Orange and Blue Summer

When I picked out my wedding colors, I have to admit that I was very unimaginative. I chose lavender and light blue. I don't regret it, but if I coudl do it all over, I would be much bolder.Such is this bride-to-be. Her colors are orange, light blue, and purple. I would never have put those colors together myself, but it works.This is a...

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Button, Button, Who's Got The Button

The lesson for this week is on fondant bow cake toppers. It's done a LOT out there in cake world and I have just never gotten around to making one. It's one of those things that seemed so easy that I never bothered.Weeeeell, turns out they're a little more than they seem. The cake I was doing this weekend needed a little something on top,...

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Toothless

My little 2, soon-to-be-3, year old daughter is obsessed with How to Train Your Dragon. I can't blame her, it's one of my favorite movies too. It's to the point where my girl won't go anywhere without the movie case clutched in her little hands.So it follows that I would make her a Toothless cake for her birthday. If you can't tell, that...

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Hello Kitty

One of my fondest memories growing up was going to the mall on Saturday's with my best friend Regina. My favorite store there (at least until I got too cool for it) was the Sanrio store. We would buy pencils, buttons, bracelets, and I even had a darling stationary set that I kept until last year (I finally threw it out in a spring cleaning)....

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Butterflies

I feel conflicted about posting this cake because there is nothing too special about it. I was testing a new flavor and didn't want to fondant it, so I "just" slathered it in super-chocolatey frosting. The reason I did post it was because I wanted to test the butterflies...my nemesis. I have done chocolate butterflies several times and...

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