Pina Colada. If you have had one in a bar or restaurant, you know they are good...if you've had one my mom makes at home you know they are superb! And then you go back for more and more! I found a recipe for pineapple cupcakes with a mango frosting but decided to make a cupcake version of a pina colada by using a coconut cream frosting instead. And...just like my mom's killer pina coladas...you WILL be coming back for more of these, once you get a taste.

Pineapple cake, brushed with coconut rum, then iced with coconut cream frosting. Garnished with toasted coconut, and a wedge of dried pinapple.

Baby Shower Cake Pops

2010-09-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

These chocolate & red velvet cake pops are perfect favors or can even be used as center pieces. These were for a friend's baby shower.

Every Girl is a Princess....

2010-08-27T08:40:00.001-07:00

Growing up I used to love watching the move "A Little Princess." One of the most memorable lines of the movie is that "All Girls are princesses..." and while it may not be true in the sense of what people think of when they hear princess...I believe it is true....that we can all be princesses in one way or another. A princess of our castle, a princess as a daughter....

This castle cake is for one special princess's birthday! Hope she enjoys and she gets the royal treatment all day!

Bible Cake

2010-08-21T13:27:00.001-07:00

This cake was requested for a special lady's birthday. I heard she loved it so much, that she cried! I'm sure they were tears of joy and happiness.

Facebook Contest

2010-08-21T13:22:00.000-07:00

We ran a Facebook Contest to have our Fans refer people. We gave cupcakes away to 1) a name drawn from the new Fans and 2) to the person who referred them. These are some strawberry cupcakes we awarded our new Fan, Serena. The person who referred her also got cupcakes, but I didn't get a chance to snap a pic of them before they were delivered.
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Snoopy Cake

2010-08-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

My friend asked me to make a snoopy cake for her baby shower. Her hubby loves Snoopy and the baby's room will be all Snoopy themed also. So, I found a cake online to kind of mimic, but I added the base cake so they can serve more people. I think it came out pretty good!

Pecan Cupcakes

2010-08-14T14:10:00.000-07:00

I saw a magazine while I was grocery shopping last week and it had these cupcakes on the cover...I had to have it!!! They looked delish and I know my Dad LOVES pecans...so even if the rest of the magazine was cr@p, it would be worth the $4.99 for the cupcake recipe! I finally got around to making them and of course had to let my mom & dad do the honors of testing them out...I think of them as my guinea pigs...b/c they aren't afraid to tell the truth if something sucks! But, luckily...these cupcakes were good enough that my dad devoured two right away!

Toy Story Cake

2010-08-04T12:00:00.000-07:00

Here I go forgetting to post on my poor little blog again. This is a Toy Story Cake I made for my niece's birthday this past weekend!

His & Hers Rock Star cakes

2010-07-25T16:51:00.000-07:00

A friend asked me to get creative and make a couple of cakes for a big birthday party for a husband and wife. They planned to have a live band so she said to go with a music theme and do one for the "him" and one for the "her."
His is yellow & chocolate marble cake with chocolate butter cream frosting. Hers is white and lemon marbled cake with a lemon butter cream frosting and lemon pudding layers.

Sweet Tween Birthday Cake

2010-07-25T16:48:00.001-07:00

One of my co-workers has a daughter who is turning 13 this month and I got to make the cake for her birthday Bash! Chocolate cake with fresh strawberries & whip cream in the bottom tier, and chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream in the top tier.

Cupcake Wars

2010-07-22T10:52:00.000-07:00

So, I was watching Cupcake Wars on the Food Network the other night and got inspired to try something new. I had some chocolate cake batter in the fridge already from a few days before, so I baked those like normal, but made a coconut cream frosting with toasted coconut flakes on top! They were YUM-O!

Cookie Order

2010-07-22T10:49:00.001-07:00

A friend asked me to make some cookies that she could send to her son in a care package. When I went to deliver the order, she said her son would actually be coming home early and so she was going to have to eat the cookies herself! Darn! Wouldn't it be great if all the problems in the world were that sweet!?

Duncan Hines Cupcake Challenge

2010-07-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

So, I just stumbled upon this contest a day ago and entries must be in by tomorrow! This is an opportunity I couldn't pass up, so I worked on an entry last night and got it in. Now, all I need is YOUR vote! Go to this link and vote for my cupcake to be served at the Governor's Ball for the Emmy Awards! The cupcakes are called Golden Champagne Bellini Cupcakes and are made with champagne and peach nectar! http://wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/42530/voteable_entries/6438474?order=recency

You can vote once a day until July 28th! Go vote often please!!

