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7 Things I Wish I’d Known When I first Started Baking and Decorating Cake
Cake, Cake Decorating, cake decorating, tips and tricksLearning how to bake and decorate cake is tricky. Here are seven things that I wish I had known when I first started decorating cake! This post may contain affiliate links which help keep me in flour and sugar. Thank you for your suppo...
Angel Food Cake
Cake, cake, strawberries, summer, sweetLight and fluffy angel food cake is the perfect summer dessert especially when topped with sweet strawberries and a dollop of whipped cream! Angel food cake is absolutely, hands down, my favorite cake in the whole world. It’s the cake t...
Beginner Level Stars and Stripes Cake
Cake, beginner, cake decorating, fourth of july, starsEasy, beginner level decorated cake perfect for the fourth of July. Using only a star tip and some cookie cutters, you can make this adorable patriotic cake. Special Equipment Needed: 2-8 inch cake pans (or 3-6 inch cake pans) Mixer (for...
Cake Truffles
Cake, buttercream, cake, cake pop, cake trufflesCake truffles are the tiny, highly customizable treat perfect for your next party. White chocolate coats a cake and buttercream filled bite sized sweet! For Father’s day this past weekend, my dad requested “orange cake with cream cheese ...
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Chèvre Caramel Sauce Drip
Cake, Cake Decorating, cake, caramel, creamcheese buttercreamMoist, from-scratch spiced carrot cake iced with tangy cream cheese frosting flecked with vanilla beans and topped with a chèvre caramel sauce drip. Carrot cake has always been a little bit tricky for me. After making a couple of failed...
Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake with German Chocolate Frosting
Cake, buttercream, cake, chocolate, filling, frosting, German chocolateDense, chocolaty, made-from-scratch mayonnaise cake with chocolate buttercream and German chocolate frosting. An indulgent celebration cake for sure! For as long as I can remember, I’ve baked birthday cakes for my family. Of course, bac...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Buttercream
Cake, Cake Decorating, Cupcakes, Frostings & Fillings, buttercream, chocolate buttercream, peanut butterCreamy chocolate peanut butter buttercream. Easy decadence for your brownies or chocolate cake....
How to Cover A Cake Board With Fondant
Cake, Cake Decorating, fondant, tutorialThis post contains affiliate links that help keep me in butter. Thanks for your support! Today, we are going to talk about cake boards. What are they? They are the board that goes underneath your cake so you can transport it around...
How To Fix An Ugly Cake
Cake, Cake Decorating, tutorialI wish I could tell you that I made this ugly cake on purpose just for this tutorial, but nope, she came out of the pan in all her ugly glory unintentionally. It was so frustrating when my cakes would turn out uneven. I cursed my oven,...
How To Make A (Barbie) Doll Cake Without A Special Pan
Cake, Cake DecoratingLearn how to make a Barbie doll cake with a few piping tips, a doll, and an oven safe bowl. No special fancy pan required! When I was a little girl, it was a BIG DEAL to get a Barbie cake-you know where her dress was made of cake and the...
How to make a tiered cake while working full-time.
Cake, Cake Decorating, buttercream, cake, cake decorating, cake decorating basics, how toMaking a tiered cake while working full time without losing your mind is quite a feat. In this article I’ll give you some of my best tips to help keep you sane and produce a gorgeous cake for those you love. I’m not sure when big beauti...
How To Make American Buttercream
Baking Basics, Cake, Cake Decorating, Frostings & FillingsLearn how to make American buttercream. It’s easy, only requires 4 ingredients and about 10 minutes of time. Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies! What is American Buttercream? American buttercream is a style of buttercream that simp...
How to Make An M&M Anti-gravity Cake
Cake, Cake DecoratingLearn how to make an M&M anti-gravity cake using a straw. One of the easiest cake decorating techniques out there! I have seen these “anti-gravity” cakes all over on Pinterest and I have to admit, I found them quite intimidating. I mean,...
How To Make Buttercream Roses on a Mini Cupcake
Cake, Cake Decorating, CupcakesLearn to how to make buttercream roses directly onto a mini cupcake. It’s easier than you’d think to make your own buttercream roses! When I was a kid, on occasion, my mom would buy a cake from the lady down the road who decorated cakes....
My First Tiered Cake
Cake, birthday cake, buttercream, cake, fondant, marshmallow fondant, tiered cakeThis was my nephew’s first birthday cake. It was my first time making a three tiered cake and also my first time making a cake for that many people (50-55 people). I learned a lot on this cake. The Cake: The tiers were 8″, 10″, and 1...
