dallas cowboys themed cake!

Football cake! I was asked by my friend Kristen to construct a Dallas Cowboys themed cake for her son Noah's 2nd birthday! There haven't been a lot of birthdays lately so I was totally up for it!

I was inspired by a pic I found online, most of the cakes were too themed, I wanted to keep it simple, yet still friendly towards small children.

And I actually got it done, ahead of schedule! I rolled out the fondant pretty thin, so it sort of wrinkled up in a few places (I'm still an amateur!), but other than that minor detail, the rest went really smoothly, and I really enjoyed making this cake!


mini cake for the little kids


Birthday Boy picking up his cake with Mom!

Baker's Market! Saturday December 12th!

I'm in the Baker's Market again! December 12th! Can't wait! Ordered some cute cupcake holders, done up some more labels, got my plan in action! Now all I need to do is bake and decorate. Pleased. Come visit me!!! There are going to be a TON of vendors! I am really looking forward to it!

In other news, I cannot believe it is the END of NOVEMBER? EW! Why did Fall go by SO FAST?

cheesecakery!

Yesterday Amanda and I got ambitious and decided to crank out 3 types of cheesecake! We started at 4 pm and I didn't leave until midnight! Three types of cheesecake was enough to drive us into insanity. I had never attempted to bake these before, they seemed tricky annnnd I figured they required a much higher baking skill than I currently possess. I don't know why I thought this, they were actually not as hard as I thought, although the different pans, types of crust, ingredients to add to different flavors, proved to be a little hectic.



We did a pumpkin cheesecake, Bailey's Irish Cream cheesecake, and a 2 layer chocolate one.

Also, we found the most brilliant little pan for individual cheesecakes at Cobblestone Cottage in Ladner, it made 12 individual personal sized cheesecakes and had little pop-out bottoms to get them out! So cute, but such a BITCH to clean!!



The Bailey's Irish Cream cheesecake didn't turn out as we hoped, it is still good, but there is only a hint of flavor, which is funny considering I poured half a bottle of Bailey's and a shot of Whiskey in for good measure.

Still, it was really awesome to learn how to make cheesecake and I'm sure I'll be putting my darling Kitchenaid to the test in the future, now that I feel capable!
My family will be taste testing them all tonight for dessert, as it was my Mom's birthday yesterday and tonight we are doing dinner!!

I'm going to try and get to the Baker's Martket next weekend for a visit and a few purchases if I can, I miss my Sunday cake school crew so I am hoping a few of them will be there!

i <3 halloween

vidjea game makers!

So this is fully non-related to food/baking posting, but it's a big thing in my life! Billy graduated yesterday from the game design program at vancouver film school! He managed to graduate with honors at the top of his class, and NEVER missed a single day of classes, despite having a close to 2 hour commute every day! That's how he rolls, he is serious and actually can't give any less than 200%, it's almost ridiculous. But I'm not gonna complain, because it's a quality that I WISH I had!!
I have to say that it was sincerely a pleasure to get to know the guys(and girl! hi Courtney!) in this class, and I think they will remain in our lives, even the ones that have to leave, thanks to facebook and stuff like that! So yay for technology.
Anyways, Im super proud of them all, and how great of a photo is this? We went out to celebrate last night and I am feeling a little rough today..ehhh. Two Double ceasars + 2 jaeger shots + 2 pints of beer = I hug EVERYBODY (eh, I'm a really happy drunk girl,and people generally are ok with the hugging) and a severe hangover.

Moving on, Sunday is my last day of cake school! boo!! (I love calling it cake school for some reason, I will miss that!) I'm bummed, because it has been really great learning all of the (sometimes frustrating) techniques, and sitting and chatting with the girls and guy in class. BUT I am going to like having my Sundays back again.

Tomorrow we (us and a bunch of guys from vfs) are going to Bellingham to consume some delicious Mexican fare and take a peek around the always epic, Bellingham walmart. Very reminiscent of this

Should be lovely.

who wants a 1986 grandma cake?

SO last class we learned BASKETWEAVE icing techniques. Uh....ok. Not my favorite.

My cake looks pretty rough. The icing was stale and totally overused by the time I got it done.
thanks to amanda for the pic of this hideous creation!

Next class I have to bring a huge batch of royal icing, so I am anticipating fun things, hopefully not daisies though. Damn you daisies!!!! *shakes fist*

Billy graduates NEXT WEEK. I feel like this year has flown by,...it's so bizarre. I am attending his graduation ceremony/reception thing at VFS on Thursday, Im sure there will be some entertaining things to happen.

well hello there,

well...what do we have here?..

Meet my new best friend... I just got him out of the box and he helped me make these:

and I love him so. His delightful pumpkin coloring, his shiny metal bowl, his EASY to clean-ness.
I hope to keep him around for many years! <3