Back in Business!!!

Well I'm back! January and most of February were somewhat slow as far as actual cakes, although I did several tastings and consults, and worked with some venues as well to plan some wedding cakes for the year. The beginning of the year seems like a great time to plan all the parties for the rest of the year! And my calendar is definitely beginning to fill in for the rest of the year.

My main cake this weekend was for a 30th birthday. The client had a list of 30 things the "birthday boy" liked. I was not sure how to incorporate 30 totally different items to where the cake would not look cluttered with "stuff". Finally I decided the best way would be to wrap the tiers in edible image collages. I think it all tied together very nicely!!!!

My other cake this weekend was not something I regularly offer, but it was for a friend....this is a full sized sheet (serves 60) and just incorporates the very first cake decorating skill I learned, long ago as a teenager at a mentor's house....the "Wilton Rose". We would sit around the table making royal icing roses for her cake projects...if I actually made a nice one, I would feel so proud that she kept it to dry for her project.

Fondant has replaced so much of the buttercream piping skills that decorators used in the 60's and 70's and 80's..... but its fun to just go back and put some buttercream roses on a sheet cake every once in awhile!!!! After all, a buttercream rose is MUCH faster than a gumpaste one....and its yummier too! :-)