Quilted Decadence

Tonight Brave Heart Volunteers are hosting a huge birthday party at the Channel Club.  The fundraising event includes an elegant dinner followed by a dance party with live music.  They are also hosting a birthday cake contest. 
I wanted to create an elegant cake with flair for this event.  I also wanted to include something that represents the Brave Heart Volunteer organization.  After a few sketches I decided upon a black and white theme with a red fantasy flower accent.  Quilting looks so beautiful on cakes and this was my opportunity to give it a try!

The cake is a rich chocolate cake from scratch with a vanilla buttercream.  I used marshmallow fondant to cover the cakes.  The heart and red flower are made from gumpaste. 

Come to the Channel Club tonight and support a great organization!

Amanda

Happy Easter!

Children LOVE these darling Easter bunny cookie pops!  I made these and sold them as a fundraiser for my girls' preschool.  I was surprised at how fast they sold and how much everyone loved them.  The bright colors make them look cheery for the spring.

I used my favorite sugar cookie recipe and stiffened it up with additional flower.  After I cut out the cookies, I inserted a sucker stick and baked. When  the cookies were cool I used royal icing to pipe a dam around the entire cookie.  After the dam set up, I used a thinned royal icing to flood the center of the cookie.  I let this dry for 24 hours before adding all of the detail work. The ears required a dam of white icing before I could flood with color.  When the color was set, I piped additional details on the ears.

Happy Easter!

 

Fly, Love and Sing

My dear friend Janie is expecting her second baby girl.  I made this cake for her shower and I used her nursery decor as inspiration.  I tried a painting on a cake for the first time.  It was fun to do and it looks great!  Janie LOVES nutella so I made a nutella buttercream to layer in the cake with a pound of fresh strawberries.  The bottom layer is a little crooked because of all the wonderful berries but it was worth it.  this cake was delicious!

I am a little late posting this cake!  In fact Grace Arren is already almost two months old!  Congratulations to The hall family on the birth of their beautiful little princess.