Showing posts with label what's baking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what's baking. Show all posts

Monday, March 24, 2014

Birthday Cake!

What's baking? Layers of rich chocolate cake, mocha buttercream, hazelnut meringue and chocolate ganache!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Happy New Year!



What's baking?
Happy New Year! Rich chocolate layer cake with two fillings. Recipe adapted from Sweetapolita.





Monday, January 7, 2013

Chocolate Cake with Homemade Marshmallows

What's baking? Chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting topped with homemade marshmallows!  This cake tasted like hot chocolate topped with marshmallows- perfect for a snowy day!
Cake adapted from Fine Cooking, Dec. 2009





Sunday, January 6, 2013

Happy New Year!

 





What's baking?   Gelatin bubbles, layers of chocolate ganache, genoise, french buttercream, hazelnut meringue  

Monday, March 26, 2012

First Cake Competition!


What's baking?  First time entering a cake competition! Cake entry at the National Capital Area Cake Show was fondant covered cake with gum paste flowers and royal icing piped panels. Very happy to receive positive feedback and third place in divisional category!







What's in the Box?

What's baking? Shipping box with cake inside! All edible! Fun working with modelling chocolate.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Citizens Bank Park Cake!

What's baking?  Cake for a Bar Mitzvah reception at Citizens Bank Park! Fun to abstract the stadium into edibles and share in the celebration! A few photos showing the process. Yellow cake, chocolate hazelnut filling, vanilla icing, gum paste and fondant decorations.
 










Tuesday, February 7, 2012

SUPER BOWL!!!

What's baking? I carved this football cake using Perfect Pound Cake recipe from Rose Barenbaum's The Cake Bible.  It's filled with Nutella buttercream and covered with chocolate fondant.




Saturday, December 31, 2011

CRICUT CAKE MACHINE!


What's baking?  There was an online offer on black Friday that was too good to pass up- a great price on the Cricut Cake Machine including free shipping.  I finally took it our of the box and started playing!  Cookies are chocolate mocha and cake is Double Chocolate Layer Cake based on recipe on Epicurious with a white chocolate ganache and bananas foster filling.