Wedding Cupcakes

2010-07-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

I was feeling a little creative today and saw some cute birds online, so I decided to make some cute bird cupcakes. The female bird is supposed to look like it has a veil, not a poney- tail...and the groom has a top hat. I think they came out cute!
Cupcakes are made with fresh strawberries with a swiss meringue strawberry buttercream forsting.

Dallas Cowboys

2010-07-16T10:25:00.001-07:00

Another order this week challenged me a bit...this football helmet representing the Dallas Cowboys is an unusual Birthday Cake for a young lady, but it sure was fun to make!

Fight On!

2010-07-16T10:01:00.000-07:00

These cupcakes were a last minute order for a birthday.

Cupcakes are snicker doodle with a secret recipe frosting!

New Cupcakes

2010-07-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy week with a few orders, a last minute order and these cupcakes came out in the middle of all the craziness!

Cupcakes are Snickerdoodle with a secret recipe frosting.

Slow couple of weeks

2010-07-06T21:05:00.000-07:00

Last week I had no orders to work on and this week is pretty slow too, but the next few weeks coming up...I'll be back to baking like a mad woman! Just to satisfy my own craving (to eat something yummy and to just bake) I made these Snickerdoodle Cupcakes. Quite delish...if I do say so myself! :o)

Like What You See?

2010-06-30T20:02:00.000-07:00

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Another Baby Shower

2010-06-30T20:00:00.001-07:00

This past weekend I hosted a baby shower for a friend/co-worker. I made these little sugar duckie cookies as favors.

Pooh Baby Shower (for a guy)

2010-06-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

This Baby Shower cake was made for my co-worker Darryl, so I didn't want it to be all foo-foo and pastel. So, I opted for some chocolate fondant to "man it up" a bit! Now about the flavor....
You know those yummy doughnuts with the Bavarian Cream inside and the rich chocolate glaze on the top? That was the flavor inspiration for this cake! It's white cake, with 4 layers of Bavarian cream, then a rich chocolate butter cream frosting, all covered with chocolate fondant that tastes like FUDGE! OMG! Need I say more?

Venetian Mask Cake

2010-06-20T11:56:00.000-07:00

My boss at work hired me to make a venetian mask themed cake. I had this envisioned and it came out exactly how I pictured. She wanted it chic, glam and classy. The mask is made out of gum paste, and everything on the cake is completely edible! I love it!

Alien Invasion

2010-06-20T11:54:00.001-07:00

Had a little birthday celebration at work for our friend Darryl. Went with the whole Alien & Spaceship theme and knocked out these cupcakes last minute for him.
Cupcakes are white cake with Bavarian Cream filling and Swiss meringue butter cream frosting.

Graduation Cake for a co-worker's Daughter

2010-06-20T11:51:00.001-07:00

2010-06-19T07:46:00.000-07:00

Apparently I somehow forgot to post this cake on my Blog. It's on my Fan Page for Face Book but not here...so here you go!

Poker Party (2nd Run)

2010-06-14T11:43:00.000-07:00

You've probably already seen the Poker themes cupcakes I did for a recent poker party. This week I was hired to make a Poker themed Cake! Here's a few pics. The same lady ordered some of the poker themed cupcakes too, and those I did just like the ones before.

Gradation from Nursing School

2010-06-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

I've been busy prepping for two cake orders and doing a few cupcakes order between cakes. This is my latest creation. It's for a young lady whom is graduating from Nursing School. It's also Red Velvet cake! Yum!

Last Week of Cake Class

2010-06-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our last Fondant cake class. My fondant went on perfectly this time and I just hope that I can continue to get that lucky from now on out. :o)

We used the ribbon roses we made in class last week for this cakes and brushed them, and the leaves with luster dust and petal dust. That makes the flowers and leaves have a little sheen. I love it! If you know me and my crafty style....you know I LOVE glitter and when I make cards and what not, I love to use glitter, glitter glue and all things dusty and sparkly, so when I began using this luster dust I was in LOVE. It's like my two worlds (cake decorating and card making) collided! Yay! Here's a pic of my cake from class. Once again...I sold it to a co-worker. I made it a red velvet cake b/c it's my co-worker's favorite!

