Diabetes Bites!

This is a total oxy moron. Beleive it or not, I did not make this cake for Natalie. If you know my family, you know that my 4-year-old daughter has type 1 diabetes. This cake is made to replicate the tester that she uses to check her blood sugar several times daily. However, this cake is not for her. It is for her Grandpa. He was diagnosed...

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Winnie The Pooh

I am a total sucker.To be clear, I do love to get paid for my services as a cake decorator. However, there has been more than one occasion where in a casual conversation someone mentions a cake they are going to make for a birthday or special occasion and they proceed to tell me that they are going to buy a character pan and frost in various...

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Garden Party

Fondant is a new medium for a lot of people. I get a lot of questions like,What does it taste like?What is it made of?Are you supposed to eat it?Is there frosting underneath it?What colors can you do?Well, crappy gum (worse than fruit stripes!), sugar and gumpaste (among other things), only if you want, yes, and any color you want.Usually...

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Princess Jasmine

Usually when someone approaches me for a cake, they give me the theme and I have 2 or 3 different ideas that come to mind. The diffficult part is deciding which elements to use and how to make them come together cohesively.My daughter asked me months ago if I could make a Jasmine cake for her birthday. In 2 months I had a total of 0 ideas....

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