Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
BIG NEWS!
Hello - it's been so long! I have been very busy with school and work, work, work! I have no pictures for you this time (where's my camera??), but I do have some news/updates:
1. A couple of girls and I are having a bake sale for a friend who was diagnosed with leukemia recently. Getting tested for bone-marrow matches is spendy, so we're going to be baking our little hearts out and selling it all at Gladstone High School's track meets on May 3rd, 15th and 16th...be there!
2. I was recently interviewed by my friend Jessica for a food blogging article in Flux magazine - and I got some pictures taken yesterday for the article too! Be on the lookout for those :)
3. This is the big news:
1. A couple of girls and I are having a bake sale for a friend who was diagnosed with leukemia recently. Getting tested for bone-marrow matches is spendy, so we're going to be baking our little hearts out and selling it all at Gladstone High School's track meets on May 3rd, 15th and 16th...be there!
2. I was recently interviewed by my friend Jessica for a food blogging article in Flux magazine - and I got some pictures taken yesterday for the article too! Be on the lookout for those :)
3. This is the big news:
I'M DOING MY FIRST WEDDING CAKE!!!
Yes, it's true! A friend at work is getting married in August, and she wants MOI to do her cake! I have a sampling with her next week to get down the flavors and all the little details, but I will be sure to post pics of sketches, sample cakes, etc. I am soooooo excited!!! I'm having her sample four cakes:
1. Chocolate cake with chocolate gananche filling and an espresso buttercream.
2. Tiramisu cake! It's a light, fluffy cake with mascarpone and chocolate shavings filling, an espresso kahlua syrup and chocolate italian meringue buttercream.
Wish me luck...and I'll be back soon!
1. Chocolate cake with chocolate gananche filling and an espresso buttercream.
2. Tiramisu cake! It's a light, fluffy cake with mascarpone and chocolate shavings filling, an espresso kahlua syrup and chocolate italian meringue buttercream.
3. Raspberry chambord puree filling between a layer of white cake and cheesecake and frosted with italian meringue buttercream...yes, I said cheesecake! The bride-to-be had this at her sister's wedding, and loved it so I'm going to give it a try...eek!
4. Raspberry mousse filling between a layer of white cake/cheesecake and frosted with italian meringue buttercream. Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Dropped a little dough on the floor...
Busy busy! Hey there, I haven't been able to do too much baking lately besides work-related stuff, but here's a picture of my first gumpaste flowers:
I think they're cute, but I don't like the shading of pink in the middle! But thanks to some research on a VERY cute flickr site, I figured out I should be using powder color instead of shimmer dust to achieve the shading I want.
While I have time, I have to mention my top 10 favorite baking blogs to read. These blogs provide me with daily inspiration, and you should read them when you get a chance!
1. Building A Bakery
2. Cakespy
3. Bakerella (recently on Martha Stewart!)
4. MadBaker
5. David Lebovitz
6. Business of Cake
7. Chockylit
8. How to Eat A Cupcake
9. Gigi Cakes
10. Pink Cake Box
AND...since I spend hours on the wilton.com discussion forum looking at cakes, I have to mention a cake I am absolutely in love with. It's a tie-dye cake!
What I love about it is that even the cake part is tie-dye. I'm going to have to make this one soon for sure! I'll post again soon - I'm making french macarons on Thursday at work!
P.S. I dropped 30 croissants worth of dough on the ground last night at work - oops. lol
I think they're cute, but I don't like the shading of pink in the middle! But thanks to some research on a VERY cute flickr site, I figured out I should be using powder color instead of shimmer dust to achieve the shading I want.
While I have time, I have to mention my top 10 favorite baking blogs to read. These blogs provide me with daily inspiration, and you should read them when you get a chance!
1. Building A Bakery
2. Cakespy
3. Bakerella (recently on Martha Stewart!)
4. MadBaker
5. David Lebovitz
6. Business of Cake
7. Chockylit
8. How to Eat A Cupcake
9. Gigi Cakes
10. Pink Cake Box
AND...since I spend hours on the wilton.com discussion forum looking at cakes, I have to mention a cake I am absolutely in love with. It's a tie-dye cake!
What I love about it is that even the cake part is tie-dye. I'm going to have to make this one soon for sure! I'll post again soon - I'm making french macarons on Thursday at work!
P.S. I dropped 30 croissants worth of dough on the ground last night at work - oops. lol
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