Starbucks Cake

2010-05-28T15:52:00.000-07:00

Today at work we celebrated a 50th Birthday for one of our loved and cherished employees, Fawn. This lady is about 4'3" and probably weighs 90lbs...but if anyone has seen her eat...WOW she sure packs it in! And not only can she eat...she drinks Starbucks Coffee non-stop...I mean NON-STOP! We put a little album together for her and in 95% of the pictures of her in the album, she is holding a Starbucks cup! So, needless to say, she loves her Starbucks. So, for her birthday (being the BIG 5-0 and all) I decided I would try my new cake decorating skills as a special cake for her. I endeavored to make a cake shaped like a Starbucks cup. My first assembly of about 5 layers didn't work out, as the cake flopped over on it side and refused to remain standing. While it "flopped" it crushed its bottom layer, so I ended up having to remove that, making the "cup" a little shorter and stouter than I'd hoped. With some ingenuity and trouble shooting from my good ol' mom, I got the cake done and it was a huge success! Everyone at work LOVED it and they were all AMAZED! The birthday girl too, who had insisted we do "nothing" for her, loved the cake and the Cup-of-Joe To Go that was provided. Starbucks all around won the crowd!

Poker Party

2010-05-24T08:09:00.001-07:00

We were invited to a Poker Party and I was thinking of trying to make a Poker themed cake to take, but I wasn't 100% confident on my concept and if I had enough time to get it done....so instead I went with making cupcakes! I had a special request by a fellow Poker Party attendee (eh-hem...Nick) to make Pumpkin cupcakes (I made these for New Years for the same group of friends and they were a hit). So, pumpkin cupcakes it was, with a few little embellishments....mini playing cards and my attempt at a poker chip....both out of gum paste. Of course, my homemade cream cheese frosting on top in green to mimic the felt top of most poker tables.

Ribbon Roses

2010-05-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

Prior to my cake class this week, I did a little experimenting with the cupcakes I made with my extra cake batter. Oh, how I love that extra cake batter! I found a site that shows how to make ribbon roses out of fondant and applied that to gum paste and got some mini roses, just perfect for my cupcakes!

This is my Mom's cake from week #2's class

2010-05-21T12:26:00.001-07:00

UPDATE!!- I SOLD my mom's cake at work too! Andrew said I'm "pimping out my mom..." Well...her cakes anyway. LOL!

Cake Class- Week #2

2010-05-21T12:12:00.001-07:00

NEW!!- Just adding some the progress pics, since I finally got them off my camera

In this week's Fondant Cake Class, we learned how to make Fantasy Flowers. These were relatively easy and I'm SOOO glad I decided to make mine purple. I think everyone else did white flowers, becasue that's what was in the class agenda, but I didn't want my cake to look too "wedding-ish." It's a good thing too...I took the cake to work the next day and got about 5 offers on it. I'm 2 for 2....not bad at all! :o) Here's some pics of the cake off my iPhone. I'll post better ones later on.

Fondant Class

2010-05-15T11:07:00.000-07:00

My mom and I decided we would take the Fondant class offered at our local Cake & Candy supply store, A&J's. We've had 2 classes already...the first was introduction stuff and then this last Thurs. we did our first cake! I made a lemon & white marble cake with lemon curd filling and a Swiss meringue butter cream icing (yum). Then the fondant and gum paste bow were done in class. I have to say, I was pretty pleased with my final product. Now, I say final product b/c I was having some icing issues in class. My pink butter cream was coming out all clumpy and congealed for my border and it looked sloppy. I was pretty disappointed. My mom said to scrape it off, whip it up and then do it again. The cake teacher said not to, b/c the pink icing would have stained the fondant it was up next to and then look worse! So, I took my cake home as it was. Once I got home I followed my mom's instructions (mom's always know best) and took off the border, whipped it up, added more white to fix the coloring and did it again. I also added the polka dots and then it was 100% better! Success!
Here's a few pics of the class progress, my momma in class and my final product! Yay! Oh...and double bonus...I took the cake to work the next day to show and share, then ended up selling it for $35.00. Double Yay!

