Mimi's Birthday

This Sunday we celebrated my wonderful step-mom's Birthday.  She has been a part of our lives for nearly 8 years now, and we couldn't live without her! She is one heck of a Grandma (or Mimi, as the kiddos call her), and we all love her very much!

I made her a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache frosting, and a whipped cream cheese ganache filling. It was really rich, which hopefully was a good thing! I love you, Cathy!

The cake itself

This is the actual cake that I mentioned in yesterdays post.  The flowers are real (a cop-out, I know) but wow, that would have taken way more than I had to make sugar ones! I hope that everyone likes this baby, cuz I think it is so yummy!

white chocolate cupcakes

I was asked to do a cake of my choosing for a party, and I went with a white chocolate cake, with raspberry mousse filling, and a whipped cream cheese frosting. I had leftover batter, so made a few cupcakes.  I forgot to get pictures of the inside, but trust me- Delicious!!!

Dirty Thirty!

 I was asked to make a display for a "dirty thirty" birthday party. The birthday girl likes butterflies, so that was the basic theme, but there are also some "dirty" pops placed throughout.  My husband made the stand for me. He said he is my "master carpenter" (you know, like on Cupcake Wars)

This is the stand with only a few pops on it. 

This is the sensored picture of it with all the pops on it. It wasn't really appropriate to post the original picture!

Princess Party

This was a princess party for 8 and 6 year old sisters.  I had never used silver before, but it was alot easier than I thought. Just like painting! I used marshmallow fondant, because kids seem to like the taste alot. 

Again, I am not a photographer- especially in a room without a single window to let in some natural light, but I promise the cake was yummy!

Cheesecake

A while ago, my father-in-law asked me why I never make cheesecake. In all my years of baking, I've never even attempted cheesecake. Honestly, I was a bit afraid. I didn't trust that I'd get anything other than a clumpy mess. But, I had the house to myself this afternoon, and went for it.

These pictures are pretty lame, It was dark when I took them, therefore the light was awful. The cake however was not! I am quite proud of my blueberry cheesecake.

Merry Christmas!

It has been quite a while since I've last posted, but I am back! My kids are now on winter vacation, and to celebrate the last day of school for the  year, we sent cake pops to their classrooms. My kiddos felt pretty proud carrying these to their classrooms. (and Daddy to the office).  I felt happy too, eating the leftovers.