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Cat's Cakes: August 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013. Another summer birthday came our way this week. This little beach bag cake is filled with everything Jayne can wish to take with her to the beach. There's sunscreen, her travel journal, her sunglasses and her towel all sticking out of the top. Smaller cakes are sometimes the most challenging but being a "Beach Baby" myself I was very happy to do this cake! Next week is time to Party with Barbie! Sunday, August 18, 2013. Nate's Propane Tank Birthday Cake. I stacked the cakes and t...
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Cat's Cakes: October 2013
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Monday, October 28, 2013. This past weekend brought a cute little baby shower for a great couple! Congrats again Leslie, Chris and big brother Ben! The theme was "little girl luau" and the need to add in elements from the invitation was a must! The Mom-to-be loves my Lemon Chiffon cake with lemon curd buttercream but I changed it up a bit by coloring the buttercream pink first and then filling the cake so when we cut into it you get a punch of bright yellow and pink too! Sunday, October 20, 2013. Friday ...
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Cat's Cakes: July 2013
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Sunday, July 28, 2013. Happy Sunday and Congrats to the Happy Wedding Couple who got married Friday night! This cake has a few surprises so I'm really happy to share this one with all of you. First of all, the colors are "blush" and "dove grey". When I heard the combination I thought "Grey? And was suddenly reminded of the movie Steel Magnolias where one of the characters says "Grey icing? I wouldn't even know how to make grey icing! Of course, in this case, the cake was only 2 days old when it was cut a...
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Cat's Cakes: September 2013
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Sunday, September 29, 2013. This week we continue our series on Mini Cakes! Last week I mentioned that you can make mini cakes in two ways. One is to purchase a mini cake pan (which you may want to do after you make your first mini cake and get hooked on them! Or you can bake your cake in a sheet pan or other shallow baking dish and cut out the rounds or squares with metal cutters. While your strawberries are setting up take your whipped cream and place it in a piping bag fitted with a large tip. The...
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Cat's Cakes: June 2013
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Sunday, June 30, 2013. This past week brought an animal themed, specifically Giraffe themed, baby shower cake! This 8 inch by 5 inch high and 6 inch by 3 inch high cake was vanilla cake on top and red velvet on the bottom. YUM! A really tall cake like this one takes a bit of time and effort to cover smoothly with fondant. The weight of the fondant wants to drag it down and then rip, tear or "elephant" skin. None of the effects you want in a nicely covered cake! I added the trim and draping ribbons to the...
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Cat's Cakes: May 2013
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Sunday, May 26, 2013. Happy Sunday and, for those of us in America, Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I'm going to be trying some of these ideas out over the next few weeks and let you all know how my little experiments turn out.I have a feeling my family will NOT be complaining! For those hoping to make the Pistachio Cream.here is all I have found, so far. Ingredients for pistachio cream. 100 grams of chopped pistachio. 500 ml of milk. 3 egg yolks medium. 140 gr of caster sugar. 30 g of corn starch. Turn off ...
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Cat's Cakes: April 2013
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Sunday, April 28, 2013. And Happy 12th Birthday to our son Jack! We had a small family birthday party for him today and he chose a Minecraft theme. Minecraft is a computer/video game that he plays with his friends on the computer and on Xbox. Nowyou might ask how long it took to make this cake.7 hours. Yup. 7 hours. It is very very labor intensive and time consuming. Here is a photo of the cake table. My son and his friends were very happy with the cake and thought it was really c...For the next two week...
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