Glendora Sidewalk Chalk Festival

2010-05-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

In my effort to get back into my art, I decided to enter the Glendora Sidewalk Chalk Art festival for fun. There were alot of really great artists and artist teams that produced amazing works. I think mine was good for the first attempt. I learned so much from the other artists, such as technique and ways to use the medium. It was a great experience. Special thanks to my man for sticking out the whole day with me! And bringing me some yummy horchata when I got thirsty. Thanks love! I originally thought I could knock out my piece in about 2-3 hours, but it wasn't until 5 hours later that I finally wrapped it up. I was sore for an entire week afterwards. It was all the squatting, the up and down, on my knees, and leaning over that got me. I'm back to my regular work outs this week! Enjoy my Bakery Window!

Cinco de Mayo

2010-05-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

Anyone down for a Cinco de Mayo Strawberry Margarita cupcake???

Photo Courtesy of Sereyna Avila

Spring treats

2010-04-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

So I've been researching these new little sweet treats called "cake pops" online. There are so many of them and different designs and decorations! I decided I would try to make some for an Easter treat to send to work with my husband, for all his employees. They went over quite well. The insides of these "cake pops" are basically a cake, baked, then destroyed, then mixed with frosting. The instructions I found said to use that store bought canned frosting, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I used my usual home-made frosting.

Black Forest experiment

2010-03-22T09:12:00.001-07:00

The hubby requested Black Forest Cupcakes for his b-day party this weekend. I immediately referred to my Martha Stewart cupcake cook-book, but quickly decided that Martha just wouldn't do for this occasion. I began researching online to find the best recipe possible...only the best for my man! :o)

Of course the best option was right in front of me the whole time! I drove up to my mom's and pulled out this little cookbook that I made in 4th or 5th grade as a class project for Mother's day. All the kids were told to bring in their mom's favorite recipes. we compiled them all into a cookbook. We also had a competition for the cover of the cookbook. My design won....and I'm still clinging to that victory! hehe...I showed it proudly to Andrew and said..."Look what I designed!"

For the Black Forest Cupcakes I used a recipe for Cherry Chocolate Cake...special thanks to Sherry Banshoff...the mother of one of my school friends back in the day. I converted the cake recipe to cupcakes, made some home made whip cream, chocolate gnash, chocolate shavings...and wha-la! They were a huge hit! And the birthday boy loved them too....which is all that really mattered to me! :o)

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

2010-03-18T11:50:00.000-07:00

I received the Martha Stewart Cupcake cook book for my B-day and started trying some of the recipes. These are the Lemon Meringue Cupcakes I was able to make with special thanks to my husband for buying me the hand torch for Christmas! Not only did they look fabulous...they tasted fabulous too!

Halloween Time

2009-10-29T14:11:00.000-07:00

Continuing with the Cookie Monster Kick...I decorated my Halloween pumpkin as Cookie monster!

Cookie Monster Kick

2009-10-29T14:04:00.000-07:00

I love Cookie Monster! He is my favorite Sesame Street Character (Oscar the Grouch is a close #2)! I also have a friend whom I call cookie monster because he loves my chocolate chip cookies and devours them in the same manner as Cookie Monster himself. So, for my friend's birthday (although very late) I made him Cookie Monster cupcakes. I had found a tutorial on how to decorate these online, but the girl used store bought muffins (YUCK) which gave that rise to the top to form the head/face. Since my cupcakes don't rise like a muffin, I had to cut another cupcake in half and stick the half on top of another whole cupcake in order to get the height needed for these. I think they came out ok.

Cupcakes for a Cure

2009-09-29T14:13:00.000-07:00

My work got a team together to participate in the OC Race for the Cure. As we racked our brains for fundraising ideas, I thought...why don't we sell cupcakes! (duh...a no brainer for me who LOVES cupcakes) So, I went to work taking orders from staff. The best way I could figure to make it cost effective and manageable would be to do mini-cupcakes. So, I took orders and sold 169. I baked like a mad woman and made 8 batches of my homemade butter cream frosting. After I was done, I ended up with about 45 extra cupcakes. I took them into work and sold the rest of those also, little by little....and we ended up with over $200 raised for the Cure! Here's a few pictures...with some extra batter I made about 4 Giant cupcakes and gave them to people who donated on my personal race page.

Zebra Graduation Cupcakes

2009-06-13T12:21:00.000-07:00

The first order for graduation cupcakes is complete! They asked that I go with the theme of Zebra stripes and the color purple, so this is what I came up with. They also wanted some chocolate frosted ones, so I didn't do a whole lot with those, but carried over the "09" chocolates on top!