A's

Practice, practice, practice. The more the better before the bigger project for August. So I just did a quick and simple cake for Chris' brother Paul who is a HUGE baseball and A's fan. Very simple but good to get more confident with the fondant.

Peacock Version 1.0

I'm feeling a little better this afternoon about my hope of creating a peacock cake theme. With the help of rice krispy treats I've managed to mold up a decent birdie for a first try. Covered in fondant - skewered with wooden kabob sticks. I know traditionalist say it should be cake but the neck and head would just be too heavy.

I just used leaf cut-outs to see how this first one would look. I have ordered some fancy feather molds and cut-outs though...they just haven't arrived yet! And color - not sure whether I want to do colors yet or just use white and pearlize.

I did discover that I will need to use either thicker dowels or piping for better structure though. The wooden skewers didn't help all too much - resulting in a sad, sad peacock. Ahhhhh.

Playdough and Sugar Guitars!

At 32 I've rediscovered the versatility and fun that is playdough!
Yes, playdough.

Candy and chocolate molds are great. However, they just didn't have the size I was looking to experiment with tonight. I wanted to try creating a guitar, multi-toned, out of poured sugar that would be about 1 1/2-2 ft in height. So I needed a medium for creating a mold.....Playdough!

Easy to shape, sugar doesn't stick to it and I just needed to rinse after I used it for play another day. This was indeed fun! And as tempting as it was...I didn't eat any! :)

Soooo this was my first attempt. And much learning comes from first attempts. But I'm happy with the outside shape. :)

Sugar Fun

Playing with poured and pulled sugar tonight. The more I play the more competant and confident I will get with it I hope. Using silicone works great for adding texture. Also playing with mixing colors. I hope to eventually be able to create peacock feathers out of sugar for the wedding coming up in August!

And this is what happens when you miss those crystals on the side of the pot you are boiling your sugar in. Yikes!

Welcome....me!

Been messing with a new hobbie for a few months now and thought it must be time to start blogging about it.

Thanks to my friend Ammy I've delved into exploring my bakery side. Fun with fondant, poured and pulled sugar and whatever other confectionary challenge that may come my way.

So far I've only completed a monkey-head cake (tribute to Ammy's bday) and a cake for Valentine's Day. Although I've been playing with sugar also.

As a result however - I've been comissioned to create a dessert display for a friend's wedding in August. This will consist of a small cake for the couple and a cupcake tower for the guests. The theme is 1920's meets India meets Moulin Rouge....You can imagine the ideas.