I practically begged my friend to let me make the cake for her daughter’s third birthday party. She had sent out invitations with ladybugs, so I followed her lead. I did read somewhere that red and black were the most difficult colors to achieve in fondant, so at this point I played it safe with [...]
Archive for August, 2007
The Ladybug – Or Fondant Cake Number Four
Posted in Cakes, tagged birthday, bug, cake, lady, ladybug, pink on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Onesie Cake – Fondant Cake Number Three
Posted in Baby, Cakes, tagged baby shower cake onesie pink on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This Onesie® cake (yes, Gerber has a claim on the trademark even though it is a widely accepted generalized term) was for the surprise baby shower of a good friend. Unsuspecting, my friend thought she was coming over for some afternoon coffee, which we had almost made into a Thursday tradition this summer, only to [...]
The Baby Buggy – My Officially First Fondant Cake
Posted in Baby, Cakes, tagged baby shower cake baby buggy stroller pink on August 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
In a way, the Flowers cake was a practice run – even though both cakes were made simultaneously in the same stretch of two days – for the Baby Buggy cake for the baby shower of another good friend. I had seen several pictures of buggy cakes online and I was looking for an excuse [...]
The Flowers – My Very *Very* First Fondant Cake
Posted in Cakes, tagged brown, cake, flowers, fondant on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A friend of mine was “officially”, or rather “ceremoniously”, getting married – the “unofficial” signing of papers had already taken place almost a year ago – the wedding several thousand miles away, and to my biggest disappointment we were not going to make it to the event… There was the plan for a bachelorette party [...]
